LISTS The Rocky History of Gorge Music By Jude Noel · June 13, 2022 Use Toms. Call It Gorge. Don’t Call It Art. These three instructions constitute the terms and conditions for Gorge Public License, the governing document for Japan’s “gorge” movement. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, gorge is […]
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Dancing for Days in Detroit for the Movement Music Festival
This article originally appeared in are u coming?, a newsletter about New York nightlife. Sign up here. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t have the coolest, most up-to-date taste in music. It’s not that I don’t have good taste, I just tend to enjoy the artists your mother […]
Music From ‘The Oregon Trail’ Out On Vinyl August 12
‘The Oregon Trail’ – Photo: Decca Records US The Oregon Trail: Music from the Gameloft Game is the original soundtrack to the award-winning Apple Arcade exclusive game The Oregon Trail. Now players will be able to relive the magic, trials and tribulations of their journey along the Oregon Trail by […]
‘At least be bearable’: in the big business of music for kids, parents are the final frontier | Music
It’s 8.27am and I’m ushering a toddler and a school child into the car, a baby strapped to my chest just to keep things interesting. From the driver’s seat of our sultana-strewn Kia Carnival, I switch from my “Breakfast Chill” Spotify playlist to “School Drop Pump Up” and We Don’t […]
Beatles exhibit captures the magic behind the music
It was a cultural lightning strike without precedent … a band from working-class Liverpool that conquered the world with its infectious melodies, intricate harmonies, and boundless creativity. In a recording career spanning less than a decade, notes “Sunday Morning” host Jane Pauley, The Beatles propelled the humble pop song into […]
Music Supervisors Move to Unionize, Seek Basic Rights and Protections
Music supervisors have proven to be an indispensable part of visual media, soundtracking movies, television series, video games and all manner of content. Yet the thousands-strong community has no representation as a collective beyond the 12-year-old Guild of Music Supervisors (GMS), and now music supervisors across film and TV are […]
Musical preferences unite personalities worldwide, study reveals
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom — In today’s divisive times, maybe all we really need is music. Musical preferences unite personalities worldwide, according to new research involving more than 50 countries. A team from the University of Cambridge shows how different singers and songs appeal to similar personality types across the globe. For […]
Island Records founder Chris Blackwell: ‘I’m interested in what’s different’ | Music
Chris Blackwell, who built Island Records into one of most tasteful, artist-friendly and successful labels in music history, will quickly admit that, along the way, he made some grave mistakes. After seeing a formative Pink Floyd perform, he commented to a colleague “that’s the worst thing I ever saw in […]
The best new free music-making software: essential freeware synths, drum machines and effects for June 2022
In a cost-of-living crisis like the one that’s currently sweeping the globe, it’s no surprise that many of us have begun to question our spending habits. And if, like us, you have a tendency to drop a little too much of your hard-earned cash on the latest music-making software when […]
NPR Music celebrates Black Music with month-long showcase : NPR
Black Music Month begins June 1st with a combination of Tiny Desk concerts and Tiny Desk (home) concerts. NPR hide caption toggle caption NPR Black Music Month begins June 1st with a combination of Tiny Desk concerts and Tiny Desk (home) concerts. NPR May 31, 2022 – Washington D.C. In […]