Thursday, March 28, 2024

Tag: MUSIC

How musicians are responding to the coronavirus crisis

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With creators and lovers of music depending on digital mediation, a wide range of approaches to making, sharing and experience music have arisen. Here are five such musical responses.
The Beatles.

Inside the Beatles’ messy breakup, 50 years ago

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The Beatles had symbolized the great communal spirit of the era. How could they possibly come apart?

50 years on, I can’t stop listening to this seminal Miles Davis album

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Davis said in his autobiography Nineteen sixty-nine was the year rock and funk were selling like hotcakes and all this was put on display at Woodstock. There were over 400,000 people at the concert… And jazz music seemed to be withering on the vine.
‘Hum Dekhenge’ Faiz

Singing ‘Hum Dekhenge’ in Hard Times: Why a Pakistani Poem Echoes India’s Pains 40...

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Hum Dekhenge is among Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s most powerful revolutionary poems. Does the use of the lines written by a Pakistani poet such as Faiz Ahmad Faiz during our collective resistance against the contentious CAA and NRC ,amount to “spreading hate against India”?

Bob Marley, the Timeless Music Man

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Here, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s Stewart Maganga explains why reggae megastar Bob Marley remains relevant, 38 years after his death in 1981.

Art: the Bitter Pill of Regimented Authority

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Art is not only for its aesthetic appeal, art is also political. However the tendency of reducing art into political rhetoric and pro-establishment gimmick takes away from its sanity.

Gully Boy: Looking Beyond the Conventional Understanding of Subaltern Lives

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PERSPECTIVE/ Gully Boy was a recent Indian film that traced the success story of a slum boy who rises from rags to riches through his talent for rap music. The review that follows takes into account aspects from the movies that invite us for a nuanced understanding and detailed scrutiny of the film’s theme and the issues that it comes up with.

Gully boy: A Good Attempt but Class Prejudices and Injustice Could Have Been...

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Gully Boy traces the tale of a young street rapper who rises from rags to riches despite the hard economic conditions he faces.

Bhupen Hazarika: A Musician who Made Boundaries Melt

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CULTURE The legendry singer-lyricist Bhupen Hazarika composed heart touching music that spoke of universal love and brotherhood. His music inspired generations all over the world.

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