From Truthseeking to Concert Halls: The Radical Journey of Piers Adams

In our debut of Expand Your Horizons, I sit down with virtuoso recorder player Piers Adams to explore what it really means to break convention—in music and in life. We trace Piers’ journey from schoolroom recorder to world stages with Red Priest and Baroque Alchemy, hear how radical reimaginings of Bach and Vivaldi have thrilled some and scandalised others, and talk frankly about navigating backlash when your views diverge from the mainstream. We also dig into the power of live performance in an AI-saturated age, how venues and acoustics shape what we hear, and why intention and human energy still matter most. Along the way we swap stories of crop circles, freedom of thought, and the “dangerous musician” through history—before closing with “Hypnosis” from Baroque Alchemy. If you’d like to learn more about Piers, Red Priest and Baroque Alchemy—or the Glastonbury Symposium I host each July—you’ll find links below, along with books, ideas and tools we mentioned.'Glastonbury Symposium (Expand Your Horizons Conference)': https://glastonburysymposium.co.uk'Truth Agenda (Andy Thomas)': https://truthagenda.org'Piers Adams (official site)': https://piersadams.com'Red Priest (baroque quartet)': https://redpriest.com'Baroque Alchemy (duo project)': https://baroquealchemy.com'David Icke (official site)': https://davidicke.com'Green Party of England & Wales': https://www.greenparty.org.uk'Shirley MacLaine (official site)': https://www.shirleymaclaine.com'David Byrne — How Music Works': https://davidbyrne.com/book/how-music-works'ABBA Voyage (show)': https://abbavoyage.com'Suno (AI music creation)': https://suno.com'Claude (Anthropic AI)': https://www.anthropic.com/claude'Robert Edward Grant (official site)': https://www.robertedwardgrant.com'Ian Clarke (composer of "Hypnosis")': https://www.ianclarke.net'The Sweet (official site)': https://thesweet.com'World Economic Forum': https://www.weforum.org