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From lifting your mood to blurring the limits of fatigue, music doesn’t just soundtrack your workouts – it changes the way you move. Here's how rhythm, tempo and melody might be shaping your performance in ways you don’t even realise

The accessibility, affordability and portability of synthesizers in the late 70s had a profound effect on popular music, particularly in the UK, where the likes of Ultravox!, Gary Numan and OMD reshap

From Motown magic and gritty garage rock to pulsing techno, discover the sounds that make Detroit one of the world’s most influential music cities.

Love having millions of songs at your fingertips, but keep getting stuck on repeat? Craig Grannell shows you the best ways to make every listening session a smash hit…

Language is always changing, and nowhere does that happen faster than with teenagers. But forget them and whatever the heck “skibidi” means: there’s a flood of new words in the world of tech, too, tha

Music cannot work a magic spell. It can, however, do wonderful things. In recent issues of BBC Music Magazine, we have explored the benefits to mental health of listening and playing music, not least