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Classic Episode - Chuck Ragan
This episode originally aired on April 15th, 2022
This songwriter has spent the last few decades building a devoted following with Hot Water Music and…
12 hours ago
Episode 329 - Fruit Bats return!
Our guest this week is one of Chicago’s favorite sons. Eric D. Johnson is the songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist behind Fruit Bats, which s…
1 week, 1 day ago
Classic Episode - Frank Turner
This episode was originally aired on April 8th, 2022.
Fresh on the heels of his latest album hitting #1 on the UK Charts, this journeyman songwriter a…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Jay Buchanan of Rival Sons
Our guest this week on the Working Songwriter hails from a small mountain town in California, but his music has now made it across the world. Jay Buc…
3 weeks ago
Classic Episode - Allison Russell
This episode was originally aired on June 18th, 2021.
After many years in celebrated roots music groups such as Po' Girl, Birds of Chicago, and Our Na…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Chicago Farmer
Our guest this week is Cody Diekhoff, better known as Chicago Farmer.
He grew up in the small farming community of Delavan, Illinois, before moving to…
1 month ago
Classic Episode - They Might Be Giants
This episode originally aired on November 5th, 2021.
John Flansburgh, one of the founding members of this groundbreaking indie-rock institution, stops…
1 month, 1 week ago
Gabe Dixon and Mike Mattison of the Tedeschi Trucks Band
Our guests this week are Gabe Dixon and Mike Mattison of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, the Grammy-winning roots ensemble led by Susan Tedeschi and Derek …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Classic Episode - Robert Finley
This episode was originally published on March 5th, 2021.
The renowned troubadour from Louisiana found his commercial success in music later in life; …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Novelist, Stephen Markley
This week on The Working Songwriter, we're thrilled to step out of our normal comfort zone by welcoming one of the country's most acclaimed young nov…
2 months ago