“What is music?” my friend asked me. I explained how we, as humans, instinctively react to music by moving our bodies in weird ways, just dancing, and that’s universally understood. I thought that was ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

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 ...

Whether you prefer listening to music on traditional physical media like CDs and vinyl records, or you’ve fully embraced digital music through streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, or Tidal, ...

In her 25 years in the Christian music industry, Holly Zabka, president of Provident — a Sony subsidiary dedicated to Christian music — has never encountered a moment of such prominence for the genre.

Why do we take pleasure of bathing our ears in certain frequencies of sound, modulated at various tempos? What, exactly, is this thing called music? Given how ubiquitous music is in our daily lives, ...