In 1922 Joseph H. Kraus proposed a “smell organ.” A middle C would smell like a rose; bass notes like clove and vanilla.

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Roland Orzabal tells UCR about the band's interesting journey and also digs into what fans can expect from his new memoir.

Composer Ludwig Göransson reveals how he built the epic’s entire sound world from bronze gongs, scrap metal and ancient Greek instruments like the aulos and lyre.

This year, thanks to a new Florida law, high school students can now satisfy both their arts and physical education credits ...

Before 1977, flamenco percussion relied solely on hand‑clapping and dancers' footwork. But that year, at a party in Lima, Peru, the cajon entered the scene. Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia and ...

Charli XCX’s seventh studio album, Music, Fashion, Film, will be released on July 24, following up 2024’s world-dominating Brat project with a stylistic move away from the brash electro-pop of its ...

The journalist’s new book, A Nation of Tinkerers, celebrates the genre’s trailblazers, including mid-century visionaries at U of T ...