How does music shape us? Digital ethnomusicologist and TED Fellow Kyra Gaunt studies how Black girls can preserve the integrity of their own voices while listening,...
“Music can unlock a frozen memory that melts into the seeds of our creativity,” says musician Rosanne Cash. Reflecting on the power of memory, solitude and...
Performing two original songs, stand-up comedian, writer and musician Marcia Belsky shares comical commentary on some peculiar aspects of our culture — from Instagram-stalking your crush...
Evoke a familiar tune in a song and get slapped with a lawsuit … it’s a tale almost as old as copyright itself. Lawyer and technologist...
“Every conversation has the potential to open up and reveal all the layers and layers within it, all those rooms within rooms,” says podcaster and musician...
Jon Batiste knows a lot about music. So, who better to test the latest in musical instrument technology? Watch as Jon tests out and rates a...
Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Money, money, money … in the music business, there seems...
Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. From her stoop in Brooklyn, singer-songwriter Madison McFerrin shares her...
Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Grammy-nominated popstar Kesha delivers a powerful, earthshaking performance of “Shadow,”...
Take action on climate change at . Folk singer-songwriter Raye Zaragoza performs “Fight For You,” a song she wrote during the Water Protectors movement at Standing...