Share Muses
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
In this episode of Muses: An Ampersand Podcast, Emma and Dan take a long, slow look at Narcissus, who inspired Dan's/Bastille's song Seasons & Narcissus, which you can hear here: https://bastille.lnk.to/Seasons
They look into the different versions of the myth of Narcissus, and how and why it's changed over the years; they also look at the myth of Echo, who Dan did NOT write a song about. They also cover the history of narcissism, and why middle eights are brilliant.
You can say hello at [email protected].
Muses: An Ampersand Podcast is presented by Dan Smith and Emma Nagouse, with research by Dr. Aimee Hinds Scott. It is produced by Emma Nagouse and Ed Morrish for Lead Mojo productions.
Cover photography by Bo Morgan, taken at the Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool.
Cover design by Chris Barker.
Episode artwork by Harriet Bruce.
Recorded at Plosive.
Mixed by Miles Wheway.
Thanks to Dr. Melissa Gustin for arranging the location for the cover art; to Dr. Emma Rose Price-Goodfellow; and to Moira Mack and Charlie Barnes for their help with the jingle.
Sources:
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this first episode of Muses: An Ampersand Podcast, Dan Smith and Emma Nagouse look at the life of Eve, who inspired Dan's/Bastille's song Eve & Paradise Lost, which you can hear here: https://bastille.lnk.to/Eve
Emma and Dan talk about exactly what the Bible (and the Qur'an) say about her; the different interpretations of her story; and the impact her story has had on popular culture, from Desperate Housewives to No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom; and Dan talks about the process of turning the story into the song. Dan also recites all of Paradise Lost from memory, and Emma does a deep dive into the lyrics of the song and that isn't awkward at all.
You can say hello at [email protected].
Muses: An Ampersand Podcast is presented by Dan Smith and Emma Nagouse. It is produced by Emma Nagouse and Ed Morrish for Lead Mojo productions.
Cover photography by Bo Morgan, taken at the Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool.
Cover design by Chris Barker.
Episode artwork by Harriet Bruce.
Recorded by Rich Andrews at Spiritland Productions.
Mixed by Miles Wheway.
Thanks to Dr. Melissa Gustin for arranging the location for the cover art, and to Moira Mack and Charlie Barnes for their help with the jingle.
Sources:
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Muses: An Ampersand Podcast sees Dan Smith (Bastille) and Emma Nagouse (You're Dead To Me) take a deep dive into the lives of some amazing people from history and mythology, all of whom Dan wrote songs about for his latest project, Ampersand. Each episode is a conversation about history, music, mythology and popular culture, and how those things overlap.
Muses: An Ampersand Podcast is a Lead Mojo production.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The podcast currently has 3 episodes available.
5,807 Listeners
7,431 Listeners
144 Listeners
22,731 Listeners
9,668 Listeners
21,321 Listeners
2,343 Listeners
57,835 Listeners
438 Listeners
456 Listeners
11,088 Listeners
45 Listeners
249 Listeners
507 Listeners
43 Listeners