Music Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:44:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-32x32.png Music Archives - Positive News 32 32 ‘It reaches deep inside people’: the climate choirs singing for the planet https://www.positive.news/environment/climate-choirs-sing-for-the-planet/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:31:19 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=460387 More than 500 members of UK climate choirs are taking part in peaceful protest performances on the climate and nature emergency

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What went right this week: Europe’s shifting lifestyles, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-43-of-2023/ Fri, 27 Oct 2023 05:00:43 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=454159 Europeans embraced planet-friendly habits, there was a cancer breakthrough, and music appeared to relieve pain, plus more

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The African choirs tackling loneliness in England’s care homes https://www.positive.news/society/the-african-choirs-cheering-up-englands-care-homes/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:00:33 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=432082 African church choirs are proving to be a joyous, low-cost solution to the epidemic of loneliness in English care homes

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Ellie Goulding on climate optimism, taming anxiety and reading Positive News https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/culture/ellie-goulding-talks-to-positive-news/ Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:04:01 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=431091 Pop princess and Positive News reader Ellie Goulding talks ‘apocalypse fatigue’, climate hope and how she stays sanguine

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What went right this week: saving the UK’s live music venues, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-13-of-2023/ Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:51:00 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=429237 Britain’s live music venues got a boost, the net zero race accelerated, and cheetahs made history in India, plus more

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How hip-hop came out https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/arts/how-hip-hop-shrugged-off-its-straightjacket/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:11:35 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=425624 Hip-hop’s homophobic reputation is being challenged by a new new generation of openly queer and proud rappers

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The octogenarian whose folk songs are restoring ‘the Amazon of Europe’ https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/octogenarian-folk-songs-restoring-romania/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 11:05:06 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=424097 Proving it’s never too late to release your debut album, a Romanian folk singer has created a record that will fund habitat restoration

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The unlikely story of England’s all-female, middle-aged punk scene https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/culture/the-middle-aged-punks-reviving-a-genre/ Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:48:36 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=422611 An improbable music scene has taken root in the Midlands, where the restless punk spirit lives on well into middle age

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Queer hip-hop, male friendships, and more. What to expect in the new issue of Positive News https://www.positive.news/opinion/what-to-expect-from-issue-112-of-positive-news-magazine/ Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:56:06 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=420267 The new Positive News magazine is out now, and packed with stories of progress. Acting editor Daisy Greenwell picks out her highlights

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A new record label is bringing forgotten female composers out of obscurity https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/arts/the-record-label-bringing-forgotten-female-composers-out-of-obscurity/ Wed, 09 Nov 2022 10:00:36 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=410331 The contribution that women have made to classical music has been almost entirely ignored. A French record label aims to change that

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