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From grassroots community projects to campaigners, pioneering performers and influencers.
How music helps a whole range of mental health conditions across our society.
Tom Service meets Yoko Shimomura & Manami Matsumae, two pioneers of game music in Japan.
Steel and concrete can't beat good old wood to produce the best sounds for music.
Tom Service traces the rise of an exciting new genre, from bleeps to responsive scores.
Try our psychoacoustic experiment to see how tempo can affect your timekeeping abilities.
Alex Smalley on how new research could change the lives of people who can't get outside.
Tom Service talks to Joan Tower for BBC Radio 3’s Music Matters in 2018
Music Matters meets CN Lester, Holden Madagame, Lucia Lucas (pictured) and Ella Taylor.
Music Matters reveals the hidden environmental impact of listening to music online.