Listen your way to better health. — -- intro: Music is a powerful medium: Not only does it make us want to jump to our feet and “shake it off, shake it off” (thanks Taylor Swift), but ...

What is it about music that makes us feel so good? We know that music can have a profound effect on us and that listening to music can induce various emotions. We “feel it” when we hear a beautiful ...

Sometimes, the weight of economic, social, relationship, and work pressures can leave you tense and exhausted. Research has shown how dangerous toxic stress is to physical and mental well-being—not to ...

Timothy McKenry is a syllabus consultant and examiner for the Australian Music Examinations Board. There are many reasons a child should learn a musical instrument. Not only does it give them the ...

Research has shown that music affects nearly all parts of the brain, including the areas that deal with memory and emotion. Still, holiday music does seem unique in its ability to tap our nostalgia ...

I ’m just a soul trapped in this circuitry.” The voice singing those lyrics is raw and plaintive, dipping into blue notes. A lone acoustic guitar chugs behind it, punctuating the vocal phrases with ...