The science of music and memory
The Guardian has just published an extract from The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives by Jude Rogers.
The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan
Nick Gadd London, 11p.m., December 1987I didn’t have money for new records so I resorted to Peckham Public Library, whose music collection was free of the shoegazing guitar bands I preferred. I was forced to explore other genres .
The Sing by Bill Callahan
Rick Kane Preston West, Victoria November 2013I sat up in bed, scared by what I’d heard. I’m never quite prepared for a song that, by revealing the protagonist’s innermost demons, reveals my own.
The Smokers’ seven glorious minutes. Memoir by Earl O’Neill
...we took it down, we took it further up, further down, rolling on the energy, every time a bit more crazy and loose and loud, louder, quieter, louder, and seven minutes in...
The Smokie Dawson Appreciation Society
Never in my wildest dreams did I envisage how my short tale(s) would give me such a great rush every time I took to the lectern to share them.
The Soundcloud collection
There are 40 Strereo Stories across the two stations. Enough for a double-CD, or a triple album.