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Thousand Times Teams Up With Grammy Winner Wonder Arillo & Multi-Platinum Superproducer Nico Nice Wit It

Thousand Times Teams Up With Grammy Winner Wonder Arillo & Multi-Platinum Superproducer Nico Nice Wit It. Music Producer Thousand Times brings together Polo G’s Billboard charting producer Nico Nice Wit It together with Grammy winner […]

You’re not tone deaf and you know more about music than you think

Think of the last time you were at a birthday party and the obligatory rendition of “Happy Birthday” began. If you’re like most people, you probably joined in without a second thought. Would you be […]

Love it or hate it, TikTok is changing the music industry

“Tik-a-Tok-a-Who?”, was Adele’s response to her management’s suggestion to promote her music to younger audiences on Tiktok, the video-sharing platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance. “If everyone’s making music for the TikTok, who’s making music for my […]

Legendary band Yothu Yindi and their trailblazing call for a treaty

Few musicians have had as profound an impact on Australia’s cultural and political life as those in Yothu Yindi. Formed in 1986, this revolutionary band brought together Indigenous musicians from the Yolŋu town of Yirrkala […]

What’s your school closures playlist? Why music should be part of parents’ pandemic survival strategy

With pandemic school closures in place in Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island until Jan. 17, and other provinces on watch, music could be important for maintaining the well-being of children and families. Many are concerned about the effects of closures on student and […]

‘Oh creator, it’s you I now renounce’: How death metal lyrics echo some Bible passages, and what it means

The other day I came across a Buzzfeed quiz that asked me: “Heavy metal lyric or bible verse?” As someone who is a PhD candidate in religious studies and loves heavy metal, I was surprised to see […]

How hip-hop in the classroom is raising the volume of learning: 4 essential reads

Scholars trace the origin of hip-hop to a “back to school jam” that DJ Kool Herc threw in an apartment in the South Bronx in 1973. Today the music genre is one of the most popular in the […]

Great headphones blend physics, anatomy and psychology – but what you like to listen to is also important for choosing the right pair

Between music, podcasts, gaming and the unlimited supply of online content, most people spend hours a week wearing headphones. Perhaps you are considering a new pair for the holidays, but with so many options on the […]

Adele has successfully asked Spotify to remove ‘shuffle’ from albums. Here’s why that’s important for musicians

Adele’s long awaited, newly released fourth studio album, 30 was guaranteed to make waves in the international music scene as Adele’s first full-length record in over six years. This week it made the news for a […]

Freddie Mercury 30 years on – remembering the theatrical, eccentric genius

There is no doubt that Freddie Mercury was a genius: it’s clear in his music, his theatrical performances, and his eccentrically stylised persona. These different art forms constructed a full creative package and made Mercury […]