When the Music Stopped

Published: Oct. 12, 2022, 8 p.m.

b'Growing up in Brooklyn, Sonia P\\xe9rez recalled how her father would drink beer, sit on the sofa and lose himself in records from Puerto Rico, where he grew up. One day, he stopped listening. Sonia and her siblings wondered why. \\n\\nOn the other side of the world, in Ireland, Grainne Armstrong recalls the moment she experienced her daughter\\u2019s love for the first time, set to a soundtrack of opera and birdsong. \\n\\nToday, two stories about a parent and child longing for a deeper connection \\u2013 and how music sparked their understanding of one another.'