Charlie Christian made the art of the electric guitar solo stick, years before rock music would even become a mainstream ...

The story of popular music in Penang, the Malaysian island by the Straits of Malacca—from the 1930s to the 1960s—is, as co-authors Paul Augustin and James Lochhead graphically depict, a tremendously ...

Friday morning at 9:00, Classical New Orleans will present a full hour of music from the 1930s. You'll hear the first orchestral composition by Samuel Barber (1931); an early piano trio by Leonard ...

This video explores how music was visually presented in the 1930s, before the concept of modern music videos was formally established It examines early film formats, including musical shorts and ...

Collaborating with the Doug Smith Jazz Trio, the Arcadia Chorale will present Legends of Stage and Screen: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Golden Era of Song from the 1930s to the 1970s during a concert ...

We’ve all heard that the Internet is killing the music industry, just like home taping was supposed to kill it before. As it turns out, accusations that technology would destroy music go all the way ...

The BBC has had a powerful influence on our musical taste, and in this BBC centenary year, Nicholas Kenyon, a former controller of Radio 3 and director of the Proms, delves into the archives to ...

Nicholas Kenyon explores early music at the BBC and how by the 1930s the BBC had become a powerful influence on national taste, being urged to do more for British music. Show more The BBC has had a ...