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Some say the only time we take a deep breath is right when we are born — after that, life and its stresses take over and we never breathe that deeply again. Read more here…

Gary Clark Jr. unleashed his guitar fury on “the Tonight Show” with a blistering performance of “The Healing” the lead track from his new album “The Story of Sonny Boy Slim” last night. I asked Clark about the emotional push behind the song when we sat down before his incredible “Austin City Limits” taping last week. Read more here…

If you were visiting a loved one in the hospital, or were in the hospital yourself, you almost certainly wouldn’t expect to hear the sounds of a violin echoing through the halls just outside the door of your patient room. But, every now and then, patients and families at Blount Memorial Hospital hear just that — the strings of a violin playing just for them. Read more here…

Hospitals have a free and powerful tool that they could use more often to help reduce the pain that surgery patients experience: music. Scores of studies over the years have looked at the power of music to ease this kind of pain; an analysis published Wednesday in The Lancet that pulls all those findings together builds a strong case. Read more here…

Music therapy is exactly what it sounds like. It’s therapy through the use of music that addresses emotional, physical, social and cognitive needs. A professional, who has completed an approved music therapy program, administers it, and music therapy is now included as part of the life-enrichment programming at some senior retirement communities. Read more here…

PRESCOTT VALLEY – The storm outside Syd Cregger’s living room window mingles with the soothing, soul-stirring melodies he coaxes from the apertures of an ebony, raven-head Indian flute. In the morning, Cregger played a rain song on a smaller, lighter wood flute; soon after the trees on his front lawn were saturated. Read more here…

SSE and Nordoff Robbins Scotland have announced a new partnership, joining forces to raise the profile of Scotland’s only music therapy charity. Through the partnership SSE will actively support the growth of Nordoff Robbins Scotland services through a combination of direct investment and a series of staff fundraising initiatives.  This support from SSE will make music therapy more accessible to hundreds more children and adults across Scotland.  Read more here…

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — You may know about Tremé from David Simon’s HBO series about jazz musicians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. You may know it as the first neighborhood of free African Americans in the U.S. Or you may know it as the colorful neighborhood — literally and figuratively — where New Orleans’ jazz culture was born. Read more here…

Playing favorite songs to people who have memory loss may not help them recognize family members. But it can trigger memories from their past. When a favorite song plays, some laugh, dance or sing. A light often returns to eyes dimmed by memory loss, at least for awhile. Read more here…

The 14th annual Music Therapy Ride hits the road this weekend. And in keeping with their aims, music will be a part of the ride up the Sea to Sky Highway. “We’re going to fill up the base of the GLC again with motorcycles and we’re bringing the country band High Valley and the wonderful Shaun Verreault from Wide Mouth Mason,” organizer Patrick Zulinov says.”It’s coming together nicely. We always hope for more and appreciate any contributions people have. Quite a few people believe in what we are doing.” Read more here…