Easy-listening music and its maestros never had to worry about screaming teenage fans or long stadium tours. Ridiculed in the 1960s and since as “elevator music,” the gentle genre was marketed then as ...

Short-form content and everyday relatability drive generational shift in music market; physical album sales decline by 17 percent Easy listening music has surged in popularity among Korean music ...

You don’t have to stick to one music or podcast app. With the Sonos app and a Wi-Fi connection, your speaker can connect to dozens of services with just a few taps. I’ve contributed to PCMag since ...

Downloading and sharing music files from the internet can seem daunting to the uninitiated but, as Carissa Casey explains, with so many free music websites out there it's just a case of diving in ...

The world's most successful bandleader, whose songs appeared on the 'American Gigolo' and 'Kill Bill' soundtracks, died in Florida. By Scott Roxborough He was called the King of Easy Listening and the ...

John Cage once said that any noise can become music if you listen to it hard enough. The modern composer is most famous for his 4’33”, in which he uses a piano to play nothing for four minutes and 33 ...

The only thing as smooth as butter is, well, Butter. On their new EP, Nicotine, the Portland trio churns out glossy pop anthems, each shimmering with pastel-colored, feel-good vibes. But tucked ...

“Bum bum bum bum-bum-bum bum bum / Bum bum-bum-bum bum bum,” sings 2nd Grade’s Peter Gill onomatopoetically on “Beat of the Drum,” the sixth track off the five-piece band’s new album, Easy Listening.

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