Peek inside the office of Christopher Reynolds, UC Davis professor, musicologist, choral singer and son of a choir conductor, and a visitor sees the expected — rows and rows of books, stacks of sheet ...
Ed Sheeran is currently on trial over claims that he plagiarized from Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” for his 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud.” The process is surely frustrating for the pop star, and he ...
In 2023, Forbes published an article about Taylor Swift that included the following mind-boggling statistic: 55 per cent of adults in the United States identify themselves as Swift fans. In the wake ...
Edward Downes, a musicologist, professor, and critic best known as host of the "Texaco Opera Quiz" heard during live Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, died Wednesday at his New York home. He was… ...
Behold, the video for "Weird Al" Yankovic's latest single "Craigslist," which hit the Internet in the past week. It's already inspired Michael Ian Black (of The State, Stella and Pets.com fame) to ...
When I was a kid, there didn’t seem to be a rhyme and reason to what music I loved — my tastes spanned from art rock, to show tunes, to hard rock, pop and funk classics and disco deep-dives. As I ...
A groundbreaking study reveals that music can manipulate our taste buds, making chocolate tase richer and sweater when paired with the right melody. British musicologist Dr. Natalie Hyacinth has ...
The music of O Canada is not original but rather a patchwork of four pre-existing pieces, an expat Canadian musicologist says in a recently published article. Ross Duffin, a distinguished university ...
Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This In the wake of her recent epic world tour — which drew 10 million attendees and earned billions of dollars ...