Senior staff writer Anna Mammarelli argues that instrumental music boosts focus while lyrics distract and fuel cultural overstimulation.

Lyrics and vocals are, of course, an integral part of music. As a matter of fact, some artists have made it big by being a mediocre musician and a masterful lyricist. On the other hand, some artists ...

"Dragnet." "Mission Impossible." "The Twilight Zone." "Law and Order." Odds are even if you've never seen an episode of these television shows, you've heard their theme songs, and they are now going ...

"Dragnet." "Mission Impossible." "The Twilight Zone." "Law and Order." Odds are even if you've never seen an episode of these television shows, you've heard their theme songs, and they are now going ...

If you’ve ever heard the original recording of “Tennessee Whiskey” by David Allan Coe, you’d wonder how Chris Stapleton ever landed on his version. While Coe’s original is stellar in its own right, it ...

Like what happens when one sense is compromised and the other senses become heightened, bands that forgo the use of a lead singer and lyrics can sometimes capture the emotion of music better than more ...

The prospect of a "quarantine album" from Adrianne Lenker is immensely appealing. Granted, that's true of any new music from Lenker, the Big Thief singer-songwriter who in recent years has emerged as ...

With October just around the corner, it also means the official kickoff of "spooky season." This is a time when a person could read scary stories, watch scary movies or just even revel in the mood ...

Adrianne Lenker has been promoting one project or another pretty much non-stop over the past few years. Big Thief released albums in 2016, 2017, and two in 2019, while she had a solo album, Abysskiss, ...

When you listen to music, your brain processes this in a different way than when you’re listening to someone speak. So where does that leave songs? In a new study, researchers found that there is a ...

It’s no secret that Big Thief vocalist Adrianne Lenker is an incredibly prolific artist. Last year, Big Thief released two albums just a few months apart but when the rest of the band’s 2020 tour was ...