Music is a necessary part of many people’s lives. It has the power to evoke nostalgia, sadness, chills, and plenty of other emotional responses. Specific genres resonate with people in different ways.

The frightening truth is that AI doesn’t destroy music so much as reveal what we already made of it. If music is merely ...

The Electronic Music Festival in Santa Cruz is paying tribute this week to the art of making music with electronic devices. It's only the 2nd such festival ever to be conducted in the country, and ...

In this video, we explore why Spotify's shuffle feature isn't truly random and operates based on an algorithm. We discuss the reasons behind our preferences for non-random shuffle, the results of an ...

Some instruments seem destined for Bangkok. Saxophones in neon bars. Guitars on makeshift stages. Even an occasional sitar wafting through an incense-lit cafe. But a five-string banjo? Not exactly.

The ritmo (rhythm) of the island has washed ashore, but this isn’t the typical tropical groove. These dancefloor smashes struck a chord thanks to their use of Dembow, an ultrafast dance genre from the ...

Sir Alex Ferguson on his brother's fight with dementia It was a feature of Friday mornings at Manchester United's Carrington training ground that Sir Alex Ferguson would bounce down the stairs singing ...

Music's therapeutic benefits are increasingly recognised in end of life care For years, local DJ Dave Gilmore soundtracked other people's nights out in pubs and clubs. But now he's curating a uniquely ...