James Cook is a Portland, Oregon-based singer-songwriter whose new album, under the Captain’s Audio Project moniker, is titled Waiting for the Moon.

Mary Bue is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based singer-songwriter whose latest release is The Wildness of Living and Dying.

Chris Greene is a Chicago-based saxophonist, bandleader, and community historian whose latest recording with the Chris Greene Quartet is Conversance. The LP marks the band’s debut on the long-running Chicago independent imprint Pravda.

John McCutcheon’s latest release is the album Field of Stars, a project he intended to record in 2020.

Holly Lovell is a singer-songwriter based in Denver, Colorado. Her latest album, Hello Chelsea, explores a variety of themes including addiction, family history, and grief.

In this conversation, Grant Mullen discusses how Naked Giants has navigated a decade together, including a period of inactivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also discusses how the members have learned to live with music and Naked Giants as one part of their lives but not the sole focus.

In this conversation, Soph Nathan discusses the importance of personal expression in her writing, what it’s like having close friendships with her bandmates in Our Girl, and how co-producer Fern Ford had a hand in helping Nathan realize the full potential of The Good Kind.

For today's Into Music, we have a double feature! Chloe and Asy Saavedras discuss with Jedd Beaudoin, separately, about the history of Chaos Chaos, how they continue to navigate a relationship sometimes complicated by their roles as bandmates and at other times complicated by their roles as siblings, and what the future might hold for Chaos Chaos.

In this conversation, Jedd Beaudoin talks with Johnny Leitera about how album covers and images can inspire the imagination, the power of repetition in art, and the challenge of writing songs for specific projects.

In this conversation, Avery Mandeville discusses how a trip to Durham, North Carolina during which she wrote a song a day, helped shape her new album, whether she’s ever been concerned about incorporating humor into her songs, and how the eclectic material on Now That’s What I Call Little Hag still forms a cohesive record.