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From half diminished chords to phrygian modes; music theory can be both a help and a hindrance to many, but do you really ...
No-one plays the blues like Buddy Guy – but that doesn't stop us trying. We look at four ways the blues icon approaches his ...
"It’s too simple to play because it’s based on a five-note scale, and I had come way past that," the guitarist says ...
Donors hope to raise huge sums of money to help those fighting what they see as a drift toward authoritarianism, but without ...
There are just certain years that seem to have fostered unparalleled creative freedom. Find three of the greatest years in ...
To experience fado, the mournful folk music born of Lisbon’s oldest neighbourhoods, is to tap into centuries of history and ...
Few conservationists have shaped the public conversation around wildlife protection quite like Peter Knights. Best known for ...
In “Dolly Parton’s Jolene,” professor Lydia R. Hamessley offers an entertaining analysis of the song and its legacy.
Global Times (GT) reporters Ji Yuqiao and Liu Yating spoke with Lü Jia (Lü), about how to present the interpretation from Chinese musicians on classic music and promote Chinese music on the world ...
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
Nestled on the left side of the port of Piraeus, as you gaze out at the ferries awaiting embarkation, lies the infamous ...
One of our goals is to be able to reach the nonscientist with scientific concepts and communicate those, and music is … [a] medium where it's ...