Brigid
Column: Brat Bride
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Luke Babb never considered themself to be working with the Celtic goddess Brigid – but time and chance shows that the goddess has never been far from Luke’s heart.
Culture
Column: The Poetry of Music
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This month I chatted with a couple of musicians about the lyrical side, rather than the instrumental side of their music. It felt appropriate, as April in the United States is National Poetry Month. It’s a curious thing setting words and music together, it’s just so inherently human, something that feels like it came about at the dawn of our species. Doing it well is a different challenge altogether, though. Some songwriters start out with a poem, some start with a tune and let the words flow in, some pull from musical traditions, and others from stories and myths of old.