Joe Boyd (Big Ears Festival participant)
About this episode
Joe Boyd discusses his significant contributions to music as a producer and historian, along with his upcoming participation in the Big Ears Festival.
Listing Joe Boyd’s most significant accomplishments as a producer, label owner, and music historian is a tall order. A short list of artists he’s worked with includes Nick Drake (heard here), Pink Floyd , Fairport Convention , Sandy Denny , Richard Thompson , The Incredible String Band , R.E.M. , Vashti Bunyan , Billy Bragg , and 10,000 Maniacs . Additionally, he was the founder of Hannibal Records, the label responsible for bringing the term “world music” into the lexicon, as well as serving as a music producer for Warner Bros. , where he collaborated with Stanley Kubrick on the soundtrack of A Clockwork Orange and 1972’s Deliverance . His most recent work is as the author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s , as well as And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music , which came out in 2024. On this episode, hear how songs by Fats Domino, Fairport Convention, and Carlos Gardel shaped his sensibilities. Boyd will be a part of this year’s Big Ears Festival taking place in Knoxville, TN in March of…
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