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SONIC ATLAS · A MAP FOR MUSIC DISCOVERY

Start anywhere.
Hear the connections.

Connect genres, eras, regions, artists, instruments and recordings. You do not need to know the answer before you begin.

THREE WAYS TO BEGIN

Where do you want to start?

01

Start with a genre

Follow genre families into their branches, then build your ear with representative recordings.

02

Enter a decade

Compare regions, styles, artists and recordings from the same period.

03

Enter a region

See how place shapes rhythm, language, production and circulation.

SIX PLACES TO BEGIN

Six selected genre gateways

Browse all genres
Genre

Blues

Genre

Jazz

Genre

Rock

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Hip-Hop

Genre

Electronic

Genre

Reggae / Ska / Dub

LISTEN THROUGH TIME

Put music back in its decade

1900s visual1900sA visual guide to 1900s1910s visual1910sA visual guide to 1910s1920s visual1920sBlind Lemon Jefferson · representative artist1930s visual1930sRobert Johnson · representative artistSarah Vaughan1940sSarah Vaughan · representative artist1950s visual1950sMel Tormé · representative artist1960s visual1960sReverend Gary Davis · representative artist1970s visual1970sBessie Jones · representative artistJoe Williams1980sJoe Williams · representative artist1990s visual1990sAlain Bashung · representative artist2000s visual2000sTaj Mahal · representative artist2010s visual2010sB.B. King · representative artistKyle Eastwood2020sKyle Eastwood · representative artist
MUSIC HAS MANY CENTERS

Enter through a region or scene

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