Music is naturally subjective, but I probably won't get much argument that one of the most sublimely lovely pieces ever composed is Beethoven's Piano Concerto #5 ("The Emperor"), with the middle movement being particularly haunting (it's...
They call them "ear worms," which is a rather disgusting term for something that's often lovely - but when those songs do stick in your head, it can be hard to unstick them. One of the ones I've been hearing a lot lately careening around...
Last week, it was Russian oktavists, this week, it's Tuvan throat singing. If you're not familiar with it, it's a technique used by the people of Tuva, Mongolia, and other Asian regions wherein the vocalists sings not one tone at a time,...