Breona Carroll, Correspondent (Music) Spotify has changed the way that music lovers around the world enjoy and share music. With a growing number of users, Spotify’s practices have recently come into the public interest. A few months ago, Spotify posted an article on their website about their business model, “the Spotify method” and also released the average payout for rights holders. After the post, major backlash occurred from both musicians and the media. Radiohead […]
Stewart Hume, Correspondent (Music) So it’s the start of 2014. With the start of every new year we are bombarded with names of talents to look out for and which veterans will be working on new material in the coming months. However, as a music fan, I have found in the last couple of years that the beginning of a new year goes hand in hand with a pessimistic question: “Does the music […]
Kunal Chatterji, Correspondent (Music) Practice and patience are two of the most important things required when you want to make a name for yourself in this world, and the man I am writing about is a good example. He is the famous Paris-based Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf. Born on December 5, 1980 to trumpet master Nassim Maalouf and pianist Nada Maalouf, Ibrahim was born with music in his blood. He started learning the trumpet […]
Kunal Chatterji, Correspondent (Music) Music has entertained and intrigued us since we can remember. It has been with us since the starting of the first civilisation and will most probably be there with us till the world ends. While on the other hand, Bollywood has tried its best and succeeded in touching our hearts with its melody and beats since the last seven to eight decades. It comes up with beautiful songs every year […]
Stewart Hume, Correspondent (Music) In 2012, the Punk Rock Band Pussy Riot made headlines in Russia and all over the world after they performed a protest inside a cathedral in Moscow. The protest last year involved the all female band performing a song that criticised President Putin and was lased with profanity. The band then faced legal action resulting in two year prison sentences for the 3 band members involved. The all female punk band […]
Meredith Lloyd, Correspondent (Music) With another remarkable musical year drawing to a close, it seems appropriate to reflect upon some of the most exciting artists of this year and promising prospects for the next. With a perspective broadened beyond the global powerhouses of Britain and America alone, the following list takes a sample of both rising and established artists whose work has had a most significant international impact through the course of this year. […]
Stewart Huwe, Correspondent (Music) If I can ever make one suggestion to anyone using their computer to procrastinate from what ever important thing they are meant to be doing, I suggest you check out TED talks. Too often I find myself on the site to watch various speakers talking about the future of technology or other such subjects. It was such a video that inspired this article. The TED talk by Derek Paravicini is not […]
Meredith Lloyd, Correspondent (Music) This month, the global superstar has ignited the music scene with the sudden release of her fifth studio album, BEYONCÉ, which once more exhibits her flawless vocals and a rejuvenation of style that comes with each of her albums. This body of work includes a host of featuring artists, including Frank Ocean, Drake, Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s two-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy. According to statements made by Apple in a recent press release, BEYONCÉ now holds […]
Lise Epailly, Correspondent (Music) San Cisco is an Australian four-piece indie pop band that formed in 2009 under the original name of King George, in Australia. The band consists of Jordi Davieson as guitar and lead vocals, Josh Biondillo also plays guitar and vocals alongside with mademoiselle drummer Scarlett Stevens and eventually Nick Gardner on bass. During an interview for trebuchet magazine in 2012, Scarlett Stevens confessed that San Cisco is actually working as […]
Meredith Lloyd, Correspondent (Music) New Zealand’s latest young star is sternly subverting the clichés of past teen idols. Her work dares to carry with it some individuality and poignancy, as her indie/electronic style and stimulating lyrics mark the beginning of a meaningful youth movement in popular music. Lorde, or Ella Yelich-O’Connor, who recently turned 17 in November, has enjoyed a sudden rise to international fame this year as her single ‘Royals’ attained number […]
