According to traditional accounts, the soon-to-be-emperor Dom Pedro declared Brazilian independence beside the Ipiranga River on Sept. 7, 1822. A palace-like monument, built to commemorate the moment, eventually became the Ipiranga Museum. The museum closed in 2013 for repairs and just reopened on Brazil’s bicentennial (Sept. 7). The exhibits are often contrarian, taking a sharply critical view of the way history is traditionally taught, down to the explanation of the 19th-century painter Pedro Américo’s room-size painting “Independence or Death,” which depicts the moment when Dom Pedro, on horseback, declared independence from Portugal. Exhibits range from household items and historic photos to a sound-and-light show projected onto a scale model replica of São Paulo in 1841. Free entry until Dec. 6, then 30 reais.
Filipino pop group SB19, which debuted in 2018, brings their WYAT (Where You At) tour to The Coliseum in Resorts World Sentosa on Sunday.
The five-member group – made up of Pablo, Josh, Stell, Ken and Justin – are known for songs such as Go Up and Alab (Burning). They staged a sold-out concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in the Philippines in September, and also performed in the United Arab Emirates and United States.
In a statement, Ken said the group have had vocal lessons and dance training with professional coaches. “It is going to be quite challenging performing under the heat, but we are excited to bring our A-game and entertain our fans all over the world.”
The Coliseum is an open-air venue.
Pablo added: “Whenever we perform on stage, the feeling is different. The people are different. I guess it is more of the feeling rather than what we are going to do.”
Sunday’s show will also feature guest performances by Filipino girl group Kaia, which recently made a splash with the release of their Y2K-inspired single Dalawa.
Where: The Coliseum, Hard Rock Hotel, Resorts World Sentosa, 8 Sentosa Gateway MRT: HarbourFront When: Sunday, 5pm Admission: $78 to $158 from Sistic (go to sistic.com.sg or call 6348-5555)
The first song from Srijato’s directorial debut ‘Manobjomin’ is out now. Titled ‘Toka Dile’, the melodious song will instantly tug at your heart strings in the mellifluous voice of none other than Shreya Ghosal. Whether Joy Sarkar’s soulful composition or Srjato’s touching lyrics, the song is a treat for our musical ears and aptly sums up the main theme of the film.
‘Toka Dile’ is a song depicting the pain of being alienated from the beloved ones and at the same time the urge of being attached to them. It tells a story of an eternal duel between contrasting emotions and picturizes the pathos of mankind dwelling with its root and as well with its future.
‘Manobjomin’ stars Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Priyanka Sarkar and Paran Bandopadhyay in the lead. Speaking about the film Srijato had earlier said, “It’s basically a relationship story and all those people associated with it. I saw the characters in the story closely in real life and as I have watched them closely I am well aware of their mental state. I thought let’s make a film involving these people. That’s how it all started and I think stories about these people barely featured in films.”
The noted poet added that the title of the film has been taken from Ramprasad Sen’s song, “We have also kept this particular song (Emon manabjamin roilo potit) in the film as well, which Arijit Singh has sung. This song also turned out to be a crucial part of the script. Considering the people and the story I am narrating, I thought Manabjamin would be the ideal name for the film.”
Canadian alt-R&B artist quami.xyz recently dropped a new tune named “i wish i never had you”. The alt. R&B song features singer Viji and was produced Ark Patrol, .Dru and Lecx Stacy.
“i wish i never had you” dives into a relationship marred by distrust, with the two singer’s representing the two sides.
“I think Viji and I were pulling from connections we had with other people, past relationships, etc. We wanted the track to feel high energy but with some depth. I think we found a dynamic that feels familiar to most people, when you’ve known someone a while, but they turn out to not be on the same page. It’s not necessarily bad, but your knee-jerk reaction might be to lash out. And then, moving on, feeling uncomfortable with how close you were to them, you might even wish it never happened,” says quami.xyz
This new track follow quami.xyz’s To Be Born EP.
Listen to it and follow quami.xyz and Viji on Instagram.
Hold your horses, here are five more! The lineup for the 30th Meredith has expanded to include another five acts, plus a few bonuses, as the festival also releases its 2023 set times.
Added to the Meredith lineup today, Michael Beach, playing life-affirming rock ‘n’ roll for dusty Sunday heads. A Friday night Wettening of debaucherous proportions: Big Wett. Guitar pop whisperers Snowy Band, masters of dynamics and harmony. Made for the breaking of the day: Lou’s sun-washed ambient guitar music. And wrapping up the whole shebang, a force to be rockin’ with: Smooch.
