Category: Music
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Ibeyi – Ash Album Review
Read more: Ibeyi – Ash Album ReviewIbeyi’s second album Ash is a musical microcosm of contemporary society. The African-Cuban twin sisters distinguish their sound by mixing a multitude of genres, languages and cultures. To quote one of the sisters, Lisa-Kaindé, “Yeah we are definitely using a little bit of jazz, of hip hop music, electronic music, Yoruba, soul music, even pop…
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Dutch-language singing and songwriting – Part 1: Ramses Shaffy and Drs. P
Read more: Dutch-language singing and songwriting – Part 1: Ramses Shaffy and Drs. PUp until when I was about fifteen, I was instinctively against listening to and liking much of Dutch music. Thankfully, I soon realized this is a weirdly elitist attitude to have, and I can happily say I outgrew it. Dutch can be a beautiful and rich language with a wide range of character-types and…
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Joji: a music review
Read more: Joji: a music reviewGeorge Miller is a Swiss army knife of talents. His biggest claim to fame is his YouTube channel, TVFilthyFrank, with 5.2 million subscribers. His online alter-ego, Filthy Frank, can be described as nasty, painfully politically incorrect, and an anti-vlogger. Besides Filthy Frank’s content, TVFilthyFrank also hosts the music videos to Miller’s other alter-ego: Pink Guy.…
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Classical Explorations
Read more: Classical ExplorationsWhile classical music has been a rather large part of my cultural education, it hasn’t played an important role in my adult life. I do like to listen to it playing in the background while I study, read a book, or do one of my other very wild favorite occupations. But after all this time,…
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Review: 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields
Read more: Review: 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic FieldsAh, love songs. They’re hard to love, but harder to hate. The two are never far apart. Except for today, that is. Around Valentine’s Day people usually start to ponder more about love. What’s it all about? Worth the trouble, or just a pile of rubble? It’s different for everyone. Yet the songs on the…
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