Edinburgh International Book Festival Themes: Lost in Music
In this series, world-famous musicians, music journalists and writers share stories of their personal journeys through the world of music.
About Edinburgh International Book Festival Themes: Lost in Music
In his musical history of modern Black Britain, Jeffrey Boake reflects, ‘I’ve travelled the world through speakers and headphones, listening to sounds and stories from far and wide.’ Does anything have the power to emotionally transport us to another time or place like music? In this series, world-famous musicians, music journalists and writers share stories of their personal journeys through the world of music.
Martha Wainwright: Failure, Fame and Family
Saturday 13 August 20:30 - 21:30
James Runcie: The Story of Bach's Masterpiece
Tuesday 16 August 16:00 - 17:00
Stuart Cosgrove: Black Music and the White House
Tuesday 16 August 17:30 - 18:30
Vashti Bunyan: A Wayward Life of Music
Wednesday 17 August 16:00 - 17:00
Kate Molleson: Rewriting the Musical Canon
Thursday 18 August 10:00 - 11:00
Liner Notes: Kate Molleson on Bartók, Maceda and Miller
Thursday 18 August 17:00 - 18:30
Ricky Ross: Deacon Blue and Me
Thursday 18 August 17:30 - 18:30
Jarvis Cocker: Glory Days
Thursday 18 August 20:30 - 21:30
PJ Harvey with Don Paterson – Orlam: A Conversation
Saturday 20 August 20:15 - 21:15
Jeffrey Boakye, Sinéad Gleeson & Bob Stanley: The Many Voices of Music
Tuesday 23 August 11:30 - 12:30
Liner Notes: Sinéad Gleeson on Kate Bush
Tuesday 23 August 17:00 - 18:30
Sinéad Gleeson & Ottessa Moshfegh: A Woman's Music is Never Done
Wednesday 24 August 20:15 - 21:15
David Bratchpiece & Kirstin Innes: The Arches, Remembered
Thursday 25 August 17:30 - 18:30
Michelle Zauner: Comfort Food
Monday 29 August 15:30 - 16:30
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