Author name: Mike Shaw

One of the things you learn learning music is to be persistent. Music teaches you persistence, because learning music is […]

Sonny Rollins passed away on May 25 at age the of 95. The legendary saxophonist of the bebop era and

As Kevin Bales and Mike Shaw prepare for the November release of our new book, What You Learn Learning Music,

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In anticipation of the 2025 Valentine’s weekend edition of the annual Emory University Jazz Fest, we talked with Gary Motley,

A July 2022 Harvard Medical School report reaffirms what multiple researchers have been saying about music, that it impacts health-related

One of the returns from learning to play music comes when you have a chance to play, even informally, for