The term is applied to radically different compositions across more than 1,000 years of history. We need a better definition.

Touring has become one of the few reliable income streams for working musicians. But a new study finds that the benefits from opening for major artists are often fleeting.

A new study led by Dr. Kateřina Chládková of the Faculty of Arts at Charles University reveals that adults can quickly tune in to the melodic and rhythmic features—known as prosody—of unfamiliar ...

Psychological time is not clock time. How people in different parts of the world divide up the minutes in an hour may explain ...

Trap is just one of hip-hop’s many influences on electronic music. Genres such as grime (London), UK garage, Afrobeats (West Africa), and drill (Chicago) share similar roots, showcasing hip-hop’s ...

Vitamin String Quartet released a classical music version of Frank Ocean's 'Lost,' to be included on their album covering his ...