Following up on Ed Pettersen & Henry Kaiser’s rendering of the ballad “Thomas the Rhymer” influenced in part by my novel RHYMER, I was invited to a creativity podcast with Ed himself, and host Bradley Clark–a lively discussion of music, writing, influences, research, and more. Strap in!
Musical artists Ed Pettersen and Henry Kaiser recently put out an album of folk ballads entitled “Riddles Wisely Expounded,” and included a remix of “Thomas Rhymer” influenced by my novel, RHYMER (providing it a layer of supernatural distortion and threat that you don’t get with your Steeleye Span…) Listen, name a price, and download it here.
This past week I had the true pleasure of immersing in Rodion Shchedrin’s re-imagining of Bizet’s “Carmen” as executed to perfection by the Philadelphia Orchestra and danced by Brian Sanders’ JUNK. Potent, sexual, and sublime. No single image can do justice to the language of this production, so here are two. Imagine ballet, Fosse, pole dancing, and gymnastics “horses” in a sexually charged production. (Thank you to Cynthia & Michael DeStefano!)
