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SCOUT· 67%30m·2025-11-21·ScienceThe origin and evolution of music: Steve Pretty plays the conch
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Episode 333 It’s not often you get to see or hear someone playing music on a conch shell. So prepare yourself for a musical treat with musician and podcaster Steve Pretty, who brings into the studio a trumpet and a collection of his favourite conches, rigged up to some modern electronics. Steve is best known as the…
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