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At first, Kyshona Armstrong was hesitant to fund a full-length album through Kickstarter. “I’ve always had a difficult time asking for help,” she says, “or letting people know just what I needed.” Despite her trepidation, she met and even exceeded her goal of $15,000. It was the encouragement she needed. Read more here…

A group of musicians come together today to promote health and happiness. This is the first “Miracles of Music” concert series.. It all started with the help of the Sanford Health Auxiliary and the Alan Traeholt Memorial Endowment. Students from around the city and the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra came out to perform. Read more here…

Proceeds from this year’s Music Therapy Ride will ensure that another Bandwagon can soon hit the road. The motorcycle ride from Vancouver to Whistler on September 13 raised more than $85,000, the highest amount in the event’s 13-year history. Read more here…

The moment a favorite song comes on, the mood lightens. Whether it’s bringing crowds together at baseball games singing Sweet Caroline in unison, or the meaningful song a couple chooses for their first dance.  Read more here…

Things just didn’t smell right to Allison Woyiwada and this wasn’t just a passing odour, it was the disgusting, intense stink of garbage. The smell filled her nose when no one else could detect it, so she knew instantly something was wrong. Read more here…

Music therapist Jerry O’Leary greeted his class at NewCourtland LIFE, a senior day center, with a promise to play some old favorites. “We mixed a little bit of gospel and a little bit of Motown here for you today, ’cause we know how you guys like that stuff,” said O’Leary, prompting claps and cheers from the room. Read more here…

TEMPE – When Scott Tonkinson begins working with clients suffering from memory loss due to Alzheimer’s or another cause, one of the first things he does is strum a guitar or play his keyboard. Read more here…

GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) – A nationally recognized music therapy program for cancer patients and survivors is now a permanent part of the Greenville Health System’s curriculum for people undergoing treatment. Read more here…

Six years ago, when he was still a teenager, Warren Hildebrand suffered the unexpected loss of his younger brother, Drew. During the period of depression and confusion that followed, the Canadian-born songwriter only ever found solace in sounds: listening to ambient engineers like Brian Eno, mastering his friends’ records and tinkering with his own breezy pop constructions. Read more here…

A music therapist from South Wales has told of her horror at being tear gassed while working with special needs children in Palestine. Liz Coombes, from Cardiff, says it is the first time she has been tear gassed during 10 years working as a volunteer there. Read more here…