Get Playing: Peter Bradshaw's electric guitar
As part of 麻豆社 Music Get Playing, film critic Peter Bradshaw describes how he was reunited with his electric guitar decades after having given it away.
As part of 麻豆社 Get Music Playing supporting amateur music making around the UK, 5 leading writers and artists contribute an Essay in this series, in which they talk about their little-known passions for playing an instrument.
In the 4th programme of the series, the Guardian's film critic Peter Bradshaw describes how he was reunited with his electric guitar, decades after having given it away.
He explores what playing the instrument meant to him as a youngster and assesses how he approaches it now as an adult. He examines the pleasures and pitfalls of relearning an instrument. And he marvels at the beauty of the electric guitar itself.
For more information visit bbc.co.uk/getplaying
Producer: Emma Kingsley.
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- Thu 9 Jun 2016 22:45麻豆社 Radio 3
- Thu 27 Jul 2017 22:45麻豆社 Radio 3
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