Take a look at how music changed over time, from the start of rock to the digital age. Find out about the different ways music has changed over time and how it has influenced our world.
Go on a journey through time, from the 1950s to today, and experience the sounds, artists and cultural changes that defined each era. Learn about the unique features of each period in musical history.
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Discover the decade that gave birth to rock and roll, reinvented jazz, and transformed pop forever. From Elvis and Chuck Berry to Miles Davis and Ray Charles, explore how the 1950s reshaped music, culture, and society.
Discover the music that defined a generation. From the British Invasion to Woodstock, explore how artists like The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, and Bob Dylan transformed popular music into a powerful force for culture, protest, and change.
From intimate singer-songwriters to stadium rock, from disco liberation to punk fury — discover how Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, and countless others made the 1970s the most diverse and experimental decade in music history.
From MTV to synthesizers, Michael Jackson to Madonna — discover how the 1980s turned music into a visual, technological, and cultural revolution that still shapes pop culture today.
From grunge's raw honesty to hip-hop's golden age — discover how Nirvana, Tupac, Radiohead, and countless others made the 1990s the most emotionally honest decade in music history.
From Napster's shock to iPod culture — discover how the 2000s transformed how we create, share, and experience music, featuring Daft Punk, Beyoncé, Eminem, and countless others who defined a decade of digital revolution.
From streaming's rise to hip-hop's dominance — discover how Drake, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, BTS, and countless others transformed music in the decade that broke the monoculture forever.
Take a look at different ways of analysing things that have been happening over many years. These include how music genres have changed, technology, society, business and culture. You can gain new insights by examining music in different ways.
2 articlesLook at how different types of music have changed over time. Go from blues to metal, and from classical to neo-classical. See how these types of music are connected to each other.
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From the cotton fields to the mosh pit — discover how blues, R&B, rock, metal, and modern breakdowns all share one purpose: turning pressure into sound that won't break.
From Beethoven's symphonies to Max Richter's ambient soundscapes — discover how classical music evolved through modernism, minimalism, and today's intimate neo-classical movement.
Find out how multitrack recording, synthesizers, sampling, digital audio workstations (DAWs) and streaming changed the sound of music. Learn about the big changes in technology that changed the way we create and listen to music.
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Find out how ideas about fairness, the rights of women, people moving from one place to another, young people's cultures and groups campaigning for change have influenced music over time. Society changes and music changes too.
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Look at how radio, record labels, MTV, streaming platforms and powerful groups control what we hear. Learn about the business side of musical trends and discovery.
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Learn about how things that were popular in the past can still influence the present day. Find out how musical memory affects modern music and cultural trends.
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Follow the journey from small local groups to big global movements, looking at how people make their own culture, local groups, and how they get popular. Find out how communities built musical movements from the ground up.
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Look closely at each decade, examining how music was produced, the most popular instruments, and the types of singing styles. Find out how each era sounded unique by studying the technical details.
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Take a look at songs as signs of a culture, at albums that are very important in history, and at how music continues to be used in new ways. Look at how music still affects people and inspires new generations.
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