Music
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Leader of the dance
Park Nam Yong has choreographed some of South Korea’s biggest pop icons. He talks to Monocle about succeeding in a tough industry, and about teaching singers with two left feet how to dance.
Play it again
French accordion player Yvette Horner harks back to another age. Her nostalgic repertoire draws on the countryside as a source of inspiration. Despite the years, her desire to play remains.
Paleo Festival
The summer festival season is in full swing, and the Paleo Festival, held outside Geneva in the sleepy town of Nyon, offers an alternative to some of its grubbier European siblings. With the mountains…
Keep on playing
Ethio-jazz was the thrilling sound of 1960s and ’70s Ethiopia, blending traditional music with funk and soul before a dictatorship killed off the genre. Now, it's making a comeback.
Free Spirits
Before digital music, labels just produced records. Now, a new approach is needed. Enter Ghostly International, with its unique brand of art, music and retail, showing how to thrive.
Korean Music Industry
Monocle reports on how Korea's pop music industry is the country's most potent weapon in the global soft power stakes.
Voice of a nation
Though retired, singer Nana Mouskouri’s songs remain inseparable from Greek culture. A staunch nationalist who lived through Greece’s democratic transition, she is determined her proud country will recover from its financial crisis.
