Easy listening music

Muzak Headed for Bland, Easy Retirement

Remember the days when you’d get into an elevator, or walk into a store, and you’d hear the generic sounds of a saxophone/keyboard combo? Ah, yes, muzak. Many people know it as a catch-all for plain background music, but it’s actually the name of a company. These days, mood music is less than 1 percent […]

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Herb Alpert

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Michel Legrand’s ‘Noël! Noël!! Noël!!!’

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Remixing the holidays: Muzak ‘audio architect’ on shopping tunes

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Remembering John Barry, ‘James Bond’ Composer