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

<p>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.&nbsp;</p><p>In this episode, we hear from experts:</p><p>Robbie Kowal, a DJ, who held the first silent disco in America.</p><p>Lisa Christiansen, a music journalist and reporter at the CBC.</p><p>Steve Wide, a radio announcer, in Melbourne, Australia and a fan of shoegaze.</p><p>Geoff Luck, CEO at Hyperlive, senior researcher of music perception, cognition and computational analysis at University of Jyväskylä&nbsp;</p><p>Useful links and resources:</p><p>Connect with Alone Together at Apostrophe Podcasts:</p><p>Website: <a href="https://apostrophepodcasts.ca/alonetogether" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apostrophepodcasts.ca/alonetogether</a></p><p>Instagram: @apostrophepod</p><p>If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe wherever you get your pods to catch up on earlier shows and never miss an episode.</p><p>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.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>