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A music therapy group has been given £3,000 to continue its work in Corby. Thomas’s Fund has been awarded the cash from the Lloyds Bank Community Fund to pay for a therapist for one day per week for the next four months in homes and at the Kingswood Children’s Centre’s Little Sparkles Group. Read more here…

Leave it to Madonna to rhyme “illuminati” with “party,” as she does on “Illuminati,” from her upcoming album, “Rebel Heart.” Like Prince, she has always been obsessed with both earthly pleasures and spiritual transcendence. But rarely have these two themes collided in such a head-on manner as they do on the six “Rebel Heart” tracks she recently released after unfinished versions of some album tracks leaked; since then, 14 more unauthorized songs have surfaced on the Internet. Read more here…

The organization was birthed out of Renne’s true story that started a global movement. To Write Love on Her Arms presents a vision of hope, healing and redemption. In a creative blend of artistic fantasy and music conflicted with hard reality, Renee discovers the value of genuine friendships and embarks on a daunting yet courageous journey towards recovery. Read more here…

At an age when most musicians are starting to get serious about forming a band, 16 year old Gareth Laffely is preparing his second album. His debut, The Journey, released in 2014, won him the Rising Star award from the Native American Music Awards.  He was also nominated for the Best Rock Recording NAMA, and 4 Indian Summer Music Awards. Read more here…

Elias Wendland, 7, sits with his eyes closed in a wheelchair in his Liberty Township home. Brian Schreck, music therapist for StarShine Palliative Care and Hospice at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, wraps the child’s fingers around a mallet. They begin tapping together on a small blue ukulele. Elias’ eyes flicker and then pop wide open. Read more here…

Carlos Santana explains why he believes music is a healing force in a new exclusive interview with Ultimate Classic Rock. He also talks about reuniting with his original band. Read more here…

From the perspective of Chinese medicine, one of the best things you can do for your health this holiday season is to listen to a classical music performance live. Read more here…

When you’re going into surgery, the type of music that your doctors will be listening to is probably the last thing on your mind. But your surgeon’s playlist could actually have some effect on how the procedure goes. Read more here…

LONDON— Almost three quarters of surgeons’ operating theatres are thronging, or throbbing, with music when patients go under the knife, according to a study in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Read more here…

In 1978, Peter Kramer purchased 50 acres of land in Orange County and named it “Down Yonder Farm.” He met Susan Gladin, his wife of 33 years, there when she attended a party where people played volleyball and her car got a flat tire. On the farm they raised two daughters, swam in the pond and split more wood than they could count to heat their home. Read more here…