PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSoundField ↓ More info below ↓ Bomba is an ancient genre of resistance from Puerto Rico created by enslaved people on the island over 400 years ago. Recently, bomba music has been a staple of […]
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSoundField ↓ More info below ↓ Jersey club is a style of dance music created by Black DJs from New Jersey. Recently, this sound has gone viral online across YouTube, Instagram, and Tik Tok. The […]
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSoundField ↓ More info below ↓ Hip hop’s foundation and evolution owe itself to jazz. And it’s reciprocal. Jazz has borrowed from all facets of hip hop culture and musical contributions, showing that one of […]
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSoundField ↓ More info below ↓ The brilliance of Nigeria’s Fela Kuti and the innovation of Afrobeat are synonymous with activism, dance, and the representation of beauty within African culture. Please SUBSCRIBE! ►► https://tinyurl.com/SoundFieldPBS Fela […]
Check out the newest PBS show Otherwords and tell them Sound Field sent you! https://youtu.be/Fap4bdUwelQ Für Elise has become one of the most widely recognizable classical pieces in the world. It has appeared in commercials, movies, and even garbage trucks in Taiwan. So how did it get so popular, and […]
When we think of editing in music, we might think of quantizing lining up rhythm in an R&B song or autotune fixing the vocals of a pop singer. Many people don’t realize that editing exists in classical recordings as well. This episode of Sound Field explores the current debate in […]
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSoundField ↓ More info below ↓ Thanks to artists like T-Pain, Cher, and Kanye West, Auto-Tune went from being an industry secret to an industry staple. But it didn’t happen overnight. In this video, our […]
Check out American Veteran: https://youtu.be/jp48WoNOF_Y Take the PBS Survey (2023 Edition!): https://to.pbs.org/pbssurvey2023edition Historically Black Colleges and Universities have heavily influenced some of today’s biggest hits. Songs like “Industry Baby” by Lil Nas X and “Love Lockdown” by Kanye West wouldn’t sound the same without the catchy, marching band-inspired beats. Arthur […]
Take the 2023 PBS Survey: https://to.pbs.org/pbssurvey2023edition After coining the term in 2019, Spotify left many of us wondering, “What is hyperpop?” What started as a way to categorize “genre-less” music quickly evolved into a music phenomenon that has allowed artists to freely express themselves through sound. Our hosts Linda Diaz […]
If you’ve ever listened to a song SUPER closely, you might have noticed the arrangement of vocals floating around in the background. These are called backing vocals! And believe it or not, there’s a lot of skill that goes into crafting perfectly-placed backing vocals. In this video, we’re going to […]
