Bonnie is the Songwriting Chair at Berklee College of Music in addition to her own work in bands and as a solo artist. She wrote Have A Heart that was on Bonnie Raitt's muti-platinum and grammy winning album Nick of Time. She has also written for the likes of Cher, Adam Ant, Bette Midler and David Crosby.

Also she is awesome. This is part one of a two part episode.

Singer, songwriter and guitarist with The Adam Ezra Group, Adam's songs and live performances are amazing. But equally impressive is his nonprofit organization RallySound, whose mission is to inspire communities, grassroots activism and civic engagement by helping create and organize socially conscious live music events.

This is a short SOTC with hosts Chuck Clough and Ronnie Hirschberg.  

Speech and Language Pathologist by day, Carla Ryder sings with The Mudhens, Miriam, The Carla Ryder Band and also has her solo project. With numerous songwriting accolades and 6 albums under her belt, she has toured extensively and developed a loyal and enthusiastic following from New England to the Pacific Northwest.

A graduate of Berklee College of Music's Music Production and Engineering program, Matt is the founder and Executive Director of New England’s first professional nonprofit recording studio The Record Co. whose goal is to build a sustainable, nationally recognized music scene in Boston.

Boston-based singer/songwriter, a former busker with a powerful voice and great guitar chops, Katrin made her way to share the global stage with Chris Isaak, John Sebastian, Boz Scaggs, Huey Lewis, John Mayall and Joan Armatrading.

Fiddle player and psychologist, for over 30 years Bob Childs has been making violins and is the namesake for the world class ensemble Childsplay – where every fiddle player in the group plays a Bob Childs violin.

Dalton Sim began his career in Somerville, MA managing Guster out of their apartment back in 1995. He has gone on to manage many other talented artists including Dispatch, Father John Misty, fun., Alexi Murdoch, Ben Kweller and others with Nettwerk Music Group.

Flutist Ona Jonaityte is a fantastic player and teacher and a member of the Vento Chiaro Woodwind Quintet. 

Currently a piccolo player with the Indian Hill Symphony, she has also performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, New World Symphony, Boston Lyric Opera and Lithuanian Opera.

Singer-songwriter Ali McGuirk has made quite a name for herself this past year or so with her amazing singing voice and fabulous band backing her up. Steve Morse in The Boston Globe named her one of sixteen artists to look forward to hearing in 2016. She just finished her first self-titled EP.

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