2020-11-19 15:09
Released in 1968 by the American psychedelic rock band Iron Butterfly, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida remains to be one of the most significant tracks in the band's history. Moreover, the song is consid… Read More
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2020-11-15 14:30
Minnie the Moocher is an iconic jazz composition showcasing essential examples of scat singing—a vocal technique for conducting a melody using meaningless syllables instead of lyr… Read More
2020-11-12 14:35
Over the past centuries, the composition of polyphonic music has been primarily focused on seven diatonic scales traditionally named after the geographical regions of Ancient Greece: Ionian… Read More
2020-11-08 15:49
Foxey Lady is one of the most distinctive Jimi Hendrix live songs played by him at almost every gig starting in 1967. The song is often titled Foxy Lady for its European releases.
When… Read More
2020-11-05 15:58
Lalgudi Jayaraman was an Indian violinist whose impeccable performing technique, coupled with his deep understanding of the canons of Carnatic classical music, allowed him to popularize the… Read More
2020-11-03 13:00
The pavane—a slow processional dance of Italian origin—was quite common in Europe during the transition period from the Renaissance to Baroque, although pavane-based musical form… Read More
2020-11-03 13:00
The pavane—a slow processional dance of Italian origin—was quite common in Europe during the transition period from the Renaissance to Baroque, although pavane-based musical form… Read More
2020-11-01 15:00
Bogner Shiva is a powerful guitar amplifier that has earned the title of a true guitarist's darling, being the first choice of many musicians across genres on both sides of the Atlantic in n… Read More
2020-10-29 17:04
In musical theory, the term cadence is applied to the chord progressions that create a sense of resolution at the end of a musical phrase or period. The overwhelming majority of classical pi… Read More
2020-10-25 14:34
Released in 1978 on the Ramones' fourth studio album Road to Ruin, I Wanna Be Sedated remains to be one of the most influential punk songs ever recorded by an American punk rock band… Read More
2020-10-22 12:00
Pistol Packin 'Mama is a fast-paced upbeat song with humorous albeit somewhat silly lyrics that became a hit in the 1940s. It was originally recorded by Al Dexter and His Troopers who had ad… Read More
2020-10-18 13:44
Maybellene is Chuck Berry's debut single that could be viewed as a marker of the beginning of the rock-and-roll era. Recorded in May 1955, the song immediately became a radio hit and … Read More
2020-10-15 05:44
The Capriol Suite is one of the most popular works by the 20th century English composer Philip Arnold Heseltine who often used the moniker of Peter Warlock to reflect his deep interest in ea… Read More
2020-10-12 04:52
The dominance of the major and minor modes in Western classical music has been observed for several centuries, and this tendency naturally migrated into popular music from the very moment of… Read More
2020-10-08 13:58
Subterranean Homesick Blues is one of Bob Dylan's first counterculture hits to transcend genres, owing to the socially-relevant lyrics that elevated it to anthemic status in the1960s and exp… Read More
2020-10-04 14:41
It is believed that Tallapaka Annamacharya—a 15th-century songwriter who lived in South India—wrote over thirty thousand poems of which only about a third survive. In the 20th ce… Read More
2020-10-01 14:40
With its origins going back to the gold mines of South Africa, Shosholoza holds a firm place in the cultural consciousness having gone through the transformation from a work song t… Read More
2020-09-27 13:56
Shaman's Blues was written by Jim Morrison for The Soft Parade, The Doors' fourth studio album released in the summer of 1969. The track is arranged in the familiar style of the band's Read More
2020-09-24 15:45
Depending on the interval sequences of a particular diatonic scale, the seventh scale degree can be called subtonic or leading-tone. Subtonic refers to the whole-tone distance between Read More
2020-09-20 14:47
The now-iconic album opener Baba O'Riley was first released on the fifth studio album by the English rock band The Who in 1971. The song is often incorrectly referred Read More
2020-09-17 16:10
Om Namah Shivaya mantra has been an essential chant in Hinduism for over three thousand years. It is meant to express adoration to Shiva—one of the most revered Hindu deities in posses… Read More
2020-09-13 14:41
Federico Moreno Torroba was a Spanish composer adored by his contemporaries largely for his stage works, especially the ones written in the zarzuela genre, a form of light Spanish opera… Read More
2020-09-10 15:16
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger was an Italian composer of German origin whose creative activity occupied the transition period from the Renaissance to the Baroque when the evolution of instrum… Read More
2020-09-06 15:32
Smokestack Lightning is a song written by the Chicago blues singer Chester Arthur Burnett better known under his stage name of Howlin' Wolf. The song entered Howlin' Wolf's Read More
2020-09-04 15:12
Rollin' and Tumblin' is one of the great Delta blues songs that has been interpreted by many blues artists long before the recording era. Predominantly performed using slide guitar technique… Read More
2020-08-30 15:56
