
Ezra Lee Ford has spent years making music around the New River Valley in a long list of bands and projects, but lately he's found his way back to something he'd largely left behind: writing his own songs and playing...


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Small Room, Loud Stories is a podcast featuring conversations with local musicians, bands, and storytellers in Southwest Virginia. Each episode explores the stories behind the music: the gigs, the creative process, the performances, and the moments that don’t always make it onto the stage.A conversation-based show focused on the people behind local music, recorded in the 4 1/2 Inch STUDio in Salem, VA.
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Contact path
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Booking probability
24%
Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchSmall Room, Loud Stories is a podcast featuring conversations with local musicians, bands, and storytellers in Southwest Virginia.
Recent episodes include "Ezra Lee Ford - Don't Leave Any Songs on the Table" (26 October 2026, 96 minutes), "Bill Hudson - Wrong Direction, Right Path" (12 October 2026, 112 minutes), and "Joel McGlothlin - Branching Out Through Music, Science, and Improvisation" (28 September 2026, 111 minutes).
Small Room, Loud Stories publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 88 minutes across 11 episodes.
Booking probability for Small Room, Loud Stories is 24%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Small Room, Loud Stories requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Small Room, Loud Stories's contact route on record: public web form.
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Small Room, Loud Stories is a music podcast with 11 episodes published.
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Ezra Lee Ford has spent years making music around the New River Valley in a long list of bands and projects, but lately he's found his way back to something he'd largely left behind: writing his own songs and playing...

Episode #11
Singer-songwriter Bill Hudson came to the 4½ Inch STUDio to talk about the Feel Good Tour, a grassroots effort that has spent roughly twenty years putting musical instruments into the hands of kids, schools, families...

Joel McGlothlin spent decades playing guitar before deciding it was finally time to seriously tackle jazz and start playing in front of people again. We talk about learning music later in life, what jazz musicians are...

Sarah Bradbury joins me in the 4½ Inch STUDio for a conversation about songwriting, punk roots, performance anxiety, and learning to make music on your own terms. Sarah talks about going from playing bass in punk bands...

Episode #8
Kevin Vaught has been playing guitar since 1968, although life has given him more than a few reasons to put it down along the way. These days, hand and nerve problems have made playing a challenge, but he's working his...

What happens when three musicians with different backgrounds, influences, and approaches start making music together? Matt, Michael, and Colin of Tides Away join me in the 4½ Inch STUDio for a conversation about how the...

Jason Derek has worn a lot of hats over the years; drummer, songwriter, front-man, teacher, counselor, producer, and lifelong student of creativity. In this conversation, we follow the winding path through local bands...

Episode #5
Conor Churchill joins Rob Miles to talk about the winding path from jazz trumpet to Americana songwriting, life on the road, the craft of writing songs, finding your voice, and why sometimes it takes a thousand emails...

Episode #5
<p>Conor Churchill joins Rob Miles to talk about the winding path from jazz trumpet to Americana songwriting, life on the road, the craft of writing songs, finding your voice, and why sometimes it takes a thousand...

<p >Songwriter, attorney, community builder, and host of the Third Street Coffeehouse Songwriters Round, Mona Raza joins us in the STUDio for a conversation about why songs matter.</p> <p >We talk about discovering...

Songwriter, attorney, community builder, and host of the Third Street Coffeehouse Songwriters Round, Mona Raza joins us in the STUDio for a conversation about why songs matter. We talk about discovering music later in...

Krystine Smith of Euterpea Fantasy Flute joins the 4 1/2 Inch STUDio for a conversation about music, imagination, and the unusual paths instruments can take. We talk about her creative journey, the ideas behind fantasy...

<p >Will Henson joins us in the 4 1/2 Inch STUDio for a wide-ranging conversation about music, family, storytelling, songwriting, and the winding roads that lead people into a lifetime of creativity.</p> <p >We talk...

<p>Krystine Smith of Euterpea Fantasy Flute joins the 4 1/2 Inch STUDio for a conversation about music, imagination, and the unusual paths instruments can take. We talk about her creative journey, the ideas behind...

Will Henson joins us in the 4 1/2 Inch STUDio for a wide-ranging conversation about music, family, storytelling, songwriting, and the winding roads that lead people into a lifetime of creativity. We talk about growing...

Episode #1
<p >John Hildreth joins us in the 4 1/2 Inch STUDio for a wide-ranging conversation about songwriting, recording, local history, creativity, and the many paths that can lead a person into music.</p> <p >We talk about...

Episode #1
John Hildreth joins us in the 4 1/2 Inch STUDio for a wide-ranging conversation about songwriting, recording, local history, creativity, and the many paths that can lead a person into music. We talk about writing songs...
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