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Too far ahead of her time, too independent for show business.
But she left behind masterpieces like this one, which have kept me company for many years.
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Good morning, #Fediverse!
https://song.link/s/28pVz3JvJQkfpOHs2oQWhn
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The Fediverse is Throwing a Music Festival
Believe it or not, the Fediverse has a thriving independent art community. This week, a bunch of them are coming together to perform online. [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
There’s a lot of great music and art on our little network. In an effort to promote more of it, create good times, and support one another, our friends over at NHAM and RadioFreeFedi are throwing a virtual music festival this week, and it’s open to everyone. The Owncast live stream is presented as “a raid” where different operators run different blocks of the show. In a sense, the virtual festival is itself distributed, with viewers directed to different domains to participate in different blocks of the show.
Sam Attard, founder of NHAM, had this to say:
NHAM exists to promote the amazing musical talent on fair platforms in The Fediverse. We already regularly promote new releases, hot tracks and mixtapes, as well as putting on live gigs and listening parties, all of which can be found in your Fedi feed by following @nham.
The range and depth of talent is so great that we’ve decided to put on an extra special 24 hour event to showcase just some of it in one extravaganza. The full schedule can be found at fest.nham.co.uk with various ‘stages’ around the world being used – all with a chat room open for people to congregate, whoop, cheer and get dizzily high on the wealth of talent in the Fedi music scene.
It’s free to come on in. You can join the chat or just quietly watch and listen along so do pop by! The festival wouldn’t have been possible without the enthusiasm and hard work of the (n)hamster from Radio Free Fedi so our eternal gratitude goes out to him and of course to all of the brilliant and diverse artists involved.
See you in the chat tents!
The Lineup
So far, there’s some pretty big acts attached to the lineup, including some favorite voices from the Radio Free Fedi days, including Doctor Deathray, Futzle, sknob, bgm, Meljoann, Shannon Curtis, and Jamie Hill, and that’s just a handful of the people involved! This event aims to put an insane amount of talent on display through this volunteer effort.
There are also performances that go beyond music, including a broadcast from The Insect Insights, community animation work from Animation Array, and even a presentation from Gabe Kangas of the Owncast project.
How to Join
The main place to visit is the NHAMFest popup site, which provides a comprehensive schedule and links for each programming block, along with which musicians or creators are involved. For those trying to keep their ears to the ground and know exactly when the festival begins, do these four things:
- Follow Radio Free Fedi – Their social account is heavily involved in promoting the event
- Follow NHAM – They regularly are on top of reviewing and promoting the music of the Fediverse! You can follow their instance from
@nham@nham.co.uk - Boost this Post – Help RFF maximize reach in promoting the event!
- Mark Your Calendars – To assist the efforts, we’ve put this event into our calendar system. You can download it to your own calendar, which will help keep you in the loop!
Don’t forget to tell your friends! We look forward to seeing you there!
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The Fediverse is Throwing a Music Festival
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Today is brought to you by #Maybeshewill : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qzNFIEBcTk
Sampled lyrics:
We have seen our Earth teeter on the brink of ruin
We have heard the warnings of scientists
And we know where the blame lies:
It is with the 100 companies
That are responsible for 70% of global pollution
It is with the billionaires
Who got rich polluting our rivers and pumping out carbon
It is with an economic system
That puts the profits of the rich above the needs of the people
So make no mistake about it
The climate crisis is a capitalist crisis
And the climate struggle is a class struggle across borders
Whether you're in Coventry or Canberra, Doncaster or Delhi
If you are working class you will suffer the worst effects of floods, fires, droughts and devastation
While the rich build ever-higher walls to protect themselves
That is what is coming
That is what is coming unless we take bold action
That is what will happen unless we unite working people across borders to say that our lives are more important than anyone's profits
