Posted on December 16th, 2011 by Sonos Staff in Music In Culture
Recently, Sonos joined forces with the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) for an Art Basel kick off party at Miami Beach’s Shore Club, featuring DJ Jon Santos and performance artist Narcissister. Sonos held candid conversations with these dynamic artists as well as renowned photographer Tim Barber who was in Miami launching his new book. This [...]
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Posted on December 12th, 2011 by Sonos Staff in It Happened In Music, Music In Culture
On December 12, 1792, Ludwig van Beethoven received his first music lesson from renowned composer Joseph Haydn. They initially met almost two years earlier when Haydn, travelling from Vienna, stopped in Bonn on his way to perform in London. When Haydn saw Beethoven again on his return journey, he was so impressed with the young [...]
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Posted on December 10th, 2011 by Sonos Staff in It Happened In Music, Music In Culture
The Grand Ole Opry has showcased country music’s biggest stars since 1925, when it was just a radio show called the “WSM Barn Dance.” After announcer George “Judge” Hay uttered the phrase “Grand Ole Opry” over the Nashville’s airwaves on December 10, 1927, the weekly country music show earned a new name. The birth of [...]
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Posted on December 5th, 2011 by Sonos Staff in Infographics, Music In Culture
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Case in point: the cover song. We rounded up some of the best known covers and graphed them according to faithfulness to the original and their overall quality. Which songs would you move around on the chart? What songs would you add and where would you [...]
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Posted on December 1st, 2011 by Sonos Staff in Music In Culture, Products
This week in Miami, Sonos will kick off an exciting product collaboration with the visionary artists at Creative Growth, the largest art center for adults with disabilities. Four select artists– Susan Janow, Donald Mitchell, Gerone Spruill and Aurie Ramirez–have created eight unique images to be digitally printed onto the grills of a limited run of [...]
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