Listening to Music in the Desert at Dawn
For a series of conversations about music with nonmusicians, I am swapping songs: exchanging pieces with my interlocutors to spark ideas about how their areas...
Streaming Saved Music. Artists Hate It.
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music rescued...
25.11 – MU Podcast – Green Thumb Raga
This week we kicks things off with a look at a series of experiments in the late 1960s that revealed the unique musical tastes of...
The Night New York’s Theaters, Museums and Concert Halls Shut Down
March began with an ominous drumbeat. A packed cruise ship with a coronavirus outbreak was left floating for days off the coast of California. South...
Triangulating Math, Mozart and ‘Moby-Dick’
She also discusses “The Luminaries,” by Eleanor Catton, winner of the 2013 Booker Prize. Every year, Dr. Hart and a friend speed-read the shortlist. That...
How to Pretend You’re in the Riviera Maya, Mexico, Today
While your travel plans may be on hold, you can pretend you’re somewhere new for the night. Around the World at Home invites you to...
Why an Animated Flying Cat With a Pop-Tart Body Sold for Almost $600,000
The nascent market for these items reflects a notable, technologically savvy move by creators of digital content to connect financially with their audience and eliminate...
Rupert Neve, the Father of Modern Studio Recording, Dies at 94
When the Seattle grunge band Nirvana recorded their breakthrough album, “Nevermind,” at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Calif., in 1991, they used a massive...
Don Letts, Mad Professor Team With Times on Carnival Story
He also has been a regular at the Notting Hill Carnival for over 40 years. In 2009, he directed a documentary, “Carnival!,” on the history...
Ancient Conch Shell Plays Music For the First Time in 18,000 Years
A large seashell was unearthed at the entrance of France’s Marsoulas Cave back in 1931. Measuring approximately a foot in length, the tan-colored conch shell...