Music the artform and artists
Krzysztof Penderecki, Boundary-Breaking Polish Composer
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- Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Krzysztof Penderecki, one of the world's leading composers, died Sunday at the age of 86. The Polish Ministry of Affairs announced his passing in a tweet.
No Pianist Left Behind: A History of Piano Pieces for the Left Hand
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- Tuesday, 31 March 2020
The left hand knows no justice. “Sinistra,” the Latin word for “left-handed,” meaning “wrong” or “unlucky” — an ancestor of the word “sinister” — is in part to blame for lingering perceptions that the hand, and those for whom it is dominant, deserves our disdain.
The lost art of deep listening: Choose an album. Lose the phone. Close your eyes.
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- Tuesday, 31 March 2020
What’s your favorite album? When was the last time you listened — actually listened — to it from start to finish? With intention, like you were watching a movie or reading a novel.
That time in 1965 when a teen Ray Kurzweil made a computer compose music
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- Tuesday, 31 March 2020
At age 17, Ray Kurzweil – he of the “singularity” – wrote a pioneering piece of “AI” music software, and showed it off on a TV show with Steve Allen.
Afro-Club, le hit des platines
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- Tuesday, 31 March 2020
L’Afro-Club en confinement pour la deuxième semaine consécutive vous propose son hit des platines avec les artistes Khadija Sawany, Dadju, Nifa Fanafoule, Locko, Mbosso, Nelson Freitas & Neyna, et enfin le groupe H_ART.
The OG of electronic music
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- Tuesday, 17 March 2020
The story of the theremin and its inventor has it all: drama, suspense, geopolitics, and, above all, tragedy. It’s a wonder Hollywood hasn’t yet made a movie about it.
The Jazz Great Behind One of the Most Famous Pairings in Music History
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- Tuesday, 17 March 2020
The pianist McCoy Tyner, who died last week at 81, played with John Coltrane and developed a simple but revolutionary sound.
11 Acts That Define the Sound of Reggaetón Mexicano
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- Tuesday, 17 March 2020
It’s 2020, and in Mexico, reggaetón is queen. The music echoes through a sizable percentage of the country’s nightclubs, buses, appliance stores and doctor’s waiting rooms.
Sudan's accidental megastar who came back from the dead
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- Tuesday, 17 March 2020
Once lauded as one of Sudan’s finest musicians, Abu Obaida Hassan faded into obscurity under the Bashir regime and was even pronounced dead. Now he is back – to global acclaim.