Art, faith, how culture shapes and is shaped by us, and more in The Gray Havens’ latest album
Show Notes
Chris and Stephen have a wide-ranging conversation with Dave Radford of husband-and-wife folk-pop duo The Gray Havens about the value and purpose of art, the business side of the music industry, and the process of putting together their latest album, Ghost of a King.
Musical influences:
Simon and Garfunkel
James Taylor
Cat Stevens
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Queen
Coldplay
Mumford and Sons
Florence and the Machine
Fleet Foxes
Bon Iver
Lyrical influences:
The Lord of the Rings
the Gray Havens in _The Lord of the Rings
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man’s Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss
Other people mentioned on the show
Jon Foreman
Ben Shive
Stephen’s rant on iPods: 1.10: Because Capitalism Yay
Temple board
John Piper
0.01: We Need Some Context—in which, in our very first episode, we discussed John Piper and Pope Francis as representing very different styles of using social media. (Also: whoa, that episode is rough…)
Music
“Shadows of the Dawn,” “Band of Gold,” “Diamonds and Gold,” and “This My Soul” from Ghost of a King by The Gray Havens – used by permission. Go buy this album!
“Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Who is also deeply inspired by Tolkien, for the record.
Sponsors
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Andrew Fallows
Kurt Klassen
Jeremy Cherfas
Jeremy W. Sherman
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