Maria Popova on a particular Beatles song that happens to be a significant animating force in her family story.

Fifty years after its release, the sprawling closing track on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band remains a testament to the group’s ambitious songwriting.

Despite the lofty reputation of old violins by Italian masters such as Antonio Stradivari, blindfolded listeners in concert halls in New York and Paris say they preferred the sound of newer instruments.

I spent my whole life in this music industry trying to figure out how to sell what I’m making. But I don’t “sell” anymore — this isn't about selling music. It's about making music. I got so used to those two being inseparable that it took a lot of psychological work to divorce the processes.

Royal Jelly Jive

Storm Large

While Cornell was a pivotal figure for gritty rock, he also more than proved that he was a versatile vocalist. In his gorgeous rendition of “Nothing Compares 2 U,” Cornell sweetly croons the heartbreaking lyrics in an acoustic performance.

A wave of endorsements have brought Britain’s most vibrant music scene together with its most left-wing political leader. By Ronan Burtenshaw.

Dream Academy

Alvvays

The Cure

Chris Isaak

Novella

The iconic name behind 'Children' has died

MP3, the format that revolutionized the way we consume (and steal) music since the 90s, has been officially retired -- in a manner of speaking. The German research institution that created the format, The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, announced that it had terminated licensing for certain MP3-related patents...in other words, they didn't want to keep it on life support, because there are better ways to store music in the year 2017. Rest now forever, MP3.

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Della Mae

Some of the most famous songs in American pop culture are also the most often misunderstood. Here are 10 of them.

Santigold

Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley

How one instrument went from being the backbone of American popular music to being a punchline in a joke about the ’80s. There’s no song in the Top 40 right now with a saxophone solo, there’s hardly a defined saxophone part on any of those songs at all.

Lorn

Amazing!

For decades the contributing artists behind Grateful Dead rock along have slipped by undetected to paint their masterpiece on Belle Isle.

Michael Martin Murphey and The Rio Grande Band

Frances

Massis