The music of Black Lives Matter, 12 songs and acts of solidarity
Music plays a key role in the Black Lives Matter movement. A journey through the most powerful beats in support of the struggle against racism in the US.
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The universe through music: 10 songs inspired by the Moon, space and its planets
The 50th anniversary of the Moon landing on 20 July has awakened the fantasy of many. Here’s the perfect playlist of musicians who have let themselves be inspired by the universe and its celestial bodies.
Kenya’s Ghetto Classics Orchestra tackles juvenile crime with music
Korogocho, Kenya, is Nairobi’s third slum. It rises on the huge mountain of trash of Dandora landfill (the capital’s biggest dumpsite) and about 200,000 people live there in tin sheds built on an area of approximately one and a half square kilometers. Unlike Muthaiga, one of Nairobi’s wealthiest areas located less than two kilometres away from
13 February is World Radio Day
World Radio Day was proclaimed by UNESCO to celebrate world’s most popular medium.
Bataclan concert hall to reopen a year after the Paris attacks
On 12 November, almost a year after the Paris attacks that took place on 13 November 2015, British rocker Sting is scheduled to play at the Bataclan music venue.
Damian Marley is turning a former prison into a marijuana farm
Damian Marley is transforming a prison into a marijuana plantation to give more than one hundred ex-prisoners a job.
The Man Who Fell to Earth: the soundtrack will be released for the film’s fortieth anniversary
The soundtrack to the film that consecrated David Bowie as The Man Who Fell to Earth, which wasn’t officially issued for the film screening, will be released for the film’s fortieth anniversary.
David Bowie is: the colossal exhibition ends its European tour in Bologna
You can visit the free exhibition “David Bowie is” in Europe for the last time: at Bologna’s Mambo museum from the 14th of July to the 13th of November.
Hip hop and agriculture. Agroarte, to end violence in Colombia’s barrios
In Medellín, Colombia, Agroarte teaches young people to take back lands wrecked by decades of violence using agriculture and hip hop music.
Prince has died at the age of 57
Prince has died at the age of 57. According to TMZ, the first to give the news, the musician’s body was found on the morning of the 21st of April in his estate, Paisley Park, in Chanhassen in the US state of Minnesota. I am #transformed — Prince (@prince) 15 aprile 2016 On
Rap guide to climate chaos: a rap musical explains the risks of climate change
A true mix between hip hop and science: this is the “Rap guide to climate chaos”. A musical explaining the risks of climate change also performed at Cop 21.