Neurologist, choir explore music's healing power
May 31, 2008 By KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press Writer
Dr. Oliver Sacks is seen in this 2003 file photo as he arrives to the 3rd Annual Music Has Power Awards held at Lincoln Center, in New York. Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music. Sacks, the best-selling author of "Awakenings" and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat," will share the church stage Saturday May 31, 2008 with the famed gospel choir as part of the inaugural World Science Festival, a five-day celebration of science taking place in New York this week. (AP Photo/Jennifer Graylock)
(AP) -- Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music.
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