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The Foghorn's Lament
The Disappearing Music of the Coast
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The Foghorn's Lament
Part memoir, part travelogue, part history of the foghorn: a uniquely ambitious new kind of nature book.
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'A truly unusual and strangely revealing lens through which to view music and history and the dark life of the sea' - Brian Eno
'As memorable, pleasurable and irrational as all the highest quests' - John Higgs
'A perfect example of the power and beauty of industrial music' - Cosey Fanni Tutti
What does the foghorn sound like?
It sounds huge. It rattles. It rattles you. It is a booming, lonely sound echoing into the vastness of the sea. When Jennifer Lucy Allan hears the foghorn's colossal bellow for the first time, it marks the beginning of an obsession and a journey deep into the history of a sound that has carved out the identity and the landscape of coastlines around the world, from Scotland to San Francisco.
Within its sound is a maritime history of shipwrecks and lighthouse keepers, the story and science of our industrial past, and urban myths relaying tales of foghorns in speaker stacks, blasting out for coastal raves.
An odyssey told through the people who battled the sea and the sound, who lived with it and loathed it, and one woman's intrepid voyage through the howling loneliness of nature.
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Reviews for The Foghorn's Lament by Jennifer Lucy Allan describe it as a unique exploration of music, history, and the maritime world through the lens of the foghorn. The book is praised for its emotional depth and the way it captures a fading soundscape, offering a profound reflection on how sound shapes our perception of place. It engages readers with heartfelt storytelling, blending maritime tradition with cultural history and evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and longing.
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ISBN: 9781474615044
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 April 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: White Rabbit
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 260g
Pages: 304
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About the Author
Jennifer Lucy Allan is an author, journalist and broadcaster with a PhD in foghorns. Her first book, The Foghorn's Lament, was published in May 2021. She is a presenter on BBC Radio 3's long running music show, Late Junction, and presented Life, Death and the Foghorn, and Oh Yoko! for BBC Radio 4. As a journalist she has written on underground and experimental music for over 15 years, and also co-ran the record labels Arc Light Editions and Good Energy.
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