Before I get ripped limb from limb, I have some disclaimers.   Most of Taylor Swift’s work is not my cup of tea, and I am by no means a Swiftie. However, I respect her as an artist — she’s good...

Music does not exist in a vacuum in time and space. Rather, it is a meeting of chord progressions, instrumentation, syncopated beats, tempos and textures with the listener’s past histories, loves...