The Right Song Could Save Somebody’s Life One Night Mad Tunes: Music, Emotions & Mental Health

In this week’s episode I’m joined by Kenton Hall as we listen to songs from his former band - ist - and his solo project Kenton Hall & The Necessary Measures. We talk about the highs and lows of being a touring musician, filmmaker and human being. We explore songwriting; processing grief; bipolar; hitting rock bottom and finding a way through. Oh, and how the right song can save someone’s life one night - so it’s worth putting the effort in. Art matters. Now living and working without the highs, Kenton challenges the myth of the necessarily tormented creative genius and talks about how he’s finding a sense of balance.
Songs featured in this episode:
The Boy’s Not Right: https://istianity.bandcamp.com/track/the-boys-not-right
Fom Toothpick Bridge, by ist
Kenton Hall 
John McCourt 
Brett Richardson 
Flash 
Produced and Engineered by Jay Burnett 
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Apologia: https://istianity.bandcamp.com/track/apologia
From King Martha, by ist
Kenton Hall - Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals 
John McCourt - Bass, Vocals 
Flash - Drums, Vocals 
Brett Richardson - Bassoon, Conductor, String Arrangements, Vocals 
Jack Bomb - Guitar, Vocals 
Paul Swannell - Piano, Organ 
Kevin Hewick - Vocals 
Gaz Birtles - Sax 
John Barrow - Sax 
Drew Stansall - Sax 
Jon Read - Trumpet 
James Lindsay - Trombone 
Anna Jordan - Piano, Organ 
The Filthmongers' Choir - Vocals 
Na'im Cortazzi - Vocals 
Liam Dullaghan - Guitar, Vocals 
Sophia Marshall - Vocals 
Sarah Louise Collins - Clarinet 
Jody Moore - French Horn 
Strung Out Sisters - String Trio 
Howard Smith - Lap Steel
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Careful How You Go: https://kentonhallthenecessarymeasures.bandcamp.com/track/careful-how-you-go
By Kenton Hall & The Necessary Measures
Kenton Hall - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Glockenspiel, Percussion, Digital Erhu
Scarlet Hall - Backing Vocals 
John McCourt - Bass 
Brett Richardson - Guitars, Production, Kenton-fixing 
Alan Jenkins - Organ, Backing Vocals 
Chris Ilett - Late night advice and additional vocal arrangements
Song produced by Brett Richardson and Kenton Hall 
Hear more from Kenton Hall:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentonhall
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kentonhallauthor 
Blog: https://kentonhall.wordpress.com 
Bisection - A more or less accurate account of bipolar parenting and twin wrangling: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bisection-accurate-account-parenting-wrangling/dp/1913256065 
A Dozen Summers: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3533254/ 
Kenton Hall & The Necessary Measures: https://kentonhallthenecessarymeasures.bandcamp.com/
Find out more about Rai:
Website: https://www.behindthelabel.co.uk