Tag: pop
Obituary for Richard H. Kirk: Driving out the chance of noises – culture
In the beginning there was the sound. And the sound was just there and desperately looking for someone who could shape something out of it, for example music. Basically, that…
Jazz column: Pat Metheny, Julian Lage and the right guitar sound – culture
In jazz there were religious wars against which the arguments between Beatles– and Stones-Fans looked like pure banter. Should you understand the saxophone in the spirit of John Coltrane or…
Albums of the week: News from Lil Nas X, Imagine Dragons, José González – Culture
Open detailed view José González – “Local Valley” (City Slang / Rough Trade) So far, José González has released a solo album every six years for 18 years. Makes exactly…
“If ‘Dawson’ helped change pop culture for teens, that’s a great pride,” says Joshua Jackson
Tell him about Dawson or not? He must be a little fed up. Especially since he has since interpreted several important roles, in the cinema (Urban legend, The Skulls) but…
Pop in front of the bib – culture
The Berlin legal philosopher and journalist Christoph Möllers has just received the Tractatus Prize for philosophical essay writing, endowed with 25,000 euros, for his book “Degrees of Freedom”. In an…
Pop column: news from Imagine Dragons, Elvis Costello, King Krule – culture
Open detailed view Oh, it’s not easy as a singer in a successful band. “I don’t want this body / I don’t want this voice / I don’t want to…
Festival pioneer George Wein dies – Culture
George Wein, who went down in American music history as the “father of festivals”, has died. In 1954 he organized the first Newport Jazz Festival in that seaside resort on…
Little Simz – “Sometimes I Might Be Introvert”: There’s war – culture
from Jakob Biazza Insane intro directly: faded, heavy battle drums, then very deep, very darkly turned brass, far back a choir spreads out in front of the horizon, roughly a…
The Pop it phenomenon, the invincible Pokémon… What are the star toys in playgrounds?
The big back-to-school day – and the possible stress of whether or not the friends will be in the same class – is over. Now it’s time for the playground,…
Baccarat singer María Mendiola dead – culture
The Spanish singer María Mendiola from Baccarat is dead. She died on Saturday at the age of 69 in Madrid, her family said. Mendiola was “the one with the red…