How Music Works (Kak Rabotayet Muzyka)

An intelligent, friendly, and charming analysis of the phenomenon of music and its human impact by David Byrne, former frontman of the band Talking Heads and a successful solo artist, offers a comprehensive understanding of the physiological, spiritual, cultural, and business aspects of music. In this incredible journey of unexpected discoveries, we move from La Scala to an African village, from the iconic New York club CBGB to a recording studio located in a former movie theater, from the office of a record company executive to a small music store. David Byrne emerges as a historian, anthropologist, sociologist, part-time memoirist, meticulous researcher, and brilliant storyteller, successfully convincing us that 'music has a geometry of beauty, and for this reason... we love it.'