How do we hear, and how does hearing affect how we play music? These questions are central to the work of Nikolas Alejandro ...

There’s proof a business’s music choices have a significant impact on the customer experience. In his iconic song, American Pie, writer and singer Don McLean asks, “Can music save your mortal soul?” ...

Source: Pixabay License Free for commercial use No attribution required One of the most important issues in the psychology of music is how music affects emotional experience (Juslin, 2019). Most music ...

Music can be a powerful tool to help process complex emotions. But music therapy — using music in a clinical setting to help with mental and physical health issues — goes far beyond just listening to ...

Our critic tracked one concert, from its first rehearsals to its first performance. Practice is only part of what makes this ensemble excellent.

Music and poetry share a capacity to make their audience feel things. How do they do it? Do the same cognitive mechanisms play a role in both art forms? Omigie (2015) hypothesizes that empathy with an ...

Five recent books collect photographs, memories and ephemera from the hardcore band Agnostic Front, the mysterious dance artist Aphex Twin, the rap collective Odd Future and more. By Jon Caramanica ...