Every year on June 21, cities and towns all over France celebrate the Fete de la Musique. Amateur and professional musicians invade areas designated for the fete. It is a magical day that galvanises community spirit and showcases both the extraordinary and very ordinary musical talents that live behind closed doors in every city, suburb and …
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Engaging in musical activities such as singing and playing instruments in one-on-one therapy can improve autistic children’s social communication skills, improve their family’s quality of life, as well as increase brain connectivity in key networks, according to researchers at Université de Montréal and McGill University. The link between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and music dates …
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BOB DYLAN has been producing and displaying visual art for the last decade. It is a somewhat puzzling endeavour, given that it has never met much acclaim (but has attracted controversy, as critics thought some paintings resembled famous photographs). Is it not enough for Mr Dylan to be one of the best singer-songwriters in history, …
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The night was clear, the air thick with humidity and filled with the sounds of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.” It was Oct. 27 in Mosul, Iraq, and a makeshift orchestra was putting on a show — one unlike anything the city had seen for decades, one local journalist said. The orchestra — a mix of players …
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London’s historic Victoria & Albert Museum, which has curated exhibitions of the work of David Bowie and Pink Floyd in recent years, is to host three live performances that celebrate the seven decade history of rock’n’roll. The show, which will staged at the museum on January 11-13 next year, celebrates the three guitars that have …
7 decades of music history celebrated with the guitars that changed the world Read More »
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Rock & roll and Anthony Bourdain were a natural fit. So it made sense that artists from Alison Mosshart to Josh Homme would pop up on his various shows, acting as culinary tour guides, drinking buddies, performers or all of the above. But in keeping with Bourdain’s adventurous spirit, he made a point of meeting …
With advancements taking place in the music & audio market, consumer inclination has been quite significant. The United Kingdom has a major music loving population who are usually on the hunt for technologically up-to-date audio streaming platforms and devices. It has been noted that, the introduction of voice-controlled smart speakers, like Amazon Echo, has made …
Repeating spoken words is a technique familiar to music buffs — the rhythm of the repetition feels like song. Now, scientists think they can explain why. It turns out it has to do with how our brains process language. For a paper published today in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers used an auditory illusion called the …
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Residents of the central Kingston community of ‘Southside’ are confident that music holds the key that could unlock the potential of several young men in the community and move them into a path of productivity. But the residents want the youngsters to be more than numbered among the thousands of Jamaicans trying to make it …
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