Latest Singer/songwriter Podcast Episodes
Episode 68: A Conversation with Ian Hunter
For Songs - May 10, 2024 17:00 - 43 minutesEvery now and again I pinch myself when doing this show. It’s been four years and I’ve had some amazing guests. Yet this one—with all due respect to everyone who’s been on—this one has been more than 30 years in the making. Because my guest is Ian Hunter, hands down my favorite singer-songwriter ...
Episode 67: For Songs Singles! Find Your Way, Tim Easton
For Songs - March 31, 2024 18:00 - 26 minutesSome folks are just a natural for this show. Nashville-based veteran singer/songwriter Tim Easton (https://www.timeaston.com/) certainly fits the bill. A renowned tunesmith, Easton has lived a quintessential troubadour life—busking in Europe and living in L.A., New York, and many places in betwee...
Episode 66: For Songs Singles! Tell Me This, Sons of Silver
For Songs - March 01, 2024 02:30 - 33 minutesIf there’s one lesson songwriters learn over and over again, it’s that sometimes you just gotta let go. Sometimes you just gotta let the song work its way out on its own schedule. Just let it go. That’s the trick my next guest leaned on for his band’s latest single. Peter Argyropolous, lead singe...
Episode 65: For Songs Singles! I Can't Seem to Drink Her Off My Mind, Ian Jones
For Songs - January 28, 2024 21:00 - 24 minutesIf there’s been one constant chronicled on this podcast, it’s that no one knows the future of the music industry. Hell, no one even knows what the next few days are going to be like in the industry. Certainly my next guest, Seattle-based singer/songwriter Ian Jones, is doing all he can to crack t...
Episode 64: Celebrating the Life of Barry Lynch: A Conversation with Hannah Lynch
For Songs - January 13, 2024 03:00 - 44 minutesLest anyone doubt the power of music, I give you the life of Barry Lynch. I met Barry while on vacation in May 2012 at a small pub in the small town of Moy, Northern Ireland, after he led a brilliant Irish session in which he sang and played just about every stringed instrument known to man. I fi...
Episode 63: For Songs Singles! Dawning, Yasmin Williams
For Songs - December 08, 2023 21:00 - 23 minutesWhen we last caught up with Yasmin Williams (https://www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com/), her life was just about to change. It was February 2021, the pandemic was slowly but surely starting to ease, and the DC-based acoustic guitar maestro released her groundbreaking album Urban Driftwood. Full of spe...
Episode 62: A Conversation with James Fearnley
For Songs - November 20, 2023 21:00 - 47 minutesThirty years ago, I popped in If I Should Fall From Grace with God by the London-Irish punk band the Pogues, and my life changed forever. I was 17, socially awkward, and a bit of a loner, but discovering the Pogues opened a whole world for me. Finding their brand of traditional Irish music blende...
Episode 61: For Songs Singles! Somebody Wake Me When Its Over, Sweet Lizzy Project
For Songs - November 04, 2023 17:00 - 25 minutesIf you’ve ever felt like there’s just not enough time in the day, that the world is crashing down and you’re feeling more pressure than you can handle, have I got the song for you. In this episode of For Songs Singles, I welcome back Lisset Diaz of the Havana-by-way-of-Nashville-based Sweet Lizzy...
Episode 60: A Third Conversation with Louis Michot
For Songs - October 10, 2023 20:00 - 40 minutesSometimes life comes full circle. In this episode of For Songs, I welcome back Louisiana-based singer/songwriter Louis Michot of the traditional Cajun band the Lost Bayou Ramblers. Louis first appeared on the show in Fall 2020, at the height of the pandemic. He didn’t know it at the time but he w...
Episode 12: Art Is Just a Choice
Tools of Songwriting - August 24, 2023 15:00 - 6 minutesToday's episode is about simplifying your art into small choices. I talk a bit about one of my favorite movies of all time and about how terrible I was in art class as a child. I hope it helps you in some way. If you'd like to subscribe to the mailing list you can go here: https://toolsofsongw...
Episode 59: A Return Conversation with Dom Flemons
For Songs - August 04, 2023 20:00 - 42 minutesThe sun is out, life is returning to normal and our favorite bands are back on tour. Not even two years ago this seemed like an impossible dream, as I’ve chronicled on this show. But here we are, in Summer 2023, and things seem, well, pretty good. A new day is dawning. Just ask acclaimed multi-in...
Episode 58: A Second Conversation with Ian Jones
For Songs - May 19, 2023 20:00 - 49 minutesMusic, not unlike life, is about the journey rather than the destination. And perhaps no artist I’ve interviewed knows that better than Seattle-based singer/songwriter Ian Jones (https://www.ianjonesmusic.com/). A true song craftsman, Ian knows that getting your big break in the music industry is...
Episode 11: Tristan Dougherty
Tools of Songwriting - April 27, 2023 18:00 - 42 minutesTristan Dougherty is a folk musician in Richmond, Virginia, whose songs combine meditative, finger-style guitar playing with warm, illuminative lyrics. He's been a huge support to the Richmond, VA songwriter community over the past few years. On today's show, he provides some great insight into...
Episode 57: For Songs Singles! Break Down the Walls, Emma Noble
For Songs - April 23, 2023 17:00 - 23 minutesThe best thing about music is no matter how old you are, no matter how long you’ve been listening and loving music, you can still hear something that will stop you in your tracks. Which is what happened to me a few months ago when London-based singer/songwriter Emma Noble’s latest single Break Do...
Episode 56: A Return Conversation with Dan Murphy of the Scarlet Goodbye
For Songs - March 24, 2023 17:00 - 45 minutesJoin me as former Soul Asylum guitarist Dan Murphy makes his long-awaited return not only to this show but to the music industry as a whole! In this episode, Dan talks about his new band the Scarlet Goodbye (https://thescarletgoodbye.com/) and its brand-spanking new debut album Hope’s Eternal. Th...
Episode 55: A Fourth Conversation with Paleface!
For Songs - March 10, 2023 21:00 - 40 minutesRemember last fall? When indie-rock legend Paleface and his partner/drummer Monica “Mo” Samalot came onto the show to discuss their crowdfunding campaign for their new album? Well you should! And guess what? The campaign was a success and the new album is out! Beyond the Bells was released in mid...
Episode 10: Mackenzie Roark
Tools of Songwriting - February 09, 2023 20:00 - 52 minutesToday I have a very special guest on the show. I'm here with Richmond, VA musician Mackenzie Roark. Mackenzie has a cool country sound in the vein of songwriters that I've always admired like Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, Whiskeytown, and Bob Dylan, and classic singers like Patsy Cline and ...
Episode 9: Analog vs Digital
Tools of Songwriting - January 19, 2023 21:00 - 6 minutesIn today's episode, I talk about my writing process and the idea of being creative in an analog vs digital way. They're both useful, but I've found, that when I sit down at the computer the ideas can just dry up. Very quickly. I hope you enjoy the episode. More interviews coming soon! If you'd ...
Episode 54: A Conversation with Mark Bingham
For Songs - January 13, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutesFrom New Orleans to “Fakersfield,” Mark Bingham has seen it all. The sought-after producer, songwriter, guitarist, arranger, etc., has literally rubbed elbows with music royalty. Bands like REM, artists like Dr. John, Marianne Faithfull have all called on Mark to produce, arrange, you name it. Al...
Episode 53: A Return Conversation with Lisset Diaz of the Sweet Lizzy Project
For Songs - November 18, 2022 21:00 - 48 minutesIf you love music, if music changed your life, if music made you feel things you’ve never felt before, then this is the interview for you. Joining me once again is Lisset Diaz of the Cuban-by-way-of-Nashville-based Sweet Lizzy Project. We discuss the band’s newest and long-awaited album Pirate Ra...
Episode 52: A Conversation with Nora O'Connor
For Songs - November 02, 2022 00:00 - 36 minutesThere’s a moment in singer/songwriter Nora O’Connor’s new album My Heart when you realize just how special her talent is. By admission, the Chicago-based musician is more comfortable in the background, singing backup and playing various instruments with such Americana luminaries like Neko Case, t...
Episode 51: A Conversation with John McCutcheon
For Songs - October 10, 2022 20:00 - 40 minutesYou think you’ve been productive during COVID? Maybe so, but did you write, record, and release three (that’s right, THREE!!!) albums in two-plus years? No? Well, my next guest did. In fact, folk singer John McCutcheon’s latest album Leap, released in September 2022, is not only his third album s...
