Raw Songwriting

Though Micki Balder’s been dabbling with music her whole life, it wasn't until 2018 when a friendship's moment of truth unveiled itself in the middle of a Denver coffee shop. She walked home, wrote a ...

11 Des 20211h 43min

The driving force behind Parry Adams' music is her voice; her tender tone warms her candid manner, trading in harsh observations for sincerity and introspection. Her raw writing style combined with he...

4 Des 202124min

Dave catches up with Vicki Pompea, one of his guests from Episode 15 of Season 2, to hear her talk about a new song she's recently written and what other musical adventures she's been having. Along th...

20 Nov 202125min

Born into a musical family, John Linn was exposed to the sounds of the Weavers, the Kingston Trio, Woody Guthrie and other folk music royalty playing around the family piano. At the age of 19, he pick...

13 Nov 20211h 14min

Dave catches up with Nichole Wagner, his guest from Season 2, Episode 7, to hear her talk about two songs she's recently written, and what other projects she's currently working on. Along the way, the...

6 Nov 202154min

In this special Halloween Roundtable, Dave challenged Jay Stott, Dan Harris, Teri Sunflower and Brian Claflin to write some songs for that season when the lines between the living and the dead are blu...

30 Okt 20211h 34min

Eric Richard Stone has been creating Americana music since well before it was labeled as such. Raised in a musical family of professional classical musicians in Philadelphia and Rockport, Maine, he tr...

23 Okt 20211h 40min

When he was just 18 in a Liverpool pub, Trey Roque was approached to be a bassist in a rock & roll covers band. Soon, he had formed a pretentious prog rock band, then a heavy metal unit, but soon lear...

5 Sep 20211h 21min