It’s fair to assume that human beings started singing long before the first musical instrument was invented, but there are plenty of brilliant songs that, for one reason or another, eschew vocals ...
Classic rock is known for bombastic, often over-the-top vocalists. Think Robert Plant, Bon Scott, Nancy Wilson, and more. But what about those songs that don’t include lyrics or singers? Even then, ...
Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Albatross’ is quite possibly the band’s most unlikely hit single. Sure it’s magnificent, but it’s surprising that an instrumental piece – by definition, a ‘song’ must have words – was ...
The songs on Quilt's third album, Plaza, were stitched together from old voice memos and lyrics written at various times throughout the Boston band's seven-year lifespan. The result, however, feels ...
You know that live stream of Frank Ocean that everyone is going on about? Well somebody has uploaded all the instrumental tracks streamed since the stream went live to SoundCloud. The stream began ...
Instrumental tracks on primarily non-instrumental albums are few and far between. They typically mark a band or artist going outside their comfort zone, experimenting or even just trying to fill up an ...
Two decades and counting into a career in which he’s established himself as one of the Middle East’s most acclaimed instrumentalists, you’d forgive Dubai-based oudist and guitarist Kamal Musallam if ...
This innovative iOS app removes vocals and isolates instrumental tracks so you can create your own remixes. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals Have you ever spent hours scouring YouTube for an accurate ...