Music has a remarkable ability to evoke powerful memories and emotions. When we listen to a piece of music from years ago, we seem to travel back to that moment. Music can act as a direct line to our ...

The childhood songs stuck in your head are actually protecting your memory Remember singing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” ...

I think of music in terms of the memories I hold for different songs. So when I got to thinking about this past year in music, my mind didn’t go so much to the analysis and ratings of the music I ...

Gao Hong, a master of the pear-shaped lute, the pipa, began her career as a professional musician at age 12. She graduated from China’s premier music school, the Central Conservatory of Music in ...

Upbeat songs trigger exciting memories while more mellow tunes evoke recollections of romance and sad times, according to new research. A piece of music's energy level and mood impact the memories it ...

New research from UC Santa Cruz is finally giving you the go-ahead to sing in the shower as loud as you want. Because, as it turns out, you probably sound pretty darn good. Psychologists wanted to ...

Colin and Sophie Hortman were guest DJs on The Current for almost an hour Wednesday morning to celebrate their late parents' memory through music. The siblings created a playlist of songs that Melissa ...

At least once a week, and usually more often than that, Eugene chorister Amy Adams sings for a special audience. Some listen from sofas. Others recline in wheelchairs. A few dance up and down the ...

Last Friday night I was at the Eccles Theater in downtown Salt Lake City. Huey Lewis was inducted into the new People’s Music Hall of Fame. It’s a Utah thing and it’s a pretty big deal. Many of you ...

Vince Gill has built his entire career on being more devoted to his instrumental craft than his celebrity, which is why he was able to take an experience that some musicians might consider a low point ...