Of the myriad topics I get to consider in my obsessive research into the alchemy of our musical taste, the most fascinating is also the most rewarding: how our love of music can not only give us ...

Listen your way to better health. — -- intro: Music is a powerful medium: Not only does it make us want to jump to our feet and “shake it off, shake it off” (thanks Taylor Swift), but ...

“Singing for an hour is good for you,” according to a 92-year-old country music legend.

If you’re a parent, you’ve probably heard that playing music is good for your baby’s brain development. But that’s where many people’s knowledge about the subject ends. What about music is good for a ...

Plato said, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” Music often communicates messages that are not easily expressed, which is one ...

Singing and listening to music have a whole host of benefits, from helping you to breathe deeply to stabilising your cardiac rhythm Have you burst into song today? You should: singing is fun, good for ...

Music can also help prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, which, in up to 95% of cases, can be driven by nongenetic factors. Neuroscientist Kathlyn Gan says research shows music can help counter ...

Sometimes, the weight of economic, social, relationship, and work pressures can leave you tense and exhausted. Research has shown how dangerous toxic stress is to physical and mental well-being—not to ...

What is music good for? This question was part of a conversation with perhaps the best-known classical musician of our time, Yo-Yo Ma. In a New York Times Magazine article, the famed cellist ruminated ...

Sixteen hundred years ago, St. Augustine was credited with saying, “He who sings, prays twice.” Today, scientific research shows that he who sings, performs, or listens to music also enriches and ...