Also performing, as part of the Welcome to Country, is Wadawurrung storyteller, poet and postie Uncle Barry Gilson with his band Meninyan. Plus, not so much the icing on the cake as the jam in the middle that deliciously binds the whole thing together. The Interstitial DJs, known to surprise and delight in equal measure, are as crucial an ingredient to the Meredith adventure as any other.
Illuminating all spaces for the 30th Meredith are:
Yawung
Gavin Campbell
Shorty
DJ Friday
Andee Frost
HIIRAAN
Keep up with the latest music news, features, festivals, interviews and reviews here.
Meredith set times
Meredith 2023 lineup
Caribou, Dry Cleaning, Yothu Yindi, Courtney Barnett, The Comet Is Coming, Tkay Maidza, Sharon Van Etten, Private Function, DJ Quik, Erika de Casier, Nu Genea, Babe Rainbow, Derrick Carter, CLAMM, Minami Deutsch, SHOUSE, Tasman Keith, Rot TV, Surprise Chef, POOKIE, Our Carlson, Darcy Justice, OK EG, Allara, Rubi Du, BIG WETT, Snowy Band, Michael Beach, LOU, Smooch, Uncle Barry Gilson & Meninyan, Interstitial DJs, City of Ballarat Municipal Brass Band, Silence Wedge, Daphni
For all other info, head to the festival website here.
Released on Orchid Classic’s Backlash Music, this is the first entirely instrumental arrangement of Puccini’s famous opera for violin and piano
A subsidiary of the Orchid Classics label, the Berlin-based Backlash Music produced the entire La Bohème opera transcribed for violin and piano — with violinist Mathieu van Bellen of the Busch Trio and pianist Mathias Halvorsen.
Bellen and Halvorsen arranged Giaccomo Puccini’s full La Bohème score themselves, uniting the parts of the soloists, the choir, plus the orchestra, into a highly virtuosic work for two instruments.
Recorded live, the duo drew on styles and techniques from Puccini’s contemporariesviolinist Fritz Kreisler and pianist Leopold Godowsky, while showcasing a wide range of colors and textures. The arrangement aimed to reflect Puccini’s orchestration and create imagery to bring the opera’s characters to life.
Additionally, since April 2019, the duo have been touring new productions of Puccini’s La Bohème and Tosca, featuring subtitles alongside their performance.
“The project was initiated as part of the program BeBeethoven, investigating new ways of interpreting classical core repertoire,” Backlash Music posted . “Inspired by the theater company Forced Entertainment and their legendary stagings of Shakespeare, van Bellen and Halvorsen set out to find a new way to approach opera.”
“We are performing Puccini’s La Bohème in its full unbridled glory,” Halvorsen said. “We have finally managed to boil the parts of the choir, the orchestra, and the soloists down to a piece for violin and piano. The aim is to do this without losing any of the drama.”
To purchase and listen to the album, click here.
Bellen has been a finalist in the Yehudi Menuhin Competition, Wieniawski Competition, and prizewinner of the Princess Christina and the Oskar Back Competitions. She also won the Grachtenfestival prize in 2015. Performing concerts worldwide and as part of the award-winning Busch Trio, Bellen has been the artistic director of the Netherlands’ Het Reizend MuziekGezelschap since 2018.
A member of the German fellowship program BeBeethoven between 2018 and 2020, Halvorsen’s mentors included Jiri Hlinka and Gerald Fauth. Playing internationally in many prestigious venues, Halvorsen is also co-founder of the Podium festival in Haugesund, Norway.
Adam Hood never assumed he would play the Grand Ole Opry.
“I mean, it’s always your dream,” explains Hood, 47, during an interview with PEOPLE. “It’s always what you want to do. For anybody that’s an artist or a writer or anything that’s in that realm, it’s definitely the pinnacle. I just didn’t know that it was in our scope.”
Actually, the acclaimed singer/songwriter still can’t believe it.
“I think I am still processing it,” he explains of his Opry debut last month. “I honestly thought it would be a little bit more chaotic than it was. It was a pretty well-oiled machine! I mean, I was as nervous as you would’ve expected me to be, but after the sound check, I really relaxed.”
His composure continued through his two-song set in which Hood performed two original songs – “Way Too Long” off his 2014 album Welcome to the Big World and “Harder Stuff” off his latest record, Bad Days Better.
Adam Hood. Robert Millage
“I tried to pick out the songs that had the least amount of cuss words in them,” he laughs of the special night that had him playing on the same night as Opry members Darius Rucker, Bill Anderson, Jeannie Seely, Lauren Alaina and Dustin Lynch. “I had to watch myself.”
