MUSIC / History & Criticism

The art of mashup music, its roots in parody, and its social and legal implications.

A forensic investigation into a single LP: Dr. John, the night tripper's Gris-gris.

The history of India's first electronic music studio founded in 1969 at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad by David Tudor.

Interdisciplinary essays on music psychology that integrate scientific, humanistic, and artistic ways of knowing in transformative ways.

On the development of the twisted romantic ballad in contemporary popular song, from Serge Gainsbourg to Tyler, the Creator.

A compendium of other musics, channeled from the spirit world, the fairy kingdom, outer space, secret societies and occult lodges.

Stories of the secret underground Cold War–era Soviet music subculture that distributed forbidden music on used hospital x-rays.

A techno-cognitive look at how new technologies are shaping the future of musicking.

A privileged look into the life and artistic practice of the experimental filmmaker, music anthologist, and enigmatic polymath Harry Smith.

The unfolding influence of music and sound on the fundamental structure of the biomedical sciences, from ancient times to the present.