Episode #22 – “Music”

“Music is life itself.”

— Louis Armstrong, musician

Date Published

30/06/2021

Main Topic

Music

Length

1hr 40min

This is an episode of two halves – the first half takes the form of an interview with Mr Beard asking Mr C about his new band ‘New Ceremony’ and his musical career, and the second half is more a general chat about music.

MC C opens the show by defining terms and clarifies what makes a rock band “progressive”. We learn the music genre has evolved a lot since the days of Johnny Cash, Elvis and The Beatles. Both the musical style and instruments played by New Ceremony cover a wide range from jazz to funk to motown, while the instruments enlisted range from harmonicas to synthesizers and everything in-between.

This ethos of ‘anything goes’ informs their live performances as well as their studio recordings – each of the four band members bring their own tastes and influences to the mix which allows for each performance and track to be an organic creation, not limited by traditional genre boundaries and dogma.

This episode is punctuated by three teasers of original tracks written and performed by New Ceremony – ‘Star’, ‘In The Morning’ and ‘Lies We’re Given’. To close out this episode, our two hosts discuss the musical influences that filled the air at home growing up, with Mr Beard sharing anecdotes of tin whistle competitions and being the only kid in school with a piano accordion!