Music General

Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 1700s, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. In his series The Symphonic Repertoire, the lat …

Popular music and its listeners are strongly associated with newness and youth. Young people can stay up late dancing to the latest hits and use cutting-edge technology for listening to and sharing …

Soul is the most powerful expression of American music—a distinct combination of roots, migration, race, culture, and politics packaged together for your dancing pleasure. But if you thought the soun …

Eva Cassidy’s story is one of the most compelling and poignant in recent music history. In this thoughtful and probing biography, Johan Bakker explores her brief performing career and the fame that …

Originally published in 1997, The Pianist’s Bookshelf , was, according to the Library Journal , ‘a unique and valuable tool.’ Now rewritten for a modern audience, this second edition expands into the …

In the era of mp3 players, there seems to be more music than ever and all of it is just a click away. But what’s the best way to organize your listening? That’s easy: By creating the great playli …

Music reaches the unreachable and teaches the unteachable. It brings a quality of life to places where there is none. “The Starfish Theory” is a journey through the lives of several people who had ma …

When you hear Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson , Diana Ross, The Temptations, The Jackson Five and The Commodores, you know it’s the signature sound of Motown. From the early 60’s to t …

Greetings Readers, Is Spring really here? Wow! How time flies when we are partially locked down in this Covid era. But there is light at the end of the tunnel so hang in there and observe the log …