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Has romance turned into a marketplace where intimacy is measured through transactions?
Music created the networks, identities and spaces of trust that made collective political action possible in Sudan’s 2019 revolution.
The new track from US country singer Jelly Roll, Mexican singer Carín León and Canadian producer Cirkut feels like a cheap bourbon hangover.
You’d be surprised by how many of your favourite hits are about God or Jesus in one way or another.
From the hippie heaven of the 1970s to the massive mainstream event it is now, Glastonbury has always found a way to fuse popular culture with a potent political message.
Mechanisms such as rhythm, shared emotions and the memory of specific events make music a powerful tool for connecting with other people.
Concert organisers began to compete for government contracts. Often these contracts came with conditions as to who, among musicians, was desirable at government events.






