Two books examine how we listen to music and why it resonates with us
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You're a Midwife for the Making of Records, Susan Rogers
Susan Rogers is a cognitive neuroscientist and professor at the Berkeley College of Music. She was hired by Prince in 1983 as an audio technician to help him make his records. The Shags, Sisters are "a very valuable reminder of what true musical intentionality sounds like," she says. Author Francesco Royster's new book digs into country music's complicated relationship with black people.
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