Art and Culture

Vinyl, which tends to be pricier than the newer format, also far outstripped CDs in actual money made, raking in $1.4 billion compared to $537 million from CDs. The RIAA’s report shows that CD revenue was up, too, but in terms of…
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As a recording artist and designer, I’ve spent years thinking about digital music platforms and how they could be better for artists and fans. The current all-you-can-eat subscription model of Spotify, Apple Music and co is…
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The Rick Rubin method: It’s not for everyone. Warm-voiced, flowing, bearded like a deity, the legendary record producer (nine Grammys) is about mindset. He’s about essence. He’s hands-off, allowing the possibilities to manifest, and then…
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Total enrollment in language courses other than English at American colleges decreased 29.3 percent from 2009 to 2021, according to the latest data from the Modern Language Association, better known as the MLA. In Australia, only 8.6…
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Sebastian Smee: “As an artist, he was no bully. Rather, he was a physicist. He wanted you to know, and to feel in your bones, that weight isn’t just a thing — it’s a force. It’s mass times acceleration. As such, it carries an…
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The Israeli choreographer who had one of his pieces pulled from an event organised by Ballet Ireland has expressed disappointment at the decision and said if he believed it would help the Palestinian people, he would “boycott my own…
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CNN  —  The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona will finally be finished in 2026, more than 140 years after construction started, officials have confirmed.…
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The composer Peter Eötvös, a tireless advocate for contemporary music over a career spanning six decades, has died in Budapest after a long illness. He was 80. Born in Transylvania (then part of Hungary, now Romania), Eötvös studied…
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Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsLocal NewsLocal ArtsThe overhauls will include a modernized and expanded Arts Commons and a total redesign of Olympic Plaza.Published Mar 22, 2024  •  Last updated 4 days ago  •  3 minute read You can save…
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Two weeks after Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, Berlin’s senate for culture commissioned a legal report to establish whether a cultural centre in the German capital’s Neukölln district had violated the city’s…
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