Music Lessons
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Scooby-dooby-doo: Making sense of scat singing in jazz
Behind the wordless language of the jazz greats.
George Burrows, The Conversation
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It’s time we stop using the term ‘world music’ for all that doesn’t come from the West
There are many sub-genres of Hip Hop, so why is all non-Anglophone music lumped under one label?
Adam de Paor-Evans, The Conversation
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From four bottles of vodka to small pegs: The evolution of the Punjabi party song in Hindi films
The Punjab government wants to crack down on Punjabi pop. How has the genre been used in Bollywood?
Devarsi Ghosh
Trending
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Fiction: Mahmud and Ayaz travel from Somnath to Kashmir as questions of citizenship arise
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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The right note: Why it’s time for male voice choirs to star welcoming women
Derbyshire police's male-voice choir is out of tune with the modern world in refusing to admit women.
Thomas Breeze, The Conversation
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Healing tunes: Why hip hop doesn’t deserve the bad rap it has got
It can be a transformative tool.
Raphael Travis Jr, The Conversation & Alexander Crooke, The Conversation
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What German composer Bach has in common with the Indian dhrupad genre
The styles of Bach and the great dhrupadiya Sadarang reached a culmination in the 18th century and then declined. Yet both are very much alive today.
George Ruckert
Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Remembering Acharya Bach, the ‘last Asian composer’ of Western classical music
In many ways, the 18th century German composer shared techniques with Hindustani and Carnatic traditions.
George Ruckert
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Why Gandhi’s favourite bhajan ‘Vaishnav Jan To’ is so important in Modi’s hate-filled India
First they killed the Mahatma. And then they went after his message of empathy.
Ananya Vajpeyi
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How did Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ change rock ‘n’ roll? An Indian insider explains
Twenty-five years ago, a band from the backwaters of Washington shot into global stardom. Not long after, Miti Adhikari recorded them in Britain.
Abhishek Sikhwal
The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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How a mining engineer’s invention made pop singers all sound the same
Auto-Tune was originally developed as a tool in the oil exploration industry, but now it's widely used in pop music.
Joshua Reiss, The Conversation
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Background notes: How the not-so-silent cinema created a love for music
In the earliest years of cinema, sound-less films were often played with musical accompaniments.
Rudradeep Bhattacharjee
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Musical genres are out of date – this new system explains why you might like both jazz and hip hop
A team of music psychologists have come up with a new way of classifying music.
David M. Greenberg, The Conversation
The Field
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ISL 2023-24: How first-time head coach Petr Kratky helped Mumbai City FC pick up the pieces
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IPL 2024: Marcus Stoinis helps Lucknow breach the Chennai fortress with unbeaten century
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians