About this podcast
Every Monday, we take one legendary song, uncover its strange history, and play a brand-new reinterpretation. In about 10 minutes, we try to bring old songs back to life: murder ballads, folk standards, lost anthems, and melodies that refused to disappear. If you like music history, dark stories, and fresh versions of ancient songs, this is for you.
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Songs from the Dead: Short Histories of Legendary Songs
About this podcast
Every Monday, we take one legendary song, uncover its strange history, and play a brand-new reinterpretation. In about 10 minutes, we try to bring old songs back to life: murder ballads, folk standards, lost anthems, and melodies that refused to disappear. If you like music history, dark stories, and fresh versions of ancient songs, this is for you.
Recent episodes
- Whiskey in the Jar: Betrayal Ballad, Then and Now7 Sept · 10 min
- Where to Start with Songs from the Dead6 Sept · 4 min
- Prodigal Son: No Way to Get Along31 Aug · 14 min
- Toccata and Fugue in D Minor: Bach to Muse, Eminem, and the Dance Floor24 Aug · 11 min
- Bella Ciao: The Two Lives of an Italian Farewell17 Aug · 8 min
- Kungla Folk: The Song of a Country That Was Still Becoming Itself10 Aug · 9 min
- Mars, the Bringer of War: How Violence Became a Machine3 Aug · 10 min
- God’s Gonna Cut You Down: The Long Life of a Short Warning27 Jul · 9 min
- Bourrée: The Old Tune That Went Electric20 Jul · 10 min
- Nobody: The Saddest Joke in the Room13 Jul · 10 min
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