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Steve Pretty On The Origin of the Pieces
‘Wide-ranging and insightful’ - Guardian (pick of the week, January 2024)A show for anyone who has ever listened to, played, improvised, written, or just enjoyed music and wanted to know more about these mysterious sounds. Are they "auditory cheesecake" as cognitive scientist Steven Pinker claims, or actually a fundamental part of what has made us into modern humans? With an enormous variety of guests ranging from well-known musicians, producers and industry figures through to those for whom music
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