My Favourite Elliott Smith Song

By My Favourite Elliott Smith Song

The premise of this podcast is very simple - in each episode, we speak to a famous fan of Elliott Smith's to discuss their favourite song of his and how they got into his music.

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My Favourite Elliott Smith Song episodes:

February 18, 2026S7 Ep7: Chan Kinchla (Blues Traveler) - Clementine
Our guest today is Chan Kinchla, a musician and the guitarist in the band Blues Traveler.
Blues Traveler are a long-running band combining blues, rock, and soul. In addition to performing with them, Chan leads his own band, W4rhors3.
Chan chose “Clementine” from Elliott Smith’s self-titled album — a track we had never previously discussed on the podcast. He talks about only fairly recently becoming a devoted Elliott fan and goes deep into what draws him to the song.
Because Chan was excited to see New Monkey Studio, we recorded the episode there last spring. During the conversation, he also shares an unexpected coincidence that connects him and the show’s co-host, Elizabeth Withstandley, back to New York in the mid-1990s.
Extra links:
Clementine by Elliott Smith on Spotify
Elliott Smith self-titled album on Spotify
Follow W4rhors3 on Instagram
Follow Blues Traveler
My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.
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February 04, 2026S7 Ep6: Anthony Vaccaro and Tess Parks (Rose Parade)
Hello! We're doing something slightly different in this episode. As we had two guests who both selected the same song, we’ve combined both their interviews together.
In this episode, you'll hear from Anthony Vaccaro, who is the guitarist in the band Beach Bunny and also a solo artist (he plays under the name Helicopter Leaves), and we also have Tess Parks a musician and photographer.
They're both talking about the song Rose Parade from Either/Or. Anthony is speaking to Elizabeth Withstandley and Tess is speaking to Rob Comba.
Extra links:
Rose Parade by Elliott Smith on Spotify
Either/Or by Elliott Smith on Spotify
Follow Anthony on Instagram
Follow Tess on Instagram
My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.
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Photo of Tess Parks is by Ki Price
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33min
January 21, 2026S7 Ep5: Charlie Barnes
Our guest today is musician, Charlie Barnes.
Charlie is a singer-songrwriter and producer based here in the UK, who also plays with the band Bastille. Charlie's a big Elliott Smith fan and was kind enough to share his thoughts on track Bottle Up and Explode! from the album XO, as well as his interesting route to discovering the song, how Elliott has shaped his approach to music and much more besides.
This is Charlie speaking to podcast co-host, Elizabeth Withstandley.
Extra links:
Bottle Up and Explode! by Elliott Smith on Spotify
XO by Elliott Smith on Spotify
Follow Charlie Barnes on Instagram
Charlie Barnes website
My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.
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32min
January 07, 2026S7 Ep4: Circuit des Yeux
Our guest today is Haley Fohr aka Circuit des Yeux.
Haley is a Chicago based experimental musician who has been releasing music under the Circuit des Yeux name since 2007. And she released her seventh studio album, Halo on the Inside, in March of last year.
Haley's been a big Elliott Smith fan since discovering his music while she was in high school. In this interview, she talks about taking long drives as a teenager with only Elliott for company, how she saw herself in his music and we go deep into her pick: Everything means nothing to me from Figure 8.
Photo by Dana Trippe.
Extra links:
Everything Means Nothing to Me by Elliott Smith on Spotify
Figure 8 by Elliott Smith on Spotify
Follow Circuit des Yeux on Instagram
My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.
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18min
December 17, 2025S7 Ep3: Greg Mendez (St. Ides Heaven)
Joining us for episode three of the season is Greg Mendez.

Greg is a musician based in Philadelphia, who began making music in 2006. Although he had been playing for some time already, it was the success of Greg's 2023 self-titled album that brought him greater recognition. After releasing that album he also joined the Dead Oceans label, which he then released his EP First Time/Alone under.

Like many others, I got to know his music after hearing his self-titled record and became a big fan, so it was great to have this opportunity to speak to him.

Hope you enjoy it!

