From family memorials to jam sessions to every show at the Grand Ole Opry, the familiar singalong helps people feel connected to those who have died — whether legendary musicians or loved ones.
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The pop singer’s trial for copyright infringement of Marvin Gaye and Ed Townsend’s “Let’s Get It On” highlights how hard it is to draw the property lines of pop.
Premiering in April 1987, MTV's Headbangers Ball featured music videos from metal and hard rock bands of the 80s and 90s--everyone from AC/DC and Mötley Crüe, to Ozzy Osbourne, Def Leppard and Twisted Sister, to Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Van Halen.
The rediscovery of demos performed by the songwriters of the legendary Memphis recording studio reveals a hidden history of soul.
The Apple co-founder and the super-producer share similar ideas regarding taste and creativity.
Explore the fundamentals of music via Ableton's interactive website. Experiment with beats, melody, harmony, basslines, and song structure in your web browser.
New recordings of old jazz performances at Baltimore's now-closed Famous Ballroom are being released for the first time.
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A writer of haunting, uncategorizable songs, she once seemed poised for runaway fame. But only decades after she disappeared has her music found an audience.
The musicians discuss their recent Grammy wins and why the true tradition of jazz is all about embracing freedom.
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, who died recently, wrote pieces that were elegiac, but suffused with a sense of survival: we are broken, we are wounded, we carry on.
How long does it take before you change the station or hit “skip” if you don’t like a song? Seconds — according to researchers at New York University.
The sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell, of the rock band Larkin Poe, hit up a guitar store before a gig at Webster Hall.
Merchant, who’s releasing a new album, never wanted to be a pop star. Her passion is for forgotten people, problems, and sounds.
NPR's Scott Simon talks with musicians Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia about their love story and their new album, "Eclipse."
Fleetwood Mac wasn’t the show’s only inspiration.
What can elephants, birds, and flamenco players teach a neuroscientist-composer about music?
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From Leonard Cohen to Eva Cassidy, here's how the audio experts at Sonus faber ensure the best sound for their line of speakers
A legendary singer on faith, loss, and a family legacy.
Ndegeocello doesn't conform to anybody else's idea of the celestial plane. When she sings of supernovas, she sounds like a witness.
In an illuminating new book, the incredible highs and devastating lows of the influential musician are remembered
A half-century ago, Pink Floyd unleashed a classic that still lingers on the Billboard charts and in college dorms to this day. But what’s the legacy of the blockbuster album? What’s legacy, anyway?
Explore music, culture, and sounds from around the globe with TuneIn Explorer. Discover new songs and bands for free on desktop, mobile, and tablet devices.
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For lots of rock-poster collectors, even those who like to think they’re in the know, a common question is, “Who’s Luke Martin?”
He’s trusted to repair some of the world’s most fabled — and expensive — instruments. How does John Becker manage to unlock the sound of a Stradivarius?
We may have yet to develop the technology of time travel, but recorded music comes pretty close. Those who listen to it have experienced how a song or an album can, in some sense, transport them right back to the time they first heard it.
Jones lets the sun shine in on this jazz standard, but maintains a pensive undertone.
After 46 years, the Athens originals are taking off for good later this year. David Byrne, Boy George and more pay tribute to one of the most unusual pop bands ever
Besides “Hello It’s Me,” his C.V. includes playing in a Bowie tribute band, producing Meat Loaf as a Springsteen parody, and getting drunk with Mrs. Soupy Sales.
How a group of Guns N’ Roses fans leaked 19 CDs of outtakes from 'Chinese Democracy'
The Blues: a multi-media project anchored by seven impressionistic and interpretive films that capture the essence of the blues while exploring how this art form so deeply influenced people the world over.
Founded in 1989, Mr Bongo is an exquisitely-curated indie record (and film) label that uncovers incredible Brazilian psych, rare soul, avant-jazz, and deeply groovy Afrobeat recordings and reissues them in…
HONK!TX, a free fesitval of community street bands held each spring in the public spaces of Austin, Texas
Marshall McLuhan’s chestnut “the medium is the message” contains some of the most important theory about mass media to have emerged in the past century.
Last summer we checked in with the Internet Archive’s Great 78 Project, a volunteer effort to digitize thousands of 78rpm records—the oldest mass-produced recording medium.
Late night palette cleanser: American jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong.
There have been many influential jazz record labels throughout the previous century and into the current one, but there is no more recognizable label than Blue Note Records.
When I get to muttering in my beard about kids today, the subject oft turns to digital music and how everything sounds the same and looks the same and “what ever happened to album covers, man….” I mean I know they still exist, but they’re terrible, right?
Songs used in commercials, advertisements, events, presentations and promotional materials by Apple, Samsung, Google and Microsoft.
I have been really enjoying this 8 part series on the process of recording music via PBS: Music has been a constant in human history, an intermingling of voice and instrument that for all its local variation and increasing sophistication nevertheless endured in more or less the…
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