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[PsychToday] Inaugurations, Women’s Marches, and the Social Role of Music

January 19, 2017
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I’ve found myself wondering what type of music we’ll hear this weekend. In case you’ve missed it, there are some pretty big events happening over the next couple of days—a certain Inauguration ceremony Friday followed the next day by a Women’s March. The purpose of each is vastly different, as are the people associated with […]

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[PsychToday] WWI and Istanbul: Using Music to Bind Us

June 29, 2013
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The story goes that on Christmas Eve 1914, in the middle of a brutal WWI battle between the British and the Germans, the sound of gunfire was replaced by singing voices. It happened spontaneously, spreading slowly throughout the troops as the camps sang their favorite Christmas hymns. Sometimes they alternated songs, but . . . […]

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The Modern-Day Protest Song

August 27, 2009

I hope you’ve heard this story. It’s pretty cool. David Carroll, a singer-songwriter, tried to work with United Airlines for over a year because they broke his Taylor guitar and refused to cover the repair costs. So what does Mr. Carroll do to fight this mistreatment? Sue? Nope! Mr. Carroll promised United he would write […]

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