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Drummer Billy Martin’s Covid-19 Quarantine Playlist
3 minute readSongs from the Big Easy, Recorded by Top Musicians Across Generations
3 minute readSteinway Brings Live Recitals to Your Living Room, Piano and All
6 minute readAn Album of Cover Songs Honors the Legacy of Leonard Cohen
3 minute readMIDI 2.0 Expands the Digital Music-Making Toolbox
1 minute readPhotay’s Motivational Playlist for 2020
2 minute readThe History of Vintage Recording Gear, Written by an All-Knowing Industry Veteran
2 minute readSara Auster’s Sound Baths Are a Tonic for Our Tumultuous Times
5 minute readThe Eerie, Dreamlike Piano Melodies Behind An Yu’s Latest Novel
6 minute readJónsi of Sigur Rós Expands His Range With a Solo Exhibition in L.A.
2 minute readJesse Carmichael of Maroon 5’s Valentine’s Day Playlist
3 minute readThe Avian-Toned Tracks That Helped Spur a Birdsong Initiative
8 minute readThree Things to Catch at Harlem’s Apollo Theater This Fall
2 minute readA Commemoration of AACM’s Legacy in Experimental Jazz
3 minute readA New Ice Cream Truck Jingle, Created by Wu-Tang Clan Rapper RZA
2 minute readHow Spanish Culture and Color Informed the Styling and Art Direction of Selena Gomez’s New “Revelación” Album
3 minute readStories of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated People, Reflected in a Soul-Stirring Album
4 minute readA New Book Explores How, Via X-Rays, Banned Albums Made It Into the Cold War–Era U.S.S.R.
2 minute readThis Los Angeles Folk Duo’s New Single Was Inspired by an Episode of Our Time Sensitive Podcast
5 minute readNicolás Jaar Launches a Grant Program to Uplift Emerging Electronic Musicians
3 minute readA Resonant Sound Performance, Created Using Children’s Toy Instruments
5 minute readWe’ll Be Tuning Into This Tuning Meditation
1 minute readThe Words and Music Author Julia Cooke Is Escaping Through Right Now
5 minute readSara Auster on Fine-Tuning Your Life Through Sound Therapy
19 minute readThe Relaxing Playlist Caius Pawson Is Listening to Right Now
2 minute readIn Rural Germany, a Six-Century-Long Performance of a John Cage Organ Composition Is Underway
4 minute readDavid Bowie’s Music as a Navigational Portal to Our Inner Worlds
4 minute readFashion Designer Phillip Lim’s Chill Out Playlist
2 minute readAn Epic Lullaby by Max Richter, Rearranged in a Meditation App
1 minute readMontana’s Tippet Rise Art Center Goes on Tour With a Four-Day Virtual Classical Music Festival
2 minute readStefan Sagmeister’s Playlist of David Bryne Cover Songs
2 minute readDave Chappelle’s New Podcast
3 minute readThis Digital Tool Kit Reveals How Art Benefits Our Brains
2 minute readThe Music Keith Abrahamsson Turns to for Sonic Respite
2 minute readThe Emotional Ecstasy of Playing the French Horn
5 minute readThis Digital Archive Will Teach You About Black Music History
1 minute read A Sonic Journey Inspired by the Expansive Landscapes of the Nordic Region
13 minute readMedeski Martin & Wood Offers Lessons for Making Music, and Living Life
2 minute readA User-Friendly Device That Creates Ambient Music With Plants
5 minute readSongs for Practicing Sound Healing at Home
7 minute readA Soul-Nourishing Album for Your Plants
3 minute readPsychoacoustics Expert Dr. Susan Rogers on How Musicians Hear
3 minute readHow Everyday Sounds Shape Our Brains
6 minute readThe Songs Inside a Hip-Hop Meditation Teacher’s Head
2 minute readHow Technology, Politics, and Perception Transformed the Role of Music in Black Life
2 minute readA Studio 54 Playlist by Brooklyn Museum Curator Matthew Yakobosky
2 minute readA Sound Project That Recreates the Sonic Landscape of the Womb
2 minute readGuitarist and Audio Engineer Pat McCusker’s “Active Listening” Playlist
2 minute readA Musician Who Immortalizes Luminaries Through Songs on His Podcast
2 minute read This Sound System Revolutionizes How We Listen to Live Music
