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Christopher C. King

About

Christopher C. King is an auricular raconteur and sonic archaeologist. He produces CD and LP collections of music from old 78s through his studio, Long Gone Sound Productions, in Virginia. His first book, Lament from Epirus: An Odyssey into Europe’s Oldest Surviving Folk Music, was published by W.W. Norton in 2018.

Articles

Issue 87, Winter 2014

Occurrence at Deep Ellum

“A drunk man bleeds faster, more voluminously, than a sober one.”

By Christopher C. King

Little Graves in Georgia

By Christopher C. King
Issue 95, Winter 2016

Unearthly Laments

When we slowly and deliberately acclimate ourselves to the reality of a loss, an uncertainty forms about what lies ahead. This is the deeply human act of mourning, of grieving.

By Christopher C. King
Issue 120, Spring 2023

God’s Silence, Humanity’s Deafness

The seriousness of Cormac McCarthy’s writing and his own umwelt compels us to judge his work on the work alone.

By Christopher C. King