Peter Gabriel tests the therapeutic effects of music
Peter Gabriel, along with St. Vincent, Jon Hopkins and Esa-Pekka Salonen worked with a team of neuroscientists to study music’s effects on health.
Gaetano Scippa
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12 hotels for vinyl lovers
For many music enthusiasts there’s nothing like the sound of vinyl. Seventy years after its invention, vinyl records are still here and have survived the evolution of phonographs. Cherished by collectors and loved by nostalgic people, the sound of vinyl, with its crackles, comes back into fashion from time to time and seems to resist
M.I.A. releases a new video for the World Recycle Week
In order to raise awareness on recycling old clothes, M.I.A. joins H&M’s campaign World Recycle Week with her new song and video ‘Rewear It’.
Microsoft explains the interaction between music and technology in a new website
Music x Technology is an online platform where artists such as deadmou5, Neon Indian and Matthew Dear teach how to make music with Microsoft technologies.
The man who makes music out of ice in the coldest recording studio of the world
To underline the effects of climate change, Terje Isungset recorded his album Meditations in the arctic regions using ice instruments.
Bob Dylan’s archive is no longer secret
Bob Dylan’s archive, made up of 6,000 objects, texts, documents and recordings that retrace the history and inspiration of his genius, has been found and acquired in Oklahoma.
This glove turns your hand into a music instrument
Two Turin-based young engineers invented Remidi T8, a glove that let you create music by touching whichever surface with your hands.
St. Vincent designs the first electric guitar for women
The first electric guitar designed for the female body by musician St. Vincent is lighter and more practical than a standard electric guitar.
The heart of Cuba beats to the rhythm of rumba
Journalist Gilles Peterson shows the roots and contemporary expressions of Cuban rumba in his new documentary La Clave.
Activist Beyoncé brings race issues to the fore in the US
Beyoncé’s latest video, Formation, and her show at the Super Bowl evoke the Black Panthers and have fuelled arguments about racism in the United States.