A Cure for the Soul? The Benefit of Live Music in the General Hospital – H Moss, E Nolan, D O’Neill (2007)

From 2005 to 2006 a professional orchestra (the Irish Chamber Orchestra) performed in a university teaching hospital with the aims of bringing live music to patients who could not access traditional concert venues and of improving quality of life for patients and staff.

Live and (digital) life: Some notes on interaction with music – Beate Flath

Dr. Beate Flath of the University of Paderborn discusses her the intersections of music/sound, (digital) media, economy and the aesthetics of the everyday in relation to live music and digital mobile devices.

Rethinking grass roots musicians and the small venue “crisis” – Chris Adams

Last year’s LMX intern Chris Adams (aka self described failed music-maker Piet Haag ), adds to the ongoing discussion over the small venue crisis with an alternative and musician focused perspective.