Today, we’re honoring one of the great, pre-digital age instruments with the Top 10 Mellotron Songs. In an era in which you can recreate almost any sound on a laptop or smart phone, the Mellotron ...

Developed in England in 1963, the Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument that functions like a piano but records on tape while being played. Here are a few rock songs from the 1960s ...

In 1963, the Mellotron was developed in Birmingham, England. A special instrument with an aptitude for orchestral sounds, this baby was used to elevate the soundtrack of 60s and 70s rock music, ...

A musical whim in Memphis has turned into a full-blown all-star project called Mellotron Variations. By Gary Graff A musical whim in Memphis has turned into a full-blown all-star project called ...

For those who experienced any part of the 1960s, even if it’s just experiencing the music from that era here in the future, the sound of the Mellotron is immediately recognizable. The Moody Blues were ...

Medeski Martin & Wood’s John Medeski and Wilco’s Patrick Sansone joined Robby Grant and Jonathan Kirkscey for a Mellotron Variations Tiny Desk Concert. NPR Music shared video of the all-Mellotron ...

We've never had an original Mellotron at the Tiny Desk until now. Much like a Hammond organ, it's big, heavy and fragile. When they fired it up, with all its mechanical gears turning tape loops and ...

Of course everyone knows what a Mellotron is (no, everyone doesn't), but allow us to briefly explain anyway. The Mellotron is a keyboard hooked up to analog tape — press a key and the instrument plays ...

Today we are exploring Apple’s Vintage Mellotron sampler instrument from Logic Pro X. With so many brilliant third-party instruments and sound libraries out there, it can be easy to forget about Logic ...

I remember writing it in like, an hour – just feeling like it sort of captured this feeling of intense romantic love and also the fear that comes with that,” says Rodrigo ...

"It is an iconic part of so much pop and rock music, but it's also an instrument that's yet to be fully explored," says jazz keyboardist John Medeski. The way Medeski uses the instrument might sound ...