Wayward - Vashti Bunyan

Wayward

Just Another Life to Live

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
240 Seiten
2022
White Rabbit (Verlag)
978-1-4746-2193-9 (ISBN)
21,15 inkl. MwSt
The life story of the young musician who gave up everything and everybody to take to the road with a horse, wagon, dog and partner, in a journey that would lead to the writing and recording of her 1970 album Just Another Diamond Day
'Magical and transporting'
Maggie O'Farrell

'A gorgeous account of outsiderness and survival... A quietly defiant and moving work'
Sinéad Gleeson

'An epic in miniature . . . I loved - and lived - every sentence'
Benjamin Myers

In 1968, Vashti Bunyan gave up everything and everybody she knew in London to take to the road with a horse, wagon, dog, guitar and her then partner.

They made the long journey up to the Outer Hebrides in an odyssey of discovery and heartbreak, full of the joy of freedom and the trudge of everyday reality, sleeping in the woods, fighting freezing winters and homelessness. Along the way, Vashti wrote the songs that would lead to the recording of her 1970's album Just Another Diamond Day, the lilting lyrics and guitar conveying innocent wonder at the world around her, whilst disguising a deeper turmoil under the surface.

From an unconventional childhood in post-war London, to a fledgling career in mid-sixties pop, to the despair and failure to make any headway with her own songs, she rejected the music world altogether and left it all behind. After retreating to a musical wilderness for thirty years, the rediscovery of her recordings in 2000 brought Vashti a second chance to write, record and perform once more.

One of the great hippie myths of the 1960s, Wayward, Just Another Life to Live, rewrites the narrative of a barefoot girl on the road to describe a life lived at full tilt from the first, revealing what it means to change course and her emotional struggle, learning to take back control of her own life.

Vashti Bunyan is an English singer-songwriter. Bunyan released her debut album, Just Another Diamond Day, in 1970. The album sold very few copies and Bunyan, discouraged, abandoned her musical career. By 2000, her album had acquired a cult following; it was re-released and Bunyan recorded more songs, initiating the second phase of her musical career after a gap of thirty years. She subsequently released two albums: Lookaftering in 2005, and Heartleap in 2014. Wayward is her first book.

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 144 x 218 mm
Gewicht 350 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik
Reisen Reiseberichte Europa
ISBN-10 1-4746-2193-7 / 1474621937
ISBN-13 978-1-4746-2193-9 / 9781474621939
Zustand Neuware
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