Birdsong: In conversation with Tony Whitehead

07/18/20 • 20 min

In conversation with Tony Whitehead

Tony has been with the RSPB for 31 years and is also a sound technician and curator of concerts that encourage people to listen differently. The perfect conversation partner, in other words, to explore how to listen to birds and appreciate their musicality, including the all-important question: do blackbirds improvise?

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In conversation with Tony Whitehead

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