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We are hardwired to sing, and it's good for us, too

A scientific case for song Humans are, in effect, hardwired to sing and dance, and we likely evolved to do so. In every known culture, evidence exists of music, singing or chanting. The oldest ...
Us Weekly

Jessie J Cries Over Health Struggles While Suffering From Nodules in Her Throat: Singing Is ‘My Happiness’

“I was asked to send a speech therapist a video of me singing something quietly, so she could hear my voice,” the 33-year-old musician wrote via Instagram on Friday, June 18, noting why she was ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Ottawa's Silla and Rise take Inuit throat-singing to the dance floor

Inuit katajjaq, or throat-singing, is something that Charlotte Carleton discovered when she was six. She was captivated when she heard it on a cassette tape of her mother's. Carleton, who is of Inuit ...
SFGate

We are hardwired to sing − and it’s good for us, too

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elinor Harrison, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) On the first ...