I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry: What Is The Loneliest Music Genre of All?

If you could pick the loneliest music genre of all, what would be some of options: would it be blues or jazz? How about shoegaze. What makes a song lonely and can music bring us closer together even if we are listening on our own. In this episode, we hear from experts:Robbie Kowal, a DJ, who held the first silent disco in America.Lisa Christiansen, a music journalist and reporter at the CBC.Steve Wide, a radio announcer, in Melbourne, Australia and a fan of shoegaze.Geoff Luck, CEO at Hyperlive, senior researcher of music perception, cognition and computational analysis at University of Jyväskylä Useful links and resources:Connect with Alone Together at Apostrophe Podcasts:Website: https://apostrophepodcasts.ca/alonetogetherInstagram: @apostrophepodIf you enjoy this episode, please subscribe wherever you get your pods to catch up on earlier shows and never miss an episode.Alone Together: A Curious Exploration of Loneliness interviews experts for in-depth discussions on what we can learn about loneliness through culture, history and science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.