Wind Ensemble Director at Dartmouth College, Brian Messier, has arranged a performance titled “The Hero’s Journey.” The performance centers on the archetypal story of a protagonist’s progression in the face of obstacles, an artistic trope popularized by Joseph Campbell. The…
In an article for The Washington Post, Peter Manseau, curator of American religion at the Smithsonian, outlined the journey musician Taylor Swift takes in her 2012 breakup ballad “All Too Well” through the lens of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. He states,…
According to GratefulWeb.com, musician Georgia English is releasing an illustrated album, Pain and Power, that documents English’s personal trauma healing through the lens of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey tradition. In the article, English states: “I wrote this album and book…
Blood Cultures, a collective of musicians, artists, and DJs, cited Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, and Dan Harmon as philosophical influences on the writing of their new project. “Concepts like the shadow, the hero’s journey, archetypes and the collective unconscious in…
Composing for television and film and touring and recording with Garbage, Smashing Pumpkins, Filter, and Morrissey throughout the past 25 years, musician and producer, Matthew Walker’s latest project called 1000Faces has just released the 2nd album in a series called…
In an interview with NPR, musician Valerie June cited Joseph Campbell while discussing a song off her new album, The Moon and Stars: Prescription for Dreamers, titled “Two Roads.” “Joseph Campbell, who is one of my favorite philosophers, says if…
In an article from local NBC news outlet Kare 11, discussing his success and battles with stuttering, Joel Korte, owner and founder of Chase Bliss Audio, mentioned that his company is named after a quote from Joseph Campbell. Chase Bliss…
Kane Ritchotte and Malcolm McRae of the music group more reference Joseph Campbell in the lyrics and video in their latest song, Elaborate Attractions. McRae wrote the lyrics that reference Campbell while working as a paralegal in Pasadena, California. “So,…
In an interview with Playbill, Tony winner André De Shields, star of Hadestown, recommended everyone read Joseph Campbell’s The Hero With A Thousand Faces, during the period of Broadway’s shutdown. De Shield’s current project, Hadestown, is a retelling of the…
Berlin-based musician and producer, Enda Gallery, who writes and records music under the name Delush, Whose work has been featured on the BBC’s popular adaptation of ‘Normal People’ recently cited Joseph Campbell and the concept of the Hero’s Journey as…
Darren Hayes, musician and member of the band Savage Garden, cited Joseph Campbell and his concept of the Hero’s Journey as being greatly influential in his life. In an interview about his love for Star Wars on StarWars.com, Hayes states,…
British musician, DJ, and producer Akira the Don is bringing the work of Joseph Campbell to new audiences through his music. His latest album, Songs of Mythology, deals with many of Campbell’s concepts concerning myth. The first single from the…
Musician, Vernon Reid, front man for the legendary rock band Living Color, recently invoked Joseph Campbell when talking about the influence of Jimi Hendrix on music. “Hendrix is like a Joseph Campbell character, a hero with a thousand faces,’” Reid…
Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth has inspired artists in virtually every field in both direct and indirect ways. Electronic music maverick, Russian Linesman recently completed a project that explores the Monomyth in six distinct acts. Each song is named after the relevant…
Michael Lello, writing for New York Post’s website, highlights the band Alter Bridge and notes Joseph Campbell as inspiration for their new album. While working on creating a new sound for “Walk the Sky” the band drew inspiration from different…
Paul Taylor writes a series of articles for the website LemonWire, analyzing the life of rapper Eminem, also known as Marshall Mathers, through the lens of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey. According to these articles, Eminem’s fame and popularity comes from his…
Aida Amoako writes for The Atlantic about On the Wall, a new exhibition in London about Michael Jackson. According to Amoako, this exhibition seeks to understand what the superstar and his mythic image meant to the world. The mythologist Joseph Campbell’s A Hero…
Thomas Mooney writes for the Wide Open Country about musician Kevin Galloway and his new album, “The Change”. The article starts with the Campbell quote: “Follow Your Bliss”. It sets the tone for the telling of Galloway’s journey through this new…
Wayne Wise writes for the Pittsburg Post-Gazette about Steven Hyden’s new book, Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock. Hyden uses Joseph Campbell’s the Hero’s Journey structure to tell the story of rock stars, the ones…
Nate Chinen writes for the website Pitchfork about Kamasi Washington’s new album, Heaven and Earth. Washington is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, producer, and bandleader, who recently released his second full-length album. According to his fans, the music deals with archetypes…
Todd Leopold writes for CNN.com about The Beatles, their success and the stories that were told of them. According to Leopold, the group’s fame grew so big that the myths revolving the band became bigger than facts, and now it…
Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, both members of the band The Grateful Dead, were Campbell’s fans first, and invited him for dinner. After that, it didn’t take long for the mythologist to attend a concert and admire the band just…
Blake Berglund, country singer/songwriter, released “Realms”, a Joseph Campbell influenced album, in 2017 but articles about him haven’t stopped popping up! Berglund believes in his audience’s intelligence, and isn’t willing to leave his Campbell influences to please the mainstream media.…
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