Question: What is the most expensive musical instrument in the world? No, it’s not some Stradivarius violin or a rare Beatles guitar. It’s the Large Hadron Collider. Wait—the big machine in France and ...

The world is still talking about the effect Muhammad Ali had in his lifetime. One area that isn’t getting enough attention (in my opinion, anyway) is Ali’s music career. He released a spoken word ...

I know this has happened to you. A song comes on the radio that you haven’t heard in FOREVER yet you can remember all the words. How is this possible? It has to do with how the brain works. Lyrics are ...

There were many reasons for the rise of punk rock in the 1970s. For some, it was an art movement while for others it had to do with class struggle. And then there were the punk rockers who felt that ...

The musical evolution of The Beatles was insane. They went from songs like “I Want to Hold Your Hand” to “A Day in the Life” in less than five years. Most of this was due to the talents within the ...

This one caught me by surprise with its complexity and atmospherics. Alex Henry Foster is Canadian and the former frontman for the noise band Your Favourite Enemies. This track is anything but noise ...

It’s an understatement to say that rock has been dominated by dudes since its birth in the early 1950s. Consequently, most of the inductees in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are male. But did you know ...

Even after the CD took off in the 1990s, the music and electronics industries were looking for the next format. Sony thought they had a solution with the MiniDisc, a portable digital music device that ...

Mickey Rourke is planning to take legal action against Celebrity Big Brother U.K. following his ejection from the hit reality series. The Oscar-nominated actor agreed to leave the show on Saturday, ...

I once had a conversation with someone about the craziest tours in the history of music. The usual names came up. The Who trashing hotel rooms. Led Zeppelin’s tours with their private jet, groupies, ...

Here in Canada, it’s the law that radio stations have to devote at least 35% of their playlist to Canadian music. The licenses of other stations state a quota of 40%. Do any other countries do the ...

Blue Origin's first all-women flight crew shot for the sky in West Texas on Monday morning — blasting off on a journey 62 miles above Earth's surface to the Kármán line, the internationally recognized ...