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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‘You get one life, you enjoy it responsibly, then you die’: A cancer patient’s farewell essay
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Scroll Ideas: Why has India's powerful judiciary failed to check Modi?
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The India Fix: Why does such a small number of Indians pay income tax?
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Madras High Court ruled that a temple was a Buddhist site. How will this impact mosque-temple cases?
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‘A Time to Change’: How Nissim Ezekiel became the pioneer of a new era of English poetry in India
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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: Elephants trot towards youths taking selfies, they run away
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Watch: Elderly woman, son slip while boarding moving train, constable K Teja saves them
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Watch: Dramatic monsoon clouds in the sky over Mumbai’s Marine Drive
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Watch: Massive fire breaks out as lightning strikes Cuban oil facility in Matanzas
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‘At least spare the ice cream’: Video of tandoori choco bar irks foodies
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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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‘Delhi Crime’ season 2 trailer: Vartika Chaturvedi and her team are back on the crime trail
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‘Thiruchitrambalam’ trailer: Dhanush plays a food delivery worker in Mithran Jawahar’s film
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Start the week with a film: ‘Confidentially Yours’ is a delightful goodbye to cinema
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‘The Great Weddings of Munnes’ review: Knot happening
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‘Victim – Who is Next?’ review: The films by Pa Ranjith and Chimbudevan stand out
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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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CWG 2022, Hockey: Savita Punia and Co win bronze after beating 2018 champs New Zealand in shootout
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CWG 2022, Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal, Sreeja Akula win first-ever mixed doubles gold for India
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CWG 2022, Squash: Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal clinch mixed doubles bronze
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CWG 2022, Boxing: Nikhat Zareen, Nitu Ghanghas, Amit Panghal clinch gold with dominant performances
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CWG 2022, Athletics: Eldhose, Aboobacker win triple jump gold and silver, Annu wins javelin bronze