Our Program Director Sam Shansky caught up with Arlo over video call while Arlo hung outside a tattoo shop near Cincinnati called Designs by Dana, where his drummer was getting some work done. Arlo’s been living in Cincinnati for 41 years. He grew up in the church, drifted into the punk rock scene, but later developed into a singer-songwriter. In this talk, Sam and Arlo discuss his 2020 LP release, Die Midwestern, what it’s like working with Oh Boy Records and how he felt when he met John Prine, as well as what it was like to record at Sam Phillips Recording Service with Matt Ross-Spang as producer and engineer. Let’s listen in. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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