Author: Levitin, Daniel J

The author of the New York Times best-seller This Is Your Brain on Music examines the role played by music in the evolution of human culture. Blending cutting-edge scientific findings with his own experiences in the music industry, he illuminates how the brain evolved to play and listen to music in six fundamental forms - for friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion, and love. Levitin also incorporates interviews with musicians, poets, anthropologists, evolutionary biologists, and music icons like Sting, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell and David Byrne. 336 pp.