Music and Culture

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Representação de um jovem David Bowie com violão ao lado de um produtor em estúdio dos anos 1960, com microfone suspenso e gravador de rolo.

Music and Culture15/09/20268 min read

David Bowie in 1965: what Shel Talmy’s recordings reveal before “Space Oddity”

The Shel Talmy Recordings recovers the period when Bowie was still billed as Davie Jones and makes 1965 easier to hear as a formative phase, not an inevitable draft of the star he ...

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Saxofonista negro tocando sax tenor em um ambiente de jazz com luz quente, discos de vinil e pôster ao fundo.

Music and Culture15/09/20267 min read

John Coltrane at 100: 5 recordings that show how his sound changed

Five recordings, from “Blue Train” to “Ascension,” trace Coltrane’s move from hard bop to collective freedom without turning his career into a ranking.

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Ilustração vintage reúne ao centro um guitarrista inspirado em Chuck Berry, uma guitarrista de gospel, um saxofonista de jump blues e outro guitarrista de blues elétrico diante de uma plateia.

Music and Culture13/09/20268 min read

Did Chuck Berry Invent Rock and Roll? What Tharpe, Jordan, T-Bone and Berry Really Added

Rock and roll was not created by one inventor. See what Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Louis Jordan, T-Bone Walker and Chuck Berry each added to the genre’s language.

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Cena editorial com saxofonista inspirado em John Coltrane tocando entre rolos de fita e um gravador de rolo, sob luz azul e dourada de atmosfera jazzística.

Music and Culture13/09/20266 min read

John Coltrane at 100: What the Tiberi Tapes Reveal Between My Favorite Things and A Love Supreme

Frank Tiberi’s private recordings capture the bandstand as Coltrane’s early-1960s laboratory, linking My Favorite Things to A Love Supreme without turning gaps in the archive into ...

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Beethoven sentado à mesa escrevendo partituras, com piano, manuscritos e uma corneta acústica sobre a mesa em um estúdio iluminado por luz quente.

Music and Culture31/08/20266 min read

How Did Beethoven Keep Composing After Going Deaf? What Letters, Sketches and Hearing Devices Reveal

Beethoven's deafness was progressive. Letters, ear trumpets, conversation books and thousands of sketches show how musical memory, notation and revision sustained his work.

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Ilustração editorial de quatro músicos em ambiente carioca com violão, piano, caderno de composições, microfone, disco de vinil e paisagem do Rio de Janeiro ao fundo.

Music and Culture17/08/202612 min read

Who created bossa nova? João Gilberto, Tom Jobim, Vinicius, Johnny Alf and the network before 1958

Bossa nova was not born from a single inventor. João Gilberto crystallized the language; Tom, Vinicius, Johnny Alf and a pre-1958 network played decisive roles.

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Composição horizontal em um estúdio de gravação com três homens em retratos editoriais, acompanhados por rótulos sobre produção, gestão e performance e pela pergunta "O quinto Beatle?"

Music and Culture17/08/20269 min read

Who was the fifth Beatle? George Martin, Brian Epstein or Billy Preston - what each one really added

The nickname of the fifth Beatle changes depending on the criteria: George Martin shaped the sound, Brian Epstein structured the career and Billy Preston entered the recordings as ...

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Retrato histórico de Louis Armstrong com seu trompete, acompanhado por uma linha do tempo sobre seu nascimento e sua formação musical.

Music and Culture04/08/20269 min read

Louis Armstrong was born 125 years ago and spent decades celebrating the wrong date

Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, but he celebrated July 4, 1900 for decades. The history of the date and the network that formed the artist.

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