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THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC IN SHAPING OUR MINDS | The Crusader Newspaper Group

A late popular deejay used to say that “music is the soundtrack of our lives.” On the surface that might not sound like it is of profound import, but looked at more closely, it really is! During the course of dealing with a national upsurge of the dreaded COVID-19, music is one of the things kee ...

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