Southern Songs and Stories Podcast
1) Discovering a New Setting for the Third Place With Wolf Jett
Regular listeners of this series will know that there is a certain festival that is near and dear to my heart, the Albino Skunk Music Festival. It is an event that insiders love passionately, and outs...Show More
2) When the Party Meets Poetry: Ryan Bingham
Ryan Bingham never knew until he was an adult that his path would take him into music full time, much less that he would become an international star, nor did he dream of eventually reaching millions ...Show More
3) Six Decades of Legacy and Love for an Ever Evolving Sound With Sam Bush
The fountain of youth could very well be located in a mandolin, or a fiddle. At least for Sam Bush, playing the mandolin, along with the occasional fiddle, seems to give him an energy level that many ...Show More
4) Pay Attention, Stop Listening To Yourself: The Wood Brothers
Easing up, letting things come to you, and practicing being present is a recurring theme in recent episodes of this series, and that mindset is on full display once again in this episode on The Wood B...Show More
5) The Greatest Thing Is To Wake Up and Have a New Song To Sing: Jeff Tweedy
Welcome to the latest episode of the series Southern Songs and Stories, which recently made it into the top 10 best Americana podcasts on this list. Yay! It reminds me to ask you to give the podcast ...Show More
6) Feeling Like the Same Person on Stage and Off: The Jeff Tweedy Bonus Episode
In mid May, 2025, I spoke with Jeff Tweedy ahead of his show with Wilco in Charlotte, NC, and have been waiting for his forthcoming solo album to publish his interview here on Southern Songs and Stori...Show More
7) Not Jazz, nor Funk, nor Brass Band: Exploring the Living Edges of New Orleans Music With Andrew Duhon
Is there such a thing as coincidence? Recently I read an essay by Henrik Karllson, in his Substack page Escaping Flatland, titled âAlmost Anything You Give Sustained Attention to Will Begin To Loop on...Show More
8) Where Are We at With the Blues? Dirt and Funk at Albino Skunk With Eddie 9V
What do the following styles of music have in common: Ragtime, New Wave, Dubstep, and Doo-wop? This group may seem quite divergent, but they all share a common characteristic: they are mostly types of...Show More
9) Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key: The Return of Alison Krauss & Union Station With Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas is never not entertaining. On stage, on record, or in conversation, Flux, as Bela Fleck famously dubbed him, is full of wit, joy and inventiveness. His talents have garnered him 16 Gramm...Show More
10) Wrango Bites, Ken Writes: Ken Pomeroy on Vulnerability, Faith, and Folk
What do Paul McCartney, up-and-coming singer songwriter Ken Pomeroy, and a guy I passed on the street tugging along a French bulldog have in common? They all support my theory that pets inevitably res...Show More