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The world has always needed healing music. It’s sounded different every decade, but it’s always shared similar elements: simple songwriting, honest lyrics and a performer with a spiritual need to sing. The Rev. Osagyefo Sekou, a prominent St. Louis pastor, writer, organizer and now musician, understands this poignantly. Read more here…

The Music Well based in Rye is working locally with a mission of “wellbeing through music”. It sees itself as a ‘well’ to fill with musical resources to draw upon to support health and happiness, and has professional music therapists working with local schools and individuals with a wide range of health needs, from autism to depression, learning difficulties to neurological problems. Read more here…

They say that laughter is the best medicine, but professionals agree that music serves as an excellent supplement. That is especially true when that music is all organic. Read more here…

Planning an evening with friends? Mark your calendars for March 5, when B.C.’s bar and nightclub industry celebrates the Fourth Annual Night Out For Music Heals. “Music Heals raises funds and awareness for music therapy efforts in Canada,” explained Executive Director Chris Brandt. “March is Music Therapy Awareness Month, and bars, pubs and clubs are donating $1 per cover charge or equivalent donation to our cause.” Read more here…

It’s almost impossible to find someone who doesn’t feel a strong connection to music. Even if you can’t carry a tune or play an instrument, you can probably reel off a list of songs that evoke happy memories and raise your spirits. Surgeons have long played their favorite music to relieve stress in the operating room, and extending music to patients has been linked to improved surgical outcomes. In the past few decades, music therapy has played an increasing role in all facets of healing. Read more here…

A music therapy program aimed at kids who come to Royal Columbian Hospital’s pediatric unit with mental health problems seems to be making a difference, according to hospital officials. The pediatric unit routinely tracks incidents with patients that escalate beyond nurses’ control and have to be handled with help from security. Read more here…

BOSTON (CBS) — For months, WBZ has been bringing you stories of local people affected by the opioid crisis. Dr. Mallika Marshall introduces us to a young man who suffered a near-fatal drug overdose and the new program at an area hospital using music therapy to help him heal. Read more here…

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) — Inside Nebraska Medical Center, Nolan Sensintaffar, 5, drives his red Mini Coop down the hospital halls. In his passenger seat sits a plastic box full of instruments. It’s certainly not the normal hospital picture, but this young patient is on his way to therapy. More specifically, he is on his way to music therapy. Read more here…

Pam Mann, the nurse administrator at the Campbell River and District Adult Care Society adult day program, can’t say enough about beneficial music therapy has been to the society’s clients. Read more here…

“Rock Around the Clock” is the theme of the 27th annual Spring Music Festival benefit for Berkeley-based Maya’s Music Therapy Fund. The afternoon will feature “lively musical performances showcasing the accomplishments of Maya’s participants” from 2 to 4:30 p.m. March 13 at the Richmond Recreation Complex, 3230 Macdonald Ave. in Richmond. Read more here…