It is what will happen
Unless we put the power in the hands of the working class
To put people and planet first
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BBCSSO/Canellakis review – electrifying trio of women unleash the horror in Strauss’s Elektra
By Michael Downes
Usher Hall, EdinburghMaking the most of a huge orchestra, conductor Karina Canellakis treated the dissonant score with relish, but the evening belonged to the singers, with even the tiniest role superbly realised
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #Festivals #Culture #Classicalmusic #Music #BBCScottishSymphonyOrchestra #TheGuardian #MichaelDownes
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marquise Gilmore review – bassoon earns its spotlight in Thea Musgrave’s Out of the Darkness
By Flora Willson
Royal Albert Hall, London Amy Harman brought a warm baritonal vocalise to premiere from nonagerian Thea Musgrave, while Felix Klieser played a remarkable trick
#Proms2026 #Proms #Classicalmusic #Music #AcademyofStMartinintheFields #Culture #Festivals #TheGuardian #FloraWillson
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Chineke!/ Heyward/ Angel Blue review – belated premiere for forgotten Black composer
By Erica Jeal
Royal Albert Hall, London A suite of reconstructed dance pieces from 1918 by Edmund Thornton Jenkins made a moving start to Chineke!’s Prom, where soprano Angel Blue sang Barber’s nostalgic Knoxville and Dvořák’s Symphony No 8 made a breathless finale
#Proms2026 #Classicalmusic #ChinekeOrchestra #Music #Culture #TheGuardian #EricaJeal
Anthony Hopkins: Life Is a Dream album review – easy on the ear melodies written from the heart
By Clive Paget
Philharmonia Orchestra/Dudamel(Decca)There’s a cinematic flourish to many of Hopkins’ compositions, together with fine arrangements of Welsh tunes and pieces dedicated to family
#Classicalmusic #AnthonyHopkins #Music #ThePhilharmoniaOrchestra #GustavoDudamel #Culture #Film #TheGuardian #ClivePaget
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Anthony Hopkins on mortality, music's dark side and its healing power
By Ria Andriani
Sir Anthony Hopkins opens up about music’s transcendental power, overcoming impostor syndrome, playing Hannibal Lecter and why “life is one long, long goodbye”.
The Song of Hiawatha review – Rafael Payare reveals the riches of Coleridge-Taylor’s hit cantata
By Michael Downes
Usher Hall, EdinburghFestival director Nicola Benedetti’s bold programming of these once-popular Victorian cantatas paid off with a crisp chorus and strong soloists tautly conducted
#Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #Opera #TheGuardian #MichaelDownes
Aigul Akhmetshina: Mujer Fatal album review – classy and sensual in music from Bizet to Britten and Bernstein
By Clive Paget
Akhmetshina/Pappano(Decca)The mezzo-soprano lends supple and elegant voice to opera arias and musical party pieces that explore womanhood
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/20/aigul-akhmetshina-mujer-fatal-album-review
#Classicalmusic #Opera #Music #AntonioPappano #Culture #TheGuardian #ClivePaget
‘You’ll be sorry you told me this!’: the 98-year-old composer who gets musicians – even bassoonists - on their feet
By Tom Service
Scotland’s Thea Musgrave is still writing radical music with perambulatory soloists and a message of hopefulness. Her latest work, for bassoonist Amy Harman, comes to the Proms this weekend
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/19/thea-musgrave-composer-proms-classical-music
#Music #Classicalmusic #Culture #Proms2026 #TheGuardian #TomService
The Rake’s Progress review – a young cast packed with promise do Stravinsky’s dance with the devil proud
By Alexandra Coghlan
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonThe staging is awkward and balance is an issue at points, but the singers of British Youth Opera are consistently impressive
#Opera #Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #BatterseaArtsCentre #Stage #TheGuardian #AlexandraCoghlan
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra/Wilson review – white-hot intensity as Verdi Reqiuem shakes St Paul’s vast dome
By Flora Willson
St Paul’s Cathedral, LondonElemental roars and full-frontal vocal expressivity as the UFO focuses on a mission bigger than a good performance
#Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #Ukraine #TheGuardian #FloraWillson
BBCNOW/Bancroft review – McGill is a stylish soloist in Kahane’s likable clarinet concerto
By Clive Paget
Royal Albert Hall, LondonWith Stravinsky and Copland also on the programme, this was a lively if uneven concert
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/18/bbc-now-bancroft-review-proms-mcgill-kahane
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