What raises your mood when you are feeling lonely or low?
What has a hand in the development of popular culture and art? 
What facilitates social relations and fosters a sense of harmony?
Music has always been a critical facet of all human civilizations.
Think of story-telling through harps like the kora and the ngoni, drums, slit gongs, rattles and double bells, flutes and trumpets.
The role of music is functional, audible, far-reaching and visual.
It can emotionally, morally, and culturally impact society.
It can bring unity, enlighten, inspire, excite or calm souls.
Music can be a conduit through which musicians
promote and protect human rights, speak on behalf
of the voiceless and powerless, enhance healing and culture.
We tell others who we are through musical compositions.
Music can come through the context of culture or religion.
It has a ritual or cultural function and secular or aesthetic role.
Artists play or produce it, music lovers consume it.
They adore it since it stirs action, rouses courage and hope.
An artistic expression. Ceremonial and recreational purposes.
