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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Music Notes News
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Music Instrument Museum
Listen to Earl Scruggs' Banjo
Volume 43 no.8
Listening Guide
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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
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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