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  'Music Instinct' Documentary Takes Paris Prize

  By John Casey | Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  of music." In the film, neuroscientist Daniel Levitin and his colleagues looked at how we perceive the music of musicians such as Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma, Jarvis Cocker, Evelyn Glennie and Richard Hawley, among others, "to explore the connections between music and the human mind, the body an Read More

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  Forgetful Musicians, Helpful Cabbies

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:15 AM ET

  Brother-ish to us, but clearly it has its advantages.) This is far from the first time a stringed instrument was left behind in a cab. In 1999, Yo-Yo Ma left his cello in a taxi trunk, which prompted a citywide search in the pre-GPS age. In May 2001 another musician left a $4 millio Read More

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