When my grandmother passed away, I was devastated by grief and loneliness. I began experiencing hallucinations, hearing her voice even though I knew she wasn’t there. Traditional outlets like talking ...

Written by: Anupam Agarwal, M.D. Art and music have long been intertwined with medicine and science, offering not only creative expression but also serving as components of healing. Whether during ...

Local musician Jim Donovan was having lunch with his grandmother under a pavilion in Disneyland when he was first introduced ...

Very few musicians have a backstory as unique and inspiring as that of Michael and Tanya Trotter, who record and perform together as The War and Treaty. Since their 2018 studio debut album “Healing ...

Music has the power to heal, and Carol Rosenstein, founder of Music Mends Minds, knows this firsthand. After her husband’s Parkinson’s diagnosis, she discovered that music was the key to bringing him ...

"Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty." — Edmund Burke We all need beauty in our lives. Living, working, and “being” in beauty makes everything just a little bit better. As I’m writing ...

The power of music to heal—or at the least, promote well-being—is acknowledged in many cultures. But only in the past two decades have the medical and scientific communities joined together in an ...

I grew up in a house where the music never stopped—my dad literally played music all the time, in the house, in the car, at his office, and pretty much everywhere we went. He was always whistling and ...

Jon Batiste goes into Sunday's 64th Annual Grammy Awards with 11 nominations, more than any artist this year. But for Batiste, who is also the bandleader and a producer on CBS' "The Late Show With ...

Music has a unique ability to transform how we feel — it can cheer us up, make us cry, help us focus, or ease our frayed nerves. For centuries, writers and philosophers have waxed poetic about these ...

Many of us turn to music to feel better. But music can also help us physically heal. Studies show music can affect our blood pressure and our heart rate – and even help us manage pain. Today, On Point ...