The term “mentor” comes from a character in Homer’s Odyssey, an epic written in the 8th Century BCE. However, the…
Humanity has a longstanding fascination with incorporating the latest technological developments into music. This interest is perhaps most evident in…
In 2015, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah created the Stretch Music imprint with Ropeadope Records to support jazz rooted genre blind…
When many think of Texas, the first musicians that may come to mind are Bob Wills, Stevie Ray Vaughn, or…
It can be incredibly difficult to be creative at the culinary arts. Insufficient attention to detail or excessive or inordinate…
Tonic, minor third, fourth, minor fifth, fifth, minor seventh. While this describes the blues scale, such a summation misses the…
In ancient Greek mythological lore, Hephaestus, the god of technology, created a giant bronze automaton named Talos who was powered…
From the Thirteenth to the Seventeenth Centuries, the powerful Mali Empire ruled Western Africa. Encompassing modern Mauritania, Niger, Gambia, Guinea,…
Throughout history, musicians have used the direst of circumstances, including widespread pandemics, to expand their artistic boundaries and examine unexplored…
There is a Japanese proverb dating back to at least the 16th Century: 一期一会 . Roughly translated, it means “each…
