When we think about epic songs, we usually associate that with length. But who says great songs also have to be long? Being able to get your point across and evoke deep emotional responses from ...

Slow Music is aptly named. The improvisatory collaboration led by former Ministry (and current R.E.M.) drummer Bill Rieflin, with R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and King Crimson's Robert Fripp on guitars, ...

Before Slow Music took the El Rey stage Saturday, an elegant silver-haired man emerged and adjusted his keyboards. Few people noticed. Then a slightly older gentleman surfaced stage right. A fan piped ...

Consistency stood out as one of the defining characteristics of Tom Petty’s career. You could count on Petty delivering the goods whenever he came out with a new release. That continued even into the ...

A new study shows that listening to music that has a slow or meditative tempo has a relaxing effect on people, slowing their breathing and heart rate, whereas listening to faster music with a more ...

Driving through a tunnel is a challenging and risky task. Drivers need to lower their speed and adapt to poor light, while the enclosed space may make them anxious. Preventing accidents is a public ...

Stephen Hill has spent more than 50 years highlighting what he broadly calls “contemplative music.” Initially broadcasting his syndicated radio station “Hearts of Space” from Berkeley, the 81-year-old ...

You can thank Guns N’ Roses, Jack Black and Good’nLoud Music for the birth of Slow Pulp, the Chicago-via-Madison quartet of vocalist/guitarist Emily Massey, bassist Alex Leeds, drummer Teddy Mathews ...

How does a new band — combining a Portuguese-speaking former fire eater and an instrumental quartet that plays stoner metal — get started during a pandemic? Through Craigslist, of course.

As if staying in an intensive care unit isn’t traumatizing enough, a large proportion of people treated in ICUs develop delirium. Hallucinations make their hospital stay more traumatizing, and can ...

new video loaded: How Kacey Musgraves Turned Country Music Psychedelic transcript “Hello.” “Hey.” “My hair — I crimped it, and it feels like a [expletive] poodle. It’s, like, really fluffy.” Singing: ...