Among the hundreds of microgenres that sprung up from the 1960s-1970s, perhaps none are so undefined as the vague “New Age music”. Central to and closely aligned with the spiritual movement of the same name, New Age records filled stores throughout California and played over the speakers of yoga ...
It is mid-spring here in Columbia, and that may as well be summer. We’ve been lucky with week after week of sunny days, light breezes and mild humidity, which make me want to relax and lay by the pool, letting the wind flow through my hair with the sun warming my skin. No summer afternoon is complete ...
The most popular streaming platform in the world is now entirely uninterested in music. Opening Spotify, you still see music, of course, but it is overshadowed by cross-posted video essays from Youtube, random audiobooks and “alpha male” podcasters. Two examples are embedded below. Bafflingly, DMs, ...
