Sounds Like… is our brand new playlist with a difference. Each month, we bring you a series of three pieces of music that we think encapsulate our monthly theme:
Streaming in 2020 was 20% higher than in 2019. Music streaming has been increasing steadily for the past four or five years, but it seems that lockdown has led us to yet more music... Read more
We've put together a bumper playlist this month of all things 'unplugged'... Read more
What’s a soundscape? It’s a creation, or re-creation of an environment or a series of environments, in sound... Read more
We explore examples of 'word painting', when the melody of a song actually reflects the meaning of the words... Read more
Our Director's Sounds Like choices, representing some of the best tracks about 'freedom' in musical history Read more
Three songs to lift your spirits in celebration 100 editions of the YY&M bulletin! Read more
All things Brass and beautiful... a July playlist to celebrate this very British tradition Read more
Music has always been both a storm of change and a sea of calm, and how you see it depends on which part of the ocean you were in at the time Read more
May's Sounds Like... playlist is designed to transport you to a sun-kissed beach, a remote Scottish island and into the depths of outer space! Read more
As a little bit of light relief in these strange and challenging times, we've put together a five-song playlist related to the Coronavirus to hopefully make you smile for a short while... Read more
You may or may not be aware that the Yorkshire Youth and Music office is run by women. We therefore ask respectfully that you take note of the humourous intent behind the headline of our latest playlist... Wink, wink. Read more
Each month, Sounds Like... brings you three pieces of music that we think encapsulate our monthly theme. And what better a theme to start with in January than ‘Winter‘? Read more