Well, hello and welcome along to another episode of soundtracking with me, Edith Bowman,

my weekly deep dive into the beautiful relationship between film and music. I've got lovely

email that I'll get to at the end. Thank you so much for your correspondence. They can keep coming

in by sending them to info at edith Bowman.com. But something a little bit different for you on this

latest episode of soundtrack and as I speak to Bailey Walsh. Now he's a director extraordinaire, but most

recently he has thrown his incredible talents as the director of virtual concert Abba Voyage,

though to call it a virtual concert really, really,

really doesn't begin to describe quite how spectacular it is.

Now, it was made in conjunction with the band and it features incredible life-size avatars or

avatars.

Yeah, I know.

Sorry, I'm here all week. A mind-blowing light show and sensational

live band. And it is a full-blown assault on the senses in the best way possible. I genuinely

think as well, this is a real moment in music and live music that has to change things. As we ask questions about climate change or carbon

footprint, you know, how it's sustainable for bands to tour around the world, this is a great

example of how we can address that, I think, as well, amongst many other questions that I think

it throws up.

I went along with my two boys. They were kind of a bit me about it, if I'm going to be totally

honest. I love Abba. I remember having the vinyl as a kid. And I have to say, it was an hour and 40

minutes where the three of us just sat and our minds were blown. We felt so immersed in this

experience. There was an instant emotional connection with what we were watching and listening

to. It's actually really quite hard to explain, but I would highly recommend it to everybody.

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