To hear this music you have to be there. Literally.
Ryan Holladay tells us how he experiments with “location-aware music” which involves hundreds of geo-tagged segments of sounds that only play when a listener is nearby. Learn more about the TED Fellows...
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Celebrating the cultural in-between: Fellows Friday with musician Meklit Hadero
Meklit Hadero’s voice is earthy and soulful, sinuous and untethered, and she’s about to unleash a new album on the world. She has just launched a crowdfunding campaign for her second solo recording,...
View ArticleBiohacker meets Willy Wonka: Lucy McRae on the making of the incredible...
TED Fellow Lucy McRae (watch her TED Talk) is a body architect — an artist who explores how technology and the body may someday meet and merge. Her latest project is a fantastical and frothy music...
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Wall of sound: Ryan Holladay’s Fermata invites you to make space to listen
Experience art with your eyes closed and ears open at Artisphere’s recently launched exhibit Fermata. The show is centered around a wall of speakers of every conceivable shape and size, and is...
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Classic rock: Dan Visconti, the 21st-century composer
Dan Visconti is updating the image of the classical composer — from lone, fusty genius to dynamic community leader who creates music as a tool for social engagement. Whether he’s telling the stories...
View ArticleWatch out for falling clocks! – Meklit’s brand-new video, “Slow”
Here’s a groovy and playful bump for your midweek slump. Above, check out songstress Meklit’s freshly released video for her recent tune “Slow”, and read all about it below. Sadly, it looks like some...
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Somi unveils an odyssey of song and soul in ‘The Lagos Music Salon’
This week, East African singer Somi releases her first major-label album, The Lagos Music Salon, in the United States. Already, it is #1 on the iTunes Jazz Chart, #1 on the Amazon Jazz Vocal Chart,...
View ArticleWatch Somi’s new video “Brown Round Things”– a stirring stroll on the night...
Above: Watch the video for “Brown Round Things,” from Somi’s latest album The Lagos Music Salon. When Somi went to Lagos, Nigeria, for an 18-month creative sabbatical, the singer immersed herself in...
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