Why Nostalgia Is Powerful in Music

Few things trigger emotion as instantly and powerfully as music connected to memory. A person can hear just a few seconds of a song and suddenly be transported back twenty or thirty years into a completely different chapter of their life. They may remember an old relationship, a school dance, a summer holiday, a family road trip, a nightclub, a heartbreak, a wedding, or even simply the feeling of being young and hopeful at a particular moment...