The product is a program for the 2007-08 season of City Arts & Lectures called Talking Music, a co-production with Noise Pop, an annual music festival/promoting agency in San Francisco. In this event luminaries are often paired with a host/interviewer for in-depth discussions on specific topics; in this case music, and much of it songwriting.
For this series subjects included
- Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie);
- a discussion about Nick Drake including Joe Boyd, Gabrielle Drake & Jolie Holland;
- Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü);
- John Rockwell, Linda Ronstadt & Alex Ross in conversation with Steven Winn;
- Oliver Sacks (neurologist and writer); and
- Stephen Sondheim in conversation with Frank Rich (critic).
Included is a 2 sided insert, with further information about the Stephen Sondheim event on March 9, 2008 at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, for a total of 6 pages. 8.5" x 11"