Madison-based women's a cappella ensemble greenTONE sings at Cave of the Mounds in Wisconsin. It's a little unusual to hear Christmas caroling underground, especially in a cave that's nearly a million ...

Sound is very much an ephemeral phenomenon. So when acoustician Yuri Lysoivanov wanted to capture the unique acoustics of natural caves, he lugged all his recording equipment to Mammoth Cave in ...

Perhaps you’ve plunked your backside on a cushion and given meditation the old college try, only to have your mind spin off into a cacophony of thoughts. You got up, tossed the cushion in the closet ...

When director Feras Fayyad and sound designer Peter Albrechtsen spoke about “The Cave,” Fayyad knew sound was going to be an important element in the documentary. “The Cave” depicts the harrowing and ...

Syrians living in cities besieged by the government of Bashar al-Assad exist in a sonic torture chamber. The skies shriek with Russian jets. Buildings groan from the concussive force of distant bomb ...

Mammoth Cave served as "nature's muse" for audio engineer Yuri Lysoivanov There is an organ in Luray Caverns in the Shenandoah valley. Evidently it uses the rock to make sound. I've never heard it ...