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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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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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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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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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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IPL 2024: Jonny Bairtsow shines as Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in record-breaking match
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IPL 2024: ‘Save the bowlers’ – Reactions as Punjab chase down record total against Kolkata
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Paris Olympics 2024: Nethra Kumanan secures India’s second quota in sailing
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ISL: Kerala Blasters FC axe Ivan Vukomanovic as head coach
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Jyothi Vennam and Abhishek Verma reach the mixed compound final