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Holiday Reading List

Whether you’re looking for a new book to read or a present for someone this holiday season, we’ve compiled a list of books for you! Some we have read and some are on our own ‘to read’ lists! If you’ve got any recommendations please leave…

Written by Gretta Dunn on Dec 4, 2020
Blues, books, jazz, music, Music Books, music education, music history, piano, Reading List, recorded music, simply music, the playground

The Musical Brain – Documentary Review & This is Your Brain on Music – Book Review

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 made about the scientific evidence that music and emotions are fundamentally wired into the brains of…

Written by Gordon Harvey on May 30, 2012
book review, books, Elizabeth Gaikwad, gordon harvey, media, music education, piano, piano movies, simply music

Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks – Book Review

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 post-encephalitic patients who, after decades of immobility and non-communication, could be…

Written by SM Admin on Apr 1, 2010
book review, books, experience, memory, music, oliver sacks, piano, simply music, the playground

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