Gypsy Scholar

Tune in at 12 am, July 20th, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the second installment of his new Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series for Independence Day 2026, entitled “Romantic Total Revolution: The Democracy of Soul & the Goddess of Liberty.” This multi-part Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series attempts to answer the question, What is America,” by (a) exploring the visionary roots of the image of America in the Imagination of the 19th-century Romantic poet-prophets and revolutionary...

Update: The extended broadcast of Part 1 of the Independence Day Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack is now available for listening on the “Archived Musical Essays” webpage, along with the playlist on the “Program Playlist” page, of the Tower of Song website at revradiotowerofsong.com.

Tune in at 12 am, July 13th, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the first installment of his new Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series “Independence Day 2026.” This musical essay begin by taking a look at the European Romantic  poets and philosophers who envisioned the new nation as the land of promise–a land hope and dreams–for all of humankind and, thus, gave voice to the deeper democratic life of the people.