Relevant Tones Live: The Power of Babel
October 11 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
“There are approximately six thousand languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago.” – The Power of Babel by John McWhorter
John McWhorter teaches linguistics, philosophy, and music history at Columbia University, and writes for the New York Times on language and race issues. His book The Power of Babel is the first book written for the layperson about the history of language.
In this live taping of the award-winning podcast Relevant Tones we’ll talk with McWhorter about the development of language and perform several new pieces of music inspired by and incorporating language and created especially for this evening.