your guide to the musical styles of Eurovision
- Written by Jess Carniel, Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
In his acceptance speech for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, Portuguese winner Salvador Sobral issued a controversial call to arms to “bring music back” to a place of meaning and feeling:
We live in a world of disposable music; fast-food music without any content. I think this could be a victory for music with people who make music...