I relish Mike Kerrigan’s contributions (“Easy Listening = Alternative Music + Time,” op-ed, Feb. 29). When I first heard the term “easy listening” applied to rock music, I couldn’t believe it. Rock is ...

As a one-time disc jockey who played easy-listening music, I appreciate Mike Kerrigan’s “Easy Listening = Alternative Music + Time” (op-ed, Feb. 29). He is right: The definition of easy listening has ...

We often use music as a form of entertainment and relaxation. But it can also be the key to more creative thinking, no matter the task or challenge.

When you hear the term “classical music,” do you think of an inoffensive, easy-listening radio background or visceral passions resonating with your soul? Do you associate practicing the piano with ...

Steve Lawrence, a king among easy-listening crooners who rocketed to fame in the ’50s and ’60s as half of the duo Steve and Eydie, died Thursday at age 88. Lawrence died at home in Los Angeles, and ...