Episode 115 – Rennie Sparks (The Handsome Family)

 

This episode of The Swan Song Podcast features Rennie Sparks from The Handsome Family.

 

The Handsome Family is an American music duo consisting of husband and wife Brett and Rennie Sparks. Their music takes influence from many different genres and combines Rennies fascinating lyrics, often dark narratives with elements of humour, with Bretts baritone voice and beautiful arrangements. Their song “Far from any road” was used as the theme song for the HBO series “True Detective” and became a huge hit worldwide.

 

In this episode Rennie talks about writing “Far from any road”

Rennie’s song choice about bereavement is “Om Namah Shivaya” by Kirshna Das

 

Find out more about The Handsome Family on their website – https://handsomefamily.com/

 

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