SOME time ago — it is full fifteen years since — I broached a theory in regard to music which none of my fellow-devotees of the art — none at least that I heard of—received with favor. It was that ...

How do we detect the meaning of music? We may gain some insights by looking at an unlikely source -- sign language -- a newly released linguistic analysis concludes. How do we detect the meaning of ...

Music students are driven both by career ambitions and by a strong personal relationship with music. At the same time, ...

Can music be propaganda? Torture? How about a tool of manipulation, disorientation, and oppression? “Shift: Music, Meaning, Context” contemplates how music changes in form and interpretation as it ...

Charlie Peacock wonders how democratizing music creation—dropping the barrier to entry so low that anyone can write a song—affects the individual’s soul and our culture. Uh oh. AI is giving music ...

Music holds meaning. Sometimes this meaning is personal—we listen to songs that remind us of a memorable time, or we select that one song on the playlist because it gets us into a certain mood or ...

There’s been a change of plans—in a good way. What’s next for the Music & Meaning podcast? A change of plans—even for good reasons—can often be unexpected. Unplanned, if you will. Such is the case for ...

As the sounds that I'm making right now enter your ear, your brain is effortlessly turning those air vibrations into a sentence that has meaning. Now, if we start to distort my voice, your brain has a ...

With a hum surrounding me, I begin: the radiant and robust Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, expanding and growing, intensifying with each bowstroke. As I reach the animato, I remember the purrs of ...

Music holds meaning. Sometimes this meaning is personal—we listen to songs that remind us of a memorable time, or we select that one song on the playlist because it gets us into a certain mood or ...