Adam Behr
Writer at Freelance
Researcher, writer, lecturer - music, politics and popular culture.
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1 week ago |
dawn.com | Adam Behr
There’s immense variety in popular music careers, even beyond the extremes of one-hit wonders and the long-haulers touring stadiums into their dotage. There are those who embody a specific era, burning briefly and brightly, and those whose legacy spans decades. Straddling both of those, and occupying a distinctive space in popular music history, is Sylvester Stewart, better known as Sly Stone, who died at the age of 82 on June 9.
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2 weeks ago |
tolerance.ca | Adam Behr
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2 weeks ago |
theconversation.com | Adam Behr
There’s immense variety in popular music careers, even beyond the extremes of one-hit wonders and the long-haulers touring stadiums into their dotage. There are those who embody a specific era, burning briefly and brightly, and those whose legacy spans decades. Straddling both of those, and occupying a distinctive space in popular music history, is Sylvester Stewart, better known as Sly Stone, who died at the age of 82 on Monday June 9.
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Mar 4, 2025 |
tolerance.ca | Adam Behr
By Adam Behr, Senior Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University “In any civilised community the arts … serious or comic, light or demanding, must occupy a central place.
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Mar 4, 2025 |
theconversation.com | Adam Behr
“In any civilised community the arts … serious or comic, light or demanding, must occupy a central place. Their enjoyment should not be regarded as something remote from everyday life.” This was a central statement in the white paper (a statement of policy intent) issued 60 years ago by Jennie Lee, the UK’s first minister for the arts under Labour prime minister Harold Wilson in 1965.
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RT @AdamBehrLive: Porous barriers between ‘high art’ and ‘popular culture’, state support, and uncertain environment. A few words for @Conv…
Porous barriers between ‘high art’ and ‘popular culture’, state support, and uncertain environment. A few words for @ConversationUK on recent govt arts funding announcement, Jennie Lee’s 60 year old culture white paper, and the distance still to travel. https://t.co/GxA2GE2dtA
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