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8 Essential Herbs and Vitamins for Musicians

Featured Article Sidebar, Guitar, Health, Keyboards October 24, 2013April 17, 2015 Drew Roberts 1 Comment

Playing the bugle requires more than lips and lungs. Playing piano requires more than nimble fingers. Really, playing any instrument at all requires sound mind and body. If you want to play well, you’ve got to take care of yourself—and I mean your whole self. Exercise is important, and so is diet. Whether you’re trying to memorize a song or your tendonitis is flaring up from too much guitar playing, there’s an herb or vitamin for that. Here are just a few of the areas you can begin improving after a visit to your local health food store.

Navajo Tradition Finds an Outlet in Punk Rock

Drums, Featured Article, Guitar, Musician Profiles October 23, 2013March 18, 2019 Cherie Yurco 0 Comments

To Jeneda and Clayson Benally, passing music and traditions on to the next generation is critical. Their family shares traditional Diné (Navajo) dances with some of the same festival audiences where the duo’s punk band, Sihasin, spreads its message of hope. Born into a political land dispute on the Black Mesa Navajo Reservation, where a […]

Climate Change Expressed Through Music

Featured Article Sidebar, Instruments, Strings October 20, 2013August 4, 2014 Cherie Yurco 0 Comments

University of Minnesota undergraduate Daniel Crawford combined his studies in environmental science with his passion for music to create “Song of Our Warming Planet.” The piece reflects the earth’s surface temperature changes from 1880 to 2012, with the coldest year (1909) having the lowest note. Crawford was interning for Professor Scott St. George who first suggested he set climate change to music.