Blog: The Days of Lore

Music, seriously

Old Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Hearing Music From His Era
It's mostly fun and games here at TDoL ... because, well, we're talking about music, not working on the cure for cancer. At the same time I'm not oblivious to the emotional power of music, and I couldn't help but be moved by this clip from Michael Rossato-Bennett's documentary Alive Inside . The documentary centers on a group of patients suffering from Alzheimer's, who are awakened so to speak after listening to music from their youth. The clip below shows 92-year-old Henry Drye r, who suffers from dementia; he barely speaks and doesn't [...]