This Moment in Music History for 10-24-2024

On June nineteenth, 1978, the rock band Aerosmith released an album that would become one of the most unexpected commercial comebacks in music history. After a string of hugely successful records earlier in the decade, the band had fallen into a dangerous spiral of drug abuse and ...  Show more

On June 18th, 1983, one of the most iconic music videos in history made its debut on MTV, forever changing the landscape of popular music and visual storytelling. Paul McCartney's "Say Say Say," featuring Michael Jackson, premiered its groundbreaking video that would captivate au ...  Show more

Ed Sheeran BioSnap a weekly updated Biography. Ed Sheeran has been making waves across multiple continents this past week with a flurry of major activities that showcase his global appeal and artistic evolution. The British superstar dropped his eighth studio album "Play" on Frid ...  Show more

Scavenging for synthesizers, digital vs analog music, and what it means to be a music producer in the AI era. This episode of Quartertones features Egyptian music producer Kubbara in our studio in Beirut. Known for his jazz-influenced, neo-soul sound, he gives us a master clas ...

"We're not worried about petty morals." What happened to the Rolling Stones in 1967 to see them on the brink of imprisonment and mass censure, while at the height of their success, with fame, fortune, mansions, world tours, and best selling albums to their names? Was Brian Jones, ...  Show more

The baritone Benjamin Appl has recorded an album for Alpha that combines the music of György Kurtág with that of Franz Schubert. 'Lines of Life: Schubert & Kurtág' is the result of a long process that started with Kurtág choosing the singer for this unique project and working wit ...  Show more