Music

• Dance the Night Away for Sandy Relief

  Dec 06, 2012    01:59 PM

  

  Since super storm Sandy hit my hometown, I've donated to the Red Cross and dropped off food for those in shelters. But when I found out that a stellar group of award-winning musicians was coming together at Madison Square Garden for…

  Tagged Music,News & Politics

• Travel Everywhere (Man!) with Johnny Cash

  Dec 04, 2012    01:39 PM

  Johnny Cash has been everywhere (man!) and a clever project from British web developer Iain Mullan lets you follow along visually as Cash names his way across North America. Mullan crafted his tuneful creation for London's Music Hack…

  Tagged Computers & Technology,Music

• Oh, yes! The 30th Anniversary of “Thriller”

  Nov 30, 2012    04:29 PM

  

  2012 has brought us many iconic anniversaries—Reader's Digest celebrates 90 years, the Oreo is now 100 years old. But perhaps the most inspiring, touching, and jaw-dropping of them all is this: Michael Jackson's Thriller album…

  Tagged Music

• Holiday Lights, ‘Gangnam Style’

  Nov 28, 2012    11:53 AM

  

  "Gangnam Style," the dance hit  by Korean pop star PSY, has become perfect fodder for video reenactments worldwide, from dancing Thai prisoners to Ellen Degeneres' JCPenney takeover to dancing lights. Yes, dancing…

  Tagged Christmas,Music

• The Perfect Fall Road Trip: No Car Required

  Oct 17, 2012    05:15 PM

  

  The wonderful Grace Potter (left) and me. The first thing I noticed when I spoke with Grace Potter at Farm Aid was her down-to-earth demeanor. It was like talking to a neighbor in a cozy coffee shop—not a star singer at a crammed…

  Tagged Music,Road Trip

• In Case You Missed It: ‘Gangnam Style’ Goes Gangbusters

  Oct 12, 2012    04:55 PM

  

  You didn’t really think you’d heard the last of “Gangnam Style,” did you? The viral video of this outrageous and infectious song by South Korean pop rapper Psy has been viewed more than 430 million times on YouTube, according…

  Tagged Music

• A Movie That Sings, From a Member of the Dave Matthews Band

  Sep 19, 2012    11:02 AM

  

  When I trace back the events that have led to my greatest happiness, inevitably I arrive at this little musical group from Charlottesville, Virginia: The Dave Matthews Band.  So when I found out that Boyd Tinsley, violinist for the…

  Tagged Art & Design,Movies,Music

• ‘Classify’ Makes Classical Music Accessible, More Awesome

  Sep 17, 2012    04:50 PM

  

  Though I'm a big music fan, I've never really gotten into classical. Maybe it's because my parents preferred the soundtrack to Murphy Brown when I was growing up, or maybe it's because the genre has an intimidating centuries-long…

  Tagged Computers & Technology,Music

• The Sweet (Rockin’) Sound of American English

  Sep 03, 2012    06:00 PM

  

  It's a question I've often pondered when hearing foreigners talk in an unfamiliar tongue: What does American English sound like to someone who doesn't understand the language? Italian singer Adriano Celentano has the answer. In…

  Tagged Music,Travel & Vacations

• Squeaky Door Sounds Like Miles Davis

  Aug 28, 2012    02:00 PM

  

  Photo by Peter Buitelaar/Wikimedia Commons Jazz artists study sheet music, expand on techniques and fine-tune their sound for years to develop even an iota of the talent that coursed through iconic trumpeter Miles Davis' veins…

  Tagged Music
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