I remember the first time I stumbled across Alec Benjamin on Spotify, a 30-year-old indie singer-songwriter from Arizona. A smart shuffle on a cold, windy day my freshman fall had dug up “Let Me Down ...

Alec Benjamin is a singer-songwriter who needs to be protected at all costs. On top of being an incredible lyricist and performer, his Sept. 29 concert at Boston’s MGM Music Hall on his “12 Notes” ...

Notes with frequencies that are in simple whole-number ratios, like 1:2, 2:3 or 4:5, sound good when played together. This is the basis of musical harmony. After unison (1:1) and the octave (2:1), the ...