Mar 06 Watch 4:31 Hear the Holocaust Survivors Band make joyful music By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 05 Cats don’t like human music — play them this instead By Justin Scuiletti Ever wondered why your cats don't share your appreciation of Johann Sebastian Bach or aren't as enthusiastic to rock out to an old Led Zeppelin record? Turns out, it's not their style. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 7:01 How music on demand is killing the album By PBS News Hour To be able to listen to a favorite song, you used to have to buy a whole album. But the rise of digital sales and streaming music has unbundled the single from the rest of the record. What does that… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch 9:08 Can the music industry survive the streaming revolution? By PBS News Hour Do streaming services like Spotify and Pandora hurt musicians? Artists, established and aspiring, can flow both ways on the debate, but there’s no denying that the new model has had a dramatic impact on the industry and its profits. Hari… Continue watching
Feb 04 In the age of streaming music, just how much is a listen worth? By Sarah McHaney Enter the age of streaming music. In 2014 alone, Americans streamed 164 million songs through a variety of streaming services including Spotify, Pandora and Google Play Music. In the past few months, questions have been raised about how much artists… Continue reading
Feb 04 Photos: South Korean teens dream of becoming the next K-pop star By Ariel Min Kim Si-yoon doesn't keep the schedule of a typical 9-year-old. Up by 7:30 a.m. for school, followed by hours of voice training, piano lessons, dance lessons and a private English tutor session, she is on a strict path to K-pop… Continue reading
Jan 28 Happy National Kazoo Day from PBS NewsHour By News Desk The PBS NewsHour celebrates National Kazoo Day the only way we know how. Continue reading