SONG DIVING - An American Songwriter Podcast

We go Song Diving with Texas songwriting icon Ray Wylie Hubbard.We get into the stories behind songs he’s written, including “Cassette Mix Tape,” “Snake Farm,” “Dust of the Chase,” “Drunken Poet’s Dream,” “Redneck...

We go Song Diving with five-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and guitarist Keb’ Mo’. We get into the stories behind songs he’s written, including “Every Morning,” “Am I Wrong,” “Life Is Beautiful,” and “Stitched...

We go Song Diving with The Red Clay Strays frontman Brandon Coleman and guitarist Drew Nix, along with Brandon’s brother Matthew Coleman, one of the band’s chief songwriters.We get into the stories behind songs they’ve...

We go Song Diving with Tift Merritt and get into the stories behind songs she’s written, including “Sugar,” “Traveling Alone,” “Mad World,” “Tambourine,” and “Good Hearted Man.”Along the way, we explore the songs and...

We go Song Diving with Ketch Secor, singer and songwriter for Old Crow Medicine Show, and get into the stories behind songs he’s written, including “Wagon Wheel,” “I Hear Them All,” “Dearly Departed Friends,” and “My...

We get into the stories behind songs he’s written, including “Good Time,” “American Dreamin’,” and Zac Brown Band’s “Homegrown.”Along the way, we explore the music and voices that shaped how Niko hears and writes songs...

We get into the stories behind songs like “Humble and Kind,” “People Get Old,” and “All the Time I’ve Wasted on You.”And we talk about how her limitations became her style, why some of the best lines in a song begin...

<p>We get into the stories behind songs like “Second Chance,” “In Memory,” “Fly from the Inside,” and new songs like “Young Again” and “Searchlight.”<br>And talk about the years-long journey that led to Shinedown...

<p>We dive in with Jason Mraz to talk about songs like “I’m Yours,” “I Won’t Give Up,” “Lucky,” and “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry),” and we get into songwriting as meditation, creative prompts as a doorway into...

<p>We dive in with Taj Mahal to talk about songs like “Queen Bee,” “Loving in My Baby’s Eyes,” and “Mailbox Blues,” and how they grow out of the lineage of African and American music.<br>Along the way, we explore the...

<p>We dive in with Andrew Farriss of INXS to talk about songs like “Need You Tonight,” “New Sensation,” and “Never Tear Us Apart,” and how those songs came together during the making of their album Kick, which went on...

<p>We dive in with Hiss Golden Messenger to talk about songs like “Cracked Windshield,” “It Will If We Let It,” and “Heavy World” from his new album “I’m People.”<br>Along the way, we explore the music and voices that...

<p>We dive in with Steve Earle, singer-songwriter known for songs like “Guitar Town,” “Copperhead Road,” and “Transcendental Blues.”<br>Along the way, we explore the music and voices that shaped how he hears and writes...

<p>We dive in with José González, singer-songwriter known for songs like Crosses, Heartbeats, and Killing for Love.<br>Along the way, we explore the music and voices that shaped how he hears and writes songs, from...

<p>We dive in with I’m With Her, the trio of Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sara Watkins, whose voices and playing intertwine on songs like “Overland,” “Ancient Light,” and “Mother Eagle.”<br>Along the way, we...