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How a musician turned singing sands into an instrument

A North Carolina musician was fascinating by the sound of singing sand dunes. He asked researchers from all over the world for help turning them into an instrument.

NPR Music · EN

Award-Winning Composer And Musician Jon Batiste Talks Ocarina Of Time's Music And Why 'Guile's Theme' Goes With Everything

Jon Batiste has collaborated with the likes of Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, and many more. He performed the national anthem at Super Bowl LIX. He's headed up the musical efforts of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert . He's taken home more awards than we can realistically list in this article (including eight Grammys, as well as an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe). But as I sit down with Batiste for a brief conversation about video game music, his energy transcends the Zoom call. Before I can even ask a question, Batiste begins singing to gr

Game Informer · EN

DEAD DHARMA

Rae, an author, academic, and musician, examines the Grateful Dead’s eventful history and “points to the unique fusion of the band’s ethos and praxis with elements of Buddhist thought.” Certainly, the band’s countercultural milieu was awash in Eastern and Native American spirituality, and, though none of the group’s members practiced Buddhism as such, many of their precursors, peers, and followers did. Moreover, the Dead frequently emphasized the spiritual aspect of their project, placing it squarely in what Rae’s subtitle calls “the American quest for transcendence.” Rather than offering a tr

Kirkus · EN