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His white lives matter shirt and Tucker Carlson appearance prove it: Kanye West doesn’t want a way back
The musician’s latest controversies remind us who he’s been this whole time: a guy who will do anything to be relevantTucker Carlson went to great lengths to remix Kanye West for his large conservative audience on Thursday night, calling him “an artist”, describing his erratic tweetstorms as “freeform social media … Read entire story.
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For a long time I didn’t even know Black composers existed: it’s not just an absence, it’s erasure | Loraine James
The British musician writes about discovering the work of avant garde US composer Julius Eastman and reinterpreting his work for a new centuryWhen the label Phantom Limb got in touch about me creating music inspired by the late New York avant garde composer and pianist Julius Eastman, I had barely … Read entire story.
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Not a wonderful world: Louis Armstrong tapes reveal how racism scarred his life and career
Audio diaries including previously unheard material tell of the jazz giant’s anger over the prejudice he facedHe was a founding father of jazz, a trumpet virtuoso and a gravel-voiced singer revered across the world, with Mack the Knife and Hello, Dolly! among his enduring hits. Yet Louis Armstrong … Read entire story.
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‘My mum used to cook for the Wailers!’: Leeds puts its West Indian history on display
With illegal blues parties in basements and impassioned activism across the city, Windrush was more than just a London story – as this new string of events provesWhen considering Britain’s Windrush legacy, most people may think of London. The majority of the Jamaican immigrants who came to the UK in … Read entire story.
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