The Oedipus Project
Last year (actually December 2016) Lin-Manuel Miranda released the album The Hamilton Mixtape, the songs from his play Hamilton performed by various artists.
This past December he began a new concept. New content from his musical will be released as one song a month under the moniker Hamildrops.
The first of these is Ben Franklin’s Song performed by The Decemberists.
Ben Franklin’s Song
The Hamilton Mixtape records new versions of the songs from the ground-breaking Broadway play “Hamilton”.
Featuring a diverse range of artists from the Roots to Usher, Wiz Khalifa to Chance the Rapper, here Regina Spektor along with Ben Folds sing “Dear Theodosia”, a song that Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton sing to their newborn children, reflecting on fatherhood, their own lives as orphans, (Hamilton an immigrant), and promising to do everything possible to make it a better country for them.
Prescient today…
“Dear Theodosia” Regina Spektor (featuring Ben Folds)
