At night, when it gets quiet, I find myself thinking about things that didn't bother me during the day.For such nights, I ...

It’s pretty astounding how casual and raucous the ambient/instrumental crowd is these days. Amazingly, this is not a joke. In a time of truly fiery political rhetoric, people have been diving ...

After 25 years of creating enthralling ambient instrumental music, the Album Leaf has found singers who understand how to ...

Ambient music has been on the rise in the streaming era. But with royalty reform and the threat of AI-generated sounds, its future is still uncertain. By Kristin Robinson Senior Writer This analysis ...

Host Scott Detrow talks with Pitchfork editor Andy Cush about ambient music and the growth in popularity of marketing it as so-called mood music on streaming platforms. And finally today, to create a ...

You’ve probably heard that classical music is good for studying, taking tests and doing creative work. This idea stems from the “Mozart Effect,” a term coined in 1993 when scientists discovered that ...