Digital music gave us the technology, and the freedom, to listen to whatever we want, whenever we want. But more and more people are going back to older, analog ways of listening.

An exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt celebrates the glorious machines that gave us the soundtracks of our lives before ...

Do you like to listen to music when you work? Pose this question at a party, and you'll probably get some polarizing responses. Some will say they love it, claiming that it improves their performance; ...

The music industry has been rocked by technology since CNET's start in 1995 and so has how we discover, create, collect and listen to it. In 1995, CDs were the main music media format, surpassing ...

Listening to music can enhance our lives in all kinds of ways—many of us use it during exercise, to regulate our mood, or in the workplace. But can listening to background music while you work really ...

Music is a part of every culture around the world. In fact, the ability to appreciate music is built into our brains, suggesting music has an evolutionary function. Many music studies look at the long ...

Considering music often holds a specific energy in our lives, offering chances to appreciate nostalgia and reduce our stress in mundane moments, according to Professor Shahram Heshmat, it’s not ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The idea that music can improve learning has been around for decades. The “Mozart ...