In Boston, music therapy is being used to enrich the well-being of people hoping to overcome trauma. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown reports for our look at the intersection of art and health, ...

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The term “alternative rock” evokes an interesting image. At first thought, one may picture emo teenagers or long-haired rock stars smashing guitars. Yet the alternative rock genre is a far cry from ...

The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the 2026 Grammy Awards. Among the notable names in this year’s alternative music categories are Bon Iver, the Cure, Turnstile, and Wet Leg. Find ...

The MELODY study found music therapy to be effective at relieving the anxiety of cancer survivors. Music — as researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York have learned recently — ...

PLAYING a musical instrument requires precise coordination between hearing and movement, a process that relies heavily on children with ADHD engaging in auditory-motor integration. This integration ...

If you were like me and graduated high school before the 2010s, no one ever pulled you aside and told you that your distractibility or problems with focus were symptoms of neurodivergence. The ADHD ...

Music therapy could significantly reduce heart rate, blood pressure and patient–ventilator asynchronies for patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit (ICU), according to research being ...

Aultman Hospital is among the medical facilities in the region using music therapy to help cancer and hospice patients. Isabel Soehnlen, Aultman's music therapist, helps reduce anxiety for patients ...

Associate Professor in Music Therapy; Senior Academic Fellow at Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne Grace Thompson is a Registered Music Therapist. Grace ...

Young children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder often receive medication just after being diagnosed, which contravenes treatment guidelines endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, ...