What is it about music that makes us feel so good? We know that music can have a profound effect on us and that listening to music can induce various emotions. We “feel it” when we hear a beautiful ...

Patrick E. Savage is a musicologist at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and at Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan. He is the author of Comparative Musicology (2026). As ...

Taylor Swift made up 1.7% of the entire U.S. recorded-music market in 2023, according to the year-end report from Luminate, the industry data partner formerly known as SoundScan. The news does not ...

Great music needs more than talented performers—it needs a space that lets sound breathe and reach every corner of the room with clarity. Acoustic design is part science and part art, combining ...

Searching for rap fans sick and tired of Kendrick Lamar‘s irresistible”Not Like Us?” You won’t find them in the rapper’s native Compton. Days after rocking the Kia Forum with his “Pop Out — Ken & ...