Yesterday, Big Machine's Rascal Flatts harnassed the healing power of music when they performed for patients and families of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, which houses the Rascal Flatts Pediatric Surgery Center.

Over the years, the group has aided in raising nearly $4m for the hospital, and it certainly doesn't seem like they plan on getting any less involved.

This particular visit, which marked the first time a performance has ever been broadcast from Seacrest Studios and included performances of "Fast Cars and Freedom," "God Bless the Broken Road" and 16th #1 "I Like the Sound of That," was streamed live to four other children’s hospitals nationwide, including Atlanta, GA, Boston, MA, Cincinnati, OH and Washington D.C.

Doesn't that just warm the heart? We'll take news like this over election-related jabber any day...

*PHOTO BY JOHN A RUSSELL