30 Mar 2014

Music: Richard James Burgess

From Sunday Morning, 10:08 am on 30 March 2014

Richard James Burgess got his first musical break when he replaced Bruno Lawrence as drummer for the Quincy Conserve. The New Zealander was later credited with creating the phrase 'New Romantics' and defining the sound. He's had a long career as a music producer and today he works at Smithsonian Folkways in Washington DC, archiving the world's music.