Imagine yourself as a graphic designer for New Age musician Enya, tasked with creating her next album cover. Which two or three colors from the grid below do you think would “go best” with her music?

(ThyBlackMan.com) The Emotions were never just another R&B group. Formed in Chicago by the Hutchinson sisters—Sheila, Wanda, and Jeanette—they carried the gospel fire of their upbringing straight into ...

Behind Daily Squad is Matthieu Miguel, a 21-year-old French songwriter and music producer who is one of the rising talents in the music industry. Daily Squad has a strong presence on social media ...

Stephanie Shonekan and her daughter, Ojurere, encountered the song “Emotion” by different artists, at different times. The Bee Gees originally wrote “Emotion” for Samantha Sang in 1977, but the group ...

One of the most interesting song tactics involves an artist hiding their emotions behind opposing melodies. There are countless songs from every genre that sound as upbeat as can be but are really ...

If only we could unhear Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight" or Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" so we could recapture the ...

Listening to music is quite common in our daily life. The most common motive for listening to music is to influence emotions. How does listening to music produce emotions and pleasure in listeners?

Music is remarkable in its ability to evoke profound emotions (chills and thrills) in listeners. We often describe pieces of music as sad, joyful, tender, or harsh. Most music listeners use emotional ...

Born from the spirituals, work songs, and field hollers of African American communities in the Deep South, blues music gave ...

Music has a unique power to affect the way people feel and many people use music to enhance or change their mood, channel emotions and for psychological support. The strong emotional impact of music ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Sometimes, the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Another function within areas of the secondary auditory cortex involves how we perceive different chords. For example, part of the auditory ...