I am not any superior authority on the music business, and for that matter on music leisure. I don't know a lot about music history or music literature. But, over the course of writing this column, ...

Last October, when I started making a list of Louisiana adventures I could do for my Tuesday column (in its 30th iteration this week), "help write a song" was on the list. Jodi James jumped to the top ...

Songwriting is an especially powerful tool used by music therapists. It opens a path to access, verbalize, and express feelings that are otherwise often difficult to process. It harnesses creativity, ...