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“Color Cloud: Let's Pay Attention” by Jessica Poundstone
Sound baths: an interview and playlist from Dasha Shleyeva
earn about these sonic sanctuaries and then enjoy one at home!
What's that tingly feeling we get from great music?
A look at frisson: why it happens and the benefits it brings
The healing power of music evokes memories for every age
Science meets sound: musical healing for mental health and brain function
How we media: Baltazar and Rex
Peer into the perspectives of these two young cousins as they explain what they get out of the media they engage with in their everyday lives.
Nature’s sounds are powerful — even if you’re tuning in virtually
Simply listening to ocean waves or bird songs can boost your mental health
Soothing my wounded lung with music
When my lung collapsed, I turned to rhythm for support
A harp sound bath for winter solstice
Put your worries away and let the harp wash over you
Abraham Alexander on authenticity in music and beyond
“The process of being vulnerable with my album was first to be real with myself and heal from what I’m going through.”
Kevin Kaarl on depression, tour life, and the value of vulnerability
Kevin Kaarl puts the emphasis on needing to talk more in this conversation from our ACL and HHAY partnership
Corook on mental health and music
Musician Corook opens up about mental health, music, their childhood, and more
This is how breakup songs help process grief
When validating music helps during times of hurt
Vinyl and the art of listening offline
Listening to a record creates no new data, why is that so rare? With seemingly everyone listening in, records help you keep them out.
Speak to the rhythm: how melodic intonation therapy helps stroke survivors learn to talk again
Melodic intonation therapy (MIT) is helping stroke survivors to regain speech and can be done remotely.
How music helped me leverage my repressed rage for transformational change
Anger is often a repressed emotion, but music can provide therapy and catharsis.
Birth of the jazz school: how my students helped me connect jazz to play
There’s something particularly playful about jazz that appeals to children.
The effects of music on the brain: a chemical cocktail for mental and physical health
As a musicologist and pianist, Suzanne Hamlin shines a light on her own experience navigating the relationship between music and the brain.