Whether you are saving the princess in Hyrule, or traversing coin-invested lands with your good pal Yoshi – the memories of classic Nintendo are something to cherish. To put a more mellow spin on the ...

It’s okay to be stumped when your friend invites you out to see his favorite math rock funk band — tonight with a Zydeco guest washboard player! The variety of musicians in the Valley is immense, and ...

When you think about video game themes, the word "jazz" does not easily come to mind. However, on March 1st at the Berklee Performance Center, Charlie Rosen, "gamer," multi-instrumentalist and ...

Behind every popular video game is a nostalgic soundtrack, something that the 8-Bit Big Band understands better than anyone. The 8-Bit Big Band jazz-pop ensemble performs music from video game ...

It's about time a big band turned its gaze to and focused its attention on the many memorable songs and melodies spawned by—video games? While it's true these make-believe themes may brook no ...

Big-band jazz and video games normally come from different eras, if not different universes. It took Charlie Rosen — Berklee graduate, Broadway composer, lifelong gamer and leader of the 8-Bit Big ...

The Persona 5 battle theme, Last Surprise, has been nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Arrangement, Instruments, and Vocals, thanks to a cover by jazz orchestra The 8-Bit Big Band. This ...

8 Tracks is your antidote to the algorithm. Each week, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, with the help of his colleagues, makes connections between sounds across time. While I wish for a deluxe super ...

Like digitally adding record scratches, the Magical 8bit Plug is a hi-tech way for producers to add lo-fi sound. Developed by YMCK, a Japanese 8-bit jazz ensemble, the free software works with both ...