This week we listen back to the 2014 66-song compilation "Minute Long Songs".

We listen to the songs:

• Unbunny "Weddings Eve"
• Geoff Palmer "The Captain"
• A Severe Joy "Winter Fortress"
• Bellows "Why's Your Life So Horrible?"
• Damfino "Seconds of Pleasure"
• Leigh Jones "Left Our Love A-Hangin'"
• Audrey Ryan "Buggy Spell"

And we hear from Leigh Jones, Geoff Palmer, José Ayerve (A Severe Joy), Audrey Ryan, Oliver Kalb (Bellows), and Joe Merklee (Damfino)

Listen to the entire compilation at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/minute-long-songs

This week, we welcome back producer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Decato to talk about Guy's 2016 EP, "The Smallest Darkest Things".

We feature the songs:

• "Late of Day"
• "Patterns"
• "How to Begin (for Dave)"

Listen to the entire album at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/the-smallest-darkest-things

This week, we listen to 2019's "Dumb Songs About Boring Things", the first of several collaborations by Charlotte Moroz and Guy Capecelatro III.

We feature the songs:

• "Possum"
• "Everything Here is Fine"
• "Tacitos and Tacos"

You can hear the entire album at: https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/boring-songs-about-dumb-things

This week, we listen to "Cape Breton Songs", Guy's album of songs written and recorded in a cabin on the northwest coast of Cape Breton in October 2016. The album accompanied a book of lyrics and poems, and is all centered around his wife Pam's battle with cancer.

We feature the songs:

• "Becoming Undone"
• "The Hidden Life"
• "The Scene Unfolds"

Listen to the entire album at:

https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/cape-breton-songs

This week, we welcome back Jocelyn Mackenzie to listen to the debut Pumpkin Mouth album from 2019, "Tooth Salad", her first collaboration with Guy.

We listen to the songs:

• "Snowday Baby"
• "Peanut Butter"
• "Funeral Drinking"

And... Pumpkin Mouth takes the "Pumpkin Mouth Challenge", and writes a song on the spot!

Listen to the entire "Tooth Salad" album at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/tooth-salad

This week, we welcome Mike Effenberger back to the podcast to talk about "Devils", the second in a series of four collaborative EP's he's making with Guy, all of which feature guest singers.

We feature the songs:

• "Fluttering" feat. Jocelyn Mackenzie
• "Dewberry" feat Celia Woodsmith
• "Unclean" feat. Chris Klaxton
• "The Girl with No Hands" feat. Maddoc Johnson

Listen to the entire album at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/devils

This week, we welcome back Eastern Mountain Time's Sean Hood, to discuss the 2021 album "Seven".

We feature the tracks:

• "On the Carolina Wind"
• "Ambulance Blanket"
• "Real Slow"

You can hear the entire album at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/seven

This week on the podcast, we talk about Guy's 2021 album "Messy Minded", which is comprised of ten songs written as a part of a songwriting class Guy took with Dave Benton of the band Trace Mountains.

We listen to the songs:

• "Achilles"
• "Hold Yourself"
• "The Pressing Weight of Time"

Listen to the entire album at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/messy-minded

On this special episode, we listen to the 2023 compilation "On Star Island" a collection of 25 songs and 25 poems written on or about Star Island's annual Writers in the Round writing workshop, off the coast of New Hampshire.

We feature the poems:

• "Oceanic" by Ellen Taylor
• "The Cold Front" by Tom Daley
• "Star Island Sunrise" by Lauren WB Vermette

And the songs:

• "Three Epitaphs from Caswell Cemetery" by Chris Côté
• "Star Island" by Annie Bacon
• "Honey" by Chris Greiner

And we hear from each songwriter and poet.

For more information about the Writers in the Round workshop, go to https://starisland.org/program/witr/

This week we welcome back Chris Côté (Almanac Mountain, Ambermor, Tiger Saw, Holden Brown and the Wishes, Barry McWarmer, Benny McWarner) to talk about his debut solo album "C'Era Una Volta".

We play the songs:

You can listen to the entire album at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/cera-una-volta