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Volume 43 no.1



Listening Guide


Watch it live

Watch Heart perform the legendary song at The Kennedy Center Honors




Music Instrument Museum


Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles - "Tema / ¡Que Vivan las Mujeres!": Live at the MIM Music Theater

Lila Downs - “The Daughter”: Live at the MIM Music Theater

Cover Artist: Gracie Abrams


Watch a live performance

Watch Gracie on The Eras Tour



Extra Credit


Symphony and AI?


Sounds of the City


New Orleans has a history like no other American city




Technological Marvels


Imogen Heap with Mi.Mu gloves





Volume 43 no.2



Listening Guide


Watch it live

Pearl Jam and Beyonce perform




Music Instrument Museum


Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono - "Home in the Islands": Live at the MIM Music Theater


Cover Artist: Jorja Smith


Watch a live performance

Hear her story



Extra Credit


DJ Kool Herc on How He Started


Sounds of the City


New Orleans has a history like no other American city




The Birth of Hip-Hop


How hip-hop and jazz harmonize

How hip-hop and jazz harmonize

How hip-hop and jazz harmonize



Volume 43 no.3



Listening Guide


Watch it live




Music Notes


Björk & Rosalía Protest Icelandic Fish Farming with New Song

Where Football Meets Music: Listen to Madden 24

Mind-Blowing Laser Show Goes on Tour

Ranked: Top K-Pop Solo Artists

Cover Artist: Walker Hayes


Learn about "Taylor Swift"

Listen to the audio



Extra Credit


Future potential of using brain-body music

Can Pink Floyd heal the brain?


Sounds of the City


Get a bite-sized look into the music of Memphis




Music and the Mind


The Brain, Music, and Movement

How does music affect your brain?

Exploring music’s impact on the brain



Music Instrument Museum

JigJam - "The Mermaid": Live at the MIM Music Theater




Volume 43 no.4



Listening Guide


Watch The Ed Sullivan Show



Music Notes News


The Beatles are back together…again? Hear the song

Formula 1 driver composes his own music: Listen



Cover Artist: NewJeans


Watch “OMG”

Watch the Spotify interview



Song of the Month


Watch the Music Video


Sounds of the City


Take a Tour of the Grand Ole Opry



Music of the Renaissance


Intro to the Renaissance

The Rise of Secular Music

Renaissance Quick Guide


Music Instrument Museum


Watch The Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the MIM





Volume 43 no.5



Listening Guide


Watch the video

David Mason on the trumpet



The Power of the Leitmotif


How leitmotif is used

Exploring Inside Out’s perfect musical structure



Sounds of the City

The history of the Philly Orchestra now lives at Penn - WHYY

Cover Artist: PINKPANTHERESS


Get to know PinkPantheress



Song of the Month


Watch the video



Music Instrument Museum


Watch the Pannonica Piano in action



Music Notes News


Google’s new AI tool clones famous singers

An anthem for climate movement

Renaissance Quick GuideLongest-ever song charts on Hot 100

iHeart podcasts land on top

Curved keyboard stars at Carnegie Hall

Florencia en el Amazonas has made its way to the MET




Volume 43 no.6



Listening Guide


Watch the video



Singin' the Blues


Is the Blues the Mother of All Music?

Blues' Journey

Blues Fundamentals



Sounds of the City

History of Hip-Hop

Cover Artist: James Arthur


Watch The X Factor


Watch him live




Song of the Month


Watch the video






Music Notes News


Watch the epic solo

Watch a Tuba Christmas

Listen


Music Instrument Museum

Watch a trumpet performance at MIM




Volume 43 no.7



Listening Guide


Watch the video

Breakdown of the song



Sounds of the City

Did you know Detroit created techno?

Cover Artist: Mitski


Watch NPR’s Tiny Desk concert:


Watch a performance




Song of the Month


Watch the video






Music Notes News


Listen:


Music Instrument Museum

Listen to Earl Scruggs' Banjo

Volume 43 no.8



Listening Guide


Watch a performance

See the version from Back to the Future




Music Instrument Museum


Riders in the Sky - "Wah-Hoo" Live at the MIM Music Theater

Junior Brown - "I Hung It Up": Live at the MIM Music Theater

Cover Artist: Conan Gray


Watch a live rehearsal

Conan covers his idol Taylor Swift



Song of the Month


Watch the video


Sounds of the City


Learn about Chicago's version of gospel music




East Meets West


Eastern vs Western Music Theory


Extra Credit


Watch the Erhu Concerto


“Despacito” Indian Style