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The Musical Almanac 7

The Musical Almanac is where you'll discover music from around the world through the instruments, and innovators who create it.
7 years ago The Musical Almanac

The Musical Almanac: The Rise of France’s Chanson

The Musical Almanac is an ongoing series highlighting musical styles or genres from around the world. Our future destination is to get to the powerfully sublime Nouvelle Chanson music of France. But, first, we have to explain how we’ll get there. Today we take one step back and discover its humble beginnings. Stay tuned for the next […]

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7 years ago The Musical Almanac

The Musical Almanac: Japan’s City-Pop

The Musical Almanac is an ongoing series highlighting musical styles or genres from around the world. Today, we focus on this unique style from Japan: City-Pop. Sometimes the barrier of language can be so high as to render history muted. Most people now have the luxury of being able to decipher what exactly J-Pop is […]

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7 years ago The Musical Almanac

Roots Music: The Berlin School of Electronic Music – Part 2

Roots Music is an ongoing series where we attempt to trace the influence of certain music genres and instruments. In our previous post, we showed you the rise of the Berlin School of Electronic Music; now we’ll show you the role it would play in shaping Electronic Dance Music. If one would want to feel the history […]

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7 years ago The Musical Almanac

Musical Timeline: The Berlin School of Electronic Music (1980-2015)

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7 years ago The Musical Almanac

Roots Music: The Berlin School of Electronic Music – Part 1

Roots Music is an ongoing series where we attempt to trace the influence of certain music genres and instruments. In this two-part opener, we’ll first trace how the Berlin School of Electronic Music began, and eventually (in the second part) how its innovations have left their mark on current electronic dance music. What exactly is the Berlin School […]

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7 years ago The Musical Almanac

Musical Timeline: The Berlin School of Electronic Music (1969-1980)

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8 years ago The Musical Almanac

The Musical Almanac: Ethiopian Jazz

The Musical Almanac is an ongoing series highlighting musical styles or genres from around the world. Today, we focus on a unique style from Ethiopia. What’s Ethiopian Jazz? Imagine the “free” sound of John Coltrane meeting the impressionistic music of Debussy. Then, imagine all of this accompanied by African and American soul polyrhythms…that’s a start, but it can also […]

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