The connection between music and literacy builds a strong foundation for joyful learning. Experiencing and playing with sounds, expressions, and gestures helps children learn about language. The ...

Though music is proven to speak to all of us, according to experts, there are two different types of listeners: those who ...

Join John Legend, Sheryl Crow, & others as they open up about the meaning behind their music. Beginning this holiday weekend, music lovers have the opportunity to dive into the stories of four of ...

In Emily's Words is a new musical about English novelist Emily Brontë and her great creation: Wuthering Heights. With book, music, and lyrics by Jessy Tomsko (Boleyn), the musical follows Brontë as ...

Music just isn’t like other mediums. Somehow it has the ability, tantamount to magic, of drilling deeper within, tickling deeply entrenched emotions we perhaps didn’t realise we could feel. A melody ...

A scientific analysis of the sentiment of popular music lyrics from the 1950s to 2016 showed that the expression of anger and sadness in popular music has increased gradually over time, while the ...

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Songs have gotten more repetitive and angrier since the 1980s, according to a new study, furthering research that suggested songs have gotten shorter, simpler and more negative over the years due to ...