Submission by: Prof. Greg Hainge
Released earlier this month is the newest book in Bloomsbury’s Ex:Centric series: Scott Walker and the Song of the One-All-Alone by Prof. Scott Wilson.
This work focuses on Scott Walker, a prolific composer and lyricist, formerly of “The Walker Brothers”. Prof. Wilson’s text offers his readers a detailed interpretative commentaries of Walker’s best songs, as well as a sustained assessment of the work and career of Scott Walker. The publisher notes that Walker is “one of the most significant and perplexing artists of the late 20th and 21st century”, making this work important not only for those in the fields of music and sound study, but for those in popular culture studies, or simply for devotees of Scott Walker’s music and work. “Looking closely at [Walker’s] songs, this book also considers the wider political implications of his approach in its rejection of external authorities and common or consensual ideals” (Bloomsbury). Continue reading “Ex:Centrics Series: Scott Walker and the Song of the One-All-Alone”
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