musicians

10-year-old handpan artist Sprites has gone viral with a soothing performance. – Photo credit: courtesy of Sprites

Culture

10-year-old girl goes viral with soothing virtuoso song on her ‘UFO’ handpan drum

Ryan Reed

1/26/2026
Musicians and music listeners over age 70 might have reduced risk of dementia. – Photo credit: Canva, Robert Kneschke (left) / Creativa Images (right)

Editorial, Featured, Health

If you’re a music junkie over age 70, you may have a lower risk of dementia

Ryan Reed

11/25/2025
Prince staged a legendary cover of Radiohead's "Creep" at Coachella 2008. But for years, it was impossible to watch. – Photo credit: Scott Penner via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0, cropped (left) / Nicolas Lœuillet via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 (cropped, right)

Culture

Prince dazzled Coachella with Radiohead’s ‘Creep.’ Years later, fan videos finally found a home.

Ryan Reed

11/5/2025
Scatman John managed his stutter through music, including his breakout hit. – Photo credit: YouTube screenshots from gyhio9

Culture

Scatman’s 1994 hit finds a new generation after inspiring video about his stutter resurfaces

Ryan Reed

10/31/2025
These are Phish's 5 coolest live Halloween full-album cover sets. – Photo credit: Julio Enriquez via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 (Phish photo) / Canva via wirakorn deelert from WIRAKORN DEELERT’s Images (Jack-o’-lantern)

Culture

5 full-album Halloween live covers by Phish that you’ll love, even if you hate jam bands

Ryan Reed

10/23/2025
An investor in the the 'Purple Rain' musical says the production helps realize a personal dream. – Photo credit: Warner Records via Amazon (left, cropped) / Canva, Rusian Lytvyn from Зображення користувача Руслан Литвин (right, cropped)

Culture

For investor, Prince ‘Purple Rain’ musical heading to Broadway realizes a ‘lifelong dream’

Ryan Reed

10/2/2025
Who are The Beatles of the 1970s and beyond? – Photo credit: Associated Press (Public Domain) via Wikimedia Commons (left, cropped) / Casablanca Records (Public Domain) via Wikimedia Commons (right, cropped) / Canva, Macrovector (question mark graphic)

Culture

The Beatles ruled the 1960s—duh. But who are ‘The Beatles of the ’70s and beyond?

Ryan Reed

9/19/2025
These are some of the saddest songs ever. – Photo credit: Canva, pixelshot (left, cropped) / Ivan Samkov from Pexels (right, cropped)

Culture, Music

These are the saddest songs ever recorded, according to researchers and listeners

Ryan Reed

9/3/2025
In 2013, Prince borrowed someone's guitar—and then smashed it on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.' – Photo credit: Julio Enriquez via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, cropped (left) / Micahmedia via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0, cropped (right)

Culture

Prince broke a borrowed guitar with a wild onstage toss in 2013. But the story ended well.

Ryan Reed

8/19/2025
Emily Wolfe says an airline initially refused to pay for a guitar broken during a flight. But the story took a happy turn. – Photo credit: Brittany.durdin via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International / Emily Wolfe Facebook

Culture

Airline backtracks after outrage for refusing to pay for working musician’s broken guitar

Ryan Reed

8/15/2025

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