Back Catalog Listening Party

In this encore episode, hosts Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with Grammy-nominated country/folk/bluegrass songwriter Robbie Fulks about his 2013 album Gone Away Backward, give bad answers to good questions and talk about working with the late great producer Steve Albini.

Recorded on Sep 25, 2020

Featured Songs:

1. I’ll Trade You Money For Wine
2. Long I Ride
3. That’s Where I’m From
4. The Many Disguises Of God Sometimes
5. The Grass Is Really Greener

Show Notes:

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/27

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In this week's episode, hosts Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with folk/pop songwriter Keri Noble about her first self-released album When It Don't Come Easy (2010), channeling her Detroit musical roots and how her frequent trips to Japan shaped some of the songs.

Featured Songs:

1. Red Eye Flight
2. Make Me Believe
3. What I Gotta Do
4. Japan
5. Fading

Show Notes:

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/224

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In this week's episode, hosts Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with legendary punk and alternative country songwriter Jon Langford about his 2011 album and art book Skull Orchard Revisited, how his Welsh roots shaped the songs and what it was like to record and tour with 30 male drunk choir singers.

Featured Songs:

1. Butter Song
2. Sentimental Marching Song
3. Youghal
4. Pill Sailor
5. Tom Jones Levitation

Show Notes:

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/223

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In this week's episode, hosts Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with Kansas City-based blues/roots artist Kelley Hunt. Celebrating her 30th anniversary of making music, we look back on her 2014 album The Beautiful Bones, talk about embracing those magical studio moments and the incredible soulful ballad she wrote in just 15 minutes.

Featured Songs:

1. Golden Hour
2. Let It Rain
3. Release and Be Free
4. The Beautiful Bones

Show Notes:

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/222

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In this week's episode, hosts Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with legendary folksinger John Gorka about his 2001 album The Company You Keep, exercising the songwriting muscle and the influence of Abraham Lincoln, Jack Keruoac, Janis Ian, John Prine and Jackson Browne.

Featured Songs:

1. What Was That
2. Morningside
3. Oh Abraham
4. Let Them In
5. People My Age

Show Notes:

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/221

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This week we talk with singer-songwriters Edie Carey & Sarah Sample about their award-winning 2014 release 'Til The Morning: Lullabies & Songs of Comfort. We discuss the challenges of balancing motherhood and music careers, learn about the concept of "vocal spooning," and discover how their studio mantra of "Don't Wake the Baby," affected the production of the entire album.

Featured Songs:

1. North Star
2. Your Own Stars
3. Sweet Sweet Dreams
4. These Things

Show Notes:

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/220

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In this week's episode, hosts Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with Americana singer/songwriter Mindy Smith about her 2012 self-titled album, getting over stage fright and meeting sheroes like Dolly Parton, Amy Grant and Emmylou Harris.

Featured Songs:

1. Closer
2. Pretending the Stars
3. Tin Can
4. Cure for Love
5. If I

Show Notes:

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/219

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In this week's episode, hosts Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with Grammy-nominated folk singer-songwriter and author Mary Gauthier about her 1999 breakout album Drag Queens in Limousines, the song that changed her life and how being a restaurant owner and chef prepared her for being a songwriter.

Show Notes:

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/218

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In this encore episode, hosts Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with folk singer/songwriter Richard Shindell about his 2016 album Careless, talk about his unique approach to making the recording and the often painstaking process of songwriting. Recorded on March 8, 2024.

Show Notes:

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/200

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In this encore episode, we talk with folk/pop artist Jonatha Brooke about her 1997 album 10 Cent Wings, the unlikely inspiration for the title and laugh, dance and cry together as we listen to some heartbreaking songs. Recorded July 31, 2020.

Show Notes:

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/19

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