Scott Walker: Tilting at Wind
Richard Cook, Wire, The, May 1995
Scott Walker, perhaps the most enigmatic singer in recent times, has returned with his first recording since 1984. But is it a work of experimental genius or one man's towering folly? More than a decade after conducting Walker's last major interview, Richard Cook meets him again to hear about the years of silence.
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