From May 9-15, Samantha Shay’s short film Mother Melancholia will be available for on-demand viewing via pay what you can, and all funds raised will go towards aiding the Ukrainian people. The film is a multi-layered portrait of four women set to a soundtrack for the end of the world. As part of the Under Construction Festival and in partnership with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, this special digital programming event will be available at bit.ly/MotherMelancholia.
Here Flows My Blood: Cult of Luna on Returning Home with The Raging River Thursday, 04 February 2021
Photo: Silvia Grav
“I think that a lot of musicians are trying to live up to the image that other people have of them that stage persona. I don’t have that need.”
Interviewing Johannes Persson is a refreshingly laid-back experience. Normally this kind of promotional conversation is steeped in formality and regimentation. You’re given an allotted slot and, over a strictly fixed length of time, can end up chatting about the same old things: new music, who your influences are, where your band name came from.