Spotify is testing a new driving mode, so we can safely listen to our favorite songs in the car, according to The Verge. According to media reports, Spotify is testing the feature, but it is not clear when it will ...
Read More »Sony to relaunch vinyl records production in Japan
Production will resume by March 2018 at a plant in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture run by a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), according to Nikkei Asian Review. Sony stopped making vinyl records in-house domestically in 1989 after the advent of ...
Read More »Gregg Allman, Southern Rock Pioneer, Dies at 69
Gregg Allman, whose hard-jamming, bluesy sextet the Allman Brothers Band was the pioneering unit in the Southern rock explosion of the ‘70s, died Saturday due to complications from liver cancer, his longtime manager, Michael Lehman, confirmed to Variety. He was ...
Read More »Indian classical dance cover of ‘Shape of You’ will mesmerize you
Since Ed Sheeran dropped his single Shape of You, two things have happened, according to Mashable. First, there is no stopping the track. Second, there is no stopping covers of— or people dancing to — the track. Here’s the latest. Some ...
Read More »Chuck Berry, ‘father of rock ‘n’ roll’, dead at 90
Chuck Berry, a music pioneer often called “the Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” died Saturday at his home outside St. Louis, his verified Facebook page said. He was 90. A post on the St. Charles County police Facebook page said officers responded ...
Read More »Watch This Piano-Playing Robot Virtuoso
You know those deep feelings of resentment you have towards your parents for the countless hours they made you practice the piano? Arpeggio, a piano-playing robot that could easily perform at Carnegie Hall, is the over-achieving childhood musician your parents secretly always ...
Read More »Mick Jagger is working on new songs now
The Rolling Stones released their all-blues album Blue & Lonesome. Some didn’t expect it to do well based on the fact that there were no originals, just covers of classic blues from past decades. But the album became the band’s ...
Read More »Legendary Jazz Guitarist Larry Coryell, Godfather of Fusion, Dies at 73
Larry Coryell, who passed away in his sleep from natural causes, had performed his last two shows this past weekend at the city’s Iridium Jazz Club, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Billboard. Known as the “Godfather of Fusion,” Coryell was ...
Read More »Reggae, soft rock best at relaxing stressed out dogs: study
A researcher Amy Bowman, together with the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), sought to discover which genres of music proved to be the most calming for dogs in kennels, which are high-stress environments, Joinfo.com reports with ...
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