Episode 33: Songs for John Venn by Lou Turner

While researching the life of English mathematician John Venn, Nashville based singer-songwriter Lou Turner became inspired after discovering parallels between her life and his. In Episode 33, Turner tells the story of her 2020 album Songs for John Venn. Recounting the events that led up to the record’s creation, the native Texan touches on how her work at a library influenced much of the album’s lyrical direction as well as her experience recording with her Styrofoam Winos bandmates.

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In Loving Recollection is a podcast in which each episode explores the creation of a particular record. With help from the artists responsible, the show tells the story of an album and the creative process behind its conception. Musicians detail the experiences that lead to the writing and recording of their record, as well as the aftermath following its release. The podcast is a celebration of the victories and defeats present in a life devoted to the pursuit of artistic expression. The show that centers on the idea of memories and the connections we make with a piece of music. In Loving Recollection is made for the listener that has spent way too much time reading liner notes and thinking about music; it is a show made by an obsessive for other obsessives.