Falguni Shah, a musician born in India who now lives in New York, believes, “If there is anything that brings together people and not divide them, it is music. When people of different backgrounds ...

Senior staff writer Anna Mammarelli argues that instrumental music boosts focus while lyrics distract and fuel cultural overstimulation.

It seems that our species has loved music for ages. We've found proto-instruments such as conch shells, the first wind instruments used by our ancestors. We like to hear melodies, shake our hips to ...