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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…
4 months, 2 weeks 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. …
4 months, 3 weeks 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…
5 months 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…
5 months, 1 week 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…
5 months, 2 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…
5 months, 3 weeks 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…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Writing for the soul vs. writing for the brief, from writers to editors.
Episode 146
As the architect behind Rolling Stone Country and the host of the Nashville Now podcast, Joe Hudak has spent decades at the center of the industry. A…
6 months ago
Derek Trucks on collaborative marriage, mentorship, and the healing power of a soundcheck poodle.
Episode 145
What happens to the creative spirit when you have been a professional "lifer" since the age of nine? Derek Trucks, widely considered one of the great…
6 months, 1 week ago
Suzy Bogguss on pioneering the indie path, the quality of community, and disgusting freezers.
Episode 144
How does an artist outlast the industry machine to build a career entirely on her own terms? We sit down with GRAMMY-winner, ACM Vocalist of the year…
6 months, 2 weeks ago