TALK! - Conversations in All Keys: Volume 1: The Artists

Intelligent, insightful conversations from an accomplished interviewer and generous musical spirit. Accomplished and renowned in so many disciplines, Bill King is a true polymath: composer, arranger, producer, festival director, radio host, and now published author with Talk! Conversations in All Keys.
Talk! accomplishes a rare feat - extracting and revealing fascinating details about artists while not injecting the interviewer too deeply into the story. Bill’s questions bespeak a deep understanding of both popular music and the people who have created it. The diversity of subjects - from Ian Tyson to Bif Naked to Carol Welsman - is invigorating, and we can only hope for a sequel sooner than later. - Kevin Wynn Bill King, a columnist for FYI Music News, an accomplished photographer, radio host (Toronto’s JazzFm, Newstalk and CIUT 89.5), music producer, composer, recording artist and jazz pianist whose 50-plus year career includes working as the musical director for Janis Joplin, Linda Ronstadt and The Pointer Sisters, received his shipment of his latest book, Talk! Conversations In All Keys, just as Toronto was going into lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic. Ed Note: I’ve got mine. Short Interviews. Ideal Bathroom Read.
- Warren Cosford King’s book is a profoundly important book for the Canadian cultural record. He knows the grit and joy of the world of creating music so well that he seduces remarkable conversations out of his subjects other journalists rarely get. His writing is both lyrical and spare. This book needs to be in every library, university and school in the country and more importantly it needs to be on your night table because it’s a great read. - Matt Zimbel - Manteca