2010s

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Film
La Llorona: the Mexican song of a weeping ghost

La Llorona is a Mexican folk song tied to one of the country's most persistent ghost legends. The song has no single…

July 27, 2026
Songwriter
134340: BTS's cosmic anthem of heartbreak

In 2018, the internationally acclaimed South Korean group BTS released their mesmerizing song 134340 as part of their…

July 21, 2023
Songwriter
I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger: origins and lyrics of the famous folk song

The Wayfaring Stranger is an American folk song with an uncertain origin. The song's various versions share a common…

May 14, 2023
Meditation
Aham Prema: meaning behind the modern yoga chant

Aham Prema is one of the essential mantras recommended for daily practice by many modern yoga schools. Surprisingly,…

March 18, 2023
BTS
Whalien 52: uncovering the hidden meaning

BTS' song Whalien 52 is an emotionally charged piece that delves into the idea of loneliness and isolation. The lyrics…

March 11, 2023
Songwriter
La Mordidita: meaning behind the three-chord Latin hit

La Mordidita is a notable Latin dance hit released by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin in 2015. The song was written by…

January 20, 2022
Collaboration
Súbeme la Radio: meaning and harmony behind the hot dance hit

Súbeme la Radio is a 2017 Latin dance track recorded by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias in collaboration with Cuban…

December 22, 2021
Collaboration
Vente Pa' Ca: surprising harmony behind Ricky Martin's party song

Vente Pa' Ca is a 2016 dance track recorded by award-winning Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin featuring Colombian urban…

November 13, 2021
Collaboration
Échame la Culpa: another Fonsi hit echoing Despacito chords

Échame la Culpa is a 2017 Latin pop track by Demi Lovato and Puerto Rican songwriter Luis Fonsi that remains their only…

October 20, 2021
Songwriter
Vivir Mi Vida: meaning and origin of Marc Anthony's salsa hit

Vivir Mi Vida is a life-affirming hit by Marc Anthony, released on his 2013 album 3.0. The song marked his return to…

July 28, 2021
Songwriter
El Farsante and 7 more songs by Ozuna in Dorian and Aeolian modes

Few could have imagined that a career in music could have such an outstanding start as the one of Puerto Rican urbano…

May 3, 2021
Film
Hedwig’s Theme: magical mood cast by the celesta melody

Hedwig's Theme, also known as the main theme of all eight Harry Potter films, was the first piece written by John…

April 28, 2021
Orchestra
Lully's Passacaglia of Armide revised by Bear McCreary in Outlander score

The passacaglia is a slow dance that originated in Spain at the very beginning of the Baroque era, initially performed…

November 22, 2020
Music Theory
8 songs to introduce Aeolian mode and natural minor scale

Over the past centuries, the composition of polyphonic music has been primarily focused on seven diatonic scales…

November 12, 2020
Guitar Amplifier
Bogner Shiva: boutique guitar amplifier found its tracking in metal genres

Bogner Shiva is a powerful guitar amplifier that has earned the title of a true guitarist's darling, being the first…

November 1, 2020
Music Theory
Popular songs featuring Phrygian mode and Neapolitan chord

Western music theory describes seven diatonic scales that are the basis of corresponding musical modes, among which the…

April 29, 2020
Kayamba
Traditional maloya music meets French chanson in swaying songs of Maya Kamaty

Maya Kamaty is a new generation singer and songwriter from the Réunion island located in the Indian Ocean east of…

March 1, 2020
Guitar
The art of Caribbean rhythms by the Garifuna Collective

Garifuna music is closely related to the culture of the Garifuna people living primarily on the Caribbean coast of…

January 26, 2020
Album
Yemeni folk melodies interpolated into psychedelic dance rhythms by El Khat

The musical traditions of Yemen can be traced back to the 14th century in the form of homayni which meaning can be…

December 1, 2019
Band
Bird In The Belly: the dark side of old British ballads re-imagined in polyphonic folk songs

Bird in the Belly is an English folk band that draws their inspiration through collecting little known or forgotten…

November 20, 2019
Collaboration
Marius Neset and London Sinfonietta: saxophone accompanied by world-class orchestra acquainted classical harmony with jazz rhythms

The intriguing cross-genre collaboration between the Norwegian jazz saxophonist Marius Neset and the London Sinfonietta…

November 13, 2019
Electric Guitar
Adrian Belew's spellbinding guitar tricks saturate prog music with the sounds of space

American multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Adrian Belew managed to extract entirely extraordinary sounds from his…

September 15, 2019
Choir
Gershwin's Summertime: the most recorded song draws inspiration from Ukrainian lullaby and African American spiritual

Written by the American composer George Gershwin in 1934, Summertime aria is now the most recorded song in the history…

July 3, 20193 comments
Band
Tinariwen: 40 years of nomadic desert music driven by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib's guitar

Formed by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib in the late 1970s, the African band Tinariwen always had a clear mission to preserve the…

June 19, 2019
Santour
Azam Ali's magnificent vocal journeys through languages

In recent decades, the mixing of styles and cultures in popular and classical music has grown into quite a common trend…

December 28, 2018
Collaboration
Nordic folk fiddle reshapes polished classical sound in the music of Gjermund Larsen

Gjermund Larsen is a Norwegian musician and composer who dedicated his career to the music of his native land. His work…

December 18, 2018
Collaboration
Literary recital for fiddle and harmonium with British flavour

A rare duo that brings together two of Britain's foremost folk and jazz artists was formed by a Scottish fiddler Aidan…

August 31, 2018
Synthesizer
Classical modernity in Anna Meredith's underwater reality

The Scottish composer Anna Meredith has already worked with the BBC and countless orchestras and chamber ensembles…

August 30, 2018
Trumpet
Jazz dinosaur of the new generation

Rising English trumpeter Laura Jurd has garnered an armful of awards in her relatively brief career, including both for…

August 24, 2018
Film
The drama of The Chain kept alive on the big screen

The Chain, included on Fleetwood Mac’s classic 1977 Rumours album, has retained that particular brand of culturally…

August 16, 2018