In the 60s a musical recording technique called the “wall of sound” came to prominence which allowed artists to create complex layers of music resulting in a novel, rich orchestral feeling. While this ...

When journalist Brian Anderson acquired a crumbling speaker monitor from the Grateful Dead’s legendary 1974 Wall of Sound via a Sotheby’s auction, it wasn’t just memorabilia he was after. The former ...

The live experience of the Grateful Dead was essential to everything the legendary band did and to its legions of fans, known as “Deadheads.” In the 1970s, the band developed a massive, advanced ...

Phil Spector (1939-2021) is dead. Spector’s music, on the other hand, will not be suffering the same fate any time soon. You can’t turn on a radio (or watch a film) without hearing Spector’s ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Picture yourself at a concert. If you’re standing by the soundboard, usually near the rear center of the venue, you’ll enjoy the best possible version of the ...