Rise Up Music Project

Rise Up Music Project

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Rise Up Music Project episodes

  • 4/5/26: “Only One Girl for Me,” by Gordon Wright
    Gordon Wright is a Chicago-area musician who will be sharing music on the 5th day of the month all year long. Long ago, he fronted an East Coast pop/rock band called Fooled By April. These days you can find him singing jazz in the Chicago Jazz Dads.
    My song for today is called, “Only One Girl for Me.” Why, you ask, would I write such an earnest and unapologetic love song in this dystopic age?
    Well, first of all, I actually wrote this tune 21 years ago. And as the lyric promises, I sang it on my wedding day, on April 2, 2005. Probably a decade later I sat down with my pal Aric Jacover and we recorded this version, and now a decade more and I’m finally releasing it to the world on this podcast.
    And why play it now? Well, I just celebrated 21 years of marriage with the lovely, talented and amazing human I met more than 30 years ago as a teenager. She stuck by me through some crazy times trying to create and share music with the world, so it seemed important and fitting that I should try and create some of that music for her.
    So here it is again, a song that has finally reached legal drinking age: “Only One Girl for Me.”
    0 min
  • 4/2/26: “Sandcastle’s Lament,” by the songplayer.
    Benjamin Goldenhour (the songplayer.) is serious about play, encouraged in chaos, and loves a good ol’ fashioned mistake; he has no idea what he is doing, but that has fortunately never been a hindrance. He lives in the woods somewhere outside Seattle with his novel-writing partner, rock-chewing mutt, and nap-dodging toddler. Listen for his new music on the second day of each month.
    This month’s recording includes the band MTN EAR and is an instrumental expression of the impermanent nature of existence. ENJOY THAT.
    19 min
  • 4/1/26: “Oven Timer Daydream,” by Cousin Wolf

    Cousin Wolf is the indie-folk music project of Matt Halvorson, a musician, writer and infielder living with his family in the woods north of Seattle. He is sharing a new song on the first of every month again this year, and his song for today is called “Oven Timer Daydream.” It’s a song about a flash of inspiration built around a little melody sung to the beeping of an oven timer.

    12 min
  • 3/29/26: “One-Sock Land” by Ian Shuler

    Hi, I’m Ian Shuler, aka Invisible Shivers, a drummer turned songwriter in Seattle. Having just welcomed my first child into this world, I’m excited to explore the next chapter of music: dad songs.

    10 min
  • 3/28/26 “Slow Learner” by Joey Colando

    Joey Colando is a Chicago-based musician, songwriter, and founding member of the band Estate Sale. Known for his warm vocals, expressive guitar work, and introspective songwriting. He is releasing a new song every 28th day of the month. Today’s song is “Slow Learner”

    12 min

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The Rise Up Music Project is a daily podcast bringing you a new song every day. It's a show about music, songwriting, self-examination, art as activism, the creative process, and so much more.…