January 2016

Here’s what you’ll find in the January 2016 issue of Music Alive! Featured Articles PLUS— Listening Guide: Panic! at the Disco’s “Victorious” Cool Careers: Commercial music composer Louis Robert King Now Playing: The cuíca and more!

Pentatonix Send a New Voice Message

They made a very tuneful kind of history in 2015—as the first vocal-only group ever to score a No. 1 album—and now this talented quintet is on a mission to raise everyone’s a cappella awareness.

A Quick Introduction to an African “Giant”

This month’s World Beat feature takes us to Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa and source of many entrancing music styles, from highlife and juju to Afrobeat and Naija pop.