Out of all seven diatonic scales, the major and minor scales have been the two most prevalent in Western music throughout centuries. The vast majority of compositions, whether in classical o… Read More
2020-08-27 13:08
The Massacre of Glencoe is one of the darkest chapters in Scottish history which saw the treacherous slaughter of members of the MacDonald clan over 400 years ago. The crime was committed by… Read More
2020-08-23 15:00
Of all the meteorological phenomena, thunderstorms are perhaps one of the most imposing forces of nature, so it is not at all surprising that many a rainstorm spewing thunder and lightning h… Read More
2020-08-19 13:00
Wishful Sinful is a song written by Robby Krieger for The Soft Parade released in 1969 by The Doors and considered to be the most controversial work in the band's history. On this fourt… Read More
2020-08-16 14:00
Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna was an iconic composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist whose contributions to the classical music of Carnatic tradition cannot be overstated. He wrote ov… Read More
2020-08-13 15:41
Published by Clemson University Press in 2020, Granville Bantock (1868–1946) A Guide to Research by Dr. John C. Dressler is the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of referenc… Read More
2020-08-09 15:30
Joaquín Turina is considered to be one of the most influential Spanish composers of the 20th century, especially for his contribution to the development of musical nationalism and div… Read More
2020-08-06 16:49
Johann Joachim Quantz was a famous German flautist and music theorist who had a major influence on the evolution of his instrument during the transition from the Baroque to the Classical per… Read More
2020-08-02 17:13
Easy Skanking is the opening song on Bob Marley’s tenth studio album Kaya released in 1978 and preceding the historic One Love Peace Concert that marked his return to Jamaica afte… Read More
2020-07-30 16:21
Zigeunerweisen is one of the best-known violin works based on Hungarian folk melodies and Romani music motifs as evidenced by the title. The piece was conceived for violin and piano by the l… Read More
2020-07-26 14:00
In Western music, the vast majority of classical compositions and popular songs are written using only two diatonic scales, major and minor. However, the diatonic system describes seven scal… Read More
2020-07-23 14:39
Randy Dandy O is one of the most famous sea shanties, a song genre presumed to have originated in the 19th century during the heyday of sailing when such grandiose vessels as clippers demand… Read More
2020-07-19 16:33
Plainsong is the opening track of the album Disintegration released in 1989 by the English rock band The Cure. The atypically long instrumental introduction of the song resembles a… Read More
2020-07-16 12:46
Sergiu Celibidache was a Romanian composer, musical theorist, and one of the most innovative conductors of the 20th century. Notable for his distinctive performance style, Celibidache always… Read More
2020-07-12 13:18
Ronu Majumdar is the most influential Indian flutist of our time whose impressive output touches upon most aspects of musical life. His contribution to establishing the bansuri flute as a fu… Read More
2020-07-09 16:48
In music, cadences play a crucial role in the organization of musical phrases and sentences. The concept of cadences is applied in a variety of musical forms to facilitate a more cohere… Read More
2020-07-05 13:52
Capricho Arabe is the most popular work of the iconic Spanish guitarist Francisco Tárrega who initiated the revival of interest in the classical guitar that had fallen out of fashion… Read More
2020-07-02 13:37
Of all the birds in the Northern hemisphere, the golden oriole has one of the most bewitching songs often reminiscent of a florid flute melody if it were played in a low register. This rathe… Read More
2020-06-28 15:44
Bésame Mucho is one of the most famous songs in music history that has been tirelessly performed for the past eighty years by prominent opera singers and popular musicians of various… Read More
2020-06-25 11:09
Symphonie Espagnole is an iconic work by the French composer Edouard Lalo, which is believed to have launched the fashion for Spanish folk themes in the classical music of late Romanticism… Read More
2020-06-21 09:27
Chanting or reciting of the Navkar Mantra is a fundamental spiritual practice of Jainism, an ancient Dharmic religion that originated on the Indian subcontinent around the 11th century BCE… Read More
2020-06-17 18:06
Music theory describes seven diatonic scales of which the major and minor scales are the most functional and therefore have dominated both classical and popular music for centuries. Five mor… Read More
2020-06-14 17:01
Savoy Truffle is one of four songs written by George Harrison for the 1968 album The Beatles, also known as the White Album. When writing the lyrics, Harrison decided to use a new method of… Read More
2020-06-10 17:17
The magnificent mythology of ancient Greece describes the Oceanids as water nymphs whose life and functions are associated mainly with freshwater, although they can also appear in the seas a… Read More
2020-06-07 03:00
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande was an Indian sitarist and major musicologist who, in the early 20th century, developed a notation system and canonized the musical practices of the Indian subconti… Read More
2020-06-04 05:19
