This week on Three Tune Tuesday, we’re looking forward—not with naïve optimism, but with determination. Through a 1914 recording of Danse macabre, the unsettling call of Your King and Country Want You, and the resolute stance of We’ll Never Let the Old Flag Fall, we explore how resolve survives the rise of authoritarianism—and how easily it can be misused. These songs come from a moment when the world stood on the edge of catastrophe, yet they still speak to endurance, awareness, and the refusal to surrender one’s values. This isn’t about cheering for power or glory; it’s about recognizing the voices that try to claim us, remembering that no regime lasts forever, and choosing—quietly, stubbornly—to keep looking ahead.

Peace opens the 2026 season of Three Tune Tuesday by tracing how the idea of peace sounds when it’s assumed, hoped for, and finally begged for. We begin with a carefree 1913 duet recorded on this very day in history—light, romantic, and blissfully unaware of the catastrophe to come—before moving into two post–World War I songs that reflect a world trying to steady itself after profound loss. From ringing bells to a grieving father’s plea to stop singing about war altogether, this episode listens closely to how music carries exhaustion, hope, and quiet resolve across a decade forever changed.

New Year’s has a funny way of sneaking up on us. This week on Three Tune Tuesday, we slip into the quiet spaces between resolutions and reminiscence with three early recordings that circle home, goodbyes, and the people we carry forward with us. From ivy-clad nostalgia, to a polite-but-suggestive farewell at the window, to a solemn solo take on Auld Lang Syne, this 45-minute episode skips the noise and leans into reflection. No countdown. No fireworks. Just a moment to look back—before stepping ahead.

This week Boneapart and Yulia discuss Yule, it's origins, and it's place in society. Oh, and they play songs to celebrate it, too.

This week on Three Tune Tuesday, we explore Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, through early 20th-century recordings preserved by the Library of Congress. Rather than modern holiday songs, this episode listens to the prayers and sacred music that would have surrounded Hanukkah a hundred years ago — voices of continuity, resilience, and quiet faith. Along the way, we talk history, pronunciation, and even count out the Hanukkah candles, letting the music and conversation illuminate what the holiday has meant across generations. It’s a reflective episode about persistence, memory, and light that endures longer than expected.

This week on Three Tune Tuesday, Boneapart has a birthday with a lighthearted nod to the passage of time before shifting into a thoughtful, Kwanzaa-season exploration of two remarkable early spiritual recordings. After the celebratory 1911 Birthday Serenade, the episode moves into Marian Anderson’s 1923 performance of Deep River, a piece whose themes of faith, unity, and shared purpose resonate with several principles of Kwanzaa. The journey continues with the 1902 Dinwiddie Colored Quartet rendition of Steal Away, an intimate and historically rich glimpse into the spiritual tradition’s roots. Together, the selections form a quietly powerful reflection on resilience, community, and the ways music carries meaning across generations.

It's Thanksgiving in December! Come join Yulia and Boneapart as they spend this episode talking turkey!

In this week’s episode of Three Tune Tuesday, we dive into the realm of myth—where gods, spirits, and mortals blur together in music that’s anything but ordinary. Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld turns divine tragedy into biting satire, poking fun at power and pretension through a Parisian can-can. Schubert’s Erlkönig pulls us into the dark woods of folklore, where whispers in the wind may be more than they seem. And Wagner’s Magic Fire Scene ignites the heavens themselves, capturing the moment a god’s compassion reshapes destiny. Three visions of myth—comic, tragic, and cosmic—each revealing a different truth about what it means to be human.