Music at the University of Colorado is first mentioned in 1882, during the first decade of the university’s existence. The small body of students requested that the Regents purchase a piano for chapel ...

Music throughout history has been inspired and changed by hackers and makers, and never moreso than in the 20th century. Helen Leigh is one such hacker, who brought a talk to Supercon to give us a ...

For most contemporary music consumers, listening to jazz is a historical exercise. Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue is, at the time of writing, still No. 3 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart 61 years after it ...

This list evaluates 12 of the most ambitious music history books from the last decade, ranked for quality and the degree to which they reveal and uncover new facts and interpretations. These music ...

Beginning -- The acoustic period -- The electric period -- Economic and societal overlay -- The studio is interactive -- The post World War II reconstruction of the recording industry -- Mobile music ...

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In her forthcoming book, Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop, Danyel Smith writes, "Who else but a Black woman would lead me, or at least take me on trial runs?" That question ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Lauretta Charlton MUSIC IS HISTORY By Questlove with Ben Greenman Listening to music is one of ...

Vivian Perlis founded Yale’s Oral History of American Music in 1968. Today, the project continues her mission to record the voices of American composers. By William Robin In 1968, Vivian Perlis, a ...