Episode 5 (Part 1): Joni Mitchell's World of Emotion wsg Allison Chomet
We enter the world of Joni Mitchell to discuss the dialectic of muse and muse-er, the appeal and cultural baggage of confessional songwriting, the bad men of the folk revival, "the cool girl" trope, l...
18 Okt 202451min
Episode 4 Bonus: Pack Up Your Sorrows: On Mimi Fariña
As we dug deep into Joan Baez’s history and lore we found ourselves drawn to her little sister Mimi Fariña, whose story is usually hewn to her husband Richard and to Joan. For a few minutes, we unspoo...
11 Okt 202410min
Episode 4: You, Me & The Revolution: On Joan Baez
We follow Joan Baez’s life through her meteoric popularity when folk music was the thing and discuss what exactly that thing was: as in, we talk revival and invention, tradition and interpretation, au...
4 Okt 20241h 9min
Episode 3: Vashti Bunyan’s Vision
Vashti Bunyan’s 1968-69 horse-drawn caravan trip from South London to the Isle of Skye has become a symbolic heroine’s journey of the British folk revival, but what was Vashti’s own vision for the tri...
20 Sep 20241h 13min
Episode 2 Bonus: She Was a Rare Thing wsg Jake Xerxes Fussell
Riffing on that Richard Thompson song about Anne Briggs (or was it Vashti Bunyan?), haylofts, and steamies.
13 Sep 20243min
Episode 2: What is Bob Dylan wsg Jake Xerxes Fussell
We have the inimitable Jake Xerxes Fussell on the pod to help us think through the big question: WHAT (not who) is Bob Dylan? We also discuss Bobby D’s fashion choices, the difference between interpre...
6 Sep 20241h 4min
Episode 1: Connie Converse’s Long Wandering
Working from a biography with an unreliable narrator, we attempt to shake the great Connie Converse free from its pages and offer a fresh perspective on her music, radical politics, and deep community...
22 Aug 20241h
Episode 0: Who Is She?
In the words of the inimitable Garth Brooks this is the week we let the conversation begin. Intro to the pod + Sophie, Sarah, and Emily. And to Bob Dylan (courtesy Chat GPT), and the wonderful Connie ...
22 Aug 202445min
