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Music To Soothe the Savage Beast

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Friday, August 08, 2008

Growing evidence suggests that classical music may help to calm your family dog. Today, we're joined by the creator of a new CD that prescribes Chopin and Schubert to soothe your pooch. Also: New Orleans trumpeter Irvin Mayfield explains how an iPod saved his new album from succumbing to floods after Hurricane Katrina. And, he performs in our studio. This is a repeat broadcast of Soundcheck.

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Irvin Mayfield

Pet Sounds

A growing body of evidence suggests that classical music can help calm your family dog. (Heavy metal, not surprisingly, makes them more agitated.) Joining us is Joshua Leeds, the co-creator of a new book and accompanying CD called "Through a Dog’s Ear," which prescribes Chopin and Schubert to soothe your ...

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Irvin Mayfield

New Orleans cultural ambassador and trumpeter Irvin Mayfield was about to record an album when Hurricane Katrina struck. The offices of his record company where destroyed by the floods, but thanks to his iPod – where he saved the original mixes – the music wasn't lost. Mayfield joins us to ...

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