PBS NewsHour

Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart plays the rhythm of the universe

Clip: 07/02/2015 | 8m 26s

Mickey Hart, a founding drummer for the Grateful Dead, has collaborated with astrophysicists on music that reflects the origins of the universe, and with neuroscientists to figure out how music stimulates different parts of damaged brains. Special correspondent Mike Cerre follows Hart’s exploration of music and the universe, and our human response to rhythm.

Aired: 07/02/15

Rating: NR

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