It seems that our species has loved music for ages. We've found proto-instruments such as conch shells, the first wind instruments used by our ancestors. We like to hear melodies, shake our hips to ...

Man listening music and using a phone while sitting on stairs outdoors. Walk into any classroom today, and chances are you’ll see students with earbuds in their pockets or playlists open on their ...

As a one-time disc jockey who played easy-listening music, I appreciate Mike Kerrigan’s “Easy Listening = Alternative Music + Time” (op-ed, Feb. 29). He is right: The definition of easy listening has ...