Policy, Research & Politics
Music therapy may reduce anxiety more than drugs before surgery
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- Friday, 24 May 2013
Neuroscientists Daniel Levitin and post-doctoral researcher Mona Lisa Chanda, reviewed 400 research papers in the neurochemistry of music.
Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei profanely mocks state power in new music video
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- Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers — and even sits on the toilet — in the Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking state power.
Pussy Riot: Putin-bashing, punk rock and politics make for a riotous mix
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- Monday, 20 May 2013
It is more than a year since five members of feminist punk group Pussy Riot wearing brightly coloured balaclava masks staged a short and cacophonous performance in front of the altar of Moscow's Christ The Saviour Cathedral.
Chinese musician seeks enduring India-China ties
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- Sunday, 19 May 2013
She started liking the poetry of India's poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore while in school, and now China's noted dulcimer player Liu Yuening has made the first Chinese transcription of Tagore's songs with the aim of creating an enduring basis for India-China ties as the two countries embark on summit-level talks after a month of problems this week.
UN report on the right to artistic expression and creation
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- Saturday, 18 May 2013
A 25-pages report on the right to artistic expression and creation is now available in all UN languages.
Musical Fundraiser Helps Mali Refugees
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- Friday, 17 May 2013
"I launched this initiative, which aimed at breaking the silence, collecting donations and advising national and international public opinion of the catastrophic condition of refugees, in order to speed up a humanitarian food aid convoys," Youssef Ould Mohamed Isa told Magharebia.
Iranians pump up the volume for banned tunes
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- Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Aryo, 18, has just enrolled in university. As he drives around Tehran in his father's car, Aryo and his friends bang their heads to a western power metal track.
Palestinians unite behind Gaza Strip "Arab Idol" star
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- Tuesday, 14 May 2013
The fractious factions in the Gaza Strip and across the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories have found one voice to unite behind - a 22-year-old youth singing songs about a lost homeland on the Middle East's version of 'American Idol'.
Arts proven to combat Alzheimers
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- Monday, 13 May 2013
New British study proves the benefits of the Arts in treating patients with debilitating mental disease.
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