Additional links:
St. Ides Heaven on Spotify
Elliott Smith (self-titled) on Spotify
Greg Mendez Bandcamp
Our episode with Rebecca Gates discussing St. Ides Heaven
My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

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24min
December 03, 2025S7 Ep2: Madison Cunningham (Sweet Adeline)
Joining us today is musician, Madison Cunningham. Madison is a grammy award winning singer-songwriter who recently released her third studio album, which is titled Ace.
This podcast's co-host, Elizabeth Withstandley, recorded the interview with Madison backstage at last year's All My Rowdy Friends tribute show in LA hosted by the good people at New Monkey Studio - the studio that Elliott Smith used to own. Thanks as always to Joel, Robert and Greg at NMS for all their support!

photo by Claire Marie Vogel

Extra links
Sweet Adeline by Elliott Smith on Spotify
XO by Elliott Smith on Spotify
Ace by Madison Cunningham on Spotify
Follow New Monkey Studio
My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

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23min
November 19, 2025S7 Ep1: Elliott Fullam - Alameda
We're back! And joining us for a brand new season is musician and actor, Elliott Fullam.

Elliott is known for his acting work in the films Terrifier 2 and Terrifier 3, as well as the Apple TV show Get Rolling with Otis. He's also a solo artist and releases music under his own name.

Elliott is our first guest to be named after Elliott Smith, so we couldn't think of anyone better to kick off our new season. Hope you enjoy listening to the episode.

photo by : Jeff Harris

Extra links
Alameda by Elliott Smith on Spotify
Either/Or by Elliott Smith on Spotify
Follow Elliott Fullam on Instagram
Follow us on Instagram
My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

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32min
April 17, 2024S6 Ep12: Flyte
Joining us for the final episode of the season are Will Taylor and Nick Hill of Flyte.

Will and Nick are very talented songwriters based in London. As Flyte, they have released three studio albums so far - with their most recent record, called Flyte, coming out towards the end of last year. They've also worked with some well-known names too, including the likes of Madison Cunningham, Laura Marling and the actor Florence Pugh.

We first saw Will was an Elliott Smith fan when he listed the Elliott self-titled album as one of his all-time favourites. We then got in touch to set up this interview, which Nick very kindly joined. In it, we discuss that self-titled record, what Elliott Smith might have been like at school and their favourite song pick - which they seemed to both agree on without ever discussing it.

Hope you enjoy listening to it!

Extra things:
Coming Up Roses by Elliott Smith
Coming Up Roses music video (which Will and Nick reference in the episode)
Losing You music video by Flyte (inspired by Coming Up Roses)
Our episode with Ross Harris
Flyte website
My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

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25min
April 03, 2024S6 Ep11: Claire Rousay
Joining us today is Claire Rousay.

Claire is a musician and composer based in Los Angeles. She describes her work as 'emo ambient' and is just preparing to release a new album, Sentiment, which is out later in April 2024. The record is a follow-up to Claire's last studio album Everything Perfect Is Already Here, which came out in 2022.

Claire says she listens to Elliott Smith at least four days a week and, in this interview, we talk about her and her partner's shared Elliott passion, her song choice (which is a track we've never covered on the podcast before) and her 'what would Elliott do' approach to navigating the ethics of the music industry.

Hope you enjoy listening!

Extra things:
New Monkey by Elliott Smith
New Moon by Elliott Smith
Claire Rousay's website
More on Claire's new album
Between the Bars by Lisa Osborn and Seadog
My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

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36min
March 20, 2024S6 Ep10: Mikaela Davis
Joining us for episode 10 of the season is musician, Mikaela Davis.

Mikaela is a harpist and songwriter based in Catskill, New York. Mikaela credits Elliott Smith with helping 'spark' her professional music career, as it was her cover of Twilight that helped bring her to the attention of a booking agent while she was still a college student.

She's now a firmly established artist with her 2023 album And Southern Star released to critical claim by Kill Rock Stars (in another Elliott parallel).

In this interview, she discusses the enduring impact of that Twilight cover, Elliott Smith's classical sensibilities and her favourite song pick.

Extra things:
Half Right by Heatmiser
Half Right by Elliott Smith
Twilight by Mikaela Davis
Half Right by Mikaela Davis
Follow Mikaela on Instagram
Torment Saint (book) by WT Schultz
My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

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33min

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