"I hope when a producer loads this piano sound, they’ll feel connected to the music that inspired it," Legend said.

Nothing adds organic character to a track like live piano, but recording one isn’t easy. We lift the piano lid and talk about ...

Imagine, however improbable this sounds, an electrified piano that didn’t use speakers to send music vibrating through the air — a device that required electricity to trigger its sampled sounds, but ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Sheila Hunter says music is in her genes. “I was probably doing music before I was born,” Hunter said, laughing. “My whole family on both sides is very musical.” For most of her ...