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When Mary Godwin and Percy Bysshe Shelly met, in 1814, it was love at first sight. Which made his being married a bit awkward.
November 17, 2023History’s full of musicians claiming to have made deals with the devil. But only one claimed to have married into one.
November 10, 2023Johnny Cash got a little help from a beloved children’s book author on this one.
November 8, 2023What did French composer Paul Dukas have in common with that famous cartoon mouse?
November 6, 2023You’re listening to Herbert R. Clarke’s Bride of the Waves from 1915, and…
October 31, 2023Cylinders served as much more than simple entertainment. This one aimed to capture, and perhaps ease, a nation’s sorrow.
October 26, 2023A mother’s lament that perfectly encapsulated American anti-war sentiment.
October 23, 2023Legend has it this song came to Williams while with fiancé Billie Jean Horton. Just driving around, talking about standard fiancé stuff…like, his ex-wife.
October 20, 2023