Listening Guides
Persian classical music is organised into dastgahs, modal systems that guide melody, mood and improvisation. Here is where to start.
In French chanson the words come first. A short guide to the tradition and how to listen to it.
Flamenco is organised into palos, forms with their own rhythm and mood. A beginner’s map.
How experimental German bands of the 1970s helped shape electronic music, and how Berlin became a techno capital.
One letter separates them, but Afrobeat and Afrobeats describe very different music.
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