I hope your summer’s off to a great start with lots of good music. I’ve been on a real discovery kick lately and have been making more of an effort to dig into something new each week (though I’ve ...

hand-picked songs curated by the NPR Music staff NPR Classical A birthday salute to Herbert Blomstedt, the poster boy for long-lived conductors, who turns 98 this week and is still going strong.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Two simple notes – E and F – have become synonymous with tension, fear and sharks, ...

As movie budgets creep closer to a half-billion dollars, the “Jaws” theme – and the way those two notes manipulate tension – is a reminder that in film, sometimes less can be more.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Two simple notes – E and F – have become synonymous with tension, fear and ...

Ahead of World Music Day, Instagram has announced a new feature that lets you share what you’re listening to in real-time on Spotify, directly in your Instagram Notes. This update makes it easy for ...