Gioia argues that new music comes from disruptors, that “innovation in music requires an outsider’s stance,” that “insiders might very well run the wheels of commerce, but they [..] rely on outsiders ...

“As you develop your listening skills, [answer this question]: Are the musicians playing the notes with precision, almost as if they are reading music from some Platonic ideal score, or are they ...

Why work songs? -- The hunter -- The cultivator -- The herder -- Thread and cloth -- The new rhythms of work -- Sea and shore -- The lumberjack -- Take this hammer! -- The cowboy -- The miner -- The ...

The rhythm within -- The incantation -- Native American healing songs -- The shaman -- Orpheus the shaman -- The harmony of the spheres -- Music and the medical practitioner -- Music therapy -- From ...