The Sixties | Pop in the Mediterranean Basin
Lecture on the development of 1960s pop music in the Mediterranean countries with Hanan Drori. Merkazi Habama, Ganei Tikva.
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Pop in the Mediterranean Basin
Hanan Drori specializes in 1960s pop music. Over the years, Hanan Drori has collected an amazing and rare selection of high-quality music videos, which he edits and translates himself.
In the 1960s, the world experienced an outburst of innovation in pop music, and American and British hits had a global influence on other countries around the world.
In this lecture, we will discuss the development of pop music in Mediterranean countries such as Turkey, Greece, Italy, France, and Spain, and see how it merged with local traditions to create unique styles.
We will discover how each country’s distinctive culture shaped its local pop sound.
We will hear and see local stars who became cultural icons through stories, music videos, and hits, and see how pop music reflected the social and cultural changes of the period.
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