“There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement.” —Lord Kelvin in 1900, five years before Einstein’s paper on relativity. The term “paradigm shift” was ...

The following is a press release issued by TRPTK and Dutch & Dutch. September 21, 2017 - TRPTK and Dutch & Dutch will do a unique demonstration at XFI Premium Audio Show 2017. The audiophile ...

It’s like a postcard from Weird Old America. Working with compositional sources as diverse as Burt Bacharach (“Mexican Divorce”) and Blind Willie McTell (“Married Man’s a Fool”), roots-rock guitarist Ry Cooder stitches a folksy quilt ...

The LP reissue phenomenon has introduced audio enthusiasts and music lovers to many of the world’s great recordings on high-quality vinyl, with some featuring mixes that are even better than the originals. Movie soundtracks have ...

The best soundtracks strike a personal note. Sure, the soundtracks overall must reflect the mood of the movie, but to stay in my collection, a soundtrack must reflect a time and place, or personify a ...

The following is a press release issued by MQA and Deezer. September 6, 2017 - Following major partnership unveilings at IFA technology show in Berlin, MQA is announcing a key new agreement with global music ...

Josh Tillman’s shtick as Father John Misty is to shock you with uncomfortable truths about modern American life while soothing you with mellow, Laurel Canyon-style rock—or so it would seem on Pure Comedy. As with ...

What defines a great soundtrack? For you, it might have to make you weep, like M. Butterfly, or shake your tail feather, like Saturday Night Fever. For me, it has to transport me somewhere—the back ...

The following are three press releases announcing major MQA advancements. MQA PARTNERS WITH LG ON FIRST GLOBAL MQA SMARTPHONE London / Berlin | 31 August 2017 – LG Electronics (LG) unveils the V30, the latest ...

On his fourth solo album banjo virtuoso and Punch Brother deluxe Noam Pikelny makes one key departure: he sings, which turns out to be one of this project’s pleasant surprises. Sparkling sonics highlight the technical ...

The current popularity of “Americana” is only the most recent phase in the long history of American folk music. Indeed the folk music in and of our country has been “discovered,” or “revived,” several times ...

Allan Moulton is North American Sales Manager at U.S.-based equipment distributor Musical Surroundings. Why do people still listen to records? It’s the question instinctively asked by nearly all those outside our hobby (and many within) ...

Guitarist Julian Lage emerged in the 1990s as a teen wunderkind while working with jazz-vibes master Gary Burton. In 2009 Lage released his solo debut, Sounding Point, a collection of electrified jazz originals and covers ...

The following is a press release issued by Esperanza Spalding. August 11, 2017 - Today's world has a way of teaching us that who we are is not good enough as it is. It tells ...

Of the many articles and reviews that Harry Pearson wrote for The Absolute Sound, his annual Super LP List (aka SuperDisc List) may have been the most eagerly anticipated. The issue in which it was ...