Epiphanies: Life-Changing Encounters with Music

Epiphanies: Life-Changing Encounters with Music by Herrington, Tony. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9781907222214.

An anthology of essays drawn from The Wires monthly Epiphanies column. Epiphanies: Life-changing Encounters With Music is a new anthology of essays drawn from The Wires monthly Epiphanies column, which has been running in the magazine since issue 167 (January 1998). The book includes more than 50 essays in which a wide range of musicians, authors and critics detail their personal experiences of musics transformative powers. Subjects covered range from Sun Ra to Kate Bush; Fugazi to Ligeti; South Africas World Cup vuvuzelas to Hungarian prog rock; noisy street protests to the deathly silence inside an anechoic chamber. The book has been edited by The Wires Editor-in-Chief & Publisher Tony Herrington and designed by the magazines Art Director Ben Weaver, with illustrations by Sculptures Reuben Sutherland. Contributors Little Annie, Jerry Dammers, Geeta Dayal, Paul Gilroy, Michael Gira, Kenneth Goldsmith, Jonny Greenwood, David Grubbs, Adam Harper, Stewart Lee, Lydia Lunch, Momus, Ian Penman, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Nina Power, Simon Reynolds, Sukhdev Sandhu, Robert Wyatt and more.