This year’s lineup for the Cannes Film Festival has been announced, and it’s jam packed with big names. Variety reports: It’s official: Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee and Pedro Almodovar will face off with Jane Campion, Ken Loach, Michael Haneke and Park Chan-wook in Cannes’ biggest heavyweight auteur smackdown in recent years. The 62nd Annual Cannes Film Festival runs from May ... Read More »
Museyon wouldn’t be possible without the extraordinary contributions of some equally extraordinary people. Let’s say hello, shall we? The brains of the operation is Anne Ishii, our amazing editor-in-chief. Always in demand, you can also find Anne at Imprint Culture Lab and Giant Robot Magazine. Still not enough Anne? Read about her adventures on her hilarious blog, Ill Iterate. Hats off to Alene Jackson, ... Read More »
Since the early days of punk rock, Australia has been home to musical experimentation. And the continent’s isolation has bred a closely knit music scene with a distinctly Australian vibe. Museyon Guide Mel Campbell traces the development of Australia’s singular brand of art rock from its Brisbane roots to its current-day epicenter, Melbourne. Journey Down Under for a tour of ... Read More »
The musical landscape of Beijing is a “weird-ass petri dish,” composer Eli Marshall tells Museyon Guide Nick Frisch. With its cheap lifestyle and cultural density, the constantly evolving city is a breeding ground for musical experimentation. Join your guide as he navigates an aural landscape that freely draws from Mongolian rockers, African DJs, American classicists, Brazilian drummers, Japanese computer musicians ... Read More »
Long before George Harrison discovered the sitar, the influence of international pop music was being felt in India. By the time satellite TV came to India in the 1990s, bringing MTV with it, India’s own brand of pop exploded. Join Museyon Guide Shamik Bag for a tour of Mumbai music from the sugary sweet sounds of India’s own boy bands ... Read More »
Journey back 1,500 years to the birth of music in Ethiopia, explore modern-day Addis Ababa and discover a sound that has influenced artists from Bob Marley to Common. Mikael Awake is your guide to Ethiopop — a genre that emerged when artists like Mulatu Astatke blended jazz, bebop and blues with a sexy, lilting Ethopian sensibility. Want to hear today’s ... Read More »
Istanbul has always been an exotic blend of East and West, since as far back as when they called it Constantinople, and that distinctly Eurasian cultural flavor can be heard in the city’s music. Western music was brought to Turkey in the 1600s and by the early 20th century, “the Turkish Five” had established Turkey as a viable center of modern ... Read More »
Born in tsarist jails, transformed in the gulag into a tool of political protest, and immortalized on gangsters’ graves — the criminal chanson is about as bad a they come. Chanson is Russia’s romantic version of gangsta rap (or the darker side of country music), a blend of melancholic folk with klezmer and gypsy music. Alina Simone is your guide to Moscow and ... Read More »
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