In musical theory, the supertonic is the second degree of a diatonic scale—the scale that consists of seven notes per octave. A triad rooted in the supertonic note is called the supert… Read More
2020-05-31 17:34
Tango En Skai is a popular guitar work by Tunisian-born French composer Roland Dyens whose contribution to the contemporary repertoire of the classical guitar is quite impressive and themati… Read More
2020-05-27 16:39
Due to its geographical location, Madagascar displays diverse musical traditions laid down at different times by waves of settlers from Southeast Asia, Africa, Arabia, Europe, and America. I… Read More
2020-05-24 03:00
The numerous studies conducted in recent decades have postulated the undeniable benefits of listening to the sounds of nature, specifically for city residents. Listening to nature sounds on… Read More
2020-05-20 12:00
Giovanni Bottesini was an Italian composer and legendary contrabassist of the Romantic period whose work for solo double bass still defines the repertoire for this instrument. His career as… Read More
2020-05-17 04:00
Many-armed Ganesh is undoubtedly one of the most popular deities of the Indian subcontinent who is honored by all Dharmic religions. Ganesha can be easily distinguished from the colorful pan… Read More
2020-05-13 07:00
In musical theory, the term Picardy third is used to refer to a special way of ending a minor piece with a major chord. In this case, there is a kind of subversion of the listener's expectat… Read More
2020-05-10 07:00
Twist in My Sobriety is a song by British pop-folk singer Tanita Tikaram released as a single from her debut album Ancient Heart in the summer of 1988. Achieving the top 10 chart positions i… Read More
2020-05-06 17:31
The seemingly monotonous buzz that bees emit is a developed communicative function allowing these social insects to organize colonies. Being familiar with a variety of buzzing patterns, beek… Read More
2020-05-03 02:00
Enayat Khan was an iconic musician of the early 20th century, representing the fifth generation of the Etawah gharana—one of the classical schools of Northern India associated with the… Read More
2020-04-29 16:37
Western music theory describes seven diatonic scales that are the basis of corresponding musical modes, among which the major and minor still dominate due to the universality of their… Read More
2020-04-26 07:00
Johann Kaspar Mertz was an Austro-Hungarian composer and outstanding guitarist of the Romantic era who is credited with developing a special technique that helps sustain the melodic line. In… Read More
2020-04-22 07:00
Although the mandolin in its modern design can be traced from the second half of the Baroque period, its role in classical music is quite episodic, and the works written by famous composers… Read More
2020-04-19 11:00
Salma Ya Salama is a famous song written by songwriter Sayed Darwish who is considered to be the most influential composer of Egypt as well as the father of popular music in the country.
Wr… Read More
2020-04-16 10:18
Bauls are the wandering minstrels of the Indian subcontinent whose history traces back to the 15th century as mentioned by the literary sources of the Bengal region, the territory of modern… Read More
2020-04-12 11:22
One of the works of the iconic Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera went far beyond the attention of the classical audience when, in the 1970s, it entered the repertoire of the outstanding p… Read More
2020-04-08 13:16
Down by the Salley Gardens is a famous two-stanza poem by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats whose contribution to the transition from the nineteenth century into twentieth-century modernis… Read More
2020-04-05 10:30
In the 17th century, the major and minor scales became the basis for almost all classical music compositions. This evolutionary process is explained by the functional advantage of these seve… Read More
2020-04-01 11:00
The Grosse Fuge is one of Beethoven’s most controversial works which he finished shortly before his death while being in a state of severe melancholia brought upon almost complete deaf… Read More
2020-03-29 11:00
Avalokiteśvara is one of the central figures of Buddhism whose name is often associated with several mantras chanted by practitioners to gain psychological and spiritual powers.&nb&hell…Read More
The Didjeridu And Indigenous Australian Chants Interpolated Into Classical Music By Peter Sculthorpe
2020-03-25 16:50
Peter Sculthorpe was an Australian composer who sought to express the traditional Indigenous culture and unique nature of the continent in his music. In order to portray the wide horizo… Read More
2020-03-22 16:08
Royal Winter Music is one of the most atypical works for classical guitar that reveals incredible possibilities of the instrument and requires a serious technical level from guitarists. Writ… Read More
2020-03-18 12:00
Released in 1971, Concerto for Sitar & Orchestra was the first-ever recording to feature Indian classical music in a rich arrangement of a Western symphony orchestra. The concerto was wr… Read More
2020-03-15 13:00
The Andalusian cadence is a musical term denoting a chain of four chords that appear sequentially through each step of major and minor scales in descending order. This chord sequence is… Read More
2020-03-11 15:10
Lamento de la Ninfa is one of the most famous vocal pieces of Claudio Monteverdi, a leading Italian composer whose work greatly contributed to the emergence of a new musical aesthetic during… Read More
