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Book reviews
... stories in the details. Not unlike the adoption of Western music and fashions by young people in traditional cultures, ...
Waxing and waning on Goldfrapp's discography
... discovered was about oral sex. That track was the defining music of several films including My Summer of Love , a 2004 ...
The Brexit carnival
... to an unofficial, festive world of extravagant costumes, music, laughter, feasting, drinking and revelry. While the ...
Don’t fear jazz
... Everyone requires highly fluid roles, a departure from the music sheet. A different audience need the notes in new ways, ...
Book Reviews - April 2016
... this surprising given the huge audiences for visual art, music and dance – the three art forms that are the focus of ... resource for specialists in the psychology of visual art, music and dance, for teachers and students in other ... specialisation; individual...
On grief, healing and wholeness
... Amir’s frantic attempts to become clued-up on classical music to fit in. Unexpectedly, Rob appears unmoved by ...
Poignant and fascinating
... three beautiful songs - with words by A.E. Housman set to music by the composer George Butterworth who, as an officer ...
Scientific tales from America
... Consistent with this, studies have shown 50 per cent of music prodigies suffer a ‘mid-life’ crisis during their ... a lot comes easily to them. An analysis of national music examination results showed that the strongest predictor ... But look closely, Gladwell...
A vital yet troubling story
... boxes' – which he finds compelling, as they sound 'like music'. Other striking examples include Amrit’s wonderful ...
Our fallible senses
... the taste of pineapple chunks when hearing gentle piano music, and a crispy fried egg when hearing the word ...
Case histories revitalised
... effortlessly impart his knowledge of chemistry, biology, music and the arts. ‘Everything in its place’ is the last ...
Real experiences and real pain
... covering a broad range of the continent’s wonderful music traditions. The main plot conceit – a Romeo and ...
Heightening the senses
... allowed visitors to interact with moving sand, light and music to give the effect of seeing colours in response to ...
Fake it 'Til You Make It
... centre of the piece, was a mime to the jaunty background music of the Carpenter’s “Why do birds suddenly ...
Reasons why you should proceed with caution
... ‘Hollywood’ about this series that is inescapable. The music is all too dramatic, the scenes of characters crying ...
Exploding with fiery intelligence
... had a bath-time ritual – he’d light candles, play music through a little speaker, add various oils to the ... positive to say about romantic love, or intoxication, or music, dancing and the arts in general – all of which ... or at its best the Ecstatic . . . It...
‘Closed doors, closed files, hard, closed hearts’
... by filmed portraits of five survivors, and live music by Mary Coughlan accompanied by Johnny Taylor. The ...
Forum
... column: Beyond boundaries Nature versus nurture is a lie. Music is not melody versus rhythm, wine is not grapes versus ... age of 66. She was an extraordinary woman. Jolanta studied music in Warsaw, obtaining her MA in Piano Performance in ... patients. Among...
News
... songs compared with the unknown song. ‘We played music in the scanner, and then we hit a virtual “mute” ... this, the auditory cortex remained active even though the music had stopped.’ Previous research has instructed ... the researchers concluded. CJ ...
Changing senses
... slide, points to an opportunity for expansion, in both music, and life. The film has a rare authenticity when it ...
What I seek… when I want a busman’s holiday
... and the small screen, I look for insight and escape in the music of Massive Attack. More drugs. - By Dr Sally Marlow, ...
Two reflections on the blackest of mirrors
... describes as subjective. She even opens beer and plays music to help stimulate memories, which has parallels of ...
Fear, confusion and dark humour
... in her illness. Throughout there is immersive, haunting music, performed live on stage, and this accentuates the high ...
Letters
... of screen and speaker content: this is the contemporary music culture which seems, at the very least, to be ...
Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
... by crashing waves? Did the layering on of powerful music from Carmen and La Traviata alongside Tom Waits, Bruce ...