Granted, Hood had countless songs to pick from, as he has served as the writer for a slew of songs recorded by artists such as Miranda Lambert, Cody Jinks, Ashland Craft, Drake White, The Oak Ridge Boys, and Little Big Town.
“I’ve seen Little Big Town do ‘Front Porch Thing’ onstage at the Opry,” Hood remarks of the song he co-wrote alongside Chris Stapleton for the group’s platinum album, Tornado.
But these days and at this point in his career, Hood says he is enjoying keeping some more songs to himself, some of which have now found their way to his new album Bad Days Better, which peaked in the top 10 on the Americana albums chart.
Adam Hood. Robert Millage
“You can have so many expectations for what you want the record to be going into it, but then it’s always fascinating me what the record turns into as opposed to how it starts,” Hood says of his fifth studio album released in September. “But I just think we went deeper with this record.”
Collaborating once again with producer extraordinaire Brent Cobb, Hood eventually nailed the album concept down to just what he does best.
“I think in the past, I have approached albums by making them more like a songwriter’s record, which is cool and it’s fun, but this was more like a stylistic record,” says Hood, who recorded the entirety of the rootsy record at Capricorn Studios. “We tried to shoot for songs that had the lyrical content that is to be expected, but also stuff that had deep roots. I wanted it to be as musically representative of what I do as opposed to just lyrically representative.”
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Adam Hood. Robert Millage
And to do that, Hood found himself reflecting on his upbringing in Opelika, Alabama, where he started playing hometown shows as a 16-year-old, landing a weekly residency at a local restaurant playing songs by the likes of John Hiatt, Steve Warner, Hank Williams Jr, and Vince Gill.
“I wanted to be able to shed positive light on my upbringing and things like that,” explains Hood, who is said to have been discovered by Lambert after her van broke down, which led to a publishing deal in Nashville. “I think ‘the South’ gets a little bit of a bad rap sometimes. I know everybody points a finger at somebody else, but there’s a lot to be celebrated in Alabama, and there’s a lot to be proud of. It’s a product of my influence, so that’s what I really wanted to bring out without saying it. It’s really easy to piss people off these days.”
He draws in a deep breath.
“I’m not trying to tell you how you feel,” the father of three continues. “You are allowed to interpret this however you want to, but here’s how I’m saying it. That’s the beauty of being a songwriter.”
It’s the fight song that begat a motto for an entire university — and this year it turns 100.
This Saturday, the Trojan Marching Band will celebrate the centennial of its iconic fight song, “Fight On!,” at USC football’s regular season finale at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Although now considered one of the greatest college fight songs, when the song’s composers entered it into a campus song contest in 1923, it came in second.
The story of “Fight On!” dates back a year earlier, to 1922. Vaudeville-performer-turned-dental-student Milo Sweet was playing the song’s melody on a piano at USC’s on-campus YMCA when religious studies major and USC band saxophonist Glen Grant passed by. Listening in, he told Sweet the tune would make a great fight song. Grant helped Sweet write the lyrics, and “Fight On!” was born.
Most traditional fight songs are written in a straightforward 2/4 or cut-time meter, suited to musicians marching down the field. “Fight On!” was uniquely composed in the compound 6/8 time signature. This provided more opportunity for rhythmic and melodic variation and gives it its jaunty lilt.
Traditionally, three choruses of the song are played. The first chorus has the trumpets leading the melody, the second chorus is led by the sousaphones and drums keeping time and the third chorus hands the melody to the trombones with high brass and woodwinds playing flourishes underneath.
In November 1923, “Fight On!” was entered into a song contest held by USC’s Rally Committee. Thirty songs were evaluated by the committee, including “Cardinal and Gold” by Al Wesson. Earlier that year, Wesson had written what would be become the university’s official alma mater, “All Hail,” and was on the committee to find a song that would “generally represent the school, one that will be adaptible [sic] for all occasions and not characteristic of a season or single game,” according to the Daily Trojan.
Early piano sheet music for “Fight On!” While many traditional fight songs are written in a straight-forward 2/4 time signature, “Fight On!” is in a 6/8 time signature that gives it a jaunty lilt. (Photo/Trojan Marching Band archives)
Wesson’s entry ended up winning the contest and the $100 grand prize, but he later confessed the best song didn’t come out on top. Wesson, who went on to be USC’s first sports information director, admitted as much in a 1965 letter to the Los Angeles Times.
“To show how nuts people can be, the music committee awarded first prize to my song and second to ‘Fight On!’ ‘Fight On!’ has become probably the equal of the Notre Dame fight song in the country,” he wrote. “As a campus musician, I was on the committee, and I’m glad to say I had sense enough to vote for ‘Fight On!’ over my own piece.”
