Music and mental health - a ‘doing subject’
Lived experience of mental illness and recovery is now valued highly in new models of care. Experience of community engagement may be one...
Who is singing the song?
So I’m revisiting some dear old friends, old songs that were the staple of my jazz gigs twenty odd years ago, for a nostalgic get...
A personal review of ‘Ephemeral Traces’
This exhibition celebrates artist run initiatives, the galleries, performances and events that bloomed between the cracks in the concrete...
Better than words?
When I spend time with Mavis she struggles, trying to understand where she is, because my presence reminds her that she once lived...
When is music bad for you?
In a mental health context…from the viewpoint of a cohort of music therapists…drawing on studies and literature…in what circumstances is...