The saxophone is the secret ingredient to making a great song unforgettable. It screams, it swoons, it seduces. From late-night slow jams to full-blown rock anthems, the sax has made its mark all over ...

Sax' was originally a person's nameWhen we hear the word 'sax,' we think of instruments like the alto sax or tenor sax.However, this 'sax'...is originally a surname.That person was Adolphe Sax, an ...

When Spain's Ramon Mañas moved to Berlin to study music, he started learning the saxophone. But as the sax is a loud instrument, he couldn't do so when and where he liked. This led to the development ...

Google has marked the 201st anniversary of Adolphe Sax’s birth – and here are five songs that wouldn’t have been the same without his invention It’s the 201st anniversary of Adolphe Sax’s birth today, ...

There was an unexpected awakening for the audience of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. Midway through "Hey Mamma", we all remembered how much we love the saxophone. Awakening us from a collective ...

Cheesy, cool, noisy, sweet – the sax is a versatile beast that has made many great songs even better The saxophone has earned its place in just about every modern music genre. Listen to the earliest ...

Hole frontwoman and widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain Courtney Love is considered something of an authority when it comes to rock and roll, but many now feel she overstepped the mark when during a ...

“I’m gonna buy a saxophone.” The tone in my gig buddy’s voice was part “damn the torpedoes” and part “tell Laura I love her”. He knew the risks. This was incendiary stuff for a professional rock ...

When Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone, he probably never imagined that his unique wind instrument would go on to become one of the most iconic instruments in music less than a century later. So with ...

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. “Refreshing” is one way to describe the return of the sax. Historically, the ...