SHOUTS – Music from the Rooftops!

Photo from Matthias' Bandcamp page. Having lived a bit of a double-life as a musician, being a respected jazz musician by day and spinning discs at large clubs at night, ...
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Indian folk metal band Dymbur have released a new song with which they intend to raise awareness about child abuse and child labor in their native India. The band have ...
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While festivals often feature live Romani music, mainstream media outlets largely ignore it. Roma music band Bengas. Photo by Jiří Bernovský, used with permission granted by Migel Milan Horvát. This ...
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In Lake View, Chicago, one music teacher recently got a wonderful recognition of her work. Puja Ramaswamy was in the middle of giving class when two men arrived, along with ...
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Femi and Seun Kuti, have kept Fẹlá's protest music alive. Orlando Julias’ band (Nigeria). Image by Steve Terrell, September 26, 2015 (CC BY 2.0) This article was written by Nwachukwu ...
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Olegue Baraka. Image retrieved from the artist's Twitter page. Up and coming rapper from Burundi, Olegue Baraka, has been arrested after publishing a video promoting an upcoming concert of his ...
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Images of some of the participating rappers retrieved from the collective's Instagram account. Home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, Iran is well known for its incredibly rich and ...
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Padraig ó Dubhlaoidh. Image retrieved from the Vegan Violin webpage. For the first time, a violin has been built that is completely free of animal products and it has now ...
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Musicians are in a unique position to make a difference in the face of climate and ecological breakdown, writes cellist Sophie Gledhill Sophie Gledhill (photo courtesy of the artist) This ...
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This article is written by Mike Fiorito and originally published on the Star Revue webpage. Check out more of Mike's writings via his webpage. I met the rapper Intikana through ...
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Kurt Vonnegut once said: "If I ever severed myself from Indianapolis, I would be out of business. What people like about me is Indianapolis." Something about the city of Indianapolis ...
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For many of us, music—listening to, discovering, writing, playing—is inextricable from the meshwork of other things that form our core values and identity. Inextricable from every other outlet we find ...
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