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Tech Talk: Martin Molin's Wintergatan Machine Uses 2,000 Marbles to Play a Tune

This isn't clickbait, instead this is a real life, full-functioning music box that incorporates marbles and a series of other homemade concoctions to produce a full composition by simply turning a wheel. The Wintergatan Marble Machine, which employs 2,000 pieces to accomplish its musical goal, is seemingly taking the internet viral world by storm.
By Ian Holubiak

  • Norah Jones Announces Dual Newport Festival Performances and Sixth Studio Album

    In showcasing herself as a cross-over artist, the wildly talented Ms. Norah Jones will perform consecutive weekends at both Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals in July. With a sixth studio album announced for the fall, Ravi Shankar's daughter is cementing herself as a legendary folk, jazz and popular artist.
    By Ian Holubiak

  • Simone Estate to Zoe Saldana: 'Take Nina's Name Out Your Mouth'

    It seems that Zoe Saldana being casted as Nina Simone in the upcoming biopic Nina, a film about the singer's turbulent time with mental illness and racism, has invoked the ire of the Simone estate. After a tweet from Saldana offering up a sentiment of having "no fear," Ms. Simone's verified Twitter account retorted ferociously, saying, 'take Nina's name out your mouth."
    By Ian Holubiak