Paul Simon’s ‘American Tune’ is a gem. A meditation on the American experience, it has strong resonance today, more than fifty years after its release. The tune itself is a 16th century Lutheran hymn and is most associated with J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion. This Good Friday we’ll hear version from Allen Toussaint, Bugge Wesseltoft, Kjetil Bjerkestrand, Rhiannon Giddens and some extracts from the magnificent Passion itself.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 18th April, 10pm-1am
