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SISTER SONGS SEASON 3 Episode 4: "Bridge"
In music, a bridge is the passage that connects two sections of a song. It's not the verse or the chorus. It's the thing that gets you from one to the other — a shift in key, a change in texture, a moment where the song becomes something new. The bridge between Annemarie and me was built out of letters. In this episode: A Christmas gift. A phone call on a long walk through Harlem. Bloody Marys at a Mexican restaurant across from a church called "The Church of Truth." The nieces and nephews who called her the Awesome Aunt. A letter that told me to become an author. And the sister who believed in me before I believed in myself.
Music:
Read more: jennyskoog.substack.com
Content note: This season discusses terminal illness, death, religious trauma, and family estrangement.
In music, a bridge is the passage that connects two sections of a song. It's not the verse or the chorus. It's the thing that gets you from one to the other — a shift in key, a change in texture, a moment where the song becomes something new. The bridge between Annemarie and me was built out of letters. In this episode: A Christmas gift. A phone call on a long walk through Harlem. Bloody Marys at a Mexican restaurant across from a church called "The Church of Truth." The nieces and nephews who called her the Awesome Aunt. A letter that told me to become an author. And the sister who believed in me before I believed in myself.
Music:
- "Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major" (Allegro) — Mozart
- "Waltz in G-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1" — Chopin
- "Minuet in G Major" — Bach
- "Für Elise" — Beethoven
- "Canon in D" — Pachelbel
- Additional tracks licensed via Envato Elements
Read more: jennyskoog.substack.com
Content note: This season discusses terminal illness, death, religious trauma, and family estrangement.
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By Jenny Skoog MondesirSISTER SONGS SEASON 3 Episode 4: "Bridge"
In music, a bridge is the passage that connects two sections of a song. It's not the verse or the chorus. It's the thing that gets you from one to the other — a shift in key, a change in texture, a moment where the song becomes something new. The bridge between Annemarie and me was built out of letters. In this episode: A Christmas gift. A phone call on a long walk through Harlem. Bloody Marys at a Mexican restaurant across from a church called "The Church of Truth." The nieces and nephews who called her the Awesome Aunt. A letter that told me to become an author. And the sister who believed in me before I believed in myself.
Music:
Read more: jennyskoog.substack.com
Content note: This season discusses terminal illness, death, religious trauma, and family estrangement.
In music, a bridge is the passage that connects two sections of a song. It's not the verse or the chorus. It's the thing that gets you from one to the other — a shift in key, a change in texture, a moment where the song becomes something new. The bridge between Annemarie and me was built out of letters. In this episode: A Christmas gift. A phone call on a long walk through Harlem. Bloody Marys at a Mexican restaurant across from a church called "The Church of Truth." The nieces and nephews who called her the Awesome Aunt. A letter that told me to become an author. And the sister who believed in me before I believed in myself.
Music:
- "Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major" (Allegro) — Mozart
- "Waltz in G-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1" — Chopin
- "Minuet in G Major" — Bach
- "Für Elise" — Beethoven
- "Canon in D" — Pachelbel
- Additional tracks licensed via Envato Elements
Read more: jennyskoog.substack.com
Content note: This season discusses terminal illness, death, religious trauma, and family estrangement.