Music
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Look & listen
Monocle’s summer arts calendar highlights the best albums to line up, books for the beach, shows to saunter round and movies to enjoy – from Fuji Rock to the Whitney Museum.
Culture
A round-up of the latest cultural highlights, from a re-issued sci-fi classic and photos of New York to French thrillers, new music from Wave Machines and Camera Obscura, and art world news.
Culture
This issue: book reviews include a catalogue of a love affair and George Steiner's essays. Plus, films 'Sounds Like Teen Spirit' and 'Let the Right One In', and new art shows.
From Sofia, with love
Bulgarian songstress Lili Ivanova became her country’s biggest star under the communists. Today she’s just as famous and is revered as a champion of the nation.
Hit factory
Despite years of turbulence between Taiwan and China, this island’s pop culture leaves the mainland standing. From idols to protest singers via television talent shows, Taipei pop is the country’s new heavy industry.
Show the world
May Arida, a national icon of Lebanon, has kept the Baalbek International Festival alive through wars and threats. Our new series introduces people who rise above politics to become symbols of a country’s strengths.
Friends eclectic
LA’s KCRW sounds like the future of radio. Small, perfectly formed and with an influence that travels far beyond its American HQ, it breaks bands and sets the soundtrack for Hollywood’s films.
Taiwan hit factory
Despite years of turbulence between Taiwan and China, this island's pop culture leaves the mainland standing. From idols to protest singers via television talent shows, Taipei pop is the country's new heavy industry.
Going solo
Frida Hyvönen is a singer-songwriter with an intimate understanding of the grand piano and the great outdoors. Monocle went backstage with the Swedish chanteuse in Paris as she prepared for her new record.
Cultural gathering
Let Monocle entertain you with its selection of art shows, films, albums and books. The sun rises on 2009 with hot new artists, musicians and directors coming to the fore. Enjoy.
