See the Living Von Trapp Children From “The Sound of Music” Now

Julie Andrews and the von Trapp children in

Considering that it’s a multiple Oscar winner that airs on TV every December, there’s a good chance that you’re very familiar with the story and the songs from The Sound of Music. But, have you […]

Make it pop! Do we really need the Beatles to sound new? | Music

Fleetwood Mac in 1977.

Yellow Submarine, Ringo Starr’s turn on Revolver, has been a gateway for children into the music of the Beatles since its release in 1966. A new reissue of the album makes that relationship more explicit: […]

Marshall’s Never Stop Listening Shares Powerful Sound with New Artists

Marshall’s Never Stop Listening Shares Powerful Sound with New Artists

For Kid Bloom, it’s all about the journey. This past summer, the Los Angeles native released his debut album Highway, a synth-laced, 80’s pop-inspired LP that he worked on through the pandemic. “There were great […]

Psychedelics, spies and Swedish jazz: how Deathloop made video games sound cool | Games

Deathloop soundtrack composer Tom Salta with his Minimoog.

How do you make music sound cool? How can you explain why the soundtrack to, say, any of the spy films of the 1960s still sound cool decades later? How can Foxy Lady still get […]

Nicki Minaj Calls Out Rappers Who Copy Their Idols’ Sound

Nicki Minaj performing at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards.

Nicki Minaj is getting real about her thoughts on the current state of music. The “Super Freaky Girl” rapper spoke to Jada Pinkett Smith for Interview Magazine‘s fall 2022 cover story, published on Oct. 18, […]

New York Philharmonic’s new home is finally designed for good sound : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

Revisiting San Juan Hill, the neighborhood destroyed to make way for Lincoln Center

The new David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center opens this week, and while the travertine marble exterior of the hall remains the same, everything inside has changed, said Deborah Borda, president and CEO of the […]

‘Björk said it should sound like the Cantina band!’: the enduring influence of Star Wars’ bizarre jazz group | Music

John Williams with Star Wars character C-3PO in 1980.

Of all the gin joints in all the galaxy, Luke Skywalker walked into Mos Eisley Cantina. A wretched hive of villainy where your pint of blue milk might get spilled by some unfriendly bum-faced alien, […]

James Bond Soundtracks Receives A Tribute By Amazon Prime Video Through Their The Sound of 007 Documentary

James Bond Receives A Tribute From Amazon Prime Video Through A Documentary On Its Music

Amazon Prime Video Pays A Tribute To James Bond’s Music ( Photo Credit – A Still From No Time to Die ) In addition to streaming 25 James Bond Films, Prime Video will Premiere The […]

Jake Blount on his Afrofuturist folk climate eulogy: ‘What would music sound like when we’re dead?’ | Folk music

‘If we carry on as we are, denying individual and institutional responsibility for the environment, this dystopia will be our reality.’

When Florida security guard George Zimmerman was acquitted over his shooting of unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2013, 18-year-old Jake Blount turned to the past to cope with his despair. “I wanted to know […]