Music has been a very intimate part of life, shrouded in memory, mood, and milestone. Now, an international team of scientists has followed the way people listen over a lifetime—and the results reveal ...

Strong, behind shows such as 'Empire' and 'Dopesick,' speaks about taking on the famously complicated musical, and hopefully bringing clarity to the Cold War story as it comes to Broadway again. By ...

If you really want to know a person, figure out their fandoms. And check out their playlists. A consumer’s fan affinity for music is a reliable guide to tastes in other areas of fandom, such as gaming ...

When neuroscientist and musician AZA Allsop discovered research by his Yale colleague Joy Hirsch about how group drumming and musical interaction can affect social behavior, he knew there was a ...

In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka’s column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. Forty years ago, Bill Weiss, a student at Columbia ...

Music has an important role to play in keeping us healthy. Passively listening to music to modulate one’s mood is the most common way people interact with music. However, active engagement with music ...

When Paddington first waddles on stage during the new West End musical based on the beloved bear, the audience at the Savoy Theatre can hardly contain their excitement. Exclamations of “aww,” loud ...

There's how old you are, and there's how old Spotify thinks you are. That divide became clear this week with the release of Spotify Wrapped, the streaming platform's personalized year-end recap. It ...

It doesn't take a Hollywood screenwriter to picture a young Raphael Saadiq as Sammie. Like the blues progeny at the center of Sinners, the box-office breaking vampire horror, Saadiq found himself ...

Despite what its trailers may have you think, The Bride! isn’t actually a musical. But it does have a lot of singing, though, and a playlist of singers that have helped shape its title character. Said ...

Variety Strictly Business Spotlight presented by Vevo: 'Fandom = Cultural Currency' Media Tracker report details how a person's favorite artists can serve as a reliable guide for brands If you really ...