Ukrainian folk band DakhaBrakha uses music to bring attention to the war in their homeland
While some Ukrainians are fighting on the frontlines in the war against Russia others have taken a different approach. Ukrainian folk group DakhaBrakha is using a multi-city tour of the U.S. to raise awareness of their war-torn homeland and fight…
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Preserving Ukraine’s cultural treasures with digital tools
In Ukraine, as everywhere, much of contemporary life, including history and culture, is documented in the digital space. With so much at risk, new efforts are taking on a new kind of digital “cultural preservation.” Jeffrey Brown reports for our…
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How one artist put a new spin on mashing up new and old music tracks
For the last 20 some years, Gregg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, has been creating mashups, or musical reimaginations of contemporary and classic songs. Streaming services have made hearing those mashups easier, but now for the first time, Gillis…
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