Within a few years of its composition, “Fight On!” had become USC’s most popular fight song and a rival nationally to older, more established anthems like the “Notre Dame Victory March,” “On, Wisconsin!” and Michigan’s “The Victors.” Unlike those songs, “Fight On!” transcended its musical origins to become a motto for USC students and alumni. USC’s sports teams had been nicknamed Trojans in 1912 because of their athletes’ “fighting spirit” against teams who were “bigger and better-equipped,” according to Los Angeles Times sportswriter Owen Bird. Accompanied by fingers formed in the shape of a V for victory, a verbalized “Fight On” became a greeting, an expression of encouragement and a farewell in the Trojan Family vernacular, one that captured the reputation of the ancient Trojans as fighters no matter the odds.
USC fight song goes to war
In 1943, “Fight On!” became legendary outside the university when it inspired U.S. troops to capture an island in the Pacific theater of World War II. As the task force motored ashore to Attu in the Aleutian Islands, music suddenly rang out over the waves. Capt. Hubert D. Long, a USC alumnus, described the scene in a 1944 letter.
“On the deck of our transport our commanding officer had ordered the band to play,” he wrote. “I could hear a cheer in some of the other assault craft, but I could not identify the song until the wind changed. Then I heard, and never again will I ever have such a lump in my throat. Over the waves there came the song that I, that none of us who ever spent our school years at S.C. will ever forget. It was our ‘Fight On’ song. Many, many of us were from California. As all the men heard it, a tremendous roar went up, for here was something tangible. Here was something American to the core, something that pictured to us that for which we fight, and that which we love above all else. We won the island.”
Sweet was proud of his contribution to the war effort and even after he established a successful dental practice in South Pasadena, he continued to write fight songs for other schools. Sweet Music publishing still exists and holds the copyright to numerous songs. After graduating from USC, Grant became an ordained Methodist minister and was serving in the U.S. government as national supervisor of recreation when he passed away in New York in 1941.
In the 1950s, as college football began airing on TV, “Fight On!” became recognized around the country. It was the soundtrack of sunny California at Rose Bowl games on New Year’s Day while the rest of the country was blanketed in snow. It also was featured numerous times in movies and on TV. “Fight On!” was famously included on the soundtrack to Disney’s 1973 film Robin Hood and has been recorded many times over the years.
USC fight song: Part of the band’s ‘choreography’ at football games
When Arthur C. Bartner became director of the Trojan Marching Band in 1970, he incorporated the song into the band’s “choreography” of football games, tailoring musical cues to corresponding action on the field. “Fight On!” became the song that punctuated USC’s offensive drives.
The copyright to “Fight On!” has stayed in the Sweet family through three generations of Milo Sweets. Sweet Music has protected the song and carefully chosen which productions they allow to use the song in media. Milo Sweet III is now the custodian of Sweet Music and also a parent to daughter Sydney, a senior at USC.
USC’s fight song is not only iconic for its meaning to this institution but is as thrilling a march as any composed by John Philip Sousa.
Jacob Vogel, band director
“Every time I’m with her and we’re walking around campus and we’re seeing all the ‘Fight On’ stuff and I’m always like, ‘Hey, without your family, that wouldn’t have existed,’” says the senior Sweet. “I think she’s starting to understand it at this point that it’s a big deal.”
Milo Sweet III and his daughter will be recognized by the Trojan Marching Band on the field at halftime during Saturday’s Notre Dame game. Band Director Jacob Vogel, like his predecessor, is cognizant of the importance of “Fight On!” to the university.
“With any collegiate job, there are traditions and elements that you inherit when you take over a program as lasting as this one,” says Vogel. “I truly am lucky that USC’s fight song is not only iconic for its meaning to this institution but is as thrilling a march as any composed by John Philip Sousa. We’re excited to honor its centennial this Saturday.”
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Before becoming idols, there are many idols who are K-Pop fans themselves, and that’s how most of them sparked their dream of becoming idols. They dream of being like the people they look up to, and it’s the cutest thing to see how similar they are to us as fans, when they get all excited about their favorite idols! Here are some idols that are K-Pop fans themselves.
SHINee Fans
SEVENTEEN Hoshi
Hoshi has never been shy about admitting that he’s a huge fan of SHINee, and everyone knows it. Fans would buy him a SHINee lightstick and give it to him as a gift at SEVENTEEN fan sign events. Hoshi’s been a fan from a young age and specified that he is Key’s fan in particular. Hoshi revealed in a fan cafe post that it was the SHINee‘s SHINee World and the repackaged AMIGO albums that sparked his dream of becoming an idol.