2 minute readLaura Baldassari’s Opera Playlist Is Exactly What We’re Craving Right Now
3 minute readFor Hanif Abdurraqib, Language Is an Instrument
7 minute readFifty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives
7 minute readAmy Helm’s Traveling Curbside Pickup Band Brings Live Music to Your Doorstep
4 minute readDevon Turnbull’s D.I.Y. Speaker-Making Kits Are the Ultimate Home Audio Solution
2 minute readWith EarthPercent, Brian Eno Helps the Music Industry Address the Climate Crisis
3 minute readIn Detroit, McArthur Binion and Henry Threadgill Salute Their Decades-Long Friendship Through Song
5 minute readThis Radio Connects Listeners to a World of Fresh Foreign Sounds
1 minute readDaniel Libeskind’s “Classical Studies” Playlist
2 minute readSong and Art at a Synagogue Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
2 minute readDevon Turnbull on Building His Cultish Handcrafted Speakers
4 minute readA New Book Gets to the Heart of Kendrick Lamar’s Sonic Rise
4 minute readThe Poetry of Building the Perfect Sound System
3 minute readDesigner Jonathan Olivares’s All-Time Favorite Skateboarding Soundtrack
7 minute readThis Perfume Brand Makes Scents That Evoke Los Angeles’s Rich Music History
2 minute readSound Therapist Sara Auster’s “Deep Listening” Playlist
4 minute readWhat the Internet Sounds Like: A Playlist
3 minute readHow Leonard Cohen Sought Out Spiritual Truth Through His Songs
2 minute readWhy Aliens Could Be Able to Listen to NASA’s Golden Record—Even If They Don’t Have Ears
7 minute readThe Multicity Festival Spotlighting Female Voices from the SWANA Region
3 minute readTeenage Engineering’s OB-4 Speaker Redefines Radio as We Know It
1 minute readThese Headphones Create Superior Sound and a Quiet Mind
1 minute readEminem’s Mom’s Spaghetti Restaurant Serves Pasta With the Special Savor of Leftovers
2 minute readIn Tokyo, Devon Turnbull’s Custom Audio System Delivers More Than Superlative Sound
2 minute readTokyobike’s Refreshingly Eclectic Listening Party
1 minute readA Renowned British Composer Explains Four Legendary Christmas Songs
2 minute readHi-Fi Audio Design: An Expert’s Exceptional Primer
3 minute readJazz Critic and Historian Ted Gioia’s “Subversive Songs” Playlist
3 minute readMichel Rojkind on Rhythm, Drumming, and How Music Influences His Design Practice
2 minute readAvoid Algorithms With the Incredibly Refreshing Radiooooo
2 minute readElliott H. Powell Traces the History of Black Musicians Engaging with South Asian Culture and Sounds
2 minute readPeter Adjaye’s Emotive Soundscapes Immerse Listeners in the Past and Present
4 minute readAmbient Church Gives Electronic Music a Surreal, Spiritual Home
6 minute readHow a Master Organist is Making the Archaic Instrument Cool Again
8 minute readJosé Parlá’s Cuban Summer Playlist
3 minute readA Playlist That Conjures the Ferocity and Flair of Detroit
15 minute readA&R Rep Kolby Turnher’s “Scam Rap” Playlist
3 minute readUnexpected Cover Songs, Performed by a Who’s Who of American Heritage Artists
2 minute readSound Is at the Core of Musician-Turned-Ceramicist Kansai Noguchi’s Vases and Vessels
7 minute readA New Nashville Museum Traces 400 Years of Black Music
2 minute readThese A.I.-Generated Songs Raise Awareness About Mental Health in the Music Industry
2 minute readArchitect and Broadway Set Designer David Rockwell Shares His Favorite Show Tunes
7 minute readFor Jermaine Stone, Wine and Hip-Hop Make a Perfect Pair
8 minute readJonah Takagi on Media as the Place Where the Practical Meets the Personal
13 minute readSymphonic Masterpieces in Better-Than-Ever Fidelity, Mixed by a German D.J.
2 minute readThese Compact Analog Instruments Pack a Punch
1 minute readArtReview’s Podcast Collages Audio Out of Artists’ Life and Work
4 minute readThis Chicago Music Label Is on a Mission to Unearth Lost Sounds
2 minute readAn Original Soundtrack for the Intersection of Hallucinogens and Mental Health
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