Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. DR: This is definitely one of the most surprising sounds I came across in all of my research. The voluminous underwater scratching ...

The sounds insects make are abstract and arcane, but they form a distinguished mode of music for David Rothenberg, a self-styled specialist and creative connoisseur of the bug-borne arts. "There's a ...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote a whimsical piece for his opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” that always commands my attention. I don’t care the instrument (and I’ve heard many, from piccolo to tuba and ...

Musicians typically love their guitars, but rarely does one find a musician equally interested in parasite-infected cockroaches. Then again, Gary McCallister isn't like most musicians. McCallister, 64 ...

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That passion for nature extends into the classroom. Rainsong is anything but your typical music theory teacher. In addition to sight-singing and chord progressions, she steeps her students in the art ...

Two Notre Dame professors are using a symphonic poem titled “Symphonic Wings” to communicate the importance of insects and the dangers they face. The project, funded by a $150,000 grant, will premiere ...

The longstanding noise-rockers Kal Marks are hitting us with another collection of combustible guitar music this fall. Wasteland Baby drops in September, preceded today by a video for lead single ...