The second episode of Sentimental Songs for Sentimental People is now available for streaming. This installment tackles the theme of death and features sentimental songs about death by Kanye West and Paul McCartney, The Staple Singers, Mike + The Mechanics, Prince, Chavela Vargas, Nina Simone, Michael Callen, The Shangri-Las, and more. I’m not crying, you’re crying.
Description: Join pop music scholar DJ Sentimentemily for a cross-genre exploration of sentimental songs. Based on her current research, Sentimental Songs for Sentimental People merges the sounds of sentimentalism with critical historical commentary that follows the long arc of pop music—from the late eighteenth-century through to the present. Get into your feelings and feel all the feels.
Thanks to ZK/U, Threads* Radio, Alex Head, Nathan Gray, and Matt Jones.