. . . and its incalculable effect on the civil rights movement and on the development of blues, jazz and rap. By Stephen Richer.
Music
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Ten Songs That Made a Difference
On how a few powerful songs made personal and collective change very hard to resist. By Stephen Richer.

Stranger Than Known: the fertilization of psychedelia
'Eight Miles High' staked out some thrilling and mind-expanding territory. What the song means to us . . . by Herbert Wright.

Bear: The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley Stanley III
Mind-altering acid provided Owsley the profits to finance the Grateful Dead into the spotlight. An excerpt from Robert Greenfield's book.

Breaking up with Modernity
Ecstatic music/dance ritual for non-believers. By John Davis.

Music as the Brain’s Universal Language
Recent studies showing that music may indeed be — neuroscientifically speaking — the world’s universal language. Interview with Charles Limb by Kayt Sukel.

Sink or Sing
Merlyn Driver speaks to musician and performance artist Sara Zaltash about swimming to Bestival.

Traces of Dancing
A choreographer presents evidence of a dancing life. By Patricia Beatty, with photographs by Cylla von Tiedemann.

Wild Culture Academy & Events
A complete and regularly updated list of forthcoming and previous Wild Culture events.

On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom
How a river and a two-lane blacktop from Minnesota to Louisiana became inseparable in the minds of some great music makers. Review by James Cullingham.
