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When Technology Strangles Music
You like it, therefore, the reasoning goes, you'll like it even better by the baud-load. There's no room in the streaming algorithm for expanding the listener's exposure or appealing to the imagination
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Science Finds that Musical Skills Are Genetic!
Scientists have found that extolling practice as the road to good musicianship becomes a dead-end unless it’s in one’s genes. Dr. Miram Mosing, a Swedish psychologist has studied musical ability among 2500 twins, half identical and half
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Songs Aired by HWS on KALW (1/18)
These tracks from Bay Area roots Americana bands aired on KALW Saturday 1/18/14 from 6:30 to 8:00 as Hicks with Sticks sat in for Peter Thompson on “Bluegrass Signal.” Playing time is an hour and
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HWS Returns to KALW, Saturday 6:30-8:00
Playing locals on the radio, Hicks with Sticks returns to KALW with the latest from Bay Area western swing, honky-tonk, alt-country and rockabilly bands. Jose Segue will be sitting in for Peter Thompson on Saturday,
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