Music
Freemuse condemns Spanish government for jailing of rapper Pablo Hasél
"Laws need to be changed" says Denmark-based organization which advocates for artistic freedom
20 February 2021
Freemuse, an independent international organization advocating for freedom of artistic...
How a rapper’s arrest in Spain sparked riots and fierce debate...
By Luke Hurst
Feb.23, 2021
Every night since last Tuesday, protesters have been taking to the streets of Barcelona and other Spanish cities in their thousands, calling...
Spain risks more riots as free speech crackdown and rapper’s jailing...
By Damian Wilson*
19 Feb, 2021
Millions of Spaniards still remember life under fascism. Now, with lockdown’s limits on freedom compounded by the erosion of...
Spanish rapper convicted over tweets arrested after ignoring prison deadline
By Alfonso L. Congostrina
16 Feb 2021
Catalan police on Tuesday arrested a rapper for failing to report to prison by the deadline set by a...
The power of Beethoven’s creative shadow
By Philip Clark
March 14 2014
John Adams, the American composer whose mash-up of material borrowed from Beethoven, Absolute Jest, is performed at the Southbank Centre...
Aldous Huxley on the Transcendent Power of Music and Why It...
“After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
By Maria Popova
“Without music life would be a mistake,” Nietzsche proclaimed in 1889....
Artificial intelligence can now emulate human behaviors – soon it will...
By Ana Santos Rutschman and The Conversation
April 05, 2019
When artificial intelligence systems start getting creative, they can create great things – and scary ones....
Music in mayhem: Artists hit the streets with Yellow Vest protesters
9 Dec, 2018
As the Yellow Vest protests continue to rage across Paris and beyond, lighter moments and artistic gestures can be found amidst the...