Popular Music
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As the global music phenomenon turns 50 a hip-hop professor reflects on the word ‘dope’
Hip-hop pioneers redefined ‘dope’ as cool. But it endures as an expression of respect, praise and illegal substances.
AD Carson, The Conversation
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How Kabir Suman’s album of urban ballads, ‘Tomake Chai’, caused a ‘culture-quake’ in Bengali music
A Bengali album 30 years ago spoke of those invisible to most, broke all syntax of music, and gave an entire generation a vocabulary of the present.
Sayandeb Chowdhury & Rajendran Narayanan
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From juju to Naija hip hop: What has shaped a century of Nigerian pop music
There’s much more to the country’s music than the Afrobeat of Fela Kuti.
Chijioke Ngobili, The Conversation
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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‘The Lyrics’: What Paul McCartney’s new book can teach us about harnessing our creativity
The book divulges the origins of 154 of McCartney’s most significant and enduring songs.
Edward Wasserman, The Conversation
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‘Abbey Road’: The album that marked the end of the Beatles 50 years ago
Sonically, it was as much the first album of the 1970s as an artefact of the ’60s.
Adam Behr, The Conversation
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Dr John (1941-2019): The Night Tripper belongs to the world – but more so to New Orleans
Skipping across genres, the voodoo-inspired musician mirrored the relationship between the city’s social fabric and its musical heritage.
Adam Behr, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Song check: Atif Aslam yearns for a love lost in new single ‘Baarishein’
The song has been written and composed by Arko.
Scroll Staff
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A new single by writer Zac O’Yeah’s Ändå pop collective finds a spot on a music chart
The single ‘Hey’ is about how ‘people are all doomed to die’.
Scroll Staff
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How popular music is trying to find the sacred in a secular world
Nick Cave, Hozier and Dr G Yunupingu have led the way for the enquiry into sacredness in the 21st century.
Lyn McCredden, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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With ‘Lal Pari Mastani’, Sona Mohapatra and Ram Sampath are weaving music and magic on the web
Far away from the limitations of Hindi film music and with ‘Coke Studio India’ having ended, the husband-wife duo have turned to the internet.
Devarsi Ghosh
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Why the world is going ‘APES**T’ over Beyonce and Jay-Z’s new music video
Teeming with references to African culture and experience, the couple's latest work places 'blackness'at the heart of the Western canon.
Kirsty Fairclough, The Conversation
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How The Beatles created the iconic album art for ‘Abbey Road’
Today marks the release of the Fab Four’s penultimate album, whose cover art has left behind a legacy of its own.
Shibika Suresh & Anmol Kanojia
The Field
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May