A subgenre of Christian music, Gospel is a vocal-driven genre that typically features groups of people singing in unison. The most famous examples of gospel music can be found in African-American communities and the influence of ancestral African music. This genre is characterized by acapella sing...
2024 was a year of unprecedented change in the music industry. Along with the concept of genre becoming perhaps more fluid and obscure than ever, artists were arguably more fearless in expression and speaking their truth — fromBeyoncéandPost Malonedabbling in country music to pop stars likeSabr...
"I'm overjoyed at Samara's success. But not surprised," Lisa Goich-Andreadis, the Director of Awards and Jazz Genre Manager at the Recording Academy, tells GRAMMY.com. "The first time I heard her voice, I couldn't believe that it was coming out of a 22-year-old. It has...
Little Richard's breakthrough came in 1955 when he signed with Specialty Records. His first hit, "Tutti Frutti," was released later that year, reaching No. 2 on Billboard's R&B chart, and it was followed by a string of hits over the next several years, including "Long Tall Sally,"...
That same year, Reznor made his first forays into Hollywood, working on the music for the hit film "Natural Born Killers." 1999's The Fragile proved to be similarly successful, reaffirming Reznor's continuing rock-star status. Thereafter, he would switch back and forth between film projec...
Together with language, music is perhaps the most distinctive behavioral trait of the human species. Different hypotheses have been proposed to explain why
Theologian, mystic and now a saint, Hildegard composed sacred monophony and is one of the the best female composers of all time and one of the most famous medieval composers ever Jessica Curry on Hildegard von Bingen I first discovered Hildegard’s music through the rave scene – Orbital’s ...
During a year for music that was so often dominated by what fans eagerly referred to as “Sapphic Pop,” no one stood more at the forefront of the movement than Chappell Roan. With a massive breakthrough over the summer — thanks to the excellent timing of an opening slot with Olivia Rod...
To the best of our knowledge, this article is the first MIR study to use various pitch histograms on traditional Chinese anhemitonic pentatonic folk songs, demonstrating that, based on cultural understanding, lightweight statistical approaches can progress cultural diversity in music education, ...
2024 was a year of unprecedented change in the music industry. Along with the concept of genre becoming perhaps more fluid and obscure than ever, artists were arguably more fearless in expression and speaking their truth — fromBeyoncéandPost Malonedabbling in country music to pop stars likeSabr...