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“To My Bones” / “As the River Flows” / “In Dictum”

Wallis Bird · TED

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About

Musician Wallis Bird performs three genre-bending songs with carefully crafted lyrics that weave themes of grief and societal struggle. The result is raw, roaring and deeply moving. (With singer Tracey Kelleher and followed by a note from TED guest curator Jacob Collier)

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2026
Speaker
Wallis Bird
Year
2026
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Art, architecture and design, Music
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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