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“The music gets people’s attention. When Malians listen to music, they are relaxed, and they are concentrated on the message. In Mali, music is probably the best way for this message to be transmitted.” Read more here….

Music has had a major role in healing foundering societies. In the 60s, the civil rights movement embraced folk music. Today, according to Erykah Badu, hip-hop is The Healer – “it’s bigger than religion, bigger than the government”. Read more here…

A professional music therapist, Snyder-Cowan is part of a specially-trained group of care providers who use melodies to achieve a particular treatment goal. “Music therapy is all about the intentional use of music to bring about a particular change; whether that change is therapeutic, emotional or spiritual,” she says. Read more here…

Creative forces such as music and art make a dramatic difference for many suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia, and a team in Naples has created a progressive pilot — a six-week interactive program called “The Arts and Alzheimer’s.” Read more here…

Deshpande will present 250 copies of the music CD, Aabhal, (meaning sky) to patients and cancer survivors at the inauguration of the 17th National Conference of BCFI (Breast Cancer Foundation of India) on Friday March 8, which is also Women’s Day, at YASHADA. Deshpande will present 250 copies of the music CD, Aabhal, (meaning sky) to patients and cancer survivors at the inauguration of the 17th National Conference of BCFI (Breast Cancer Foundation of India) on Friday March 8, which is also Women’s Day, at YASHADA. Read more here…

Austin musicians Kevin Hoetger, Kyle Crusham, Johnny Dango are a few of the volunteers who give inmates guitar lessons through Jail Guitar Doors. Read more here….

Laying on your back, mindful of your breathing, both hands rested on your belly, legs stretched out, eyes closed. Three bells ring, followed by the sound of a voice guiding a meditation process geared at reducing the everyday stress of school and life. Read more here…

According to research from Northumbria University which has appeared in the journal Experimental Psychology, the uplifting sounds of certain pieces of music can have an influence on mental alertness and responsiveness. Psychologists found that the strains of Spring in particular, from Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’, have a noticeable boost to attention and memory in young volunteers. Read more here…

The Melodic Caring Project (MCP), the Seattle-based non-profit founded by musician Levi Ware and his wife Stephanie, has already brought the healing power of music directly to the hospital beds of more than 100 critically-ill children since it officially launched a year ago. Read more here….

Weekly music therapy sessions lasting just an hour can have a positive effect on behaviour in children with autism, reports a paper in Pertanika Journal this month. Read more here….