Songwriter Stories

Songwriter Stories

Songwriter Stories is an interview and music discovery podcast, featuring exciting conversations with pop songwriters about the craft of songwriting.

Episodes

Let It Be

July 18, 2021 • 20 mins
More than fifty years on, Let It Be remains a modern pop standard.
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Matthew Sweet

February 14, 2021 • 50 mins
For guitar pop aficionados, Matthew Sweets keen sense of melody has elevated him to the heights of Power Pop royalty
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Jon Auer

January 3, 2021 • 84 mins
Songwriter Jon Auer describes a popular subsection of The Posies music as harmonious dissonance.
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Eric Bazilian

June 24, 2020 • 54 mins
Eric Bazilian, a founding member of The Hooters, composed one of the most recognizable hits of the 1990s - One of Us.
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Marshall Crenshaw

June 2, 2020 • 60 mins
Marshall Crenshaw is eminently regarded as a master of melody-driven songwriting.
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Wesley Stace (John Wesley Harding)

May 14, 2020 • 73 mins
A conversation with folk pop songwriter Wesley Stace about writing and recording in his early years as John Wesley Harding.
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Shadows of the Night

April 16, 2020 • 24 mins
How “Shadows of the Night” became a multi-platinum success in both Germany and the U.S., and the biggest-selling song of D.L. Byron's career.
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Magnet And Steel

March 24, 2020 • 46 mins
At the heart of Walter Egan’s lifelong songwriting career is an endearing and enduring song that has played a substantial role in cementing his stardom for all time. That song is Magnet and Steel.
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Vicki Peterson

March 2, 2020 • 64 mins
Defying expectations comes naturally to songwriter and guitarist Vicki Peterson of The Bangles.
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Bill Lloyd

February 22, 2020 • 67 mins
Catchy, jangle harmonies, killer chord changes and tasty power pop licks, raised in Nashville but smitten by the sounds of Liverpool and beyond. That's the music of songwriter and primo guitarist, Bill Lloyd.
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The Hangabouts

February 7, 2020 • 91 mins
A musical exploration of the Michigan-based songwriting trio, The Hangabouts
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David Scott

February 7, 2020 • 57 mins
Songwriter David Scott of The Pearlfishers is well-versed and fluent in the romantic languages of the classic composers like Bacharach, Wilson, McCartney and McAloon.
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Bill DeMain

February 7, 2020 • 67 mins
A guided tour to the many sides of songwriter, Grammy-nominated rock journalist, and Nashville tour guide, Bill DeMain.
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Mark Bacino

February 7, 2020 • 74 mins
Mark Bacino makes melodic pop songwriting sound easy.
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John Fields

January 22, 2020 • 65 mins
For more than twenty-five years, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, and Co-Writer, John Fields, has racked up hundreds of songwriting credits with a versatile array of talented indie artists and chart-topping mega stars.
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Ross Rice

December 6, 2019 • 62 mins
We Dig Down Deep into the cosmic mind of earthy power-funk songwriter and Human Radio co-founder, Ross Rice.
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We All Fall In Love Sometimes

November 18, 2019 • 12 mins
We mull over the melody, meaning, and lyrics-first collaboration of "We All Fall In Love Sometimes," by Elton John and by Bernie Taupin.
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Greg Pope

November 4, 2019 • 62 mins
Singer-Songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, Studio Engineer, Record Producer and Filmmaker, Greg Pope, is as capable with slash job titles as he is with slash pop chords and the slash of a time signature.
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Willie Wisely

September 8, 2019 • 66 mins
Songwriter Willie Wisely teleports casually across musical boundaries, with occasional forays into the sweet spot of melodic pop.
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Amy Rigby

July 18, 2019 • 46 mins
Amy Rigby weaves observational wit and interpersonal scenarios into songs that are perceptive, genuine and easily relatable.
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