How the Rickenbacker 360/12 revolutionized the sound of ’60s guitar

Introduced in 1964, the jangle of the 12-string Ricky inspired generations of players, with the likes of TomPetty, Mike ...
Colorado Public Radio

One Chickasaw composer and a string quartet search for an American sound

When the Dover Quartet asked Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate to compose a new work inspired by Native American traditions, he turned to the woodland creatures venerated by his own Chickasaw Nation. The ...
WLRN

What did the beginning of time sound like? A new string quartet offers an impression

Abrasive, intense and about to erupt at any moment. So begins Flow, a new piece by Nokuthula Ngwenyama for the Takács Quartet. Coaxing peculiar sounds out of centuries-old string instruments, the ...
The New York Times

An Artist Expands the Landscape of Sound

In a major show at the Whitney, Christine Sun Kim shines light on Deaf culture and measures sonic experience beyond the ear. “Sound isn’t part of my life, but when I found sound art, it became really ...