Robby Hecht: “Ferris Wheel”
At a certain point in life, you realize that having hard, honest conversations about painful personal secrets is the only way to lessen the shame attached to them. One of … Read More
Katie Pruitt: Expectations
Back in the 1990s, substantive lyrics paired with catchy melodies were the norm for pop radio. Look no further than the commercial success of artists like Alanis Morissette, Sarah McLachlan, … Read More
KaiL Baxley: “In Lieu Of”
With the climate collapsing at a record clip, a lot of people are reassessing their priorities in life. For some, it’s stockpiling arms with which to protect themselves from dangerous … Read More
Katie Pruitt Debuts with Great “Expectations”
On a recent episode of the On Being podcast, shame researcher Brené Brown shared her finding that true belonging demands us to be who we are, even if it jeopardizes … Read More
Maya de Vitry: “Better and Better”
There’s a wonderful “self-help” theory floating about which espouses the idea that grief is part of forgiveness, that we have to let something go and mourn its loss before we … Read More
John Moreland: LP5
For a writer of any kind, not wanting to — or not being able to — put pen to paper is a pretty horrifying phase to enter. It can start … Read More
Tré Burt: Caught It from the Rye
Songwriters don’t exist in a vacuum. They learn their craft by listening to other songwriters, assessing what works and what doesn’t, what fits and what doesn’t, what inspires and what … Read More
Bonny Light Horseman: Bonny Light Horseman
When you listen, today, to history as documented early on in the folk and blues cannons, it’s all too apparent that the human condition hasn’t come as far as the … Read More