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71 stories related to Sound

Steinway player piano (Courtesy Steinway & Sons)
Steinway Brings Live Recitals to Your Living Room, Piano and All
6 minute read
A large analog synthesizer covered in Christmas lights.
MIDI 2.0 Expands the Digital Music-Making Toolbox
1 minute read
Audio works from Nancy Holt’s “Tours” and “Visual Sound Zones” series in The Warehouse Dallas exhibition “Sound as Sculpture.” (Photo: Kevin Todora)
In Dallas, the First In-Depth Presentation of Nancy Holt’s Audio Works
4 minute read
A Vintage Odyssey cover image, featuring a vintage microphone.
The History of Vintage Recording Gear, Written by an All-Knowing Industry Veteran
2 minute read
A view of Auster’s performance “Sound Mo(ve)ments.” (Photo: Destiny Mata)
Sara Auster’s Sound Baths Are a Tonic for Our Tumultuous Times
5 minute read
“The Great Animal Orchestra” exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum
Bernie Krause and United Visual Artists Translate Nature’s Sonic Landscapes Into an Emotive Spectacle
5 minute read
Electronic musician Yoko Sen in the hospital
An Electronic Musician’s Quest to Reimagine Hospital Soundscapes
4 minute read
Snowy landscape
Why the World Gets Quieter When It Snows
2 minute read
A series of bullhorns and purple wiring installed in a gallery corner.
Jónsi of Sigur Rós Expands His Range With a Solo Exhibition in L.A.
2 minute read
“Communicating Vessels” by Jenny Gräf Sheppard, on at the Sound Studies Lab through fall 2023. (Courtesy Sound Studies Lab)
A Lab in Copenhagen Looks at How Sound Explains the World
6 minute read
Blue emergency lights.
The Psychological Impact of Sirens
1 minute read
The San Jose Museum of Art’s clock tower
An Unsettling Sound Installation Blasts Cold, Hard Facts Into Downtown San Jose
3 minute read
Courtesy Eddie Stern
Eddie Stern on the Physiological and Spiritual Power of Pranayama
29 minute read
Snow-capped pine trees in Lapland, Finland. (Photo: Vincent Guth Vingtcent)
Fall Asleep to the Ambient White Noise of Nature, Captured From Sites Around the World
2 minute read
A glass speaker by Sugahara
This Elegant Glass Speaker Magnifies Sounds From Your Smartphone
2 minute read
Japanese experimental musician Asuna performing "100 Keyboards"
A Resonant Sound Performance, Created Using Children’s Toy Instruments
5 minute read
Pauline Oliveros and IONE performing on a black stage.
We’ll Be Tuning Into This Tuning Meditation
1 minute read
A screen shot of the Drive & Listen website
Real-Time Radio and Street Sounds Bring These Virtual Driving Tours to Life
2 minute read
Courtesy Sara Auster
Sara Auster on Fine-Tuning Your Life Through Sound Therapy
19 minute read
Headphones on a glass of liquid.
This Luxury Skincare “Miracle Broth” Is the Result of Sonochemistry
2 minute read
Caius Pawson in glasses with disheveled hair.
The Relaxing Playlist Caius Pawson Is Listening to Right Now
2 minute read
A hamster eating a piece of fruit in grass.
The Bizarre, Calming Effects of Listening to Animals Eat
2 minute read
Installation view of Marco Fusinato’s “Desastres” at the Venice Biennale. (Photo: Andrea Rossetti)
Marco Fusinato’s Ear-Piercing Endurance Performance at the Venice Biennale
4 minute read
Vuslat Doğan Sabancı in front of artist Giuseppe Penone’s sculpture “Idee di Pietra–Olmo,” commissioned by the Vuslat Foundation for the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale. (Photo: Enrico Fiorese)
Vuslat Doğan Sabancı Imagines a Better, Brighter World Full of “Generous Listening”
13 minute read
PlantWave device
A User-Friendly Device That Creates Ambient Music With Plants
5 minute read
Sound healer Samer Ghadry
Songs for Practicing Sound Healing at Home
7 minute read
A sound-wave illustration.
Psychoacoustics Expert Dr. Susan Rogers on How Musicians Hear
3 minute read
Neuroscientist Nina Kraus
How Everyday Sounds Shape Our Brains
6 minute read
Two speakers made from cast iron.
Vintage Loudspeakers, Restored and Transformed Into Aural Works of Art
2 minute read
Malcolm James in a blue tracksuit, in front of a white background.
How Technology, Politics, and Perception Transformed the Role of Music in Black Life
2 minute read
Gordon Hempton. (Photo: Cameron Karsten)
Gordon Hempton’s Incredible Campaign for Quiet
7 minute read
The cover of Slowave’s first album, “Circadia.” (Courtesy Slowave)
A Sound Project That Recreates the Sonic Landscape of the Womb
2 minute read
The Oda sound system on a creme background.
This Sound System Revolutionizes How We Listen to Live Music
2 minute read
Silicone earplugs against a blue velvet background
Protect Your Hearing With These Otherworldly Earplugs
3 minute read
An Ojas bookshelf speaker in black and white.
Devon Turnbull’s D.I.Y. Speaker-Making Kits Are the Ultimate Home Audio Solution
2 minute read
Two hands mixing up Lego pieces on a white table.
