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The Shape Of Listening – from the line to the circle MUSIC AS DIPLOMACY #5
MUSIC AS DIPLOMACY #5 THE SHAPE OF LISTENING: FROM THE LINE TO THE CIRCLE The morning after Eliza Marshall’s Dolby Atmos listening evening, I took my glasses off for the first ten minutes of my walk. It was about the feeling of removing a barrier, however slight or...
Eliza Marshall’s Eternal Birth in Dolby Atmos
Eternal Birth, the acclaimed album by award-winning flautist and composer Eliza Marshall, has been newly reimagined for release in immersive Dolby Atmos.Hear this new release in The Gallery at Tileyard, a specialist surround-sound listening space designed and tuned by...
OLD NOISE: THE PASSION THAT REMAINS | Music as Diplomacy #4
I read something this morning by Bob Lefsetz about aging. It was funny and sharp and sprawling and furious, as his writing often is. But underneath it I felt… sadness. “The truth is we’ve lost the passion,” he wrote. Have we though? I’m 62, and I work in music. Much...
The Quality of Listening in a Room | Music as Diplomacy #3
Something I keep returning to in live music at the moment: attention. The quality of listening in a room. This Sunday in Stroud, we’re hosting two Grammy-nominated musicians: Manu Delago (Björk, Ólafur Arnalds) and New York's 'Jimi Hendrix' of hammered dulcimer Max ZT...
Manu Delago & Max ZT – live in Stroud
Sunday 5 April | Lansdown Hall There’s something quietly spellbinding about the meeting of Manu Delago and Max ZT. Two musicians, two instruments built on resonance and touch, sitting opposite each other and listening as much as they play. Their album Deuce has been a...
Music as Diplomacy #2 Touring Is Soft Power
Music builds bridges one room at a time. When artists go on tour, something quiet and powerful happens. Routes form between towns and cities. Doors open. Spotlights reveal. For a few hours, people who have never met sit down together and become a listening community....