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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Why Congress lost Chhattisgarh
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Mizoram results: Zoram People’s Movement wins election, CM Zoramthanga resigns as CM
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Opinion: Crushed in state polls, Congress must make fight against Hindutva its explicit platform
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Manipur: Bodies of 13 Meiteis found in Tengnoupal district after gunfire
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Election results: What does BJP’s hegemony in the Hindi belt mean for Indian politics?
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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 holds imaginary conservation with atlas and dictionary to recall the good old days
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Cyclone Michaung: Streets, homes and airport flooded, cars washed away, in Chennai
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Watch: Director Zoya Akhtar reveals why she had to change the end of ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’
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‘Wasn’t it obvious?’: Billie Eilish confirms her coming out at Variety’s Hitmakers red carpet event
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Watch: Schoolboy struggles to leave house as pet cat keeps climbing on his back
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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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‘Mast Mein Rehne Ka’ trailer: Jackie Shroff, Neena Gupta star in slice-of-life comedy
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Start the week with a film: Russian literature and Kangra painting meet in ‘Kasba’
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Vir Das: ‘Humanity without laughter wouldn’t survive very long’
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Watch: ‘House of the Dragon’ season 2 teaser trailer is out
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‘The Boys’ season 4 trailer: Homelander grows in influence as Butcher tries to rally his team
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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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Boxing, Junior World C’Ships: Amisha, Prachi, Hardik win silver; nine more Indians in fight for gold
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India tour of South Africa: Markram to lead hosts in white-ball; Temba Bavuma to captain in Tests
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Commonwealth Games: After Victoria, Gold Coast scraps bid to host 2026 edition
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Pro Kabaddi League: Tamil Thalaivas thump Dabang Delhi KC; Gujarat Giants edge past Bengaluru Bulls
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Borges on target as FC Goa pip Kerala Blasters to top league table