Canadian Music Therapy Fund needs your help
The way your favourite songs make you feel better isn’t just based on your emotions; there’s science behind it: Music therapy is the use of music to help alleviate stress and it can
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Alzheimer’s
RIP Greg Kihn, singer of “Jeopardy” and “The Breakup Song”
Greg Kihn has died at the age of 75. The singer and novelist had been struggling with Alzheimer’s. Over the course of his career, he was behind almost 20 albums, six novels, and
Read MoreTake a moment to think about music therapy
Have you ever turned on a song, or an album, on a bad day because it made you feel better? Do you use music to help block out the world, maybe to help
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Random music news for Monday, December 19, 2022
If you’re into the coming metaverse, doesn’t this make you think of the technology in Ready Player One? And what do you think of music news for December 19, 2022. More music news?
Read MoreRandom music news for Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Today’s Groundhog Day? So what? The last year has been nothing but Groundhog Days. And there are still a lot more to come. I hate COVID. I do love bring you music news,
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March 1 is World Music Therapy Day
Listening to a song you love makes you feel good, right? In a very basic way, that’s what music therapy is and how it can help. Music therapy involves trained professionals playing music
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Attention Spirit of the West fans: There’s another benefit for John Mann coming up.
John Mann, the frontman for Spirit of the West, continues to battle early-onset Alzheimer’s. He was diagnosed at 51 and at 56, this cruel, cruel disease continues to ravage his brain. John and
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Random Music News for Wednesday, May 17, 2017
For the first time in its 10-year existence, my wisteria bush is going to give me flowers this spring. About bloody time. And now, the music news for May 17. Here’s an explanation
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Monty Python’s Terry Jones Reveals Dementia Diagnosis
Whenever Terry Jones dressed up as a woman for a Python sketch, I always laughed out loud. This, however, is not funny. Jones, who is now 74, has announced that he’s been diagnosed
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What’s On Your Dementia Playlist? (Stay with Me on This One…)
My grandfather lived an impressive 102 1/2 years. Sadly, though, he was tormented by dementia through the last couple of years. What made it so tragic for the family is that he had
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Spirit of the West Prepares for Its Last Show as Singer John Mann Continues his Fight with Alzheimer’s
If you know of anyone who has been beset by dementia and Alzheimer’s, you’ll know how tragic it can be. First, there was my grandfather, a strong, hard-working first generation Canadian who, as
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