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A new EP by Sean Krainik's electronic music project marks the end of an 18-year hiatus for the Consumers Research & Development Label.

The chamber ensemble played all six of Bartók's string quartets, Alex Ross writes, and the pianist played devilishly difficult transcriptions of symphonic scores by Mahler and Beethoven.

Is it heresy to say that one of the greatest albums of all time just got a little bit better, 57 years after the fact? Possibly, but it doesn't feel like too strong a statement to make after hearin…

All projects must end, I suppose. For the past 6 months I've been posting music of women composers on Facebook, and then consolidating and expanding those posts in this blog. I've now finished with a total of over 180 women composers. (I haven't done a final count and I've also been silently inserting additional noteworthies into the mix.)

Born on 22nd April 1922, legendary jazz composer and musician Charles Mingus' legacy lives on 100 years later...

Disclaimer: This pedal was kindly provided by Bananana Effects for this review. However, this does not influence our opinion or the content of our review. We strive to provide honest, unbiased, and accurate assessments to ensure that our readers receive truthful and helpful information. Introduction Today, we're looking at the Matryoshka Synth pedal by Bananana […]

William Basinski headlines Plantasia, an annual experimental sound and art event at the Garfield Park Conservatory.

Discover a broad spectrum of this year's most compelling classical music, from symphonic hell rides and soaring voices to searing string quartets, cathartic choirs and one amazing comeback.

Hey everybody, this is Jake T. with Minimal Audio. I've been given the honor of taking over writing for the blogs here on our website. I'm incredibly excited to offer what I can in the way of information and expertise towards the amazing creative tools that our team has spent countless hours perfecting. So if you're anything like me and you enjoy content that covers spotlights on our plugins, history, tutorials,…

The program features works by Beethoven, Anton Bruckner and Philip Herbert.

What is taal and how does it work? What are some common taals in Indian classical music? Learn how improvisation takes place within the framework of rhythm.

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34757937 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

A survey of books, resources and courses to study everything about music and sound in the broadest sense - GitHub - vpavlenko/study-music: A survey of books, resources and courses to study everythi...

Alex Ross writes about the Swiss composer Othmar Schoeck, whose song cycle "Elegie" performed by Christian Gerhaher was recently released by the Sony Classical label.

Def Jam Recordings has entered into an exclusive worldwide joint venture partnership agreement with the Lagos, Nigeria and UK-based Native Records. The announcement was made by Def Jam chairman/CEO Tunji Balogun and Seni "Chubbz" Saraki and Teni "Teezee" Zaccheaus, co-presidents and co-founders of Native Networks. Native Records is the music division of Native Networks, a […]

For a discussion of musical form in Contemporary Music Theories, we talked about Marvin Gaye's classic "What's Going On." The multitrack stems are in circulation, and they a…

Here is what might possibly be my single favorite song in the world: Here's the outrageous live version from Stop Making Sense: The version from David Byrne's American Utopia is pretty …

Granular effects and synthesis are trendy, but often intimidating.

Pleasant Returns (out April 4 on Mind Beach Records) is Asheville bassist Quinn Sternberg's 5th full-length album, and his most personal musical offering to date.  The collection of seven new original compositions was recorded in his old home of New Orleans with long-time friends and collaborators Sam Taylor (tenor saxophone), Oscar Rossignoli (piano), and Peter […]

Disclaimer: This pedal was kindly provided by Source Audio for this review. However, this does not influence our opinion or the content of our review. We strive to provide honest, unbiased, and accurate assessments to ensure that our readers receive truthful and helpful information. The Source Audio C4 Synth is a compact yet powerful effects […]