Click to hear podcast #12 (time = 25:07, size = 29.3 mb Singer/songwriter Paul Thorn was raised the son of a Pentecostal preacher, spent years working in a chair factory, and was even a professional boxer – at one point […]
Songs and Stories #11: The Mark O’Connor Interview
Click to hear podcast #11 (time = 25:027, size = 29.3 mb) This week, I had the rare opportunity of talking with violinst-composer Mark O’Connor. A classically-trained musician, he’s been at the front of contemporary acoustic music for a long […]
Songs and Stories #10: Strawberry Strolling
Click to hear episode #10 (time = 30:07, size = 34.9 mb) Here the last of of my podcasts from material collected at last May’s Strawberry Music Festival. This one’s an experiment, a little audio tour of the late-night playing […]
Songs and Stories Podcast #9 (and 9a): The Strawberry Breakfast Club
Here are two more podcasts from material collected at last May’s Strawberry Music Festival. This time, we do a big “thank you” to the Breakfast Club crew: Larry, Margie, Sher, and Richard. Note: I’m putting these together by using Garageband, […]
Songs and Stories Podcast #8: Interview with songwriter Joziah Longo (of Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams)
Click to hear episode #8 (time = 23:38, size = 27.7 mb) One of the greatest things about attending a multiday music festival is always “discovering” great bands and songwriters I’ve never heard of. Last Memorial Day Weekend, it was […]
Songs and Stories Podcast #7: Interview with songwriters Bev Barnett and Greg Newlon
Click to hear episode 7 (time = 22:15, size = 25.4 mb We just finished a very fun (and full) weekend of music at Roudon-Smith Winery in Scotts Valley. (If you blinked and missed it, don’t worry. We’ll be there […]
Songs and Stories Podcast #6: Wanna Buy a “Spotted Mule”?
Click to hear episode 6 (time = 26:16, size = 30.0 mb) It’s amazing what one little bluegrass song about a mule can do for you. “Spotted Mule” pretty much wrote itself, became the title track to my CD, a […]
Songs and Stories Podcast #5: High and Lonesome
Click to hear the episode 5 (time = 17:47, size = 20.3 mb) What comes first? The music or the lyrics? That’s probably the most-asked question about songwriting, and the answer is simply, “yes”. (As in, “Yes, the music or […]