The Bob Moog Foundation Archives just added 4489 items from inMusic

500 schematics, 700 letters, vintage synths, publications, personal effects from Dr. Bob, prototype models, and more: thanks to a major gift from inMusic, the Bob Moog Foundation has massively expanded its collection. It makes the history that much more whole. Here are some images to give you a glimpse.

Detroit legend John Jammin Collins has passed

Few faces are as essential to Detroit music and Detroit techno as John “Jammin” Collins, an institution behind the decks, stalwart of Underground Resistance, and the literal tour guide at Submerge’s techno museum Exhibit 3000. We learned this weekend that the soul of Detroit moved onto another plane.

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2026

Jaymie Silk song results, showing over a dozen tracks.

Music in training sets is the new Spotify Wrapped: how genAI uses your music

This has to be peak 2026 music tech. Across every feed, producers I follow are posting the same revelation: they’re finding their own music in training sets used by AI. Investigations by Alex Reisner at The Atlantic are making this more visible — and visceral. And the findings are actually much worse than I think […]

Peter Kirn - June 22, 2026

For May Day, United Musicians and Allied Workers shares wins, goals

Peter Kirn - May 2, 2026

Michigan Synth Works has an open-source 303 processor and a new kit

Peter Kirn - March 3, 2026

Image of hard-shell tacos; photo CC-BY Karl-Martin Skontorp

Taco Tuesday: reason to be cautiously optimistic about tariff relief

Peter Kirn - February 24, 2026

OHYUNG’s IOWA on Trans Music Archive is as powerful as a glacier

Peter Kirn - February 11, 2026

Soundbites: the music inventions of NAMM, Buchla and Friends

Nadia Says - January 30, 2026

Plugin Alliance says it is “business as usual”

Peter Kirn - January 28, 2026