Music does not exist in a vacuum but rather comes to life via its interplay with the listener and environment or devices through which it is experienced. When David Byrne explored these ideas in How Music Works (2012), streaming was still in its infancy. Now, a panel of distinguished music writers pick up where Byrne left off. Ben Ratliff (Run the Song) explores the unlikely relationship between music listening and running. Liz Pelly (Mood Machine) calls on music fans to reclaim their active engagement as listeners and resist Spotify’s stultifying algorithms. Marcus J. Moore (High and Rising) celebrates one legendary hip-hop act whose records were finally made available to listeners after years of invisibility under the streaming model. Moderated by Rolling Stone’s deputy music editor Simon Vozick-Levinson.
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