Robert Wyatt
An intimate portrait of the musician Robert Wyatt in his own words and music, from psychedelic excess to a life-changing accident. From October 2012.
Robert Wyatt has been recognised as a prog-rock drummer, jazz composer, avant-garde cornet player, artist and activist in a wheelchair. But, above all else, he has been known by one of the most instantly recognisable and distinctive voices of the last fifty years.
Forever associated with Shipbuilding, Elvis Costello's song written in reaction to the Falklands War, Wyatt's voice and the causes he gives voice to are intricately entwined.
This intimate radio portrait, in his own words, traces Wyatt's journey from the psychedelic excesses of Soft Machine (appearing both with Jimi Hendrix and at the 成人快手 Proms), through the life-changing accident that has confined him to a wheelchair for almost forty years, to recent celebrated musical projects that are reaching new audiences.
Producer: Alan Hall.
A Falling Tree production first broadcast on 成人快手 Radio 4 in October 2012.
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Robert Wyatt on alternating Southern Comfort with Tequila
Duration: 01:47
Piers Plowright's Pick
Legendary radio maker Piers Plowright recommends The Voices of Robert Wyatt:
"A fascinatingly honest self portrait of the English musician and founding member of Soft Machine.
"Radio at its most intimate 鈥� as if we are taking tea (which at one point we are) with the storyteller 鈥� Wyatt himself. The story flows through his life and work, taking in artistic and musical influences, all told in a deceptively casual way, making light of the triumphs and disasters. In the background we sense the presence of Wyatt鈥檚 artist wife, Alfie, and her importance to him, though she never says a word. "Life," says Wyatt near the end of the programme, "is liking climbing a mountain and looking down; as we climb, the village from which we started gets smaller as the landscape gets bigger.
"This programme makes me think of a great virtue in any good radio documentary: simplicity."
Broadcasts
Tue 2 Oct 2012 11:30成人快手 Radio 4 FM- Sat 6 Oct 2012 15:30成人快手 Radio 4
- Wed 20 Sep 2017 06:30成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
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- Wed 20 Sep 2017 20:30成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 21 Sep 2017 01:30成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 7 Dec 2019 07:30成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 7 Dec 2019 17:30成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 8 Dec 2019 05:30成人快手 Radio 4 Extra
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