When Mitchell Intermediate School band teacher Ralph Hicks' nephew, Luke, was three years old, he had still not learned to talk and he wasn't making eye contact. Some tests confirmed what his family ...

Hidden inside a white and dimly-lit building in an industrial area of North Hollywood, the sound of pounding drums and rattling shakers kicked off UCLArts and Healing’s first annual one-day conference ...

Being a college student comes with inevitable stress. Instead of turning to drinking and drugs for relief during such demanding times, students can turn to safer and more positive ways of releasing ...

If you travel downtown on the right Friday afternoon between 3 and 4, you’ll hear it. The deep boom of bass drums travels the farthest, and if you get closer to Historic Town Center Park cowbells, ...

NEW YORK -- A Bronx man is using his drumming skills to promote healing and relaxation to New Yorkers. His way of doing it may look a bit strange at first glance. But his technique is changing lives - ...

MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (WTNH)- A Native American drum group is bringing music and healing to their community in Mashantucket. Phyllip Thomas sat down with News 8 to share his experience as a member of ...

SANTA CRUZ — The effects of music therapy are well-documented. Studies have shown that music can make a person more relaxed, reduce pain and decrease stress. All of that can be particularly beneficial ...

Jonathan Mande knows first-hand the power of music on our minds and our feelings. Between growing up in a war-torn Congo and immigrating to United States with no knowledge of the English language, ...

DALLAS — As Kwanzaa celebrations came to a close at the Pan-African Connection Bookstore and Resource Center, drums delivered the final beat. “It’s an exhilaration,” Leo Hassan said. “It’s healing.” ...