Found Sound for June : Muco
About this episode
Alice meets songwriter Muco in Swanage, exploring his influences and playing folk songs.
For June, Alice travels to Swanage in Dorset to meet the songwriter and composer Muco. Together they take a walk through Studland Woods, where he spent time as a child, reflecting on the influence of his mother and father on his love of words, his passion for old and middle English and his love of interpreting stories and folklore from Burundian and English traditions. As they walk Muco plays folk songs with the Inanga to bring in the Summer. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks of field recordings and interviews with people keeping heritage crafts alive. They are part of As the Season Turns , an award-winning podcast created by Ffern, makers of small-batch, seasonal perfume. To find out more visit www.ffern.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Alice
Guest: Muco
Topics covered
- songwriting
- folklore
- heritage crafts
- field recordings
- English traditions
- Burundian traditions
Keywords
- Muco
- Swanage
- Studland Woods
- folk songs
- heritage crafts
- Burundian folklore
- English traditions
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Ffern
Books & works: As the Season Turns
Places: Swanage, Dorset, Studland Woods
More episodes of As the Season Turns
- Found Sound for July: Errol Reuben Fernandes
- July
- As the Season Turns presents Muco and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'
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