Okay, so I finally caught up with Paul McGowan, but it wasnโt easy. I cornered him in a room, and with a light shining on him border guard-like, I grilled him about stuff I was dying to know about him and PS Audio. Okay, thatโs not quite accurate. Truth is, Paul was at his home…
More than 30 years ago, the tabling of the Brundtland report introduced the concept of sustainable development, of which there are three pillars: economic, social, and environmental. This begat fair trade, at the time considered avant-garde, which instituted a set of policies that spanned the world and forever altered the standards we use to buy…
The human voice is an amazing thing. I can think of no other instrument that moves our emotions and soul as powerfully. The examples are endless: Freddie Mercury, Beyoncรฉ, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby McFerrin, Luciano Pavarotti, Ariana Grandeโฆ Just take your pick. And itโs not just singersโ voices that we respond strongly to. How about the…
Of course, music isnโt the kind of language weโll use, say, to order food at the drive-thru or book a car appointment at the garage (even for a car tune up, hehe). Music transcends words. It operates on an emotional frequency to make us feel. Even in songs with lyrics, it’s the song’s harmonic and…
When the CD came out, many vinyl record enthusiasts decried the format. โIt sounds mechanical!โ Theyโd protest. โIt sounds cold!โ Digital sucks became their mantra. A format war ensued. And while most of them today will concede that CD playback sounds leagues better than it used to, many still can’t fully warm up to it.…
A musical recording is designed to do one thing especially well, barring which it fails completely: make people want to hear it. To get there, a lot of work and reflection goes into bringing a music release to fruition: the writing, the musicianship, the beat, the compositions, the words, its tone, its catchiness, the mixing…
Looking to add superb recordings to your Classical music collection, or to start one off on the right foot? Want to dip your toes into the genre to see if it’s something you’ll like? Well, you’re in luck, because we scoured the Internet in search of the most mind-blowing Classical recordings and found a few,…