There is no easy way to enter this realm, nor is there a clear path back to the origination of the sound creation known as ambient music. When music scholars try to pinpoint where and when this kind ...

Since the people we most often dine with on the patio are grandchildren who go to bed at 7 p.m., we are rarely outside after dark and able to enjoy the ambience of flickering candles or string lights.

Some people go to bars to hear themselves jabber, preferably into a cellphone. Others enjoy a saloon's copulative possibilities, thrumming sound design, braying televisions, or carefully cultivated ...