TXT Taehyun
Despite being only six years old when SHINee’s song “Replay” was released, Taehyun said that he was inspired to become an idol after watching the music video of the hit song. Taehyun also became a successful fanboy after receiving an invitation from Taemin to eat out together. The invitation would have to wait a little longer until Taemin is discharged from his mandatory military service.
Enhypen Ni-Ki
If only we all could be as lucky as Ni-Ki, who is such a big fan of SHINee from a young age. He even had the chance to perform on stage with SHINee at the Tokyo Dome. After performing, Ni-Ki became so overwhelmed with emotion that he began crying, but sweetheart Key gave him a reassuring hug.
Monsta X Fans
WEi Yongha
Yongha, who introduced himself as a “Monsta X” fan as one of his charming points, is also nicknamed “Yongbebe.” To show his love for the group, he even suggested that his group perform “Love Killa” for the Weekly Playlist” segment during their appearance on Weekly Idol.
Jongho is also another proud Monbebe, and a successful one too! He received an autographed “Shoot Out” album, and his members said that he has been a fan long before that and was excited to have received the gift.
BTS Fans
IZ*ONE & IVE Yujin
Here’s a life glow-up story. Before attending the Melon Music Awards as an IZ*ONE member, she attended the award show as an ARMY back in 2016. She was seen in the audience with a BTS lightstick as she screamed with joy when the boy group won the Daesang for that year. For those who may be skeptical if that is truly Yujin, she has personally addressed it herself.
ATEEZ Wooyoung
If fans have to take a shot every time Wooyoung fanboyed over BTS, we’d all be so drunk. There are so many moments where Wooyoung proves that he is the biggest ARMY yet. From only remembering Jimin’s birthday, and not his fellow members, to getting excited seeing a Jungkook poster hanging in a fan’s room during a video call fan meet, he is relatable when he turns into an absolute fanboy for BTS!
Stray Kids Seungmin – DAY6
It’s no secret that Stray Kids member Seungmin is the biggest DAY6 fan. To show his love for his sunbaenims, he has uploaded many covers of their songs and cutely fanboy about the group in different interviews and VLIVEs. It must also make him feel over the moon that fans often say that he looks like Wonpil from DAY 6.
Both Juyeon and Eric are known to be huge EXO fans, and they proved it when they did a VLIVE of just them dancing to several EXO songs. What was more surprising was that Eric danced to “They Never Know,” an underrated gem unknown to non-EXO-Ls or even some new fans. Eric even performed Sehun’s solo dance to the song, which only true fans can remember.
Mirae Junhyuk – ATEEZ
Junhyuk has been very vocal about Yunho being his role model. He even wrote him a sweet letter after learning that his favorite group would be on a radio show the following week that his group was on. A year after, Junhyuk’s dreams as a fan came true when he got to meet and talk to Yunho in person on Idol Radio 3! He was so overwhelmed he could not hold back his tears.
The Boyz, Kevin & Jacob – Sam Kim
How would you react when you’re casually working, and the very person you look up to as an artist just walks in? That is exactly how Kevin and Jacob were when they saw Sam Kim walking into their snack shop. These two Canadians are such huge fans of the very talented singer, and they even got the opportunity to perform for him.
Momoland Jane – INFINITE
When you go from taking photos of your favorite idols and rooting them on to standing next to them for a music show, you’d be as nervous as Jane too. Prior to debuting with Momoland, Jane used to be a fansite master for the group INFINITE. She used to run the account ‘Baby’s Breath’ for INFINITE members L and Sunggyu under the nickname ‘Pudding.’
SHINee Key – BoA
Just because Key is looked up to by many does not mean he does not have his own idol that he looks up to. Key is a huge fan of the undisputed queen of K-Pop, BoA. Being in the same label has given the opportunity two of them to grow closer than ever. Key is living all of our dreams to be best friends with his idol.
Street rapper, DOMO4200, has made a name for himself through his galvanising live shows, versatile rap style that melds soul with old-school conviction and fresh beats. He lived up to that name in his serotonin-spitting high-fire latest single, PREACH, featuring Rahzil Blckwell.
After an energetically jazzy prelude, the melodic track unfolds around his viscerally uplifting rap bars that preach a very different gospel to what you hear reverberating through churches but written in the lyricism, you’ll find relatability and motivation by the smorgasbord.
It’s no surprise that DOMO4200 isn’t failing to rack up the streams with his effortlessly expressive tracks that make no bones about where he came from and put no limits on where he’s going. After hearing PREACH, that’s a journey you’re going to want to take with him.
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