Because people are sadly imperfect, cell phones ring at the most inopportune times. It happens in the movies. It happens in the opera. Rarely, though, does the art come to a halt because of a ...

Last night, a high society smartphone faux pas at Lincoln Center: an iPhone marimba rang out during the final moments Last night, a high society smartphone faux pas at Lincoln Center: an iPhone ...

The iPhone Marimba ringtone is iconic. It’s just a few notes played on an African xylophone, but somehow, it captures everything that is light and breezy about Apple’s platform. The problem is, ...

Remember that incredible remix of the Marimba iPhone remix from earlier today? When I originally posted it, I suggested it’d make an incredible music track for an official Apple ad. Little did I think ...

Concertgoers at the New York Philharmonic Tuesday night did not have to be musicologists to work out that the marimba was not part of the famous work. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Occurring on Tuesday night during a performance of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony by the New York Philharmonic, a man’s iPhone erupted in the familiar marimba ring tone during the closing moments of the ...