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Calentón Music Fest makes history as first Hispanic music festival at SU

Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our newsletter here. Goldstein Auditorium was transformed into a music festival Saturday with a dance performance, DJ set, and performance by Puerto Rican artist Maldy. Crowds of people roamed around the auditorium purchasing food, dancing and enjoying Calentón Music Fest 2023 with their friends. “Calentón Music Fest is a door for new opportunities in Syracuse. It’s the first […]

todayOctober 16, 2023 1

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Exploring the History of Blues in America Through Music

If you want to know where your favorite musician came from, the answer is probably the blues. One of the most distinct and influential forms of American music and culture, specifically Black music and culture, the blues is the foundation on which rock, R&B and even hip-hop was built. But Jessica Parr, professor of the practice in history at Northeastern University, says the genre’s roots dig deeper than the history […]

todaySeptember 18, 2023 6

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Liszt Ferenc music academy establishes music history research group

The Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music has set up a group to research central European music history with the aim of exploring the past 350 years of Hungarian music in the context of its region. The group has started carrying out research covering Hungarian language culture, the former Kingdom of Hungary and Habsburg Empire, central and eastern Europe in Soviet times, and connections with various German-speaking countries under the auspices […]

todaySeptember 16, 2023 5

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15 Most Disastrous Music Festivals in History

Here is a list of the most disastrous music festivals that ever happened.Because a music festival is supposed to be a joyous occasion for attendees, but things don't always go as planned. And festival-goers overs the years have unfortunately had many chances to find that out.Whether the festivities ultimately get canceled, rained out or worse — such as taking a turn for the tragic — there are numerous examples of […]

todaySeptember 13, 2023 17

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Sugar Hill Music Festival seeks to preserve Harlem history

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The Sugar Hill Music Festival is taking place this weekend in Harlem, and it’ll be paying tribute to a Black music pioneer who played alongside Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk. Jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins was a star soloist who honed his skills in Harlem, where his legacy will now be on permanent display due to the work of cultural historian Karen Taylor. Watch the […]

todaySeptember 8, 2023 3

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Volunteers wanted to create ‘The Record Store & Black Music, A UK History’ Volunteers wanted to create ‘The Record Store & Black Music, A UK History’

Volunteers are being sought to take part in a truly unique and exciting heritage project. ‘The Record Store & Black Music, A UK History’ starts soon, and will culminate in a celebration as part of Black History Month 2024. It will explore the cultural impact of UK independent record stores that specialised in Black music from 1950 onwards. The project will enable volunteers to research and conduct interviews with artists, […]

todaySeptember 4, 2023 9

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The (not so) curious case of priests who DJ in the history of electronic music | Culture

In the beginning of August, at dawn and in front of more than a million young people, the priest DJ Guilherme Peixoto put on an electronic music set, a prelude to the final mass given by Pope Francis at World Youth Day. “I prepared everything to wake people up as if it were a hymn of glory to God, as our life has to be,” the priest fervently proclaimed.The improvised […]

todayAugust 18, 2023 11

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