The power of words and music: Aimee Mann, Julie Andrews

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Aimee Mann and Julie Andrews? Can Coachella top that? OK, so they weren’t on the same stage, but they did both appear at the L.A. Times Festival of Books on Sunday.

Aimee Mann, above, and Joe Henry with interviewer Steve Almond kicked off the second frying day of the fest with a 10:30 a.m. panel titled ‘The Lyrical Line: Conversation & Music.’

And Julie Andrews took the children’s stage at noon to talk about that very thing: the intersection of literacy and the arts. Andrews, who was introduced as Julie Andrews Edwards, talked about ‘Simeon’s Gift,’ the children’s book she wrote with her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton with illustrations by Gennady Spirin. A musical adaptation of the book will be performed July 18 and 19 at the Hollywood Bowl.

Mary Forgione

(Photo of Aimee Mann by Tom Politeo)