“I’m honoured to be invited to do a talk in the name of John Peel”
Musical luminary Brian Eno has been announced as the speaker at this year’s BBC Music John Peel Lecture. Speaking on “the ecology of culture”, Eno will “explore the interconnective relationships between the elements and components that combine to create our culture, and show how cultural processes confer essential and important benefits on society.”
Brian Eno says: “I’m honoured to be invited to do a talk in the name of John Peel, a man who had a profound effect on my musical life and indeed my becoming a musician at all. His career as a non-musician who altered the course of music has been an inspiration to me and forms the basis of this talk.”
Last year’s lecturer was Iggy Pop who spoke about free music in a capitalist society, and previous speakers have included Pete Townshend, Charlotte Church and Billy Bragg.
The lecture will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 6 Music on 27 September at 7pm, and filmed by BBC Four for broadcast in October. See more information here.