Projects tagged
Music & Sound
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Paco Ibáñez (Valencia, November 20th, 1934)
Read more: Paco Ibáñez (Valencia, November 20th, 1934)Francisco Ibáñez Gorostidi (known as “Paco Ibáñez”) is a spanish singer that has dedicated almost all his career to turning poems by classical and contemporary spanish and latin american authors into songs. Paco Ibáñez was born in Valencia, but he…
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The Crossroads Project
Read more: The Crossroads ProjectThis month’s blast of arctic air may have roused climate-change skeptics. But the composer Laura Kaminsky and the painter Rebecca Allan were unfazed. Holed up in their apartment in Riverdale in the Bronx on one of the coldest days in…
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“Glory” Performance at the Academy Awards
Read more: “Glory” Performance at the Academy AwardsSee below for a link to the performance of the song at the Academy Awards. From Salon: How Common and John Legend’s performance of “Glory” fired up Oscar night’s idling empathy machine by Sonia Saraiya The primary feeling to come…
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Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh (The Kufiyeh is Arab)
Read more: Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh (The Kufiyeh is Arab)Mansour began rapping in 2003 and has gained recognition in the Middle East, Europe and the United States for her own songs and collaborations with other artists. She performs wearing a traditional Palestinian thawb and has said that she considers…
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I Have Never Eaten These Tiny Grapes by Zuoxiao Zuzhou: ‘China’s Leonard Cohen’ Calls Out Political Corruption
Read more: I Have Never Eaten These Tiny Grapes by Zuoxiao Zuzhou: ‘China’s Leonard Cohen’ Calls Out Political CorruptionZuoxiao Zuzhou is a Chinese singer whose accented, croaky voice is hardly ever in tune. But for his fans he’s the voice of a generation — one of the very few voices who dare to speak out. After a collaboration,…
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Music video in support of gay marriage rights
Read more: Music video in support of gay marriage rightsGrammy nominee and Rolling Stone cover star Sam Smith unveiled the video for his new single “Lay Me Down,” the latest track off his platinum-selling debut album In the Lonely Hour. The video, filmed at the parish church of St.…
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Fabled Asp
Read more: Fabled AspFabled Asp is a multimedia online archive that documents forty years of activist history and creativity. Disabled lesbian activism is a radical assertion of self in the face of societal stigma and marginalization. The project illuminates the myriad ways disabled…
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Word Sound Power | Blood Earth
Read more: Word Sound Power | Blood EarthWord Sound Power Word Sound Power, formed in 2010, is a New Delhi based collective that constructs multimedia collaborations with South Asian artists on issues of social justice. Armed with a mobile studio, electronic music producer Chris McGuinness and dancehall…
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Orquesta Solfónica de Madrid
Read more: Orquesta Solfónica de MadridOrquesta Solfónica de Madrid The Orquesta Solfónica de Madrid (Solphonic Orchestra of Madrid) is a self-organized orchestra that was formed in the context of the social movement 15M and that has gained popularity for playing classical music in demonstrations and…
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Kelmti Horra (My Word is Free)
Read more: Kelmti Horra (My Word is Free)Emel Mathlouthi (Arabic: آمال المثلوثي) is a Tunisian singer-songwriter best known for her protest songs “Ya Tounes Ya Meskina” (Poor Tunisia) and “Kelmti Horra” (My Word is Free) which became anthems for the Tunisian revolution and the 2011 Egyptian revolution.…