This is the New Yorker Radio Hour, a co-production of WNYC Studios and the New Yorker.

This is the New Yorker Radio Hour, I'm David Remnick.

The Great Gasby was published almost a century ago in 1925.

Somehow the story of a very shady, wealthy businessmen downfall

hasn't grown stale.

It's still widely read and regularly adapted in film and theatrical versions.

The most recent adaptation is a new stage musical called

Gatsby, an American myth. That voice belongs to Florence Welch who leads the band Florence and the machine and she wrote music and lyrics to this version of Gatsby.

Welch started her career at clubs and music and lyrics to this version of Gatsby.

Welch started her career at clubs in London before fronting the band's debut album in 2009.

Their third album went to number one in the US.

Ten years into the band's run, Florence Welch joined us at the New Yorker Festival,

along with her band, and she sat down for an interview with John Seabrook. Thank you so much for having me.

Let's jump back to the beginning of your

talking about a decade here so it's really not a great deal of time but you packed a lot into that

decade and you kind of hit the ground running.

I thought we would we would sort of go through your life by talking about a few songs, your professional life.

We're going to start with dog days are over. I feel like this was a song.

The horse is coming so you better run.

I feel like this was a song where you maybe first discovered your sound or at

least for me it was when I first heard your sound and maybe for a lot of us so I

wondered if you could talk a little generally

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