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PJ Harvey on how she turned her epic poem 'Orlam' into a potent new album

Jul 6, 2023

40:22

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PJ Harvey

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Dorset Dialect: A Journey to Poetry

3min

The Power of Images

2min

The Collapse of Time and Space, Blurring of Genders, Life and Death

2min

The Non-Linear World of Poetry

3min

Orlam: A Poly-Harvey Record

4min

The Importance of Channeling Your Voice

2min

Ben Wishau and Colin Morgan on Orlam

2min

Orlam: A Musical Album

4min

10.

The Dorset Dialect

4min

11.

The Importance of Humor in Poetry

3min

12.

The Tactile Nature of Dark Themes

2min

13.

The Light and the Dark in Ira Abel

2min

14.

The Unsexed Lamb

2min

15.

The Power of Music

2min

16.

The Importance of Being a Maker

4min

The singer talks with NPR Music's Ann Powers about Harvey's album I Inside the Old Year Dying, a ragged, highly crafted adaptation of her epic poem Orlam. It's a work that runs on the rhythm of the seasons and captures the beauty, fantastical rawness and occasional horror of English rural life.

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