Without quiet, there could be no noise, and without noise, no music. A simple statement, sure, bordering on the “well, duh,” but by playing those three elements off one another, Sigur Ros bring this ...

It was the sound of running water — not the sound of silence. That was the mundane muse behind the angelic ascension of “The Sound of Silence” — the chart-topping classic that had Simon & Garfunkel ...

Ultimate Classic Rock reports Simon wrote “The Sound of Silence” in 1964. The track, originally titled “The Sounds of Silence,” was part of the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. The album was not a ...

In the heart of Malawi, where rhythms once danced through the air and voices rose in unity, one voice now trembles: not with ...

It’s been 50 years since Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” topped Billboard magazine’s pop singles chart. But it’s been almost 52 years since the song was first recorded. What happened in ...

Dwight Garner's New York Times article, "Meditations on Noise," reports on three books covering the impact of sound and noise on our lives. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also ...