If your memory isn't quite what it used to be and you're forgetting things, try listening to a song. It may just jog your brain into action. Today, we look at a new study showing that music may help Alzheimer's patients. Also: The band Beausoleil has been at the forefront of the Cajun music revival in Louisiana since the 1980s. Fiddler Michael Doucet and his merry band join us for a live performance.
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Forgetting things? Take a song after your meal
A new study suggests music may extract strong responses from people with Alzheimer's Disease. On scanning the brain activity of 13 subjects listening to 30 different songs, researchers at UC Davis discovered that the part of the brain associated with music is also associated with our most vibrant memories. We ...
Soundcheck's Picks of the Week
Three outstanding new releases picked by the Soundcheck staff. Read our full reviews -- and download a K'Naan track!
The Bad Plus, For All I Care (Heads Up), --picked by Gisele Regatao
Dark Was The Night, A Red HotCD --picked by John Schaefer
K’Naan, “Troubadour” (A&M/Octone) ...
The Bad Plus, For All I Care (Heads Up), --picked by Gisele Regatao
Dark Was The Night, A Red HotCD --picked by John Schaefer
K’Naan, “Troubadour” (A&M/Octone) ...
Beausoleil Live
The group Beausoleil has been at the forefront of the Cajun music revival in Louisiana since the 1980s. Fiddler Michael Doucet and his merry band join us for a live performance.
Toroidal activation patterns of tonal space. Wait. What?
Last summer, I began working on a documentary film about an Iranian mystic and musician named Ostad Elahi. A number of neuroscientists have taken note of Elahi's music and the way he intended it to act upon a person's state of consciousness, and it seems that this man's mystical ...
Picks of the Week: The Bad Plus, Red Hot, K'Naan
Our Soundcheck Picks this week include some jazzy Nirvana, a Somali rapper and the brightest of the indie rock scene. Plus, a free download!
The Bad Plus, For All I Care (Heads Up)
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