“Let’s call things by their name!
If we don’t break the silence
we will die in silence
Against fear is life,
against fear is love,
against fear we are,
against fear without fear.”
Magpies’ Mix Tape: A different kind of protest song
Leopoldo Méndez: An Aesthetic of Protest
“…a new aesthetic, one of protest, full of popular longings, and that lives in the full multitude of rebellion, is strong and great and captures us with the emotion of battle — this is life.”
Magpies’ Mix Tape: Spooky
This playlist collects is for the skeletons in our closet, the departed longing for a glimpse of the living world, the werewolves, and zombies, and vampires. Hot tunes to warm their rattling chains and naked bones, and some cool tunes to join them in their blue moods.
A Garland of Melodies: Reimagining Ragamalas
A facinating article about a special category of miniature painting called ‘Ragamala,’ which is the pictorial representation of an Indian musical mode or melody which is called a ‘raga.’
Magpies’ Mixtape: Magpies’ Sampler
A playlist of songs we discovered because they were sampled in Hip Hop tracks.
August Issue, 2024
A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
An Interview With Bukka White
Bukka White has long been one of my favorite musicians, and I’m so happy to share this interview with Chris Strachwitz, from the Arhoolie archives, in which he talks about his life, his travels, his loves, his work, and his music.
Mapgies Mixtape: American Eccentrics
A selection of music we find oddly perfect, to celebrate a different kind of freedom this Independence Day.
Work of the Restorer
“The biography became, in effect, two stories: one, in which Harss deftly traces the formative patterns of Ratmansky’s distinctive and prolific career, and a second shadow story, in which Harss herself grapples with the unfolding conflict, the changing international landscape of the ballet world, and, most compellingly, the shifting identity of her subject.”
Magpies’ Mix Tape: Unsung/ Female instrumentalists through the years
A Magpies’ Mix Tape featuring female instrumentalists over the years.
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