Tag: music
Turkish protesters turn slur around in protest against government actions
Turkey's been roiled by protests for days, with protesters and government supporters digging in their heels. But as the government has lashed out at protesters, the protesters have taken the criticism in stride, even turning the criticism into songs and motivation to carry on....
VIDEO: Songwriter-actor Tim Minchin creates soundtrack for acclaimed Broadway hit Matilda
Matilda is up for a dozen Tony Awards at tonight's awards ceremony. The soundtrack for Matilda, based on the book by Roald Dahl, has been especially acclaimed, created by Australian Tim Minchin, who has a long affection for Matilda, and many of Dahl's books....
Brazilian rap artist earns high praise from country's music scene
Kleber Gomes, better known by his stage name of Criolo, is one of Brazil's most prominent rappers. His music, which draws inspiration from his humble upbringing in the favelas os Sao Paulo, has been praised by some of Brazil's most well-known musicians....
50 years after death, civil rights icon Medgar Evers recalled in music he inspired
Medgar Evers, a NAACP field secretary and civil rights activist, was shot in the back at his home in 1963. The murder is considered a turning point in the Civil Rghts movement, in part thanks to the artists who used his name as a rallying cry. Fifty years later, we remember Evers through the music he inspired....
Richard Wagner's 200th birthday passes with little notice in the U.S.
Richard Wagner's music was widely celebrated in the United States for nearly a century, until it became inextricably linked with Nazism in the mid-20th Century. In late May, Wagner's 200th birthday passed -- and it did so with almost no fanfare....
Musician Dom La Nena's debut album fits her diminutive name
Dominique Pinto's new album is everything her stage name represents, delicate, very simple acoustic songs that could almost be lullabies. And they come with history. Pinto was born in Brazil, but at a young age moved to Argentina by herself, before making her way to France, where her political career really took off....
Darcy James Argue's 'Brooklyn Babylon' almost never was
Brooklyn Babylon is one of the most anticipated compilations of jazz music this year — but with roots as a score for a multimedia epic, composer Darcy James Argue spent a long while debating with himself on whether he should even release it to the public separate from the multimedia....
U.K.'s hot new singer Jessie Ware debuts new album in the U.S.
Jessie Ware has been a popular singer in the United Kingdom, coming out of the same community that produced Adele and Florence Welch. Ware's bringing her newest album to the United States finally, with a debut this week....
Thatcher's legacy includes activists songwriters who challenged her tenure
Margaret Thatcher was controversial in her life. As the world contemplated her legacy, a number of musicians who composed songs opposing Thatcher's time as British prime minister recalled how they felt and the songs they wrote while she was in office....
Legendary Indian classical musicians bring songs to United States
Shivkumar Sharma and Zakir Hussain are widely known for their distinctive, Indian music. It's an example of the type of music that's also a uniting force for the country's Hindus and Muslims. The two musicians have brought their music to the United States....
