Scientists are learning how music can do more than lift our mood, from easing anxiety to helping experimental drugs reach the brain. Why it matters: Music could supplement therapy, help people manage ...

How” and “why” our brains like music are two separate questions. A recent popular article sheds light on how. Explorations of ...

How will the first quarter of this century be remembered? In this episode of a multi-part series, we explore how file-sharing and streaming totally transformed the music industry. Sponsor Message : ...

In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka’s column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. Forty years ago, Bill Weiss, a student at Columbia ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Notebook The avant-garde works that emerged from World War II continue to influence how audiences view contemporary music decades later. Credit...Jan Robert Dünnweller ...