Open Your Ears to Pop
What makes pop pop? While drawing from several other genres, like rock, hip-hop, country, and R & B, pop music has its own musical and cultural qualities.
What makes pop pop? While drawing from several other genres, like rock, hip-hop, country, and R & B, pop music has its own musical and cultural qualities.
The Cuban Contradanza is an interesting and varied musical form using latin rhythms. Learn how to understand and recognise it when you hear one performed.
With roots stemming from the musical styles of American immigrants, the country music sound we know today has a storied past. Learn more about its start.
Classical Era composers – like Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven – packed balanced, symmetrical musical forms with emotional range, contrast, and catchy tunes.
Tommy Darker has enlisted more than 100 Greek musicians to create a whole new genre with him. Find out how this musicpreneur thinks big and makes it happen.
Rock and roll got its start at an important time in America’s history. Read more about its major influencers and how it brought a nation together.
Find out what characterises the Dubstep electronic music genre. Hear six examples of tracks which demonstrate the tempo and rhythm patterns of dubstep.
The 400-year-old Baroque—with its stark contrasts, passionate melodies, and motoric rhythms—has never been more popular than it is today. Find out why.
Required to dance for a conducting gig, Alejandro Pinzón fell in love with tango. He learned bandoneon and now teaches, plays, and dances as Maestro Tango.
Thanks to movies like Pitch Perfect, a cappella has taken the world by storm. We’ve rounded up YouTube’s best a capella stars. Have a listen!
The baroque era resulted in some of the greatest musical masterpieces ever created and birthed many of the characteristics still used in music today.