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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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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Mumbai Police give clean chit to Ajit Pawar, his wife, nephew in alleged money-laundering case
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion 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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‘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: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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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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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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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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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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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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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men’s and women’s compound teams through to finals
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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