Yes, you can use AI to make your own holiday soundtrack, but Mariah or Sinatra are your best bets if you don't want a weird, ...

Collaborators Sounwave, Kamasi Washington and more take us behind the scenes on the making of Kendrick Lamar's ...

Issues of accessibility present ongoing challenges for disabled music-makers, but a range of different organisations, artists and innovators are aiming to bring about industry-wide change When you ...

The iconic shower scene in Psycho was originally supposed to play out without music. Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along ...

In 1986, the appeal of “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)” was delightfully uncomplicated. The Beastie Boys had turned the simple art of rebelling against authority figures—teachers, ...

“Headphone listening — the act of playing a highly personalized soundtrack wherever we go — is a surprisingly radical invention, and we’re only beginning to contend with its implications. The visible ...

Will Marion Cook, born in 1869 to educated parents in Washington, D.C., played some mean violin. As was true of many musical geniuses, his technique was at first faulty. But his facility, as well as ...

Humans have been banging out rhythms and singing melodies for as long as we’ve been around, from Paleolithic flutists to contemporary K-pop performers. So if you want to make music, the good news is ...

The modern music industry is an ever-changing and hostile environment. Technology and the almighty algorithms keep many musicians under their thumb, and only the malleable prosper. “Keep your head on ...

Duolingo may be known as the world’s largest language-learning app, but it also wants to get users hooked on learning music. “[Beatstar and Country Star] combined chart-topping licensed music with ...

A hospital bed in Florida isn’t Mark Burnell’s typical performance venue. But this spring, with an electric keyboard in his lap and 14 holes drilled into his skull, the longtime Chicago musician ...

Paul Cauthen announced he had cancer back in April and the 40-year-old country music star has pretty much kept it moving since. He has been back out on the road performing for a while now, and he has ...