Oct 27 Velvet Underground leader and legendary musician Lou Reed is dead Singer Lou Reed performs on stage at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, on June 14, 2012. Credit: Paul Bergen/AFP/GettyImages Rolling Stone reports Velvet Underground leader and celebrated New York musician Lou Reed is dead at 71. Continue reading
Sep 25 Janis Joplin’s final interview, cartoonized .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Four days before she died,… Continue reading
Sep 13 Dust off that mixtape, the cassette turns 50 Image courtesy of Philips Although the debut of the cassette can be traced back to a 1963 Berlin fair, Philips dates the format's official launch at the company's headquarters in Amsterdam on Sept. 13th, 1963. Continue reading
May 29 Music Legend Doc Watson Dies at Age 89 Doc Watson, a legend of folk and bluegrass music, died Tuesday at a hospital in North Carolina. He was 89 years old. Blind as an infant, Watson developed into one of the nation's finest pickers and received scores of honors. Continue reading
Feb 24 Five Resources on Venezuela’s Youth Music Program ‘El Sistema’ By Larisa Epatko On Friday's NewsHour, education correspondent John Merrow reports on how an adaptation of a music program from Venezuela is playing out in the United States. Venezuela's national youth music program "El Sistema" has produced professional musicians, such as Los Angeles… Continue reading
Jun 10 In Iran, Women Use Rap to Rage Against the Regime By Larisa Epatko Rap in any country can be a way to make a statement. In Iran, it's one of the few outlets for women with something to say. Continue reading
Mar 16 Stories from SXSW: Finding the Harmony Between Music and Interaction Design At the 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival, two presenters decided to reevaluate their work in interactive design by way of a metaphor that taps the festival's 25-year-old roots: music. Continue reading
Dec 23 Hallelujah! A Global Mash-up of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ The journalists who bring you The Rundown blog were debating last week what gift we could give you, our loyal readers, for the holidays. One thing sprang to mind that is almost universally enjoyed this time of year:… Continue reading
Oct 12 New Documentary Explores How Music ‘Made’ Louisville By Molly Finnegan After the Great Depression and a horrendous flood devastated Louisville, the city's mayor and and the conductor of its symphony orchestra hatched a plan to make the city great again. Continue reading
Sep 02 Andrew Bird Cultivates a ‘Sonic Arboretum’ A successful multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Andrew Bird recently joined instrument and acoustic engineer Ian Schneller to create a novel live music experience, something they're calling the "Sonic Arboretum," at the Guggenheim Museum. Continue reading