2020-03-08 12:00
Thea Musgrave is a Scottish-American composer whose formative years fell on the mid-1950s when revolutionary musical trends such as serialism and chromaticism became the driving force of mod… Read More
2020-03-04 13:00
The influential German composer Robert Schumann repeatedly used the title Fantasiestüske as a thematic description of a style in some of his piano works. This poetic name promotes the f… Read More
2020-03-01 13:00
Maya Kamaty is a new generation singer and songwriter from the Réunion island located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. The geographical position of the island led to the emerge… Read More
2020-02-26 13:00
Entrance of the Gladiators is one of the world's most famous marches which has cemented itself in public awareness by appearing in circus performances over the past century. More specificall… Read More
2020-02-23 13:00
Gerald Finzi was an English composer whose work and lifestyle were immersed in the culture of his country, remaining indifferent to the fashionable musical trends of modernism and avant-gard… Read More
2020-02-19 12:00
In theory, microtonal music describes a piece that contains one or more intervals measuring below a semitone. Although quite often the term microtonality is applicable to any music with melo… Read More
2020-02-16 17:31
Matteo Carcassi was an Italian guitar composer whose creative period coincided with the expansion of classical music across the European continent, marking the beginning of the Romantic… Read More
2020-02-12 12:00
Sakhawat Hussain Khan was an Indian musician whose outstanding performing technique on sarod could serve as a starting point for tracking the journey this classic instrument has undertaken f… Read More
2020-02-09 16:32
One of the most mesmerizing sounds in nature is the bizarre rhythmic patterns generated by chorusing insects. While scientists are still exploring this amazing ability of crickets and cicada… Read More
2020-02-05 12:00
George Antheil was an American pianist and composer whose extraordinary works are mainly associated with the avant-garde scene of the first half of the 20th century. From the very beginning… Read More
2020-02-03 17:43
Germaine Tailleferre was a gifted pianist and composer whose role in the search for new French musical aesthetics of the early 20th century is most fully characterized by her membership in t… Read More
2020-01-29 13:00
Franz Berwald was a Swedish composer whose works were not particularly popular during his lifetime but who, decades later, was elevated to the status of the founder of Scandinavian Romantici… Read More
2020-01-26 15:47
Garifuna music is closely related to the culture of the Garifuna people living primarily on the Caribbean coast of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Based on the fiery dance rhythm… Read More
2020-01-22 12:00
Bruno Maderna was an outstanding Italian conductor and composer whose music was mostly associated with avant-garde and modernist movements of the 20th century. Working in many genres of… Read More
2020-01-19 19:08
Released in 1967, Surrealistic Pillow was Jefferson Airplane's second album which not only set a departure point for the band's entire career but also became a milestone for the Read More
2020-01-15 12:00
Luigi Legnani was a guitar composer whose most active years coincided with the rise of the Romantic period which was characterized by the waning popularity of guitar music. Even as… Read More
2020-01-12 12:00
Major and minor modes are the most used diatonic scales in classical and popular music due to their versatile structure which allows composers to combine all three harmonic functions, namely… Read More
2020-01-07 15:12
The first-ever recording of Indian music was made by Fred Gaisberg, an American musician and engineer traveling around the world in search of talented performers to record them on the newly… Read More
2020-01-05 19:00
The famous Malian songwriter Afel Bocoum began his musical career in the 1960s at the age of thirteen when he joined the band of his iconic countryman Ali Farka Touré. In his early ye… Read More
2020-01-01 12:00
Erich Wolfgang Korngold was an Austrian pianist and composer whose contribution to film music has actually set the standards for the genre. During his work in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940… Read More
2019-12-29 12:00
Ernest Chausson was a composer who, despite his rather humble body of work, still played a crucial role in the history of French music, specifically defining the era of late Romanticism. In… Read More
2019-12-23 08:10
Phool Khil Jaaye by Abida Parveen and Asrar Shah
Mere dil ki banjar zameen pe
Oh maula
Mere dil ki banjar zameen pe
Mere dil ki banjar zameen pe
Tere pyar ki baarish ka Read More
2019-12-22 14:40
Horacio Salgán was an Argentinean pianist who took the concept of how tango should sound and flipped it on its head by developing a completely new aesthetic form within the genre inte… Read More
2019-12-18 12:00
The fascination with the innermost working of the human mind and the nature of its response to certain triggers have always been the focal point of many fields of study. As such, the researc… Read More
2019-12-15 13:33
Peter Sinfield is an iconic songwriter who has written for most influential albums of the prog-rock genre released during the 1970s. After some experience with his own band, Sinfield became… Read More
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