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Music festival helps artists confront and manage the industry’s mental health impact - PBS News Hour - Segments

Music festival helps artists confront and manage the industry’s mental health impact - PBS News Hour - Segments

Update: 2025-09-19
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The music industry, for all the glamour and excitement, can be grueling with tragic consequences. A 2024 MusiCares survey revealed that over 8% of respondents within the industry had serious thoughts of suicide, notably higher than the 5% rate among the general population. Jeffrey Brown reports on a festival focused on mental health in the music industry for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
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Music festival helps artists confront and manage the industry’s mental health impact - PBS News Hour - Segments

Music festival helps artists confront and manage the industry’s mental health impact - PBS News Hour - Segments