The Imaginary Song Hunt

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Gather every Wednesday to rummage through music history’s wondrous, mystical, and neglected corners, unearthing forgotten stories, strange texts, and enchanted fragments of song with Stef Conner. The Imaginary Song Hunt is a monthly adventure into the lost, half-remembered, and beautifully mysterious corners of music history. Much of the music we explore survives only in fragments – cryptic manuscripts, patchy evidence, inherited traditions, and folklore. We often can’t know exactly how the old songs sounded… but it’s great fun to make an educated, imaginative guess. That’s what the Hunt is all about: using real historical clues to spark creative reconstructions, new performances, and playful musical detective work. Each month unfolds across four or five Wednesday sessions: Week 1 – Main Episode (YouTube & Podcast): Interviews with experts, manuscript deep-dives, and my own attempts at wrestling ancient evidence into fresh musical id