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Book Review – Musicophilia – Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks is a neurologist and author known for his books exploring the strange and remarkable world of people with brain damage. In the 1960’s he published Awakenings, a study of his work with...
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In the Key of Genius: The Extraordinary Life of Derek Paravicini – Adam Ockelford Derek Paravicini is one of those individuals who open our minds to the world of what’s possible, just by being...
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Why Music Moves Us – Jeanette Bicknell
From Gordon Harvey Just recently I had the pleasure of attending a concert of the Australian Art Orchestra featuring Paul Kelly and his songs, arranged by Paul Grabowsky. Australian readers might know...
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Review – 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
General Editor Robert Dimery This book was first published in 2005. If it were published for the first time today, I wonder if they might be tempted to call it “1001 Albums You Must Hear Before They...
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Dual Review – The Musical Brain (Documentary) / This is Your Brain on Music...
Documentary Review by Elizabeth Gaikwad The Musical Brain Writer/director Christina Pochmursky, producer Vanessa Dylyn, Matter of Fact Media For me this is one of the most interesting documentaries...
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Book Review – How To Make Gravy by Paul Kelly
Title: How to Make Gravy – A Mongrel Memoir Author: Paul Kelly Review by Gordon Harvey Readers outside Australia may be less familiar with his work (although he’s spent plenty of time performing and...
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Book Review – Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner
Reviewed by Gordon Harvey Kenny Werner is a jazz musician with, according to a review of his brilliant album ‘Institute of Higher Learning’, “seemingly limitless gifts as a pianist, bandleader and...
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Book Review – How Music Works
By Gordon Harvey Let me say from the outset that David Byrne is one of my all-time heroes. I may not have pursued music at all without the revelations that were Remain in Light and My Life in the...
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Review – Devil’s Trill by Gerald Elias
By Teri Davis “Perhaps the power of music is greatest because it is temporal rather than spatial, meaning that once it is heard it is gone forever.” In the novel Devil’s Trill, it is obvious that many...
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