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Art at the End of the WorldAuthor: Zoomer Podcast Network
Broadcaster Mark Wigmore hosts the new podcast, "Art at the End of the World". Enjoy long-form conversations with fascinating personalities who have helped to shape culture, while learning how they work within, and interpret our changing times. Artists, entertainers, and innovators speak to their life experience and craft while reflecting on what it is to make and curate art in the current political and cultural climate. Season 2 will welcome neo-classical phenomenon Alexandra Streliski, filmmaker Robert Lantos, Theatre groundbreakers Chris Abraham & Weyni Mengesha, documentarian Alan Zweig, and many more. Get to know the artists and thinkers helping to shape culture, and find out how they create and reflect, here at the end. Language: en Genres: Arts, Performing Arts, Visual Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Episode 10 - Gordon Lightfoot
Episode 10
Sunday, 22 March, 2020
For the Season #2 finale of the "Art at the End of the World" Podcast, Mark Wigmore speaks to legendary singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. Gordon tells the stories behind some of your favorite hits, like "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "Early Morning Rain", and takes you behind the process of his first recording of new music in decades, "Solo". Mark investigates Gordon's disciplined songwriting process, digs into his musical relationship with Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins, and finds out what the feeling is to be covered by Elvis Presley. Gordon and Mark also compare notes on how to rough it in the wild, what it means to be a Scorpio, and Gordon remembers that strange night he was interviewed on Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell! This episode is brought to you by Crow's Theatre (www.crowstheatre.com) & RedEye Media (www.redeyemedia.ca)