Muses

By: Emma Nagouse & Dan Smith
  • Summary

  • Dan Smith (Bastille) and Emma Nagouse (You're Dead To Me) discuss the people in the songs on Dan's new project, Ampersand. Each episode is a conversation about history, music, mythology and popular culture, and how those things overlap.

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Episodes
  • Homework Update
    Nov 6 2024

    It's time to check Dan's homework! Every week, Emma Nagouse been suggesting to Dan Smith - at Dan's request - a new idea for a song. And after eight episodes, it's time to check in and ask: how is Dan doing?


    Spoiler alert: you're going to hear clips from Dan's new songs about Sojourner Truth, Echo, Artemisia Gentileschi and Bathsheba. Emma and Dan also answer some listener emails - if you have more, get in touch at muses@leadmojo.co.uk


    Listen to all the songs on Bastille Presents: Ampersand: https://bastille.lnk.to/ampersandstore, and find out more about the people in the songs: ampersand.bastillebastille.com


    Muses: An Ampersand Podcast is presented by Dan Smith and Emma Nagouse. It is produced by Emma Nagouse and Ed Morrish for Lead Mojo productions.


    Cover photography by Bo Morgan, taken at the Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool.

    Cover design by Chris Barker.

    Episode artwork by Harriet Bruce.

    Mixed by Miles Wheway.


    Thanks to Dr. Melissa Gustin for arranging the location for the cover art, and to Moira Mack and Charlie Barnes for their help with the jingle.


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    40 mins
  • KAOS, with guest Charlie Covell
    Oct 31 2024

    In this spooooooooky bonus episode of Muses, Emma Nagouse (You're Dead To Me) and Dan Smith (Bastille) take a trip into the underworld in the company of Charlie Covell - the creator of the Netflix series KAOS, a re-telling of Greek myths for which Dan wrote a song, Eurydice.


    This interview was recorded before news broke that KAOS would not be returning to Netflix, but they still cover why Charlie wanted to retell this story and how they went about it - from casting to production design and, yes, how they used the music (and why, when they wanted an intense sadboi anthem, they turned to Dan). Emma gives us the tl;dr on the classic versions of these stories - including how Orpheus travelled into the underworld to rescue Eurydice - and Charlie tells us what they changed and what they kept.


    Please remember that it's a hallowe'en special.


    Cover photography by Bo Morgan, taken at the Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool.

    Cover design by Chris Barker.

    Episode artwork by Harriet Bruce.

    Recorded at Plosive Studios.

    Mixed by Miles Wheway.


    Thanks to Dr. Melissa Gustin for arranging the location for the cover art, and to Moira Mack and Charlie Barnes for their help with the jingle.


    Boo!


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    51 mins
  • Oscar Wilde (Red Wine & Wilde)
    Oct 30 2024
    In this episode Emma Nagouse (You're Dead To Me) and Dan Smith (Bastille) are talk about Oscar Wilde, who perhaps needs no introduction: literary icon, celebrated playwright, convicted criminal. But how did he go from one to the other, and why did Dan write Red Wine & Wilde - which you can hear on Bastille Presents: Ampersand: https://bastille.lnk.to/ampersandstore - about him?Dan and Emma view Oscar's legacy through the lenses of two very different films - Wilde and The Happy Prince - and there's a reading by poet Lemn Sissay of one of Oscar's most celebrated works.You can find out more about all the people we're talking about in this series at ampersand.bastillebastille.com.Say hello at muses@leadmojo.co.uk.Muses: An Ampersand Podcast is presented by Dan Smith and Emma Nagouse. It is produced by Emma Nagouse and Ed Morrish for Lead Mojo productions.Cover photography by Bo Morgan, taken at the Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool.Cover design by Chris Barker.Episode artwork by Harriet Bruce.Recorded at Plosive Studios.Mixed by Miles Wheway.Thanks to Dr. Melissa Gustin for arranging the location for the cover art, and to Moira Mack and Charlie Barnes for their help with the jingle.SourcesEllmann, Richard. Oscar Wilde. New York: Vintage Books, 1988“Great Britain: A Life of Concealment.” Time, Sept 27th 1954Douglas, Alfred Bruce. Oscar Wilde: A Summing Up. London: Duckworth, 1940Harris, Frank. Oscar Wilde, 1916Holland, Vyvyan. Son of Oscar Wilde. New York: Dutton, 1954Knox, Melissa. Oscar Wilde. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994Pearce, Joseph. The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2000.Ransome, Arthur. Oscar Wilde. London: Martin Secker, 1912Sturgis, Matthew. Oscar. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 2 mins

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