True musical virtuosos are minimalists who put roll before rock
Musicians like Muddy Waters and Charlie Watts played fewer notes than showoffs like Jeff Beck, but they were the right ones
by Mike Edison
Music
Feel free to stop striving: learn to relish being an amateur
When I rekindled my relationship with the piano and tapped into my inner amateur, I discovered a quiet room of my own
by Xenia Hanusiak
Music is a philosophy, rich in ideas that language cannot say
Musical thinking offers a means for composing our lives and a philosophical foundation that embraces both sound and silence
by Xenia Hanusiak
Bob Dylan turned American folk traditions into modern prophecy
Bob Dylan’s ‘A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall’ is the first truly modernist folk song: it reworks tradition into a prophetic warning
by Timothy Hampton
The jazz singer’s mind shows us how to improvise through life itself
Be more jazz: by letting go and embodying the present, you can learn to transform the mundane into the transcendent
by Melissa Forbes
Everyone is waiting, watching. What for remains captivatingly unclear
Directed by Michelle Kranot & Uri Kranot
Can you ‘feel’ the music? You’re probably an empathetic person
People who are more empathic toward others are also more likely to have more feeling for the emotions communicated in music
by Benjamin Tabak & Zachary Wallmark
Faith, struggle and song intertwine in this classic film on Appalachian music
Directed by John Cohen
La vida flamenca – why art and daily life are inseparable for a flamenco guitarist
Directed by Pedro Kos and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
Scottish Gaelic songs send a message in a bottle across the oceans of time
Directed by Jamie Chambers
