“What is music?” my friend asked me. I explained how we, as humans, instinctively react to music by moving our bodies in weird ways, just dancing, and that’s universally understood. I thought that was ...

Almost anything can be a musical instrument. A horse’s jawbone? A couple of rocks, a stick, and some string? An armadillo shell? A box with a constantly buzzing antenna sticking out of it? Something ...

A recent article about music is currently enjoying wide circulation. 1 In it, we learn that our brains are hardwired to respond emotionally to music. 2 The author illustrates this concept through the ...