Episode 50: Another Conversation with Paleface
For Songs - October 04, 2022 01:30 - 18 minutesAs you’ve no doubt heard in listening to this podcast, the music industry is not for the faint of heart. You need nerves of steel, patience, determination, and, at times, a devil-may-care attitude. You also need support, and lots of it, if you hope to make just enough to get by. In this special e...
Episode 5: HALLOWEEN SCORES:MIX
Monday Melrose Dinner Music - October 02, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 2 ratingsTwin Peaks-Angelo Badalamenti/OVER THE RAINBOW-Richard Elliot/Somewhere Over the Rainbow-Judy Garland/Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead-Trio da Paz/Ding-Dong! the Witch Is Dead-Harry Connick, Jr./The Leftovers Main Title Theme/The Twins (Prague)-Steven Garreda/The Leftovers Main Titles Season...
Episode 4: HALLOWEEN MAGIC:MIX
Monday Melrose Dinner Music - October 02, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 2 ratingsYOU CAN DO MAGIC-America/YOU MADE ME BELIEVE IN MAGIC-Bay City Rollers/Twisted Nerve (Theme from "Kill Bill")-Tod Lancaster/MAGIC-Olivia Newton-John/Every Little Thing (He) Does Is Magic-Shawn Colvin/Killing Me Softly (Intro Edit)-Fugees/Hurt-Johnny Cash/MAGIC MAN-Heart/MAGIC CARPET RID...
Episode 5: HALLOWEEN MOVIE
Monday Melrose Dinner Music - October 02, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 2 ratingsBuffy The Vampire Slayer Theme-Nerf Herder/Dark ShadowsTelevision's Greatest Hits/Halloween Spooks-Lambert, Hendricks & Ross/WITCH DOCTOR- (Single)David Seville/Pulp Fiction -London Music Works/Halloween Mary-P.F. Sloan/MONSTER MASH-Misfits/The Blob-Five Blobs/Rosemary's Baby – Lullaby-...
Episode 5: HAMSTER WHEEL:MIX
Monday Melrose Dinner Music - October 02, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 2 ratings(Ghost) RIDERS IN THE SKY-Johnny Cash\WITCHCRAFT-Elvis Presley\ABRACADABRA-Steve Miller Band\WALKING WITH A GHOST-Tegan And Sara\Old Devil Moon-Judy Garland\BAD MOON RISING-Creedence Clearwater Revival\WITCHY WOMAN-Eagles\DEVIL INSIDE-Inxs\PEOPLE ARE STRANGE-Doors\GYPSY-Fleetwood Mac\DE...
Episode 3: HALLOWEEN GYPSY:MIX
Monday Melrose Dinner Music - October 01, 2022 00:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 2 ratingsSPIRIT IN THE SKY-Norman Greenbaum/(You're The) DEVIL IN DISGUISE- Elvis Presley/That Old Black Magic-Bobby Darin/I PUT A SPELL ON YOU-Screamin' Jay Hawkins/BAD TO THE BONE-George Thorogood & The Destroyers/GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES-Cher/The Shining-Halloween Horror Movie Themes/KARMA...
Episode 1: HALLOWEEN VICTIM: MIX
Monday Melrose Dinner Music - October 01, 2022 00:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 2 ratingsVICTIM-Candi Staton/Last Night a DJ Saved my Life-DJ Jo Jo/Murder On the Dancefloor -Sophie Ellis Baxtor/MANEATER-Hall & Oates/HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF (U.S. LP Version)-Duran Duran/BLACK CAT (LYRICS!)-Janet Jackson/Blood On The Dance Floor-Michael Jackson/Feel it-The Temperer featuring May...
Episode 9: FUSION SET 09
Monday Melrose Dinner Music - September 27, 2022 00:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 2 ratingsRag Doll - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Oops!...I Did It Again - Britney Spears Come & Get Your Love! - Real McCoy THIS IS YOUR NIGHT - Amber Human Nature - Miles Davis COOL NIGHT - Paul Davis THE GIRL IS MINE - Michael Jackson GO YOUR OWN WAY - Fleetwood Mac FEELS LIKE THE FIRST T...
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