With movie star looks and a raucous piano style, Maurice Rocco made a splash in the 1940s, influencing future rock and rollers Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. By the 60s, however, he was a has-been in the U.S., playing lounges in Bangkok, Thailand un

Sound is an invisible force that most people rarely notice and barely understand. Dr. Mack Hagood explores the world of sound studies with the world's most amazing sound researchers, artists, and designers, as well as musicians, writers, voice actors and

This month, we have a guest pod in the feed: Its the debut episode of Critical Listening, music technology criticism from journalist Liz Pelly and composer-educator Max Alper, two lifers of the Nort

Yvette Janine Jackson is a composer and sound artist who creates immersive compositions, drawing on a wide array of genres and life experiences. Her compositions have been commissioned internationally

Today we present a cassette theory mixtape. Three excellent scholars help us understand consumer-focused magnetic tape and its history as a medium for the masses: Eleanor Patterson, Associate Professo

University of Delaware historian David Suisman is known for his research on music and capitalism, particularly his excellent book Selling Sounds: The Commercial Revolution in American Music (Harvard U

The sound studies community is reeling from the death of Jonathan Sterne this past Thursday. Jonathans presence and work wereand areincredibly influential on the intellectual and ethical commitment

Liz Pelly is our foremost journalist/critic on the Spotify beat. Her byline has appeared at the Baffler, Guardian, NPR, and many other outlets. She is also an adjunct instructor at NYU Tisch School of

In this episode, host Mack Hagood dives into the world of AI-generated music and art with digital artist and theorist Eryk Salvaggio. The conversation explores technical and philosophical aspects of A

Today we discuss how narrative podcasts work, the role theyve played in American culture and how theyve shaped our understanding of podcasting as a genre and an industry.Neil Vermas new book, Narr