In this episode of The Story Behind the Song, UK-based singer-songwriter Howard Jones reveals how he broke all the rules when he arrived as a one-man band and topped the charts with “New Song.” As ...

The project intends to record and playback notes as well as some pre-recorded tunes by creating a synthesizer. The project intends to record and playback notes as well as some pre-recorded tunes by ...

Southeast Morrison’s Holocene is easily one of the best places in Portland for music that feels like Capital-A “Art.” Artists ...

Earlier this year, I wrote about the wave of dubstep metal that is ruining everything. That might have led some readers to believe that I’m fundamentally against the idea of mixing synthesizers and ...

Superbooth 25: Our only problem with the Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave - a stunning evolution of the classic Waldorf PPG Wave wavetable synths from the ‘80s - was that we couldn’t really afford it. This ...

It was an innocuous Wednesday night performance at Emo's by Chapel Hill's Crooked Fingers, the frank, indie-Americana outfit led by gravelly voiced ex-Archers of Loaf frontman Eric Bachmann. There, ...

When the bookers for the David Letterman Show invited experimental electronic composer Suzanne Ciani to appear on the programme in August 1980, her instinct was to say “no”. “I didn’t want to do it,” ...

The choice mode of the singer-songwriter has shifted many times; from troubadour Bob Dylan to the razor-sharp wit of Fiona Apple. The past year or so has seen a marked shift in style for today’s ...

Drawing on the heritage of the classic PPG range, the 3rd Wave synth has something for nostalgia fans and more forward-thinking producers alike. And following the launch of the keyboard version, ...