Queen Elizabeth Hall; Royal Opera House, LondonThe singular violin-cello duo turn music into exhilarating conversation. And the father of all Germonts dazzles at Covent GardenSkirts flowing, instruments held aloft, feet jingling in bell slippers, stamp…
Original Observer Photography
A succession of actors, environmental activists and some live music – the best photographs commissioned by the Observer in October 2021 Continue reading…
戸川純「好き好き大好き」のミュージックビデオがオフィシャル・アーカイブ公開 – amass
戸川純「好き好き大好き」のミュージックビデオが、アルファミュージック公式YouTubeチャンネルでオフィシャル・アーカイブ公開。インフォメーションによると「近年海外のTikTokから火が付いて世界各地で配信再生数が激増中」とのことで、これを受けての公開 https://amass.jp/152329/
“It’s a celebration of a technology”
Bob’s 8-Track Garage Sale is, according to Bob, the only live 8-track radio show on earth. The show has a narrow focus. Bob only plays music directly from 8-track tapes that he finds locally in central Iowa. If you’re in the central Iowa area, you can …
What happens when your favorite thing goes viral?
No Children, a 2002 song by The Mountain Goats is having a moment on TikTok. TV’s Wonder Woman approves and other long time Mountain Goats fans are working through their feelings. John Darnielle, singer and songwriter in the band, seems to be letting i…
キツネザルの歌で「リズムパターン」を発見、人間と鳥以外で初
歌うキツネザルとして知られるインドリの歌で、人間以外の哺乳類で初めて「カテゴリカルリズム」という音楽的なパターンが見つかった。写真は、マダガスカルのアンダジブ・マンタディア国立公園のインドリ。（PHOTOGRAPH BY JASON EDWARDS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION） マダガスカル島に暮らす歌うキツネザルのインドリ…
Apple’s iPod Came Out Two Decades Ago
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Conversation: On October 23, 2001, Apple released the iPod — a portable media player that promised to overshadow the clunky design and low storage capacity of MP3 players introduced in the mid-1990s. The iP…
Playlisting 180 hours of music from 1981
Music writer Brad Shoup explains why he makes exhaustive year-specific music mixes on Spotify: “With each new mix, my research methods improved – as did the source databases – and now, any playlist from 1969 on routinely features 1500 tracks, minimum.”…
Guardian angel: we send a 21-year-old mega-fan to perform at the world’s largest Elvis festival
Aaron Arter enlivened lockdown – and raised thousands for charity – with his streetside renditions of the King’s hits. Now it is his turn to shineWhen 21-year-old Aaron Arter feels blue, he sings along to the King. When he is happy, he sings along to t…
20 years of the iPod: how it shuffled music and tech forever
In October 2001, the music industry was riven by piracy and had no idea how to solve it. Enter Steve Jobs, whose new device created a digital music market – and made Apple into a titanIn 2001, the record business was in freefall due to digital piracy, …