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15. MIchael Bacon is a Spigot! Aug 23, 2021

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Film composer, songwriter, and cellist Michael Bacon (yes, one of those Bacons!) contacted me a few years ago to play keyboards for a large family Christmas concert. We talk about the conception and performance of that concert, growing up in Philly with a family who prized creativity over grades, the differences between songwriting and film scoring (and arranging and orchestration), and what it’s been like for Michael to collaborate with his brother Kevin for 25 years.

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Songs featured in this episode:

The Way We Love

Shade

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The Truth About Suffering

14. Jamie Leonhart is Full of Water! Aug 16, 2021

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Jamie and Deidre sit down to chat about the optimism of Mister Rogers, the surprising value of teaching over zoom, fitting in vs. belonging (thanks, Brene Brown!), the art of performing covers, and slowing down.

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Songs featured in this episode:

Wash Over

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13. Rebecca Pronsky is a Singing Forager! Aug 09, 2021

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Rebecca Pronsky and I started making music together after the 2016 election to heal. Our chat covers pizza, Bach choir, our Hillary Clinton musical, Candidate Jams, dark matter, and emerging from the pandemic chrysalis.

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I'm Not Gonna Miss This Dive

12. Josh Dion is Not Gonna Miss This Drive! Aug 02, 2021

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Josh Dion is one half of the band paris_monster, and a consummate drummer, keyboard player, songwriter, and vocalist. In this episode, we talk about what it's like collaborating in a respected long-term partnership, the muse that wakes us up at night, the joy and work ethic of true gentleman Steve Swallow, and writing songs in the back of a van.

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Songs featured in this episode:

A Vision Complete

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11. Jean Rohe is the Sound Within the Songness! Jul 26, 2021

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On a rainy day in Brooklyn, singer and songwriter Jean Rohe (my colleague at Carnegie Hall’s Lullaby Project) and I sit down to talk about group music making, surviving as a woman in jazz school, justice, and how sound can transcend language.

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Song featured in this episode:

Sisterly

Forget/Remember

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10. Rob Jost is Going to Finish His Songwriting Assignment! Jul 19, 2021

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Rob Jost and I met at jazz camp! Banff Centre for the Arts, to be exact. We chat about what it's like to play bass for Sesame Street and Dear Evan Hanson, and move on to discuss minidisc players (remember those?), how songwriting isn't a zero sum game, and generous friends.

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Songs featured in this episode:

On the Radio

Wide Eyebrow

Circle (Deidre Rodman)

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hope, my sometimes friend

9. Elizabeth Ziman is Not a Placebo! Jul 12, 2021

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Musings on loneliness, revising lyrics (spoiler: Elizabeth’s parents are involved), the nature of performing live vs streaming, and porgs and bunnies. Elizabeth and The Catapult will astonish you.

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Song featured in this episode:

Pop the Placebo

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8. Ari Hoenig is an Orgasmic Epiphany of Resolution! Jul 05, 2021

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Ari Hoenig, jazz drummer extraordinaire, picked me up from the airport when I first landed in NYC-and then immediately made ME drive us around. The nerve! In this episode, we do a deep dive on the Happy Birthday song, and discuss the art of building tension, having fun on the job, and how our songs make us who are.

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Songs featured in this episode:

Lyric

B.Left

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7. Edel Meade is a Champion of Brigids! (AND Patricias!) Jun 28, 2021

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Kate McGarry introduced me to Edel Meade, and I am forever grateful! I immediately felt at home with her music, which evokes misty forests, working class neighborhoods, changelings, and everything in between. In this episode, we talk strong women, witch hunts, stories old and new, and the cracks where the light gets in.

Learn more about Edel HERE www.edelmeade.com

Songs featured in this episode:

Long Way To Go

Hold On

Not For This World

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