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Babies Proms Country Kids : A Date with Golden Guitar Winner Darren Coggan

Music appreciation is something I like to think starts from the womb and for that reason I played music daily during both my pregnancies. Back in 2009 Hungarian and Norwegian researchers reported that day old babies are able to discriminate rhythmic patterns revealing it is innate to each of us rather than learned (Psychology Today). This reinforces my …

The Power & The Passion : The Making of Midnight Oil Exhibition in Manly

Growing up in the ’80s it was fairly hard to not know Midnight Oil. They were, for many of us, the band of the moment with some incredibly powerful songs. They were huge political activists particularly in aid of anti-nuclear, environmentalist and indigenous causes. I remember my Uncle Alan telling me that my cousin had been pulled up on stage to …