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Music · January, 2023

Stories about Music from January, 2023

Professor Gordon Rohlehr, the ‘finest mind regarding calypso,’ dies at age 80 in Trinidad

'One of Guyana’s finest sons and Trinidad and Tobago’s greatest treasures'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

30 January 2023

Social networks make civil society voices heard in Togo

Togolese citizens have a strong online presence in their country

Written by Jean Sovon

Translated by Jean Sovon, Laura

30 January 2023

Trinidad & Tobago's International Soca Monarch competition is cancelled, and Carnival lovers are either shattered or unfazed

'Soca Monarch has been on life support for many years now…but it isn’t dead'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

28 January 2023

Celebrating the ex-Yugoslav music scene, hall of fame style

Yugoslavia had rock acts on par with their Western counterparts, many argue

Written by Balkan Diskurs

27 January 2023

May 14 will determine the future of Turkey

The vote is being framed as a choice between democracy and autocracy

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

25 January 2023

The band that Lukashenka declared extremist sang ‘Zhyve Belarus’ (Long live Belarus!)

Members of the band, and their wives, have been in custody since October 2022

Written by Daria Dergacheva

24 January 2023

2022 was a bittersweet year for European comics

List of five events that show the diversity of European comics scene in 2022

Written by Filip Stojanovski

19 January 2023

Overcoming existentialist crises with music: Poland's Karolina Cicha

One-women-orchestra promoting the music of Lipka Tatars and Karaims

Written by Elmira Lyapina

19 January 2023

Liked Shakira's new hit? Listen to these other empowering songs from the same DJ

Bizarrap has helped queer and feminist artists jump to fame

Written by Melissa Vida

18 January 2023

How the Black Star Line Festival and hip-hop could further accelerate more dynamic Pan-Africanism

Marcus Garvey's “Back to Africa” rallying call is once again inspiring the re-emergence of another Pan-Africanist cultural movement

Written by Njeri Wangari

17 January 2023

The Tanabra have made a comeback after 100 years. A decline in Sudanese taste in music?

Politicized Tanabra music invades Sudan

Written by رصيف 22

Translated by Mariam A.

12 January 2023

Is Trinidad & Tobago Carnival's ‘Fantastic Friday’ big enough for two major soca events?

'Why are people acting like there weren’t always events on Carnival Friday?'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

9 January 2023

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