The year of the music licensing legal wars

When the Supreme Court decided against Grokster in 2004, it changed the internet forever.

Hidden Patterns in Folk Songs Reveal How Music Evolved

Songs and speech across cultures suggest music developed similar features around the world

How Midland’s “Drinkin’ Problem” Became a Texas Standard in English and Spanish

The trio’s 2017 debut single is frequently covered by artists representing a variety of regional Mexican music genres.

Name a song that instantly raises a person's "cool factor" while listening

1.1K votes, 1.7K comments. Music is a powerful force, to say the least. It can influence our mood, and through our moods it can lead to us be…

Best Music and Albums of All Time

See how well critics are rating the Best Music and Albums of All Time

Listen to 8 Songs From the Bewitching Françoise Hardy

From her start in the yé-yé 1960s to the depths she plumbed as a singer-songwriter, Hardy, who died Tuesday, continued to entrance new generations of listeners.

T Bone Burnett tackles an old childhood nightmare on 'The Other Side'

The acclaimed producer's latest album is a country blues affair inspired by a sinister dream.

Why We Love Music

Researchers are discovering how music affects the brain, helping us to make sense of its real emotional and social power.

Pittsburgh’s indie & classic rock music station

WYEP is an independent public radio station, playing indie rock, Americana, blues, roots, & classic/modern rock. Listen to your favorite artists and discover new music.

St. Vincent Dives Headfirst Into the Darkness

Seven albums and 17 years into an acclaimed solo career, the musician Annie Clark said she craved “a pummeling” on her new LP: “I want something to feel dangerous.”

ChillsDB: an open-source database of chills-inducing stimuli

ChillsDB is the first database of validated audiovisual stimuli eliciting aesthetic chills (goosebumps, psychogenic shivers) in the US population.

How Khruangbin’s Sound Became the New Mood Music

The Texan trio’s vibes have spawned countless imitators, but their magic isn’t so easy to replicate.

Slow Listening: Dive Into These Independent Radio Stations From Across the

Whether you have diverse tastes or a niche one, there are independent radio stations out there that could feel like home.

Tommy Emmanuel shows off his 'fearless' fingerpicking guitar style

One of the best acoustic guitarists in the world performs a live set for World Cafe.

The Streaming Purge Has Started As Deezer Deletes 26 Million “Useless” Trac

Deezer has deleted 26 million of what it terms as "useless" tracks, which could be an indicator of what's to come from other platforms.

A Lotta Love to Give: The Brilliant Voice and Too-Short Life of Nicolette Larson

Friends and family of late singer Nicolette Larson remember her brilliant voice, and the ups and downs of a life that ended far too soon.

Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ Belongs to Everyone

What is it about the once virtually unknown song that inspires so many musicians to make it their own?

Why Some Songs Makes Everyone Want to Dance

A syncopated rhythm may prompt our brain to find the beat

3 Surprising Hit Song Trends That No One Expected

A new report by Billboard’s highlights three surprising hit song trends after an analysis of the Billboard radio charts.

Spotify API: How To Create a Data Set of Songs

A Fun Tutorial using Python, JSON, and Spotify API! You might find it more comfortable...

The Black Crowes Are Back, and Bygones Are Bygones

After ego clashes and substance abuse drove Chris and Rich Robinson apart, they’ve reunited for their first album of raw rock ’n’ roll together in 15 years.

Excerpt: James Kaplan's '3 Shades of Blue' Chronicling Miles Davis's Record

Kind of Blue is the best-selling jazz album of all time. Here's what it was like inside the studio with Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans on the day they laid down one of the record's iconic tracks.

Lost Highways

Hosted by Bill Lynch Fridays at 10 p.m. & Saturdays at 8 p.m. on WVPB Radio Lost Highways: indie rock, alternative country, Americana, rock-a-billy

The Risk at the Heart of Live Music

Performing pop songs live offers a thrilling reward—if your voice doesn’t betray you, that is.

Cassettes Are Back Again, But In A Big Way In Japan

Cassettes are making a comeback yet again, but this time it's Japan that's leading the way.

The revolutionary spirit of Soul Train 

Black creativity found a home on Soul Train — and made TV history.

Flop rock: inside the underground floppy disk music scene

Big floppy tunes.

Let Everybody Sing

‘There’s endless choice, but you’re not listening’: fans quitting Spotify t

Former streaming service subscribers on why they have ditched mod cons for MP3s, CDs and other DIY music formats

Punk Dulcimer: Hear The Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated” Played on the Dulcime

Sam Edelston can rock the duclimer. On his YouTube channel, he writes: 'Dulcimers are natural rock instruments. In fact, I even say that dulcimers are among the world's coolest musical instruments, and they deserve to be known by the general public - the way that everybody knows…

Music Machinery | a blog about music technology by Paul Lamere

a blog about music technology by Paul Lamere

Taylor Swift Is Off TikTok: Why Universal Music Pulled Its Songs - Bloomber

We’re about to find out how important TikTok is to the music industry.

Sarah Jarosz Tests the Mainstream

With her new album, “Polaroid Lovers,” a luminary of Americana broadens her sound.

Public Radio's Feel Good Hits Of 2023

From the swag of Janelle Monaé to the devotion of Tyler Childers, last year offered a variety of ways to feel good.

The Weird, Enduring Appeal of Tool

The band has built its legacy by stubbornly refusing to act the way rock bands are supposed to.

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We Got the Beat

How The Go-Go's emerged from the Los Angeles punk scene in the late '70s to become the first and only female band to have a number one album in Beauty and the Beat.

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Nanci Griffith’s Lone Star State of Mind

The late singer-songwriter rarely felt at home either in her native Texas or in the music industry, but her nostalgic ditties of girlhood captured a potent sense of place.

Give me a song. Anything please

119 votes, 485 comments. 35M subscribers in the Music community. Reddit’s #1 Music Community

Your Followers are not Your Fans

Using data provided by Vivid Seats and Instagram, I learned that social media clout isn't all it's cracked up to be.

How to break free of Spotify’s algorithm

By delivering what people seem to want, has Spotify killed the joy of music discovery?

Crime Jazz: How Miles Davis, Count Basie & Duke Ellington Created Soundtrac

When we think of film noir, we tend to think of a mood best set by a look: shadow and light (mostly shadow), grim but visually rich weather, near-depopulated urban streets.

Why nobody got paid for one of the most sampled sounds in hip-hop

This month marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. A few seconds from one forgotten rap song have tied artists and eras together for decades.

The 50 Best Movie Soundtracks of the Past 50 Years

From the iconic closing notes of ‘The Breakfast Club’ to the era-encapsulating mix of ‘Dazed and Confused’ to the work of the Purple One himself, these are the best mixes of cinema and sound since 1971

“Blurred Lines,” Harbinger of Doom

How Robin Thicke, Pharrell, and T.I.’s cursed megahit predicted everything bad about the past decade in pop culture

Why so many brands use sound to make you buy stuff

Netflix made sonic logos — the new version of jingles — trendy. But its success is hard to replicate.

The Handsome Family, 'Joseph'

Listen closely to The Handsome Family and it's as if you have stepped into a strange, shimmering plane.

Newly unearthed 1974 session by Clifford Jordan is a striking, one-of-a-kin

The tenor sax player came up in Chicago and toured in the '60s with Charles Mingus, Max Roach and Randy Weston. Jordan's forgotten album, Drink Plenty Water, mixes singers with a small ensemble.

Country Music’s Culture Wars and the Remaking of Nashville

Tennessee’s government has turned hard red, but a new set of outlaw songwriters is challenging Music City’s conservative ways—and ruling bro-country sound.