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How to Design for Listening

What makes a performing arts hall sound and feel good for

The Myth of the American Cowboy

On a key element that helped perpetuate the hero myth of

Diana Krall MIght Prefer To Be Alone

A pianist, her audience and what happened. By Whitney Smith.

Christian Album Cover Design

New research into post-ironic, post-Boomer internet

More Songs that Made a Difference

Stephen Richer continues his search for great protest songs

The Protest Legacy of Spirituals, Part 2

. . . and its incalculable effect on the civil rights

Ten Songs That Made a Difference

On how a few powerful songs made personal and collective

Seeds of the first psychedelic song

'Eight Miles High' staked out some thrilling and mind-

Bear the 60s wizard

Mind-altering acid provided Owsley the profits to finance

A trance-noise border crossing

Ecstatic music/dance ritual for non-believers. By John

Music as the Brain’s Universal Language

Recent studies showing that music may indeed be —

Sink or Sing

Merlyn Driver speaks to musician and performance artist

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