Posted on 17 February 2022. Tags: addiction, Alexa, Alexa dependent, entertainment, music, timer
At first, I wasn’t sure what to think of this strange cylindrical object sitting on our kitchen counter, courtesy of my husband Randy. “Have a nice day,” it would say in a cool, female voice or give the local weather forecast or play whatever song we asked.
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Posted on 21 November 2021. Tags: depression, mental health, music, music therapy, stress
Before she studied the plentiful evidence that music can alleviate stress, Ferol Carytsas was a kid who discovered that playing piano made her feel better.
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Posted on 05 April 2020. Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, mental health, music, therapy
In Italy, people isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic stood on apartment balconies, singing “Bella Ciao” together into the night.
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Posted on 09 November 2016. Tags: Earworm, melody, music, song
Almost all of us get songs stuck in our heads from time to time but why do certain tunes have the ‘stick factor’?
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Posted in Health studies
Posted on 31 March 2015. Tags: adults, music, Rock Camp, singing
A Minnesota band camp is giving baby boomers and younger musicians a chance to prove they are never too old to rock and roll.
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Posted on 31 December 2013. Tags: '60s, music, nostalgia, singers, stars
It only takes a few moments of hearing Delores “La La” Brooks break into Da Doo Ron Ron to realize she’s lost little of her ability in the half-century since.
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