On March 30, 1970, Miles Davis shocked the world with his groundbreaking Bitches Brew (Columbia Records, 1970). Although the trumpeter…
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Ralph Waldo Emerson once noted that “to be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something…
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The human brain is incredibly powerful. It controls every function of our bodies, allows us to reason, and permits us…
On February 1, 1968, a malfunctioning garbage truck fatally crushed two black Memphis sanitation workers – Echol Cole and Robert…
Scientists estimate that the earth vibrates at varying frequencies between 7.83 and 33.8 Hz. Of course, music also consists of…