Burst & Bloom Podcast

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Cape Snow "Cape Snow" with Bree Scanlon Mar 03, 2025

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This week we speak with Bree Scanlon, who is the lead singer for the band Cape Snow, which Dylan and Guy are also both a part of. We discuss the debut self-titled album from 2015.

We listen to the songs:

"All is Gold"
"Flesh and Blood"
"Never Let Go"

You can hear the entire "Cape Snow" album at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/cape-snow

RPM 2025 Special! A check-In with Guy and friends Feb 24, 2025

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For this special episode, we check in with Guy as he's halfway through writing and recording his 8+ albums in the shortest month of the year.

We listen to works in progress from Guy Capecelatro III, Pumpkin Mouth, Ambermor, Guy Capecelatro & Ted Ehlers, the compilation "The Longest, Coldest Winter", and more.

Stay tuned for the finished versions of these songs and more in the coming months.

Tiger Saw "Horn Hill" (Live at the Word Barn, pt. 7) Feb 17, 2025

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For this fourth installment from our second "Live at the Word Barn" show, we hear from the 2015 Tiger Saw lineup (Dylan & Guy with Djim Reynolds and Gregg Porter), who reunited for this one night only to play live and talk about their album "Horn Hill".

Tiger Saw plays the songs:

"Horizon Lights"
"Endlessly"
"My Sweet Vertigo"
"Let Me Ride"

Originally recorded live in front of an audience at the ⁠Word Barn⁠ in Exeter, NH on September 22, 2024.

Listen to the original versions of the songs on the "Horn Hill" album, at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/horn-hill

Eastern Sleds "There's No Place Left to Go" (Live at the Word Barn, Pt. 6) Feb 10, 2025

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For this third installment from our second "Live at the Word Barn" show, we hear from Justin Carloni and their band (James Sophinos, Christopher Reeves and Thomas Carloni), who play live and talk about the Eastern Sleds album "There's No Place Left to Go".

The band plays the Eastern Sleds songs:

"Humboldt County"
"Patagonia"
"Mulled Wine"
"Goodbye to Winter"

Originally recorded live in front of an audience at the ⁠Word Barn⁠ in Exeter, NH on September 22, 2024.

To hear the original versions of these songs listen to "There's No Place Left to Go" at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/theres-no-place-left-to-go-2

"The Chain Bridge, Vol. 1" compilation with Sam Buck, Gregory Moss, and Jeff Morris Feb 03, 2025

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This week we take a look at the 2004 compilation "The Chain Bridge, Vol. 1", which was released under the Burst & Bloom name, though it was five years before the official beginning of the label. At the time, Dylan was living in Newburyport, MA, and compiled these songs to document the disparate and exciting local music scene.

We listen to the songs:

Gregory Moss "Mona Lisa" Sam Buck Rosen "Heat Proceeds" Dylan Metrano "Rest of My Life" (Rilo Kiley cover) Zuni Fetish Experiment "Venus / Upper Egypt" (Pharoah Sanders cover)

And we hear from Gregory Moss, Sam Buck, and Jeff Morris (Zuni Fetish Experiment).

You can hear the entire compilation (and download for free) at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/the-chain-bridge-volume-one

"I Have to Tell You and This is Not the Right Time" by Tom McCaffrey & "Cape Breton Poems" by Guy Capecelatro III (Live at the Word Barn, pt. 5) Jan 27, 2025

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For this second installment from our second "Live at the Word Barn" show, we hear from poets Tom McCaffrey and Guy Capecelatro III, as they read from their poetry books and discuss their work.

Originally recorded live in front of an audience at the Word Barn in Exeter, NH on September 22, 2024.

Tiger Saw "Nightingales" with Christopher Holt Jan 20, 2025

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This week, we talk with Christopher Holt, who played bass, arranged the strings, and produced much of the 2010 Tiger Saw album "Nightingales".

We play the songs

"Gentle, Gentle"
"Night, pt. 2 (Helena's Song)"
"Purrr"

And we discuss songs from the unreleased "Nightingales" predecessor "The Sky and the Dirt".

Listen to "Nightingales" in its entirety at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/nightingales

"Songs for Pam" (various artists) Jan 13, 2025

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This week, we discuss the 2018 collection"Songs for Pam"- songs written for, around, or after Pam Raiford’s struggle with and ultimate demise from cancer.

We play the songs:

Jocelyn Mackenzie "Love Begets Love"
Jim Rioux "Lions and Ponies and Hummingbirds"
The Orchards "When the Lion Came"
Mara Flynn "Talisman"

And we hear from Jocelyn Mackenzie, Jim Rioux, Eric Schwann (The Orchards), and Mara Flynn.

To hear the complete album, go to https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/songs-for-pam

Ambermor "Rooms of the House" (Live at the Word Barn, pt. 4) Jan 06, 2025

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Live from the Word Barn, in Exeter, NH, this is from our second live podcast taping, September 22, 2024.

Featuring music and discussion from the band Ambermor, who play songs from their album "Rooms of the House".

Hear the original album here: https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/rooms-of-the-house

Guy Capecelatro III "Symbols" Dec 30, 2024

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This week we discuss Guy's new single "Symbols" which he recorded with producer Shane Leonard and musicians Paul Brandt, Joe Westerlund, and Pat Keen in Eau Claire, WI.

We listen to Guy's early phone demo of the song, his solo recording from Portsmouth's Electric Cave studio, and then the final full-band Wisconsin version.

Check out all these versions, plus an instrumental version at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/symbols

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