Music

May 31, 2021

Watch Soldiers of the U.S. Army Field Band Play a Cover of Pink Floydโ€™s โ€˜Wish You Were Hereโ€™

Those who serve in the U.S. military are often separated from their families for long periods of time. This can be taxing on the mental health of soldiers, but Six-String Soldiers of the United States Army Field Band are turning to music to deal with the pain of missing home. The band recently performed a cover of Pink Floydโ€™s Wish You Were Here, live on location in Patapsco Valley State Park, Maryland.

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March 19, 2021

Watch the Real von Trapp Family Sing โ€˜Edelweissโ€™ From โ€˜The Sound of Musicโ€™

The hills are alive again with a new generation of singing von Trapps. The original Austrian family of Georg and Maria von Trappโ€”whose story inspired the Broadway musical and later the film The Sound of Musicโ€”have passed down their musical talents to their great-grandchildren: Sofia, Melanie, Amanda, and August von Trapp. The four siblings were recorded singing โ€œEdelweiss,โ€ one of the famous songs from composers Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein IIโ€™s 1959 musical.

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February 8, 2021

Princeโ€™s โ€˜Purple Rainโ€™ Super Bowl Halftime Show During a Rainstorm Is Still One of the Greatest

Embed from Getty Images The halftime show has become one of the most anticipated traditions of the annual NFL Super Bowl championship, often gaining more total views than the actual game itself. Over the years of amazing performances by top artists like Michael Jackson, Beyoncรฉ, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, and more, it is still incredibly hard to beat the late iconic musician Princeโ€™s 2007 performance at the Super Bowl XLI in Miami, Florida.

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December 21, 2020

Giant Wooden Xylophone in Japanese Forest Plays the Notes of Bachโ€™s Cantata 147

Imagine walking through the woods and then suddenly hearing the calming melodies of Bach playing in the distance. Thatโ€™s exactly the type of magical scenario that creative director Morihiro Harano and his team at Mori Inc. created in 2012. The company collaborated with carpenter Mitsuo Tsuda and sound engineer Kenjiro Matsuo to create a giant xylophone in a forest that plays a special wooden symphony.

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