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Take a moment to think about music therapy

March 19, 2023March 18, 2023 Amber Healy 0 Comments Alzheimer's, Canadian Music Therapy Fund, Dementia, music therapists, Music Therapy, Music Therapy Awareness Month

Have you ever turned on a song, or an album, on a bad day because it made you feel better? 

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Random music news for Saturday, July 23, 2022

July 23, 2022October 15, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Dementia, Drake, Facebook, Instagram, Kennedy Center, Lady Gaga, Metadata, Music Festivals, Music Therapy, Musical Taste, Pat Benetar, Pete Seeger, Ricky Martin, TikTok, U2

Why would a robot dog with a machine gun bother anyone? Oh, right. More indications of the dystopian future ahead.

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Random music news for Monday, June 13, 2022

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Dementia, IKEA, Swedish House Mafia

More proof that scientists are close to creating our future robot overlords. Segueing to music news for June 13, 2022…

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

This short film is a fascinating look at music and dementia

November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dementia

When he was 24, John Fudge had a serious head injury which led to early-onset dementia. While his mind is

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Random music news for Wednesday, October 28, 2020

October 28, 2020October 27, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Airpods, Apple, Brody Dalle, Cher, Chernobyl, David Bowie, Dementia, Evan Dando, Josh Homme, Lemonheads, Radio, Snapchat, Spotify

Imagine going to school on this bus. Cool. Now let’s study music news for October 28, 2020. Now that they’re

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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 871: Musicians with disabilities

November 29, 2019December 1, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billy Talent, Craig Nichols, Dementia, Disabilities, Edwyn Collins, Joey Ramone, Matt Good, MS, Portugal. The Man, X Ambassadors

The human body can be both very strong and very fragile. Given its complexity, it generally works pretty well. But

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

This new tech uses music to help dementia patients

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Dementia

As someone who has seen firsthand how music can calm and comfort people with dementia, I’m all for anything that

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Music News 

March 1 is World Music Therapy Day

February 17, 2019February 16, 2019 Amber Healy 3 Comments Alzheimer's, Autism, Dementia, Music, Music Therapy, Parkinson's Disease, 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

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Random music news for Saturday, May 19, 2018

May 19, 2018May 19, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Barenaked Ladies, DAB, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, Deadpool 2, Dementia, Disney, Elton John, FM Radio, iPhone, Low Cut Connie, Marilyn Manson, Michael Jackson, Queen, Radio, Tidal, Vanilla Ice

I just have time to watch the Royal Wedding from an anti-monarchist pub down the street from my London hotel

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Music Industry 

Random music news for Monday, April 30, 2018

April 30, 2018April 29, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Avicii, Batman, Bob Dylan, Chris Martin, Dear Rouge, Dementia, Donald Trump, Ed Sheeran, Facebook, Floppy Discs, Green Day, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Lemmy, Motorhead, Prince, Twenty One Pilots

It’s the last day of April–or as some people in parts of the country where spring is late call it,

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How music can bring dementia patients “back to life.”

January 21, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dementia, Music

My grandfather was as sharp of a razor well into his 100th year. But in the last two years of

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