Folk musician Sam Lee writes about a very special performance.
… Making music with nightingales Sam Lee | 3rd May 2019 News Nightingales Live Music Resurgence & Ecologist 9117433885_5d5711c0f7_b.jpg Folk musician Sam Lee writes about a very special …
At a time when it’s all too easy to find yourself sucked into doomscrolling the latest global news, an injection of humour is very welcome.
… from the choir. The performance was part of a musical protest outside the Theatre Royal by … Vancouver-based magazine Adbusters , Russia’s musicians Pussy Riot, graffiti artist Banksy … on billboards and through street art and music. If culture jamming is anything, writes …
Malcolm Green tells the story behind his performance piece Gone Cuckoo.
… eagles looking for a morsel of cuckoo flesh. Musical journey So here was a story that could … of rhythm and passion, a story that invited music to travel with the words. And this is where my son, Joshua, came in, creating a musical journey both to accompany the words …
The new issue of Resurgence & Ecologist focusses on listening and the use of sound as a way of reconnecting with nature.
… Nature. David Orr writes about the role of music in environmental activism and we … Macfarlane, is now finding expression in music. In Keynotes, Michelle Brenner discusses …
Peter Mettler and Emma Davie's film 'Becoming Animal' tests the boundaries of perception.
… image, macro video, Foley sound and overlaid music manipulate our senses. This tension … “seem to set the context for all of our human music-making”. In this manner he begins his …
As COP21 reaches its endgame, there are plans to build 2,440 coal-fired power plants around the world, write Mowdud Rahman & Greig Aitken. Their completion would send global temperatures, and sea levels, soaring. Yet Bangladesh, the world's most 'climate vulnerable' large country, has plans for a 1.3GW coal power plant on the fringes of its World Heritage coastal wetlands.
… lined up to strike the right positive mood music ahead of two weeks of intense …
The banks' support for fossil fuel extraction and climate breakdown could instigate the next crash with unprecedented costs for innocent people ten years on from the 2008 financial crisis.
… Italian anti-fascist song Bella Ciao up the music charts globally. Indeed, Bella Ciao was …
A growing movement is opposing fossil fuel industry sponsorship of the arts. Pop-up protests and performances denouncing Shell, BP and others are winning the popular vote, writes Chris Garrard.
… actors.' Chris Garrard is a composer and musicologist, and an active member of the Art Not Oil coalition. His music often explores themes relating to the … and social justice. He has also written about music in relation to glacial landscapes, …
As negotiators from around the world gather in Paris for what's hoped to be a groundbreaking climate summit, many will be surprised to discover that COP21 is funded by some of the world's biggest coal burners, writes Pavlos Georgiadis, and a leading financier of coal and tar sands development. Shouldn't we just ... kick them out?
… coal industry between 2005 and 2014. The same music goes for supporting companies exploiting …
With Trump denying climate change and threatening to reject the Paris Agreement, it's more important than ever for society to hold a firm ethical line, writes Chris Garrard. The last thing we need is our most revered museums and galleries muddying the water by courting the sponsorship of leading climate criminals.
… Chris is also a composer and has written music about social justice and the …