Dimensions
169 x 244 x 32mm
For the last twenty years 'The Wire' magazine has fearlessly by-passed fashion in its search to expose the most innovative, radical and compelling music from every genre and right across the world. As music listeners have grown increasingly eclectic and adventurous in their tastes, 'The Wire' has emerged as the most authoritative source on modern music.
In 'Undercurrents' some of the best music writers of our time uncover the hidden wiring of the most influential music, including:
- Ian Penman on how the microphone transformed the human voice and made phantom presences of great singers such as Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson and Brian Wilson;
- Christoph Cox on how the pioneers of live electronic music - the West Coast ensemble Sonic Arts Union - redefined virtuosity for the electronic age; and
- Philip Smith and Peter Shapiro on Harry Smith's Smithsonian Anthology of American Folk Music that led to a massive re-appraisal of musical values that went far beyond the folk music revival.
