Music

PopuBand Music launched a learning ukulele on Indiegogo in 2017 that had students follow lights on the neck to master popular tunes. Now the company is crowdfunding an LED-packing acoustic guitar and app learning system called the Poputar.

Weirdly-named Hong Kong wireless earbud manufacturer Soundpeats has released what it calls its best-sounding hybrid wireless earphones yet, and since we were so impressed with the last set we tried, we thought we'd check out the latest and greatest.

These earbuds look a bit weird, sure. But they're expressly designed to shepherd you off to sleep, counteracting runaway thoughts and snoring lumps in your bed. And unlike the original Kokoon headphones, they're targeted at side sleepers too.

Taylor has introduced a new acoustic body shape with the launch of the Grand Theater model, with the body dimensions and scale length coming somewhere between the compact GS Mini and the full-size Grand Concert.

Dublin-based startup Joyst Instruments is launching a new MIDI controller called the JV-1 next month on Kickstarter that sports a bunch of gamer-style thumb joysticks up top for creating expressive music. Prepare your DAW for battle!

Yamaha has announced the YDS-150, a first-of-its-kind digital saxophone that's said to offer an authentic acoustic instrument experience – from the sound it makes to the key layout and the sensory feedback to the musician.

Guitar effects titan Boss has unveiled a personal amp/effects modeling interface for guitar that works with a mobile app to offer powerful tone shaping while learning or jamming with YouTube videos.

Two weeks ago, I was ready to write a pretty negative review of Nura's personalized-audio earphones, but this week's software update has answered all my gripes. The Nuraloop is now a worthy successor to the astonishing Nuraphones.

If you've got cash to burn and you like your digital audio players to be chunky, angular and capable, Astell&Kern is probably already on your radar. The new Kann Alpha ticks all of those boxes and more.

Akai Professional has launched a solo version of its electronic wind instrument that contains its own built-in speaker for play anywhere and anywhen convenience.

We've recently seen several different examples of high-tech portable cassette players, but is audio tape really making a comeback? Perhaps not, which is where Pl8ty comes in – it uses your smartphone as the cassette.

Anthony Dickens had an idea for a new kind of guitar for more than 10 years, but work on a prototype only started two years ago. Now with the help of engineers from London's Makerversity, the Circle Guitar is ready to rock.