Ed Vulliamy and Fiachna Ó Braonáin
The Borris Broadcasts
English - May 06, 2020 15:35 - 1 hour - 64.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSociety & Culture Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In one of the most exceptional meetings of the 2019, conflict reporter Ed Vulliamy meets Hothouse Flower guitarist and broadcaster Fiachna Ó Braonáin. Vulliamy's book When Words Fail explores the music that he turns to - Hendrix, Shostakovich, Patti Smith, BB King, Dylan, Planxty, among others - when the war zones or places away from home that he has set up camp become hard to bear.
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