John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats on Sound Opinions

About this episode

Andrew Gill interviews John Darnielle about his new book and album on Sound Opinions.

Co-host and producer Andrew Gill's day job is with Sound Opinions. He recently interviewed John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, so we're doing a feed drop here of that episode. To share a song pick for the Rock That Doesn't Roll Christmas Special, call ‪(629) 204-4264‬ and leave a message. To join our Patreon community who make this show possible, go to https://patreon.com/rtdr -- John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats discusses his new book, "This Year: 365 Songs Annotated: A Book of Days" and his new album "Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan" with Sound Opinions producer Andrew Gill. Find out more about Sound Opinions at Soundopinions.org

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Gill

Guest: John Darnielle

Topics covered

• Christian music
• interview
• book discussion
• album discussion
• music history

Keywords

• John Darnielle
• Mountain Goats
• Sound Opinions
• Christian music
• album
• book

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sound Opinions

Books & works: This Year: 365 Songs Annotated: A Book of Days, Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan

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