New research explores music's impact on learning, memory, and emotions in two studies. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

“Every summer, I make a playlist for our annual beach trip…. It's a lot of Dave Matthews and Jack Johnson, but it's also a ...

It's easy to feel burnt out from such a digital lifestyle, but I've been turning to vinyl and cassette to counteract this — ...

In 2026, Spotify isn't just a music player; it's an intelligent recommendation engine that demands curation. With the platform's algorithm now driving 25-40% of new artist discoveries and new video ...

Zara Larsson, one of the biggest names in pop music right now, has just dropped Midnight Sun: Girls Trip. But the new album, ...

Last weekend I was at a music conference in Denmark, scoping Scandi indie bands and asking everybody’s opinion of Zara Larsson. “You mean the queen?” replied the first Swede ...

Oliver Anthony didn't hold back when he took to Facebook a few weeks back to share his thoughts on the current state of the ...

In Germany, robotic AI dogs with the faces of tech's most powerful men are on the loose — courtesy of American artist Beeple. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on May 1, 2026.) ...

Country music is on fire on TikTok, driving 65.5 billion video views. But how do new artists stand out? Here's advice from ...

Adam Wexler, who cofounded PrizePicks and exited the company last year, aims to solve problems in music discoverability.

The Brooklyn band Geese was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity. Maybe it was.