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Pat Metheny: Road to the Sun
Crossing boundaries with musical adventurer is a thrilling journey
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JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in a hugely enjoyable but deadly serious examination of the 1930s, that is an indictment of our own era
The bard distills our hellish times into fiery words
PAT METHENY’S illustrious career spans over 40 albums and he’s the only artist to be awarded Grammys in 12 different categories including for rock, contemporary jazz recording, jazz instrumental solo and composition.
Pushing technology to new frontiers has long been core to his approach, with his 2010 album Orchestrion developing ensemble-orientated music using mechanically controlled acoustic and acoustoelectric musical instruments.
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