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Sun Ra Plays a Music Therapy Gig at a Psychiatric Hospital & Inspires a Patient to Talk for the First Time in Years
For some time now it has been fashionable to diagnose dead famous people with mental illnesses...
The Song From the 1500’s That Blows Rick Beato Away: An Introduction to John Dowland’s Entrancing Music
In 2006, Sting released an album called Songs from the Labyrinth, a collaboration with Bosnian lutenist...
Hear the Evolution of Mozart’s Music, Composed from Ages 5 to 35
More than a quarter of a millennium after he composed his first pieces of music, different...
Radiohead’s “Creep” Sung by a 1,600-Person Choir in Australia
Everybody can sing. Maybe not well. But why should that stop you? That’s the basic philosophy...
Keith Richards Performs “I’m Waiting For The Man”: A New Tribute to Lou Reed
“To me, Lou stood out. The real deal! Something important to American music and to ALL...
When the Berlin Philharmonic Performed John Cage’s Iconic Piece 4′33″, Capturing the Solitude of the Pandemic (2020)
In late October 2020, amidst another surge of the COVID-19 virus, the German government asked the...
Hear Grace Slick’s Hair-Raising Vocals in the Isolated Track for “White Rabbit” (1967)
“One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small…” Sometime in the summer of...
The Jazz Classic “Take Five” Played Beautifully on a 1959 Classical Guitar
Above we have George Sakellariou performing Paul Desmond’s jazz classic, “Take Five,” on a vintage 1959...
The Red Hot Chili Peppers “Californication” Played on the Gayageum, a Korean Instrument That Emerged 1,400 Years Ago
We just had the chance to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers kick off a new...
The $25,000 Turntable Designed by Brian Eno That Glows in Different Colors as It Plays
When we think of Brian Eno’s work, we first think of his records. These include not...
Punk Dulcimer: Hear The Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated” Played on the Dulcimer
Sam Edelston can rock the duclimer. On his YouTube channel, he writes: “Dulcimers are natural rock...
Beethoven’s 5th: Watch an Animated Graphical Score
Stephen Malinowski is a self-described “Music Animation Machine,” with a penchant for creating animated graphical scores....
A Look Inside David Bowie & Iman’s Beautiful Mountain Home
It’s difficult to imagine Iman and David Bowie inviting Vogue readers to join them on the...
Meet Johnny Costa, the Pianist Who Introduced Millions of Mister Rogers Fans to Jazz
Jazz pianist and composer Charles Cornell is not alone in his contempt for the sort of...
Meet Alma Deutscher, the Classical Music Prodigy: Watch Her Performances from Age 6 to 14
One needn’t think too hard to come up with a list of celebrated children who seem...
Bruce Hornsby Discusses His Adventurous Compositions and Collaborations on Nakedly Examined Music
Bruce Hornsby is best known for his first album The Way It Is (1986), but has come...
A Fan-Made Film Reconstructs an Entire Tom Waits Concert from His “Glitter and Doom Tour” (2008)
Everybody who’s been to a Tom Waits concert has stories to tell about it — no...
Stanford Continuing Studies Offering a Course on the History & Music of the Grateful Dead, Taught by David Gans: Starts on Monday, January 22
Image via Wikimedia Commons A quick heads up: On Monday, Stanford Continuing Studies will kick off...
J.S. Bach’s Opera, “The Coffee Cantata,” Sings the Praises of the Great Stimulating Drink (1735)
From the time that a nameless genius in either Ethiopia or Yemen decided to dry, crush...
The Pixies Perform a Hypnotic Version of “Gouge Away” at the BBC
In 2018, the Pixies performed live for BBC Radio 6 Music, playing some new songs (“In...
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2024: Enjoy Classic Works by Virginia Woolf, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, D. H. Lawrence, Bertolt Brecht & More
More than thirty years after it was first privately published in 1928, Lady Chatterley’s Lover became...
