Latest Mikemangione Podcast Episodes

The Transient Sessions: Indianapolis, IN - Promised Land

The Transient Sessions - December 30, 2021 18:16 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Promised Land is a song from the 2017 release "But I've Seen The Stars". I am not sure when I wrote this one exactly but it had to have fallen sometime between 2013 - 2015, which is now a long time ago and that ... blows my mind. With almost every song I write there are parallel narratives. The ...

The Transient Sessions: Madrid, Spain - Boots of Spanish Leather

The Transient Sessions - September 23, 2021 04:09 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
I first encountered this Bob Dylan song when I was 10 years old. I remember instantly losing myself in the song's narrative and feeling a sense of companionship and peace. The dialogue between the two characters, on paper, couldn’t be further away from my lived experience at that time. Despite t...

The Transient Sessions: New York City - "Against The Grain"

The Transient Sessions - September 16, 2021 04:56 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Against The Grain is a new song and has yet to be “officially” released.  The recorded version for the album is actually a bit different than what I do here.  One evening in NYC, I was waiting to take the stage and had no idea what I should start with.  It needed to be a song I connected with pe...

The Transient Sessions: New York City - "The Boxer"

The Transient Sessions - September 09, 2021 04:07 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This song has a special place in my heart. When I was younger, my parents would often play music in the house. As a result, I have always associated specific songs with my parents. One evening, while listening to music with my father, "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel came on. Something in him ...