Bardcore grunge: It’s a thing

June 1, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

There’s a genre known as bardcore where musicians translate the music of today into something that would have been more palatable in Shakespeare’s time. Boing Boing points us to this Olde English version of some Alice in Chains.

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Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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