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Lukas Nelson on shedding expectations, the antidote to egos, and training like an Olympian.
Episode 156
It is easy to look at a lifetime spent traveling on a tour bus in a famous family and assume the creative path was completely clear. We sit down with…
2 months, 1 week ago
Judy Collins on collective dreams, keeping the channel clear, and why artist's don't retire.
Episode 155
"We write to find out who we are." For over six decades, Judy Collins has been a pillar of American music: from GRAMMY awards, platinum records, and …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Annie & Cranston Clements on musical lineage, tour-life advocacy, and 150 hits of acid.
Episode 154
What does it mean to treat music not as a commodity, but as a multi-generational way of life? We sit down with father-daughter side musicians Cransto…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Heather Mae on social justice songwriting, the hedonic treadmill, and hearing god during a massage.
Episode 153
We often look at an artist's career through the lens of industry accolades: the tours, the streaming numbers, the awards. But what happens when you i…
3 months ago
Matraca Berg on the Nashville Hit Machine, streaming economics, and getting busted by bro country.
Episode 152
We often treat commercial success as the final destination of a creative life, but for legendary songwriter Matraca Berg, it was just the first act. …
3 months, 1 week ago
Rob Moose on the feast-or-famine mindset, songs as love letters, and remaining child-like.
Episode 151
Behind nearly every influential indie-rock and pop record of the last 15 years has been the brilliant mind and hand of string arranger and multi-inst…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Michaela Anne + Aaron Shafer-Haiss on intuition vs assumption, creative ownership, and vulnerability as a faucet.
Episode 150
To celebrate our 150th episode, we try a bit of an experiment: interviewing ourselves, for the first time. After nearly two decades of partnership, w…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Molly Tuttle on genre fluidity, artistic anxiety, and micro-managing travel routing.
Episode 149
Molly Tuttle has shared stages with Ringo Starr and Billy Strings, yet she still grapples with the unpredictable "ups and downs" of a musician's sche…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Asleep at the Wheel on artistic identity, the vow of poverty, and why the geographic imperative is BS.
Episode 148
Ray Benson is an absolute pillar of American music, a nine-time GRAMMY winner whose band, Asleep at the Wheel, has defined western swing for over hal…
4 months ago
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Jeff Hanna) on a 60-year touring career, records with hair on them, and the joy in folding laundry.
Episode 147
As a founding member of the legendary Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and a three-time Grammy winner, Jeff Hanna has navigated nearly sixty years in the indus…
4 months, 1 week ago