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If you've watched old black-and-white sci-fi and horror movies, you've probably heard a theremin, even if you didn't know what to call it at the time. To meet the surging demand for film scores in the 1930s, recently immigrated European classical m…

Recently, I came across the documentary Beware Mr. Baker (2012), by filmmaker Jay Bulgar. It's about the musical career and life of Ginger Baker. Baker first made a name for himself as the drummer for Cream, the British rock group from the 1960s. W…

Nagisa Ōshima's movie "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" is the perfect anti-Christmas film for those who feel like spending their holiday pondering the relativity of good and evil, right and wrong in the world we live in. Despite the fact that the mov…

On October 27th, after a break of almost a year and a half, Catalan artist Marina Herlop released her new album Nekkuja. As she speaks about the album – working on it was a process of finding and affirming the inner light. She also talks about…

If you followed the horror movie genre in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the name “John Carpenter” was inescapable. Renowned for crafting suspenseful atmospheres and composing spine-tingling scores in his films, Carpenter was Hollywood&…

Pop’s newest icon is called Chappell Roan and we are literally witnessing the birth of a new category of a queer superstar with her debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. It has been a hot minute since we’ve been gifted suc…

Nigeria's rich and diverse musical landscape is not limited to just Afrobeat, Highlife, or Hip-Hop. It also boasts a unique and vibrant genre known as "Nigerian Cruise Music." This sub-genre provides a refreshing escape from the hustle and bustle of…

            “We may certainly see God in all arts and in all sciences, but in music alone we see God free from all forms and thoughts.” - Inayat Khan    Inayat Khan, the S…

After making its name in cutting-edge animation with early classics such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Walt Disney Company became the household name for family-friendly entertainment. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, The Walt Disney…

Photo courtesy of Pirelli and Annie Leibowitz Quoting "Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine" is an easy way not to stop smoking with Allen Carr and start an article on Patti Smith. It is trivial but at least she wasn't called the godmo…