Different releases of Michael Jackson's song "Black or White" show increasing loudness over time. Your parents are officially correct. Nowadays, pop music all sounds pretty much the same. Researchers ...

If you’ve ever watched a documentary, the traditional format is quite simple: footage paired with recorded narration and a score. “32 Sounds” takes that idea in a different direction: both the ...

Complaints about the emerging genre may have to do with the discomfort with monoculture surrounding it. The first time I taught Music History I, a student came to my office worried about an upcoming ...

It's official – science has essentially proven, with a study, that Pop music is indeed both getting louder and diminishing in variety. A team of researchers in Spain headed by artificial intelligence ...

Music snobs, take heed. Detailed analysis of songs produced between 1955 and 2010 confirms what you’ve always known in your heart to be true: modern pop music really has gotten louder, and it all ...

The world apparently sounds very different to infants than it does to adults. Sometimes it's filled with a cacophony of sounds that makes it difficult for babies to distinguish a single sound from all ...

Your parents are officially correct. Nowadays, pop music all sounds pretty much the same. Researchers in Spain came to the conclusion after tracking the timbre, pitch and volume of nearly a ...