Gilberto Gil - "Palco" | Oct 5th
Gilbert Gil is a politician, activist, and musician who has been performing consistently for almost 60 years. He grew up during a...
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Ms Dynamite - "It Takes More" | Oct 4th
Back in the early 2000's it was rare to hear a British woman rapping on mainstream radio, but Ms Dynamite broke through from the UK...
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Nate Holder
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Marcus Miller - "Gorée" | Oct 3rd
Marcus Miller is a Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer. During his career, he has produced and played on...
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Nate Holder
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Dr. Lonnie Smith - "In The Beginning" | Oct 2nd
Dr. Lonnie Smith was an organist whose music was heavily influenced by the gospel music he grew up with, blues and jazz which he made his...
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Nate Holder
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Valerie Coleman - "Umoja" | Oct 1st
Growing up playing the clarinet, I never saw a Black or Brown person playing anything classical on the clarinet, let alone an oboe or...
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Nate Holder
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New Interactive Flipbook!!
We have a new interactive flipbook edition of 'Where Are All The Instruments? European Orchestra'!!
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Nate Holder
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10 Palestinian Musicians To Learn About
Kamilya Jubran (born 1962) Jubran grew up in the north of Israel and was born into a musical family. Her father Elias Jubran is a well...
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Nate Holder
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New Activity Book for 3-6 year olds
Happy to bring to you the next book in The Why Music series, a 60 page paged activity book for 3-6 year olds. It's designed to be used...
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Nate Holder
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Does the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have a place in Music ed?
Given all that has happened in Israel over the past 60 years, it almost goes without saying that many of our young people will either be...
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Nate Holder
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Musical Instruments & The Economics of Colonialism
I was doing some reading recently which made me think (albeit on a surface level) about the economics of decolonisation, in relation to...
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Nate Holder
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New music book for the Early Years
I'm happy to share with you all a new full-colour adventure book for 2-6 year olds called 'Where Are All The Instruments? European...
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Nate Holder
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The Pizzeria (Part 1)
The Pizzeria was failing. Every year, there were fewer and fewer people coming in through the doors, but the Chef couldn't figure out...
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Nate Holder
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Resources and Podcast for online learning
It's a difficult time for all the teachers at the moment, so I've made some resources which will hopefully help in some way. There are...
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Nate Holder
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‘African’ drumming, the homogenisation of a continent
European string music has been in existence in Europe for thousands of years. Instruments such as violins, violas, guitars and lutes have...
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Nate Holder
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New Classical & Jazz Piano Posters
Brand new A1 and A2 posters (fully laminated) now available from The Why Books or F-flat Books Europe, Africa & Asia:...
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BBC Radio Scotland Interview link
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Jamie Macdougall on BBC Radio Scotland last night, as part of their Classics Unwrapped...
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Nate Holder
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Who Are We Doing This For?
As many of you know, for the past few months, I've spent a lot of time writing and speaking about many different issues around music...
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Nate Holder
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Black History Month 2020 Playlist
I had the pleasure of curating a playlist for the Musician's Union for this year's Black History Month. Click the link(s) below to find...
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Nate Holder
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White Violence Vs Hip-hop
One of the main reasons cited for hip-hop not being taught in schools is because of the glamorised violence contained in lyrics and...
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The Music Education Podcast Ep.1
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being interviewed for The Music Education Podcast with Chris Woods. We spent some time breaking...
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