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Steinway player piano (Courtesy Steinway & Sons)

Steinway Brings Live Recitals to Your Living Room, Piano and All

A large analog synthesizer covered in Christmas lights.

MIDI 2.0 Expands the Digital Music-Making Toolbox

Audio works from Nancy Holt’s “Tours” and “Visual Sound Zones” series in The Warehouse Dallas exhibition “Sound as Sculpture.” (Photo: Kevin Todora)

In Dallas, the First In-Depth Presentation of Nancy Holt’s Audio Works

A Vintage Odyssey cover image, featuring a vintage microphone.

The History of Vintage Recording Gear, Written by an All-Knowing Industry Veteran

A view of Auster’s performance “Sound Mo(ve)ments.” (Photo: Destiny Mata)

Sara Auster’s Sound Baths Are a Tonic for Our Tumultuous Times

“The Great Animal Orchestra” exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum

Bernie Krause and United Visual Artists Translate Nature’s Sonic Landscapes Into an Emotive Spectacle

Electronic musician Yoko Sen in the hospital

An Electronic Musician’s Quest to Reimagine Hospital Soundscapes

Snowy landscape

Why the World Gets Quieter When It Snows

A series of bullhorns and purple wiring installed in a gallery corner.

Jónsi of Sigur Rós Expands His Range With a Solo Exhibition in L.A.

“Communicating Vessels” by Jenny Gräf Sheppard, on at the Sound Studies Lab through fall 2023. (Courtesy Sound Studies Lab)

A Lab in Copenhagen Looks at How Sound Explains the World

Blue emergency lights.

The Psychological Impact of Sirens

The San Jose Museum of Art’s clock tower

An Unsettling Sound Installation Blasts Cold, Hard Facts Into Downtown San Jose

Snow-capped pine trees in Lapland, Finland. (Photo: Vincent Guth Vingtcent)

Fall Asleep to the Ambient White Noise of Nature, Captured From Sites Around the World

A glass speaker by Sugahara

This Elegant Glass Speaker Magnifies Sounds From Your Smartphone

Japanese experimental musician Asuna performing "100 Keyboards"

A Resonant Sound Performance, Created Using Children’s Toy Instruments

Pauline Oliveros and IONE performing on a black stage.

We’ll Be Tuning Into This Tuning Meditation

A screen shot of the Drive & Listen website

Real-Time Radio and Street Sounds Bring These Virtual Driving Tours to Life

Headphones on a glass of liquid.

This Luxury Skincare “Miracle Broth” Is the Result of Sonochemistry

Caius Pawson in glasses with disheveled hair.

The Relaxing Playlist Caius Pawson Is Listening to Right Now

A hamster eating a piece of fruit in grass.

The Bizarre, Calming Effects of Listening to Animals Eat

Installation view of Marco Fusinato’s “Desastres” at the Venice Biennale. (Photo: Andrea Rossetti)

Marco Fusinato’s Ear-Piercing Endurance Performance at the Venice Biennale

Vuslat Doğan Sabancı in front of artist Giuseppe Penone’s sculpture “Idee di Pietra–Olmo,” commissioned by the Vuslat Foundation for the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale. (Photo: Enrico Fiorese)

Vuslat Doğan Sabancı Imagines a Better, Brighter World Full of “Generous Listening”

PlantWave device

A User-Friendly Device That Creates Ambient Music With Plants

Sound healer Samer Ghadry

Songs for Practicing Sound Healing at Home

A sound-wave illustration.

Psychoacoustics Expert Dr. Susan Rogers on How Musicians Hear

Neuroscientist Nina Kraus

How Everyday Sounds Shape Our Brains

Two speakers made from cast iron.

Vintage Loudspeakers, Restored and Transformed Into Aural Works of Art

Malcolm James in a blue tracksuit, in front of a white background.

How Technology, Politics, and Perception Transformed the Role of Music in Black Life

Gordon Hempton. (Photo: Cameron Karsten)

Gordon Hempton’s Incredible Campaign for Quiet

The cover of Slowave’s first album, “Circadia.” (Courtesy Slowave)

A Sound Project That Recreates the Sonic Landscape of the Womb

The Oda sound system on a creme background.

This Sound System Revolutionizes How We Listen to Live Music

Silicone earplugs against a blue velvet background

Protect Your Hearing With These Otherworldly Earplugs

An Ojas bookshelf speaker in black and white.

Devon Turnbull’s D.I.Y. Speaker-Making Kits Are the Ultimate Home Audio Solution

Two hands mixing up Lego pieces on a white table.

