DALLAS, Texas — If music heals the soul, Saturday night in Bishop Arts may have been the perfect medicine.

At The Kessler, the alternative hip-hop band Cure for Paranoia took the stage — not just to perform but to shine a light on mental health and suicide prevention.

“It’s me giving other people words that they can sing, whenever they’re feeling not seen, or not heard,” said Cameron McCloud, the group's lead singer.

The concert marked the first-ever “Louder Than Stigma” awareness event, hosted by the mental health advocacy group Amplified Minds.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month . According to the CDC, nearly 49,316 people died by suicide in 2023. Here in Texas, more than 4,000 lives were lost in 2022 alone.

“A month isn’t enough to recognize all the people that we’v

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