VOICES

Other peoples voices, singing the fifth essential necessity of life.Nick Colemans new book is an exploration of what singing mea ns and how it works. What does it do to us to listen hard and habitually to somebody elses singing? And why is the singing of other s so essential to human life? Why do we love it so? The book asks many other questions too. What was Roy Orbisons problem? Who does Joni Mitchell think she is? Why did Jagger and Lennon sing like that (and not like this)? What did Aretha Franklin do to deserve th e title Queen...[Read more]