Albarn did, and at the heart of The Mountain is an unearthed recording from that 2001 session: a freestyle by the late rapper Proof, riffing on the grisly reality of murder five years before his own.

Rain fell. Wind chimes sounded. The lush greenery of the hillside brightened as the sun rebounded. There was silent meditation, an offering of prayer, and vibration of ...

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 ...

Be inspired by our calm Indian music for yoga and meditation the next time you need the right background music to meditate and stretch. Take a deep breath in and out, find your position and relax with ...

It’s ironic that every student in Ireland is schooled in the poetry of Seamus Heaney and Eavan Boland, yet opportunities to mine the “profound artistry” of Irish traditional music are few and far ...

Has music felt like a warm hug when you are feeling low? Whether it is the nostalgic beat you listened to as a kid or the latest go-to heartbreak song that sums up your current situation better than ...

When the first notes of [the music] threaded their way into my consciousness, they seemed to come from inside me…music wound its way through me as sound turned pure sensation.” —The New York Times on ...

President Donald Trump took some time out from his busy despoting schedule to reveal that he was a musical prodigy as a child who played the flute. The flute? I didn’t see that coming. I would have ...

Donald Trump revealed that an aptitude test as a child identified him as a musical prodigy, a revelation his father didn't embrace. Trump recalled his ability to recognize and recall musical notes ...