Brian Eno, curator of the 2010 Brighton Festival, talks to me about art’s role in creating an alternative future, the joys of curating a major arts festival, and why people in Moulsecoomb might just appreciate Afrobeat.
Recorded at the 2010 Festival launch at Brighton Dome.
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Each summer, the Pitchfork Music Festival draws thousands of fans to Chicago to hear three day’s worth of performances, by more than 40 bands. It’s a mix of some of the best new and largely unknown, independent bands of the year. On this episode of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen talks with freelance reporter Jacob Ganz about some of the music Ganz discovered while covering this year’s festival, which ended July 19
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From art-school band Roxy Music via ‘ambient’ music to superstar record producer and sound theorist, Brian Eno is modern music’s most unlikely pop star.
Music and interview.
In advance of his new album Drums Between the Bells, the influential artist and producer shares some of his favorite new and old music.
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