NEW YORK — Last fall a friend told me a story about Ryuichi Sakamoto, the renowned musician and composer who lives in the West Village. Sakamoto, it seems, so likes a particular Japanese restaurant in ...

Two professional music consultants shed some light. Jonathan Shecter of the Vegas-based background music provider Playback Prodigy helped us understand the brass tacks of what restaurants need from a ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – September 27: From left; Andrew Poole, Music Director of Flour + Water; Ryan Pollnow, Co-Executive Chef & Partner; Thomas McNaughton, Co-Executive Chef & Founding Partner; ...

Dallas restaurants keep searching for new ways to distinguish themselves from the pack: novelty concepts, swanky interior designs, locations like the 49th floor of a skyscraper. So why do so many of ...

Think about the last time you walked into your favorite restaurant. What was the vibe? Chill? High-energy? Romantic? Now, what made it that way? The design, look and feel of the space? That has a lot ...

When Carlos Alzaola dips in and out of the various indoor and outdoor zones of the Cloverfield in Santa Monica and surveys the scene, a sixth sense tells the assistant general manager what sounds the ...

Once upon a time, pre-Shazam and SoundHound, it was a question I asked in restaurants, occasionally. And I can still recall buying a particular CD (remember CDs?) as a direct result of hearing it in a ...

Is a hyper-curated playlist the new house-made charcuterie? Whether a restaurant’s playing Lady Gaga or Langhorne Slim says as much about the place as its Mason jar drinking glasses or farm-to-table ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

May 20, 2025 - That sleek Spotify Premium account you've been proudly connecting to your restaurant's sound system? It's about as legally compliant as serving homebrewed moonshine from your kitchen.

NEW YORK (NYTIMES) - Last fall, a friend told me a story about Ryuichi Sakamoto, the renowned musician and composer who lives in the West Village. Sakamoto, it seems, so likes a particular Japanese ...