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

This week we take a listen to the 2023 compilation "Hey Old Friend", a collection of songs written for "an old friend or lover or family member you haven't seen in a long time that catches them up on a big swath of time".

We feature the songs:

• CS Buchan "Where I Belong"
• Tropicola "Now and Then"
• Tiger Saw "The Ballad of Tiger Saw"
• Jonathan Blakeslee "Know You Better"

And we hear from CS Buchan, Zach Tremblay of Tropicola, and Jonathan Blakeslee.

Listen to the entire compilation at: https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/hey-old-friend

This week, we talk with Chris Decato, who's back for his third appearance on the podcast. Chris produced and played much of the music on the 2018 Guy Capecelatro III album "Splintering".

We play the songs:

• "Crack It Open" feat. Jocelyn Mackenzie
• "All This Everything" feat. Mara Flynn
• "Haunt Me" feat. Bree Scanlon

Listen to the entire album at:

https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/splintering

This week on the podcast, we speak with Brett Bashaw, who was the drummer in the Newburyport, MA-based band Ruin / Renewal. Burst & Bloom released their debut self-titled EP in the summer of 2011.

We feature the songs:

• "No Blues"
• "Proverbs"
• "Jamb Figure"

Listen to the entire EP at: https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/ruin-renewal

This week we take a listen to "Pandemic Parade", a compilation from 2021 where folks were prompted to write a song about their pandemic experience.

We features the songs:

• Whitney Roy "On the Town"
• Red Pants "Another Haircut"
• Emily Hope Price "Electric"
• Juniper Ginger "Semaphore"

And we hear from Whitney Roy and Jason Lambeth (Red Pants).

Listen to the entire compilation at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/pandemic-parade

This week on the podcast, we talk with Lincoln Halloran about the debut Hello Shark album, "Break Arms".

We play the songs:

• "Montreal Canyons"
• "I Was Small"
• "Massachusetts"

Hear the entire album at https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/break-arms

This week on the podcast, we speak with Gregg Porter and Wenda Kochanowski. In 2016, to celebrate their wedding, Burst & Bloom compiled a 2-CD compilation of their friends playing songs that Gregg and Wenda either wrote, loved, or were the subject of. The collection is called "Gregg and Wenda Get Married", and it's a wild ride.

We play the songs:

• Unbunny "Love Boat"
• Jim Rioux "Blanket"
• Mara Flynn "Fit Perfectly"
• Djim Reynolds & Alexis Eynon "I Got You Babe"
• Tiger Saw & Friendship feat. Emma Vachon & Zach Puls "Swimming"

You can hear the entire compilation at

https://burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/gregg-and-wenda-get-married