Many of The Beatles’ early songs were repetitive, but “Twist and Shout” was one of the worst. All the verses are very similar and start with: “Well, shake it up, baby, now/ Twist and shout/ Come on, ...

Well, the idea of music genres is dying these days. I wouldn't even know how to genre-classify half of my liked songs from this year. Tags are more useful; what instruments are in it, what is the ...

Ms Rachel's formula of simple repetitive songs using "parentese" is a brilliant way of helping pre-school and nursery-age children develop language and social skills. And, perhaps just as importantly, ...

We have been alerted to a potential error in some of the coding used by the authors in their analyses and are looking into this as a matter of urgency. The authors ...

You're walking through The Venetian, minding your own business, when suddenly a melody lodges itself in your brain like an unwanted guest. Three hours later, you're still humming it at the blackjack ...

Personally, I kinda don't understand the obsession with trying to rigidly define music genres and insist certain bands do or do not belong in them. I get the desire for some loose definitions, for ...