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In his own words, jazz fusion legend Francisco Mora-Catlett discusses five key artist who bridged the gap between jazz and electronic music.

When I was asked to collaborate with the former Beatle on a book, I gained a unique insight into the creative process behind the band’s biggest hits, writes Pulitzer-prize winning poet Paul Muldoon

The scientist, whose name was Leon Theremin, was not mad. A professor, he immigrated to America, where by the late 1920s, he had perfected the instrument, named the Theremin. In the next few years, it was featured in concerts at Carnegie Hall and around the country, and employed by an orchestra conducted by Leopold Stowkowski. The concerts were reviewed on the front page of the New York Times, and the instrument was seen as the forerunner of something that was not yet known as electronic music.

They helped define the 60s, but were hopelessly uncool as the 70s began – and Brian Wilson was unravelling. The band discuss the masterpieces they made against the odds

Find out how Johnny Ramone almost died in 1983 and how Journey was different live in 98.

Swiss researchers calculate pi to a new record number of figures. Buy an NFT clipart of a rock for almost $300K, for some reason. Graphene-reinforced concrete. “Biosmocking” is a peek at the future of apparel. AATCC announces the first global standard for measuring fiber fragment release during home laundering. A new sock sneaker featuring mushroom soles and 3D knitted discarded dog hair. Words coined by classic authors. Big brands go direct-to-consumer to gather better data. Genetically alt...

Peter Zinovieff, composer and synthesizer innovator, dies at 88 EMS Synthi AKS. (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- Peter Zinovieff, a composer and inventor whose pioneering synthesizers shaped albums by Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Roxy Music and Kraftwerk, died on June 23 in Cambridge, England. He was 88. His death was announced on Twitter by his daughter Sofka Zinovieff, who said he had been hospitalized after a fall. Zinovieff oversaw the design of the first commercially produced British synthesizers. In 196...

First published on Sun 27 Jun 2021 03.55 EDT Jon Hassell, the influential American avant garde composer who invented the global-minded “fourth world” musical aesthetic, has died aged 84. In a statement, his family said the “iconic trumpet player, author and composer” died in the early hours of 26 June, after just over a year of health complications. In spring 2020, Hassell broke his leg in a fall at his recording studio and spent four months recuperating in hospital, in isolation owing ...

May 14, 2021 Although she now calls New York City home, actress Bellamy Young says she’ll always be a Southern girl at heart. Born and raised in Asheville, she returns to her hometown several times a year to visit her mom and extended family and friends. The actress, who rose to fame as First Lady Mellie Grant on the hit television show Scandal, currently co-stars in the TV crime drama Prodigal Son. She discovered her love for acting and singing when she was a child taking classes at the Fl...

Bellamy Young on her acting career, the solace of singing, and seeing Asheville through new eyes “I love everything about it,” Young says of Asheville. “The smells, sights, and history. All of it.” Photo by Leo Deveney Although she now calls New York City home, actress Bellamy Young says she’ll always be a Southern girl at heart. Born and raised in Asheville, she returns to her hometown several times a year to visit her mom and extended family and friends. The actress, who rose to fam...