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Morocco hosts world's artists, imprisons its own
Morocco's glittering Mawazine international music festival wraps up this weekend with performances by Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz, after nine days of showcasing the North African kingdom's cool factor — even as dissident Moroccan musicians are imprisoned for their anti-establishment lyrics.
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Music: It's in your head, changing your brain
(CNN) - Michael Jackson was on to something when he sang that "A-B-C" is "simple as "Do Re Mi." Music helps kids remember basic facts such as the order of letters in the alphabet, partly because songs tap into fundamental systems in our brains that are sensitive to melody and beat.
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Music is changing your brain
Music -- it's all around us, and in us. Scientists are discovering the remarkable ways that music can give us pleasure, implant itself in our memories, and even alter our brains.
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Jailed punk band Pussy Riot pushes free speech limits in Russia
Here's a quick way to get arrested in modern Russia: Walk into a cathedral wearing a neon mask and carrying a guitar, stand on the pulpit and scream punk songs with lyrics like "Virgin Mary drive Putin away!"
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Punk band tests free-speech limits in Russia
Here's a quick way to get arrested in modern Russia: Walk into a cathedral wearing a neon mask and carrying a guitar, stand on the pulpit and scream punk songs with lyrics like "Virgin Mary drive Putin away!"
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John Mayer Releasing a Whole Album of "You're So Vain" Songs
It worked for Carly Simon on "You're So Vain"--and keeps working 40 years later. So why shouldn't John Mayer try it? The mostly missing singer songwriter is releasing a new album on May 22nd called "Born and Raised." And all the songs on it are roman-a-clefs, with lyrics intended to have hidden meanings about Mayer's past very publicized relationships. In this cool music market. getting people's ...
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Jailed punk band pushes free speech limits in Russia
Here's a quick way to get arrested in modern Russia: Walk into a cathedral wearing a neon mask and carrying a guitar, stand on the pulpit and scream punk songs with lyrics like "Virgin Mary drive Putin away!"
www.cnn.com
Afghan Whigs: Songs Of Love Gone Wrong, Done Right
Afghan Whigs, fronted by Greg Dulli, always mixed an intense, complicated view of sexuality with a hybrid-style of rock. This week, the band played its first show in more than a decade at New York's Bowery Ballroom.
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Hate is not holy
I know a lady who started a foundation against bullying. She was among those who pushed for the repeal of America’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy. She campaigns against HIV and AIDS. After the Haiti and Japan earthquakes, she did all that she could to help.
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Discordant notes
Why are there so many Tamil songs that humiliate women and treat them as commodities, asks Sudarshan Varadhan
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