Tag: music
Inside the Beatles’ messy breakup, 50 years ago
Tim Riley, Emerson College
Fifty years ago, when Paul McCartney announced he had left the Beatles, the news dashed the hopes of millions of fans,...
Prosecutors are increasingly – and misleadingly – using rap lyrics as...
Erik Nielson, University of Richmond
Rapper Darrell Caldwell, better known to fans as Drakeo the Ruler, was on his way to stardom. Hailed as one...
Should you listen to music when you work?
Manuel F. Gonzalez, Baruch College, CUNY and John R. Aiello, Rutgers University
Do you like to listen to music when you work?
Pose this question at...
Why some of the best-known tunes, like ‘Happy Birthday,’ are the...
Bryan Nichols, Pennsylvania State University
Some friends and I recently went to karaoke. You can likely picture the scene: a restaurant adjacent to a bowling...
How Minneapolis made Prince
Rashad Shabazz, Arizona State University
It’s been almost four years since Prince’s death, but fascination about the artist, the man and his mythology endures.
On Jan....
‘The Wall’ cemented Pink Floyd’s fame – but destroyed the band
Mark E. Perry, Oklahoma State University
Forty years ago, on Nov. 30, 1979, the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd released its 11th studio album,...
The Beatles’ revolutionary use of recording technology in ‘Abbey Road’
William D. Moylan, University of Massachusetts Lowell
With its cheery singles, theatrical medley and iconic cover, The Beatles’ 11th studio album, “Abbey Road,” holds a...
Curious Kids: Why do old people hate new music?
Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
