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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. KEYS WEEK 2023: The keyboard might be an unsung instrument compared to the sexier guitar, but in ...

It would seem that whenever a Mellotron comes up in conversation, a history lesson ensues. The experienced keyboard aficionado knows the legend, yet for the newcomers, there is continued fascination ...

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 ...

Singer, songwriter and pioneer of the Mellotron keyboard who was a founder member of the original Moody Blues The last surviving original member of the Moody Blues, Mike Pinder, who has died aged 82, ...

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 ...

RedShark Replay: A profile of a true blast from the past, the Mellotron, which has become yet another tool to tap into the nostalgia of a bygone era. By Roland Denning. In its heyday, the Mellotron ...

For Winston Eggleston, his obsession with the Mellotron — the keyboard-based sampling instrument — began with the Beatles. "As a kid, I was obsessed with the song 'Strawberry Fields.' I knew every ...

Few instruments in modern music have endured such a tormented life as the Mellotron. In the mid-1960s, the analog, tape-driven keyboard was hailed by rock 'n' roll artists as an expansive musical tool ...