A new study has scientifically confirmed that pianists can change piano timbre mid-performance through touch alone.

Scientists confirmed that pianists can alter timbre through touch, using advanced sensors to capture micro-movements that ...

A researcher composed a 90-second track using decades of sensory science to show how music can enhance the perception of sweetness in chocolate.

The Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů, the focus of this summer’s Bard Music Festival, at Bard College, had one of those voices which reveal themselves in a matter of seconds. Take the opening of his ...

Some believe that tuning our music to 432 Hz rather than 440 will make it sound better—and make us feel better. What gives?

Hoping to draw more visitors to Rowan Oak, Faulkner’s home in Oxford, Miss., a group helped refurbish its piano.

An unusual concert took place in the Memorial Room at Smith Music Hall on Sept. 20 in that the major focus was on the instrument being played. A fortepiano, made ...

I’m not sure I can believe it, but the Los Angeles Dodgers are the National League’s Best in the West again for the 12th time in 13 years. To the fury and ...

Todd Pirck says he’s a candidate for mayor who grew up in Davenport and isn't afraid to say what he thinks needs to be done. Central to his campaign is what he believes is the city’s too-soft approach ...

The annals of popular music are scattered with examples of songs that have been allegedly written in minutes and gone on to resonate with audiences across the globe for decades and generations to come ...

From Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert to Jelly Roll and Eric Church, it seems like every county musician has a Nashville bar ...