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Nakedly Examined Music Podcast

Song Analysis with the Songwriter

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NEM#38: Jonathan Segel’s Long-Form Songs Mar 06, 2017

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Jonathan played in the '80s with Camper van Beethoven and has since put out 40+ solo albums, sometimes with songs, sometimes guitar improvisations, or instrumental music for dance or film. We discuss his lengthy art-rock songs with political content: "Sleep for a Hundred Years" and the title track from Superfluity (2017), then look back to "Civil Disobedience" from Edgy not Artsy (2003). End song: "Hey You (I Know You Know Me)" from All Attractions (2012). Opening music: "Auspicious Circles" from Site (2008). Closing music: "Still Wishing to Course" from Camper Van Beethoven (1986). Learn more at jonathansegel.com. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page.

NEM#37: Nik Kershaw: Follow the Melody Feb 19, 2017

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Nik had some huge hits in the '80s (e.g., "Wouldn't It Be Good") and has been described by Elton John as "the best songwriter of a generation." We discuss "These Tears" from his most recent album EI8HT (2012), "Lost" from You've Got to Laugh (2006), and the acoustic re-recording of 1984's "The Riddle" for No Frills (2010). Closing song: "Men United" (2016), written for Prostate Cancer UK's A Gift for Men United. For more, visit nikkershaw.net. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page.

NEM#36: Robbie Fulks: Ambassador of Country Feb 05, 2017

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Robbie has recorded 12 solo albums of crafty-lyric, country-folk music since 1996, including the new, Grammy-nominated Upland Stories. We discuss "America is a Hard Religion" and "Fare Thee Well, Carolina Gals" from that album, then look back to "Where There's a Road" from Georgia Hard (2005) and conclude with "I Told Her Lies" from South Mouth (1997). Opening/closing music: "Hamilton County Breakdown" a 1989 live recording released on The Very Best of Robbie Fulks. Learn more at robbiefulks.com.

NEM#35: Daniel Ash: Going Against Your Own Grain Jan 23, 2017

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The singer/guitarist shifted gears many times through Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets (which shifted from acoustic to electric to electronica), and has since put out five distinctive solo albums. We discuss, from the collection Freedom I Love (2017), the title track and "Indie Boys"; and then "Christian Says" from Stripped (2014). End song: "Flame On" from the Hog Fever soundtrack (2016). Intro music: "So Alive" from Love and Rockets. Learn more at www.danielashmusic.com. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page.

NEM#34: Todd Long: Don’t Have to Say “Frontman” Jan 14, 2017

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Todd held down the beat and wrote some songs for Grand Rapids, MI's Molly in the '90s through 2003, then wrote more songs and sang a bit for Dutch Henry for about ten years, then pushed forward to sing and write all the songs for his projects The Star Darts and now Cartorson. Featuring Cartorson's "The Last Time" and "Hearts on the Highway" from the new Richfield Skyline EP, "Say It" from Shooting Star Darts (2014) and "44 Days" by Dutch Henry from All That Space (2007). Opening music: Molly's "Another Day of Regrets" from The Finger (2002). Learn more at toddlongmusic.com. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page.

NEM#33: Asif Illyas Colors It Old School (i.e., ’80s) Jan 08, 2017

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Asif led Canadian band MIR from 1998 to 2008, and has since recorded with real instruments for commercials and films, and released a one-man-band Police-influenced album Synesthesia in 2013. We discuss the title track and "Electrical" from that album, also MIR's "A Day in Your Life" from 7 Directions (2004). We conclude by listening to "The Chosen One" from MIR's A Soldier's Carol Christmas EP (2008). Intro music: "No Taxidermy," produced for Empire Theaters. Learn about Asif's music at asifillyas.com and his studio at theshire.ca. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page.

NEM#32: Bradley Skaught’s The Bye-Bye Blackbirds: Crafting Power Pop Dec 27, 2016

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Bradley fronts the Bay Area band, The Bye-Bye Blackbirds, which inhabits the niche of Byrds-influenced "power pop" even though Bradley really doesn't like that term. We discuss the band's 2016 boogie single "Let Your Hair Fall Down," the country ballad "Hats" from Fixed Hearts (2011), and a pre-Blackbirds song eventually recorded for Fixed Hearts, "Elizabeth Park." End song: "All in Light" from We Need the Rain (2013); opening music: "The Ghosts Are Alright" from Houses & Homes (2008). Visit byebyeblackbirds.com. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page.

NEM#31: Michael Manring’s Limitless Bass Guitar Dec 18, 2016

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Michael has played on 500+ recordings; he was the house bassist for the Windham Hill label in the '80s and has put out seven solo albums. He expands what electric bass can do by using many tunings, even retuning on the fly using a custom-built system, using his bass as a percussion instrument, and sometimes playing multiple basses at once. We discuss "Excuse Me, Mr. Manring" from Soliloquy(2005), and "My Three Moons" and "The Enormous Room," both from Thonk (1994). The opening music is "Thunder Tactics" from Unusual Weather (1986), and we wrap up with "Unclear, Inarticulate Things" by Attention Deficit from Idiot King (2001). Learn more at manthing.com. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page.

NEM#30: Paul Wertico and David Cain: Improv Without a Net Dec 04, 2016

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Seven-time Grammy winning drummer Paul Wertico and his multi-talented cohort David Cain are two-thirds of Wertico, Cain and Gray, an improvisational, "impressionistic" jazz trio who have released five albums since 2013. We discuss six tracks from Short Cuts: 40 Improvisations (2016) and "Where Brush Meets Flow (Go Van Gogh)" from Sound Portraits (2013). Intro music: "Destroy the Box" from Organic Architecture (2014). Hear and see more at werticocainandgray.com. Hear more conversation and tunes with Paul and David by becoming a member of our site. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page.

NEM#29: Jason Seed’s “Stringtet” Nov 23, 2016

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Jason fattens out his eclectic guitar pieces by writing string and horn parts, and The Jason Seed Stringtet includes members of the Chicago Symphony sawing away furiously. Hear more at jasonseedmusic.com. We'll discuss "Ishtar," a Bulgarian/Latin-inflected piece from In the Gallery (2013), "Any Night Now" a more traditional chamber jazz number from 2015, and "Mammoth" from the Jason Seed Exlier Ensemble's album 3 (2008). We'll wrap up by listening to "Pinch" from the Stringtet's The Escapist (2010). Intro music: "Invocation" from In the Gallery. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page.

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