Musical Tastes Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

This global study looks at what our music tastes say about us

Most of us would probably like to believe that we project something of ourselves to the universe when it comes

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] I’m going to tread lightly with this column, hoping to avoid

The University of Cambridge is conducting a study involving the capacity people have for empathy and their willingness (or stubbornness)

Can your musical tastes give the world insight into how your brain works? Why, yes. Yes, it can. Your playlists and

If we’re honest, we’re all music snobs to some extent. But what shapes those musical tastes? Why do you hate

Having trouble finding your soulmate because you keep running into musical differences? Noisey attempts to help. Is there anything worse

The British love their surveys–and here’s another one. People who admitted to adulterous relationships were quizzed on their musical preferences

I nominate this study as the dumbest piece of music-related scientific research of the last five years. From The Telegraph: