Presented By: Classical Studies
The Blues of Achilles
A Bardic Retelling of the Iliad in Original Song
Presented by Joe Goodkin
The Blues of Achilles is a set of 17 original songs for guitar and vocals. It tells the story of the Iliad through the eyes of the characters: Achilles, Patroklus, Briseis, Helen, Priam, and more. The performance evokes the original oral tradition of epic bards that stretches back millennia and frames the poem in an accessible way (both musically and narratively) for modern audiences. A discussion will follow the performance.
More info at https://www.thebluesofachilles.com.
Joe Goodkin is a Chicago-based singer/songwriter with a BA in Classics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has performed his original song retellings of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad 500 times in all 50 US States, Canada, Greece, Italy, England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Netherlands. He has released 14 albums of original music, including a collection called Consolations and Desolations produced by founding Wilco drummer Ken Coomer.
The Blues of Achilles is a set of 17 original songs for guitar and vocals. It tells the story of the Iliad through the eyes of the characters: Achilles, Patroklus, Briseis, Helen, Priam, and more. The performance evokes the original oral tradition of epic bards that stretches back millennia and frames the poem in an accessible way (both musically and narratively) for modern audiences. A discussion will follow the performance.
More info at https://www.thebluesofachilles.com.
Joe Goodkin is a Chicago-based singer/songwriter with a BA in Classics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has performed his original song retellings of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad 500 times in all 50 US States, Canada, Greece, Italy, England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Netherlands. He has released 14 albums of original music, including a collection called Consolations and Desolations produced by founding Wilco drummer Ken Coomer.
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