Music: John Børge Askeland with Arve Henriksen — ‘Where Did You Go’
Music: Arve Henriksen & Harmen Fraanje — ‘Melancholia’
Music: Bill Evans — ‘Sometime Ago’
Music: Bill Evans — ‘Gary’s Theme’
Music: Bill Evans — ‘B Minor Waltz (For Ellaine)’
Music: Bill Evans — ‘The Peacocks’
Music: Audio Lotion — ‘Otonal’
Music: Moodorama — ‘Too Late’
Music: Moodorama — ‘Sweet Toffee’
Music: Audio Lotion — ‘El Mensaje’
Music: Audio Lotion — ‘Aquitane’
Music: Vanessa Perica Orchestra — ‘Rebrahmanization’
Music: Vanessa Perica Orchestra — ‘Love and War’
Music: Vanessa Perica Orchestra — ‘What a Time to Be Alive’
Musical synchronization emerges spontaneously and enhances social connectedness
PsyPost reports: Researchers have discovered a significant link between musical synchronization and social connectedness. Analyzing the behavior of university students engaged in impromptu music-making, the study found that individuals who synchronized their musical rhythms felt a stronger sense of connection with their peers, highlighting music’s unique role in fostering social cohesion. The findings have been published in Psychology of Music. Previous studies have indicated that music can establish and maintain social bonds, but the mechanics of how this happens were…
We were born to groove
Henkjan Honing writes: In 2009, my research group found that newborns possess the ability to discern a regular pulse— the beat—in music. It’s a skill that might seem trivial to most of us but that’s fundamental to the creation and appreciation of music. The discovery sparked a profound curiosity in me, leading to an exploration of the biological underpinnings of our innate capacity for music, commonly referred to as “musicality.” In a nutshell, the experiment involved playing drum rhythms, occasionally…