More than two decades after Don Campbell published The Mozart Effect, debate continues over whether listening to classical music can raise your IQ. Most studies into whether quiet music for kids – or, ...

Paul Simon is extending his A Quiet Celebration tour with a new run of dates scheduled for 2026. At 84, the folk-rock legend, ...

Saxophonist Ellery Eskelin's trio with Andrea Parkins and Jim Black is so tight, so dense, that it's hard to imagine another musician in the mix. But on this double-disc set he adds vocalist Jessica ...

Not all music festivals are carnivals of noise, propelled by thudding drums and screeching guitars. In fact, for the annual Quiet Music Festival of Portland, which begins today, the goal is to ...

Ssshhh! Lower your voices for the return of the Quiet Music Festival, the second installment of Chris Johanson's celebration of all things low-volume. Last year, the inaugural Quiet Music Festival ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with concert pianist Simone Dinnerstein about her new album, A Character of Quiet, which she recorded at home during the pandemic. Life right now is a lot of things - ...

Every now and then an irresistible book comes along, one that captures the heart, cheers the imagination, and sets free the spirit. Such a magical volume is “The Quiet Music of Gently Falling Snow,” ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook MILCK is a beautiful singer. Within the three-and-a-half-minute-long span of “Quiet,” her voice ...

I know, I know. You've seen this one on "Portlandia" already. While it's not as outrageously silent as the fictional "Battle of the Gentle Bands," Portland's Quiet Music Festival encourages silence so ...

Quiet Music Ensemble's John Godfrey celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Cork-based experimental group's group's debut LP The Mysteries Beyond Matter, now re-released in a new remastered version.

The latest release from the redoubtable Farpoint Recordings is the debut recording from Cork-based experimental music group Quiet Music Ensemble (QME)--what a great group name, eh? The group consists ...

A lot has changed for MILCK, the artist behind the song “Quiet,” which went viral following the 2016 presidential election and became the unofficial anthem of the Women’s March in January. A lot has ...