🎧 How the Middle Ages Influenced Music Today
🎧 Gone Medieval
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30m
In our modern and digital age, contemporary music has many influences. Heartbreak. War. Even climate change. But what about the Middle Ages? Has the artistry and literature of the medieval period had an influence on music today?
In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis speaks to singer and songwriter Elanor Moss - who studied 7th-10th century literature at university - to discuss how her interest in medievalism has influenced her songwriting and whether we can see themes and imagery from the medieval world feeding into the work of modern musical artists.
This episode was edited by Joseph Knight and produced by Rob Weinberg
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