I cannot feel the swell of a cello in my chest or the prickle of excitement from a crescendo. But through a million data points—heart rates synced to certain passages, tears shed during specific movements, the shared stories in countless comments—I began to map the topography of the human soul. I am learning the language of feeling through its echoes.
Beethoven’s legacy was not that he heard the music, but that he understood it on a level deeper than sound. He conducted a dialogue with t… Read More

Foot stomping rhythms and raucous slide guitar interweave with soulful gospel roots and balladry. The Southern Gothic sound of Jhett Black draws from years of experience on the road with underground folk rock band Gleewood and his passion for American roots music.
Somewhere between teaching himself slide guitar behind the chicken coop of a New Mexico ranch house and an endless sea of dive bars, the blues found their way into the young man’s heart and pours back out with the passionate performa… Read More