Lego’s Pleasing New “White Noise” Playlist Evokes Childlike Wonder

“Sonic Bloom” outdoor sculpture by Yuri Suzuki

In London, a Big Bouquet of Horns Brings People Together Through Sound

(From left) Jules Allen, McArthur Binion, and Henry Threadgill. (Courtesy McArthur Binion)

In Detroit, McArthur Binion and Henry Threadgill Salute Their Decades-Long Friendship Through Song

A painting of a woman composed of blocks of color.

Derrick Adams’s Evocative “Beauty Works” Series

Jana Winderen using a hydrophone to record underwater in the Dominican Republic. (Photo: José Alejandro Alvarez)

By Listening to the Ocean, Jana Winderen Exposes the Vital Role of Sound in Aquatic Life

A large, open synagogue interior with a stained glass triangular chandelier.

Song and Art at a Synagogue Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

Cassina's Radio in Cristallo

A Beautiful Bare-Bones Radio, Designed by an Architect Who Strove for Simplicity

Ojas speakers, amplifiers, and turntable in an NYC apartment.

Devon Turnbull on Building His Cultish Handcrafted Speakers

A map detailing the global locations of Sounds of the Forest’s audio postcards.

This Open-Source Library Captures the Magic of the Forest Through Sound

Journalist and novelist John Colapinto

The Magic and Miracle of the Human Voice

“The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo” by Garrett Hongo (Courtesy Pantheon Books)

The Poetry of Building the Perfect Sound System

Sara Auster sounding four singing bowls as several people lay on their backs around her.

Sound Therapist Sara Auster’s “Deep Listening” Playlist

The cover of the book Hearing the Cloud.

What the Internet Sounds Like: A Playlist

Alien Listening Book

Why Aliens Could Be Able to Listen to NASA’s Golden Record—Even If They Don’t Have Ears

A red OB-4 boombox photographed from below.

Teenage Engineering’s OB-4 Speaker Redefines Radio as We Know It

A woman with white headphones on a green background.

These Headphones Create Superior Sound and a Quiet Mind

The dark interior of Burnside Tokyo, facing the kitchen.

In Tokyo, Devon Turnbull’s Custom Audio System Delivers More Than Superlative Sound

A Tokyo Slow Mixtape cover image, featuring the inside of an old Japanese house.

Tokyobike’s Refreshingly Eclectic Listening Party

Sound installation by Devon Turnbull. (Courtesy Lisson Gallery)

A Lisson Gallery Exhibition Contemplates the True Meaning of Sculpture

A sparkler firecracker.

A Renowned British Composer Explains Four Legendary Christmas Songs

An eight-cone speaker system on a white background.

Hi-Fi Audio Design: An Expert’s Exceptional Primer

A bench with a gold plaque on it.

This Public Audio Installation Helps Listeners Take the Long View on Life

Author and scholar Elliott H. Powell with a red scarf in front of a mural.

Elliott H. Powell Traces the History of Black Musicians Engaging with South Asian Culture and Sounds

Peter Adjaye wearing headphones and a fedora, on a light blue background.

Peter Adjaye’s Emotive Soundscapes Immerse Listeners in the Past and Present

Courtesy Ambient Church

Ambient Church Gives Electronic Music a Surreal, Spiritual Home

A yellow microphone on a concrete background.

Rashid Johnson Wants You to Speak Your Mind

Zuma Lumisonic speaker

This Discreet Speaker Combines Mood-Enhancing Lighting With Superior Sound

A black and white illustration of plants by Katie Holten.

Emergence Magazine Is at the Top of Our Reading List

Photo: Zeph Colombatto

Sound Is at the Core of Musician-Turned-Ceramicist Kansai Noguchi’s Vases and Vessels

Installation view of Christine Sun Kim’s “Time Owes Me Rest Again.” (Photo: Hai Zhang. Courtesy the Queens Museum.)

A Sound Artist Exposes the Complex Relationship Between Deaf and Hearing Cultures

A man standing in a building looking out the window

Symphonic Masterpieces in Better-Than-Ever Fidelity, Mixed by a German D.J.

Landscape's Stereo Field, a yellow and gold synthesizer.

These Compact Analog Instruments Pack a Punch

A Numero Group illustration in black and white.

This Chicago Music Label Is on a Mission to Unearth Lost Sounds

A Brood X cicada on a log, surrounded by grass.

The Shrill Mating Songs of Billions of Cicadas Will Soon Fill the Air

English electronic musician and producer Jon Hopkins

An Original Soundtrack for the Intersection of Hallucinogens and Mental Health

A seismograph needle drawing a black line across white paper.

In the Age of “Anthropause,” Scientists Are Studying a Seismic Hush