Music
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After 17,000 Years, a Rediscovered Conch Horn Is Played Again
The seashell has been collecting dust on a museum shelf in Toulouse for the past 80 years, and before that, it had spent all of recorded history, plus a few millennia, on the floor of a cave in the Pyrenean foothills of Southern France. Now, the Marsoulas conch has been dusted off and played —…
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Fender’s Tiny Personal Amp Could Recreate Classic Tones
Portable or practice amps are a guitarist’s best friend. These tiny devices usually plug right into your guitar and let you listen to the audio without waking the neighbours or the baby in the next room. Fender, for its part, has made it easier to get great tone out of a box the size of…
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The Team Behind Soul Tells Us About the Culture and Future of Pixar
The thing Joe Gardner loves about jazz is how it’s always changing. Joe is the star of Soul, Pixar’s latest animated film being released on Disney+ on Christmas Day. After the best audition of his life, Joe (voiced by Jamie Foxx) is on top of the world. Until he dies. He then attempts to return…
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Solo’s Vinyl Release Comes With Incredible New Star Wars Artwork
It’s a given that Star Wars movies have great music. So when there’s a vinyl release of one of the soundtracks, the package better have artwork to match. Thankfully, Mondo has done just that for Solo: A Star Wars Story. The company recruited César Moreno to do brand new illustrations for an exclusive release, and…