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Outlook: A musician embraces life after recording through grief

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30/07/2022 GMT

A musician embraces life after recording through grief

BBC World Service - Outlook, A musician embraces life after recording through grief

Phil Elverum worried people would be "mad at him" for the raw grief he expressed

When Phil Elverum lost his wife to cancer months after their daughter's birth, he made an album in the room where she'd died - the process was cathartic and helped him find peace.

Acclaimed independent musician Phil Elverum lost his wife, the musician and cartoonist Genevieve Castrée, to cancer just over a year after the birth of their daughter. Grieving, he used her guitar and bass to record an album in the room where she'd died. Phil tells Danny Greenwald that at first, he couldn't bear the thought of anyone else hearing the music he'd made and worried people would be angry. Now the album, A Crow Looked at Me, has won praise - and brought comfort to others experiencing loss.


Presenter: Danny Greenwald
Producer: Danny Greenwald and Laura Thomas

Photo: Phil Elverum. Credit: Getty Images

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