Rearranged
@rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social
Writer/musician Lawrence Lanahan hosts Rearranged, an Osiris Media podcast that considers the meaning we take from songs by examining an underappreciated aspect of their creation: the arrangement. Subscribe at https://www.osirispod.com/podcasts/rearranged
Excited to share that @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social is a Best Arts or Journalism Podcast finalist for the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards. @osirispod.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Excited to share that @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social is a Best Arts or Journalism Podcast finalist for the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards. @osirispod.bsky.social
It's not just sampling that lands musical artists in court. Muddled and unmusical jurisprudence has made musical tools vulnerable to litigation: not just melody, harmony, and rhythm, either. It's making musical artists timid, as Kembrew McLeod and Charles Cronin explain in Episode 4 of Rearranged.
March 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It's not just sampling that lands musical artists in court. Muddled and unmusical jurisprudence has made musical tools vulnerable to litigation: not just melody, harmony, and rhythm, either. It's making musical artists timid, as Kembrew McLeod and Charles Cronin explain in Episode 4 of Rearranged.
What does Ed Sheeran have to do with Robin Thicke and The Turtles and an 1832 issue of the German music journal Allgemaine Musikalische Zeitung? Tune into Episode 4 of the @osirispod.bsky.social podcast @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social and find out!
March 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
What does Ed Sheeran have to do with Robin Thicke and The Turtles and an 1832 issue of the German music journal Allgemaine Musikalische Zeitung? Tune into Episode 4 of the @osirispod.bsky.social podcast @rearrangedpodcast.bsky.social and find out!
In Ep. 3, Baltimore actor/singer Brandon Shaw McKnight dramatizes the writing of America's first million-selling American pop tune. Songsmith Charles K. Harris had seen a couple break off their engagement at a ball. When the "Wheelmen's Club" said they needed a song for an upcoming production...
March 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In Ep. 3, Baltimore actor/singer Brandon Shaw McKnight dramatizes the writing of America's first million-selling American pop tune. Songsmith Charles K. Harris had seen a couple break off their engagement at a ball. When the "Wheelmen's Club" said they needed a song for an upcoming production...
Episode 3 of Rearranged makes the case for the originality possible in derivative music by connecting two centuries of music: from Liszt's piano arrangements of Beethoven symphonies to Public Enemy's orchestral use of sampling. Producer/writer John Morrison puts it all in perspective.
March 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Episode 3 of Rearranged makes the case for the originality possible in derivative music by connecting two centuries of music: from Liszt's piano arrangements of Beethoven symphonies to Public Enemy's orchestral use of sampling. Producer/writer John Morrison puts it all in perspective.
In Rearranged Ep. 3, historian Susan Schmidt Horning chronicles the glory days of the studio arrangers before the British Invasion swept them aside. Here she chronicles the rise to fame of arranger Alan Lorber, who got his break writing arrangements for a singer's performance at the Apollo Theater.
March 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In Rearranged Ep. 3, historian Susan Schmidt Horning chronicles the glory days of the studio arrangers before the British Invasion swept them aside. Here she chronicles the rise to fame of arranger Alan Lorber, who got his break writing arrangements for a singer's performance at the Apollo Theater.