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Music therapy may help teens with cancer cope. healthfinder.gov — Jefri Franks says one of the things that helped her 12-year-old daughter Heather cope with the challenges of having cancer was music therapy — in particular, making a music video. Read more here…

For fans around the globe, San Francisco–based songwriter Michael Franti is beloved for his generous spirit and great music. The frontman of Spearhead for 20 years, Franti effortlessly moves musically between hip-hop, funk and soul, and his live shows are moving communal experiences. Read more here…

Music therapist, Liz Coombes,  will be talking in Frome on Friday 7th November, as guest of Frome Friends of Palestine. Liz, who runs the MA course in music therapy at the University of South Wales, has been working in Palestine since 2009, delivering training for teachers and social workers in how the therapeutic use of music can enrich the lives of those in their care. Read more here…

The country singing great — and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame — released new record “Reflections” earlier this year, and plays the Paramount Theatre on Wednesday. On the record. Williams interprets the songs of other greats, including Townes Van Zandt and Merle Haggard. Read more here…

We have all experienced the effect music can have on our emotions and state of mind. We have felt our spirit lift when a happy song comes on the radio, or a pinging sense of nostalgia when we hear the songs of our childhood. While this link between music and emotion has long been a part of human life, only in recent decades have we had the technology and foundational knowledge to understand music’s effect on our brains in concrete terms. Read more here…

Music therapy, the article said, “is a practical intervention which involves children writing songs or composing music to express their feelings. Guitars and keyboards were the often the most popular choice of instruments for participants.” Read more here…

Music has been interwoven with societal evolution since time immemorial. There is no culture on earth that doesn’t have its music. Of late, music has transcended the boundaries of art and pleasure, to which it was oft relegated, and has showed strong potential as a healing agent for the brain. Read more here…

Music therapy works against depression in young people. The credit for this discovery belongs to the Queen’s University of Belfast, that has carried out the  largest ever study of this kind. Read more here…

Music therapy as an aid to regaining emotional health and stability has changed lives and helped victims of abuse, trauma and intimate partner violence, and it is used by some therapists in treatment of physical disabilities. Read more here…

Mike Haines (69), a resident of Canmore Lodge Care Home on Robertson Road, is living with cerebral amyloid angiopathy, a disease of small blood vessels in the brain that can cause speech difficulties, confusion, brain haemorrhage and stroke. Read more here…