"Hepworth"

Terry Edwards

Terry Edwards is a full-time musician and part-time author. He studied avantgarde composition at the University of East Anglia, where he co-founded punk/funk band The Higsons. He has toured the world as sideman to PJ Harvey, Madness, Robyn Hitchcock, Tony Visconti, and many others. As part of The Revisitors, he has worked with Beck, Yoko Ono, Mulatu Astatke, and Mick Harvey. He’s been musical director of productions at London’s Barbican, Dublin’s National Concert Hall, and Adelaide Festival. His book on Madness’s “One Step Beyond” album is published by Bloomsbury, and he is currently working on an autobiography. Terry lives in London.

“‘Hepworth’ was inspired by a visit to the Barbara Hepworth Museum & Sculpture Garden in St Ives, Cornwall. I was struck by how much of the artist’s personality shone through every room and piece there. The music was a response to the unmistakeable aura of the artist rather than any one particular sculpture—in fact, her unfinished work spoke louder to me than the well-known pieces. The fact that Hepworth’s imagination can fire our own long after she’s gone is exciting and quite extraordinary.”