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The famous quote spoken by Hans Christian Andersen back in the 1800s still rings true today, particularly in the eyes of Erin Currie. The music therapist has seen first-hand the impact of song, one she hopes to share with families throughout the region. Read more here…

If music be the food of love, play on—the world’s greatest bard Shakespeare had  discovered the potency of melody on the senses as early as the 15th century. Even the half insane Nero, king of Rome, had played the harp while Rome was ‘burning’ to ‘soothe his fraught nerves’. The world at large has always resorted to music to calm the mind and relax taut or frayed nerves, so it is not surprising that it is being used as therapy, be it for pregnant women or autistic children. Read more here…

Erin Ebnet found her voice through music. Now she uses her talents to help others. The Sauk Rapids woman, who was raised in St. Joseph and is a 2001 Apollo High School graduate, is a music therapist. She was inspired to seek her profession after she broke her pelvis during an inline skating accident in college. Read more here…

FUKUOKA–After a long day training as a medical intern at a nearby hospital, Arisu Akiyama peels off her white lab coat and takes the stage as a member of LinQ, a Fukuoka-based idol singing group. Read more here…

Iraq combat veteran Adan Olid, center, works on a song with songwriters Darden Smith, left, and Marshall Crenshaw during the Songwriting With Soldiers retreat at the Carey Institute for Global Good on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, in Rensselaerville, N.Y. Olid is one of more than 100 veterans who have turned their stories into sometimes affectingly personal songs at Songwriting With Soldiers retreats. Read more here…

The new year brings with it new opportunities to make lifestyle adjustments. While many individuals pursue physical fitness, some turn to alternative healing methods to keep a healthy mind and spirit. The human body endures physical, mental and emotional stress daily caused by internal and external factors.To help reboot the body’s system, Centennial Hills business owner Amy Barilla uses reiki to channel energy into a client by means of a “therapeutic touch.” Read more here…

GUILDERLAND (AP) — A Guilderland man featured in an Associated Press account of veterans coping with trauma through songwriting has been found dead. Guilderland police Capt. Curtis Cox said Monday that 29-year-old former marine Adan Olid’s body was found Sunday. The cause of death is under investigation. Cox had no other information about the circumstances. Read more here…

UMEK’s fourth full-length album entitled Rhythmia embodies everything we’ve come to love from the Slovenian-born 1605 record label head. Happy, bouncy, sexy tech house beats made with some of his friends who are no strangers to rocking dance floors all around the globe: Mike Vale, Heartik, Simon Doty, Jay Colin, Groovebox, and my all time favorite voice for techno music Chris The Voice. Read more here…

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…