A Music Obsession That’s Adventurous and Soothing

‘The trick to crate digging is to simply go at it: Dive into the sections, flip through the jackets and trust your gut.’

Who Can Say Why Enya Endures? Only Time

Even at her peak, she was hugely famous but never especially cool. But maybe we’re finally ready to heed her whispered call to awaken.

With R. Kelly on Trial, What Has Become of His Music?

The R&B superstar may have experienced a “social death,” with his music largely disappearing in public. But streaming data tells a more complicated story.

This Rattlesnake Dares You to Call Its Bluff

Scientists designed a virtual reality experiment to understand just how tricky rattlesnakes can be.

Billie Eilish, 21st-Century Pop Paragon, Hits No. 1 With Big Vinyl Sales

“Happier Than Ever” debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 with 54 percent of its total from physical formats.

The Enduring Appeal of Italian Composers’ Dramatic ‘Library Music’

Compositions made from the 1960s through the ’80s to soundtrack films and ads have found new homes on hip-hop tracks and compilations. New artists have been inspired, too.

Opinion | My Ears Might Never Be Bored Again

The pandemic helped me appreciate the mind-altering magic of ubiquitous digital audio.

Joel Chadabe, Explorer of Electronic Music’s Frontier, Dies at 82

As both a composer and an advocate, Mr. Chadabe devoted himself to what one music critic called the “marriage between humans and their computers.”

Roger Hawkins, Drummer Heard on Numerous Hits, Is Dead at 75

An innately soulful musician, he recorded with Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and many others and was an architect of what became known as the Muscle Shoals sound.