In this conversation, Nick Thorburn discusses discovering his own creativity, meeting his Unicorns bandmate Alden Penner, and what he thinks of his body of work to date.

In this conversation, James Baluyut discusses growing up in a musical household in the Detroit area, becoming an obsessive fan of music and how his longtime musical partner in Patrick Ramos was, in his words, cooler than him.

In this episode, Steve Wynn discusses writing I Wouldn’t Say It If It Wasn’t True, reflects on his time as a radio DJ and record store clerk as well as the laborious sessions for The Dream Syndicate’s sophomore album Medicine Show, which, he says, will be reissued in deluxe format next year.

Our guest on this episode is Evan Taylor. Taylor is former bandleader with the Bernie Worrell Orchestra.

In this conversation, Shawn Magill discusses her classical training, learning to improvise, and how song hooks reveal themselves to her.

In addition to being a founding member of the band Minimal Compact, Malka Spigel is one half of the duo Immersion with Colin Newman.

In this conversation, Colin Newman speaks with us from his home base in Brighton, England.

In this conversation, Matt Scannell discussed his development as a songwriter, his friendship with songwriter Richard Marx and the friendship he developed with late Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart.

Shawna Virago is a singer-songwriter based in San Francisco and is one of the first openly transgender women to tour in the United States. Called “the fairy godmother of trans country artists,” Virago is also artistic director of the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, the first of its kind in the country. Her latest album is Blood In Her Dreams.

In this conversation, David Nagler discusses releasing music under his own name, collaborating with a wide range of artists, composing for film and television, and the release of his new album.