Lego’s Pleasing New “White Noise” Playlist Evokes Childlike Wonder
1 minute read
“Sonic Bloom” outdoor sculpture by Yuri Suzuki
In London, a Big Bouquet of Horns Brings People Together Through Sound
3 minute read
(From left) Jules Allen, McArthur Binion, and Henry Threadgill. (Courtesy McArthur Binion)
In Detroit, McArthur Binion and Henry Threadgill Salute Their Decades-Long Friendship Through Song
5 minute read
A painting of a woman composed of blocks of color.
Derrick Adams’s Evocative “Beauty Works” Series
1 minute read
Jana Winderen using a hydrophone to record underwater in the Dominican Republic. (Photo: José Alejandro Alvarez)
By Listening to the Ocean, Jana Winderen Exposes the Vital Role of Sound in Aquatic Life
3 minute read
A large, open synagogue interior with a stained glass triangular chandelier.
Song and Art at a Synagogue Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
2 minute read
Cassina's Radio in Cristallo
A Beautiful Bare-Bones Radio, Designed by an Architect Who Strove for Simplicity
2 minute read
Ojas speakers, amplifiers, and turntable in an NYC apartment.
Devon Turnbull on Building His Cultish Handcrafted Speakers
4 minute read
A map detailing the global locations of Sounds of the Forest’s audio postcards.
This Open-Source Library Captures the Magic of the Forest Through Sound
3 minute read
Journalist and novelist John Colapinto
The Magic and Miracle of the Human Voice
5 minute read
“The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo” by Garrett Hongo (Courtesy Pantheon Books)
The Poetry of Building the Perfect Sound System
3 minute read
Sara Auster sounding four singing bowls as several people lay on their backs around her.
Sound Therapist Sara Auster’s “Deep Listening” Playlist
4 minute read
The cover of the book Hearing the Cloud.
What the Internet Sounds Like: A Playlist
3 minute read
Alien Listening Book
Why Aliens Could Be Able to Listen to NASA’s Golden Record—Even If They Don’t Have Ears
7 minute read
A red OB-4 boombox photographed from below.
Teenage Engineering’s OB-4 Speaker Redefines Radio as We Know It
1 minute read
A woman with white headphones on a green background.
These Headphones Create Superior Sound and a Quiet Mind
1 minute read
The dark interior of Burnside Tokyo, facing the kitchen.
In Tokyo, Devon Turnbull’s Custom Audio System Delivers More Than Superlative Sound
2 minute read
A Tokyo Slow Mixtape cover image, featuring the inside of an old Japanese house.
Tokyobike’s Refreshingly Eclectic Listening Party
1 minute read
Sound installation by Devon Turnbull. (Courtesy Lisson Gallery)
A Lisson Gallery Exhibition Contemplates the True Meaning of Sculpture
4 minute read
A sparkler firecracker.
A Renowned British Composer Explains Four Legendary Christmas Songs
2 minute read
An eight-cone speaker system on a white background.
Hi-Fi Audio Design: An Expert’s Exceptional Primer
3 minute read
A bench with a gold plaque on it.
This Public Audio Installation Helps Listeners Take the Long View on Life
1 minute read
Author and scholar Elliott H. Powell with a red scarf in front of a mural.
Elliott H. Powell Traces the History of Black Musicians Engaging with South Asian Culture and Sounds
2 minute read
Peter Adjaye wearing headphones and a fedora, on a light blue background.
Peter Adjaye’s Emotive Soundscapes Immerse Listeners in the Past and Present
4 minute read
Courtesy Ambient Church
Ambient Church Gives Electronic Music a Surreal, Spiritual Home
6 minute read
A yellow microphone on a concrete background.
Rashid Johnson Wants You to Speak Your Mind
1 minute read
Zuma Lumisonic speaker
This Discreet Speaker Combines Mood-Enhancing Lighting With Superior Sound
2 minute read
A black and white illustration of plants by Katie Holten.
Emergence Magazine Is at the Top of Our Reading List
2 minute read
Photo: Zeph Colombatto
Sound Is at the Core of Musician-Turned-Ceramicist Kansai Noguchi’s Vases and Vessels
7 minute read
Installation view of Christine Sun Kim’s “Time Owes Me Rest Again.” (Photo: Hai Zhang. Courtesy the Queens Museum.)
A Sound Artist Exposes the Complex Relationship Between Deaf and Hearing Cultures
7 minute read
A man standing in a building looking out the window
Symphonic Masterpieces in Better-Than-Ever Fidelity, Mixed by a German D.J.
2 minute read
Landscape's Stereo Field, a yellow and gold synthesizer.
These Compact Analog Instruments Pack a Punch
1 minute read
A Numero Group illustration in black and white.
This Chicago Music Label Is on a Mission to Unearth Lost Sounds
2 minute read
A Brood X cicada on a log, surrounded by grass.
The Shrill Mating Songs of Billions of Cicadas Will Soon Fill the Air
2 minute read
English electronic musician and producer Jon Hopkins
An Original Soundtrack for the Intersection of Hallucinogens and Mental Health
4 minute read
A seismograph needle drawing a black line across white paper.
In the Age of “Anthropause,” Scientists Are Studying a Seismic Hush
2 minute read