a musical fiction podcast about how A Daughter’s quest to bridge memory with music creates an unlikely cult sensation.

A cassette tape from 1992 has been found in a dusty attic within Rosemary Hills Golf Course Community, containing the only known recording of the first concert of Wim Faros. Only Deirdre Gardner knows the extraordinary treasure this tape holds. Join her pursuit to restore what is missing, revive the voice of a generation, and stir her hometown back to life with the sound of music. Deirdre Gardner remembers. Do you remember Wim Faros?

“Jacquelyn Landgraf’s It Makes A Sound helped redefine what storytelling in audio can be.” - Apollo Podcasts

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About the Team

Created by Jacquelyn Landgraf, sound-designed and engineered by Vin Cacchione, and brought to life with a team of inventive artists from the worlds of theater and indie rock.

It Makes A Sound begins as an intimate and urgent one-woman broadcast that blossoms into an unexpected ensemble piece. It’s a story about using music as a bridge from the past to the present, and allowing new collaborators into your life. It’s the surprising origin story of a hit band.

Reviews

Reviews

“Season 2 is a stunning follow up to an artful tale of memory, nostalgia, and the dynamics of dementia, aging, and coming of age. The first season’s infectious music and narrative that gained cohesion as the tapestry of story was woven has gained a new, even more powerful and impactful depth with this second season. The music is of course still a delight, but the dimension of grief added to it and the setting of the nursing home have elevated this tale into truly transformative and compelling art.” Calla P.O., Apple Podcasts

This show is a treasure! The long-awaited second season has been a delight to dive into. It has lost none of its charm and somehow gained some…

-Halvonator, Apple Podcasts

“I never leave reviews but this is the first podcast that has left me weeping. There was so much packed into this story. It was beautiful and painful and hopeful and some parts broke my heart. Every single moment of this podcast was filled with kindness and empathy. Very highly recommended.”

-106678, iTunes review

“Sometimes I #RememberWimFaros with the kind of melancholic nostalgia reserved for the most defining and integral parts of my childhood, and it’s jarring to remember that he never existed for me, at least not then. Fiction has a way of changing us, and @IMASpodcast defs shapes me.”

@jesshka_ on Twitter

“I binged @IMASpodcast earlier this year and it stayed in my veins for days and days. I can’t wait to hear more from Jacquelyn Landgraf.”

-Lauren Shippen on Twitter

“Completely heartbroken that @IMASpodcast has finished a season: the strangest audio storytelling around at the moment, and the source of my regular Sunday morning cry.”

@HarryJosieGiles on Twitter

“The finale to @IMASpodcast left me so full up with joy, like hardly any media ever has. The show as a whole is about the journey out of loneliness, and the way it arrives there through music is earnestly heartwarming.”

@alexanderdanner

“It Makes A Sound starts off as dry comedy in the tradition of Waiting for Guffman, but as it develops it develops a rare sweetness and depth of feeling that you don’t quite see coming. It’s a wonderful story about the ways that love for art and artists create community and heals wounds. Highly recommended!”

-JayInLA

“I finished listening to this podcast a year ago and I still sometimes randomly get borderline emotional thinking about how good it is.”

- Caite225, iTunes review

“I really, really, really wish there were more. It was just an original and unique story that I thoroughly enjoyed.”

- GASEAHAWK, iTunes review

The It Makes A Sound Original Soundtrack Album

Wim Faros: The Attic Tape

 
 
 

A full-length album featuring the cast of the show singing your favorite Wim Faros originals – including the hit single “Sad But Not Depressed”!

Read the full liner notes on Patreon.

Buy it digitally on Bandcamp , iTunes ,Amazon. Limited edition cassette available at TopatoCo.

 

Contact us.

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