The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has published their fine quarterly magazine since 2004. This site provides access to the NEA Arts Magazine, a great resource for anyone with an interest in the cultural milieu of the United States. Visitors can read the entire magazine as a pdf, or they can just peruse select articles. Recent articles in the magazine have covered the creative rebirth of...

It's quite unusual that a long-defunct radio program would garner a new website, but this is the case with the New American Radio (NAR) show. During its 10-year run, NAR commissioned and distributed over 300 original works, including conceptual new drama works, language explorations, sonic meditations, and works that "pioneer new dimensions in acoustic space." On the site's homepage, visitors can...

Musicologists, ethnologists, and scholars of media and cultural studies, especially those exploring Eastern Europe, will want to dive into the New Sound International Journal of Music. Since 1993 this peer-reviewed, open access academic journal has sought to "promote and present contemporary music created both in Serbia and abroad." On the landing page, readers will find the contents of the most...

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If you are someone who needs "white noise" to work, relax, or block out the chatter of an office or coffee shop, Noisli may be the website for you. On this site, users can select to listen to a variety of noises, including rain, leaves, and railroad tracks. Alternatively, users can search for a previously composed collection of sounds, designed for either productivity or relaxing. By creating a...

To sit down with a group of friends to sing and play musical instruments qualifies as a great experience for many, and humans have reveled in such get-togethers for millennia. This beautiful digital collection from the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress presents 100 sound recordings from the folk festival at Fort Valley State College in Georgia. The recordings primarily consist of...

This article and audio file from National Public Radio highlights the work of Manjul Bhargava, a professor at Princeton University. He is an expert in number theory and "a master of the tabla, a small Indian hand drum used to create music with rhythmic, precise patterns." In this article, Bhargava describes the mathematical and improvisational aspects of classical Indian music. The article is part...

For classical music fans, NPR's Deceptive Cadence offers a way to discover new artists and learn about news and conversations in the classical music world. News and audio clips are organized into four categories. Issues & ideas feature articles about the history of classical music, which are discussed along with contemporary issues in the field. For instance, in one recent article, NPR's Lulu...

What is perhaps most striking about National Public Radio's Music Reviews is the sheer range of what is reviewed. The excellent writing, however, always demands mention, as Will Hermes, Oliver Wang, and others delve into the wonders of folk albums, pop anthems, jazz compilations, movie soundtracks, and more. Recent articles have explored the best albums of 2015 ("From Hip-Hop To Country," by Ken...

This Library of Congress website houses the digitized Omaha Indian Music collection. Featuring a pithy Collection Overview and links to contextualizing elements, such as Historical Eras and Related Collections and Exhibits, the site makes accessible an important cultural tradition. Of course, the exhibit itself really shines. The multiformat ethnographic field collection contains dozens of wax...