Music knows no border. You can't deny it a visa or travel document. Even if you ban it, the melody that the people yearn to hear will spring up in their hearts - naturally and spontaneously. Music speaks to people across the world regardless of color, language and religion.

A self-regarding how-to guide through the creative process How did Bob Dylan write "Like a Rolling Stone"? The pop-science writer Jonah Lehrer wasn't there, but he pretends to know anyway. Inspired by Dylan's own description of "vomiting" forth the song's lyrics, Lehrer peers inside the singer's 1965 skull and announces confidently that the "right hemisphere" of Dylan's brain was combining ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- In Kathy Runions favorite Hank Williams Jr. song, the country star sings, "I got to get ready, make everything right," -- fitting lyrics for the 54-year-old who considers her life "a miracle." On Aug. 26, 2011,...

The recent Kentucky Derby was compelling. In case you missed it, favorite Bodemeister tried to lead wire-to-wire, only to be caught in the middle of his stretch run by I'll Have Another, who came off at 15-1, but won the roses by 1 1/2 lengths.

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