In this episode of The Mountain Life Pete and Lynn talk with New Yorker staff writer Kelefa Sanneh. He shares the entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it—rock, R&B, country, punk, hip-hop, dance music, and pop. Kalefa explores why music unites and moves us like nothing else.
Then, local residents Anita and Craig Gordon join the show. They have a unique and unusual professional path -- one of wedding officiants. They share their stories of what led them towards uniting literally hundreds of people in holy matrimony. Is it more often joyful or stressful? Can they spot a marriage that will last versus one that falters before the honeymoon is over?
( 2:27) New Yorker staff writer Kelefa Sanneh
( 27:11) Wedding officiants Anita and Craig Gordon