Music

Introduction Western Art Music has a long history that dates way back in the medieval times, which was the beginning of lots of music, which has survived. The Baroque period saw the rise of musical genres that maintain a hold for the musical composition in the future, yet the classical period came with the development…

K’naan whose real name is Keinan Abdi Warsame was born in Mogadishu, Somalia in the year 1978. He moved to Canada at the age of 12 as a refugee where he managed to stabilize his career in poetry and music. K’naan specializes in rapping, poetry, songwriting, singing and instrumentalism. All of K’naan’s songs target the…

Introduction Universal Music Group is the world’s leading music company with fully owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry’s leading global music publishing operation. Universal Music Group’s record labels include Arista, Nashville, Bluebird, Jazz BNA Records, and Burgundy Records. They also own Columbia Records,…

Introduction Creators of Gorillaz, musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, began working on a new Gorillaz project in November 2007 called Carousel,[1] which evolved into Plastic Beach, the group’s third studio album.[2] In the November 2007 issue of Q, when asked what his top priority for 2008 was, Damon Albarn replied “Well, I’m doing…

Introduction The song was released in 2017 January and has earned itself a worldwide recognition, hitting an astounding eight hundred and seventy one million, eight hundred and eighty seven thousand,  seven hundred and seventy two views on YouTube. The song is one of the two lead singles, along with “Castle on the Hill” from the…

Introduction The hip hop musical genre developed at the same time with the hip hop culture which we can define by stylistic elements such as Raping, Djing, The hip hop music was born at the Bronx of New York city in 1970’s basically from African Americans and Jamaican Americans. Often the word rap is used…

Introduction The very famous “Riot” in the history of the arts broke out on the night of May 29th 1913, the premiere of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. The opening night with a full house of excited audience members at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris soon became a scandalous evening. Stravinsky’s…

Introduction People are usually get entertained by listening to music. These songs were either pop, rock, classical or Jazz. Listeners often select the kind of music depending on their preferences. Sometimes, they just like the sound while other love the lyrics. Musical composers create lyrics and melodies depending on the kind of message they want…

Introduction Ray Charles has been described by many of his contemporaries, Such as Frank Sinatra, who said, “Ray Charles is the only genius in the business.” I am going to discuss to what extent Ray Charles contributed to popular music. Ray grew up alongside both gospel and country music and was heavily influenced by these…

Introduction Biography: “Psychedelic rock is a very famous class of rock music which is influenced or inspired by psychedelic culture. To really understand this genre of music it is important to state exactly what was psychedelic rock. Why it becomes important to see where this form of music originated since the roots of the movement…