Joe Boyd: Bringing It All Back Home

Responsible for the sound on the night Bob Dylan went electric, and producer of Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, and R.E.M, few know the 20th century’s most popular music better than the legendary Joe Boyd – or are more familiar with the global influences behind it. Join him to discuss And the Roots of Rhythm Remain, his sweeping history of music from Africa, India, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Eastern Europe and its impact on Western music – and vice versa. Chaired by Nicola Meighan.

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