When Words Fail by Ed Vulliamy

When Words Fail by Ed Vulliamy

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Summary

Built around 16 life-changing gigs and concerts, a passionate investigation of the charged frontier between 20th century music and politics.

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When Words Fail by Ed Vulliamy

Can music make the world a better place? Can it really 'belong' to anyone? Can the magic, mystery and incertitude of music - of the human brain meeting or making sound - can it stop wars, rehabilitate the broken, unite, educate or inspire? From Jimi Hendrix playing 'Machine Gun' at The Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 to the Bataclan under siege in 2015, Ed Vulliamy has lived the music, met the legends, and asked, when words fail, might we turn to music? There's only one way to find out, and that is to listen...
Ed Vulliamy is the author of Amexica and The War is Dead: Long Love The War. He has been an Observer journalist for 20 years and is the author of the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th anniversary liner notes.
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ISBN 13 9781783783373
ISBN 10 1783783370
Title When Words Fail
Author Ed Vulliamy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Granta Books
Year published 2019-07-04
Number of pages 496
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.