I always seem to catch Tim Hecker at a bad time. The last time I interviewed the ambient musician, he had just been in a car accident. This time, he’s fighting a nasty cold following a leg of tour ...

And finally today, to create a certain mood, people may often turn to ambient music. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DETROW: That's music, usually without words and curated in playlists, that's sometimes meant ...

The art of marrying music and spirituality is not the sole property of Black folks in America, but it is a key characteristic of the music that we make. Beset by the horrors of chattel slavery, Jim ...

Two likeminded dark ambient musicians, Sataray and Zania Morgan, have teamed up for the split release Argyropoeia, which will be out on January 29 via Scry Recordings. For a little background on the ...

Co-hosted by Editor-in-Chief Puja Patel and Reviews Editor Jeremy D. Larson, and featuring guest critics and contributors, our weekly podcast includes in-depth analysis of the new music we find ...

William Basinski’s “Melancholia II” sounds like what might happen if despair itself walked into a studio and someone pressed the record button. Little pops poke through its smeared dreariness, like a ...

What does a city sound like when you turn its transit system into a musical instrument? This clever web project answers that ...

Answer help for A Blustery Day (Freestyle), featuring one of today's clues: Ambient musician Brian, from USA TODAY Daily ...

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... Why the ambient music market is booming SCOTT DETROW ...