We hope you will be able to join us for our next rock and roll book club which will take place on Wednesday May 21st at 7:00pm EST. The book for our May book club is Every Brain Needs Music, The Neuroscience of Making and Listening to Music. This is an inspiring book written by two friends who met over their love of music. Larry S. Sherman is a neuroscientist and lifelong musician and Dennis Plies is a professional musician and music teacher. Both men live in Portland Oregon and began a conversation about music by chance many years ago which has continued to this very day!

Dennis and Larry bring their individual musical perspectives to collaborate on this book, working to show how our brains and music work in harmony. They consider music in all the ways we encounter it whether it's through teaching, learning, practicing, listening, composing, improvising or performing, in terms of neuroscience as well as music pedagogy, showing how the brain functions and even changes in the process.

Note~ This will be the last book club before we break for summer. We will resume the book club on September 17th! (book has not been determined yet but will listed asap). This page is sponsored by Titcomb's Bookshop. and Brewster Book Store.

There is no sign-up necessary for the Rock and Roll Book Club. Just read the book (it's ok if you don't read the book- come anyway!) and use the Zoom Link (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82810666201). We hope to see you soon at an MVYRADIO Rock n’ Roll Book Club gathering.

Have any questions? Email polly@mvyradio.org.

Mark Blake full interview:

Fleetwood Mac Spotify playlist:

Fleetwood Mac article: https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/fleetwood-mac-line-ups-complete-list-of-bandmembers/

Zoom meeting with Jayson Greene:

Full interview with Jayson Greene in two parts

Here is a beautiful video created about Jayson's words and story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYqAMBRqgZM
Here is an interview with Jayson Greene:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/11/jayson-greene-interview-once-more-we-saw-stars-trauma
The Oprah Magazine article with the playlist link:
https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a27395764/jayson-greene-once-more-we-saw-stars-playlist/
Here is a few articles by Jayson about one of his favorite musicians Elliot Smith:
https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-untold-story-of-elliott-smiths-teenage-band/
https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/elliott-smith-like-youve-never-heard-him-before/


Zoom meeting with Peter Shapiro:

Check out the interview here:

Please find a playlist below highlighting some of the music that Peter has enjoyed and been involved in as well as two links for book-related films:

Wetlands Preserved, the History of an Activist Rock Club

Peter's 1993 Grateful Dead Tour Documentary"Miles to Go Before I Sleep"

Zoom meeting with Jeff Tweedy:

Zoom meeting with Danyel Smith:

Polly's Danyel Smith full interview:

Danyel Smith Spotify Playlist:

Zoom meeting with Dar Williams:

Polly's Dar Williams full interview:

Dar Williams Spotify Playlist:

Past book club material:

Our book club for January 2024 was Susan Rogers' This is What it Sounds Like.

Polly's full Susan Rogers interview:

Check out The Kitchen Sisters Presents podcast episode which discusses Susan's book (requires an Apple Podcast subscription and MacOS 11.4 or higher).

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Our book for November 2023 was Lou Reed's "The Art of the Straight Line" ~ a book written in part by Lou before his death and curated and edited by Laurie Anderson, Stephan Berwick, Bob Currie and Scott Richman. The book includes interviews and stories from many who knew Lou well and truly captures his life story. Hear the interview with Scott Richman here (mp3).

Check out Barbara Dacey's interview with Lou Reed from 1997!

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Our Book Club book for September 2023 was "Remain In Love" by Chris Frantz. Below you'll find video of our Book Club meeting, plus Polly's full interview with Chris Frantz.

A note from Polly:
This playlist is an exploration of musical references from Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz' book Remain in Love - beginning with his earliest musical influences, through his RISD days where he met David and Tina, then stepping into the Talking Heads' formative days at CBGB, touring with the Ramones as well as a walk through the Talking Heads studio albums, Stop Making Sense and some Tom Tom Club tracks as well! Listen to some or all to get a taste of what Remain in Love sounds like!

In 2002, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth visited the MVY studios on their way to a Tom Tom Club gig at The Atlantic Connection in Oak Bluffs. Here's their chat with Barbara Dacey.