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The burden of the present: as racial tensions rise in South Africa, music has become the site of a nation's struggle for cultural and ethnic identity -
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When Philip Rose set out in 1958 to produce A Raisin in the Sun, many people--black and white--told him, "You Can't Do That on Broadway!" It is a victory for the theatre and for justice t...(Continue Reading)This charming man: it is 20 years since The Smiths' first hit transformed the British music scene. Jason Cowley on pop's antidote to early Thatcherism
To understand the impact Morrissey and his band The Smiths had on British popular culture when they first emerged in the autumn of 1983, one must first ......(Continue Reading)Jesus climbs the charts: the business of contemporary Christian music - United States
WE WEREN'T REALLY sure what to do," Daniel Davison said, after his entire rap-metal band Luti-Kriss got "saved" at an Assemblies of God revival service....(Continue Reading)Sex & music has it gone too far? backlash over lyrics, violence and threat to young women grows
THERE'S always been a connection between sex and music, but a new generation and new generations of technology have pushed the connection to the limits, ......(Continue Reading)
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