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Politics Theory Other // Scott Walker w/ Owen Hatherley

May 03, 2019

Tribune Culture Editor Owen Hatherley on the music and life of the late Scott Walker. We spoke about Walker's journey from teen heartthrob with the Walker Brothers, to the creator of some of the most challenging music in the history of pop. We discuss the big band, crooner tradition that Walker emerged from, the radical break in his work with 1978's Nite Flights and the political pessimism of his later records. To accompany the episode here is a playlist of Walker's work: