Behind Every Great Artist...is a Great Muse

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Ann Powers, chief pop critic with the LA Times, and Colin Fisher, who researchs improvisation and creativity at Harvard University, discuss the role of muses in popular music why muses are so indispensable to artists.

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