Johnny Marr
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Johnny Marr

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 1, 20261 hr
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Robert meets legendary musician Johnny Marr to celebrate the launch day of his brand new album The Age Of Everything, out today!!! Johnny Marr is one of the most creative, singular and influential guitar players in the history of pop music. He created a shimmering sonic framework for 1980s indie in his visionary work in The Smiths that continues to be foundational and endlessly emulated to this day. He’s been a member of The The, teamed up with New Order’s Bernard Sumner to form the electronic pop outfit, Electronic, and has also...

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Good afternoon, good morning, good evening. Wherever you are in the world, my name is Robert Diamandt, and you're listening to Talk Art. Welcome to Talk Art. Today, I am feeling overwhelmed with the state of the world. And the thing that provides hope to me is music, art, and creativity. And today's guest is somebody that encompasses all of

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those things, because he is an amazing artist in his own right, but his medium is music. And he's been bringing incredible music, and very poetic music actually, to us since the 1980s when he was of course in the Smiths. And since then he has made five solo albums. The fifth is about to come out, and I'm really excited about talking about where our guest

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is at in this present moment. His new record is called The Age of Everything, and that title came to him quite early on during the recording process. And the reason I wanted speak to him is because I think it's such a wonderful record. I've heard the whole thing, but it's also how an artist can respond to the times that we're living in and the kind of

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