Runaway Horses

When Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig sing together on stage, it’s impossible to tell where one voice ends and the other one begins. “When we sing together, it creates this third voice,” says Jess Wolfe. “It's almost harder to sing without the other now.” In our final episode of Runaway Horses, Margo sits down with Jess and Holly, frontwomen and founders of the band Lucius. Together, they discuss the deep and almost telepathic connection Jess and Holly have developed over the course of their 17-year collaboration, and how they produce their beautiful, unearthly harmonies. To close the episode and the series, Margo shares an exclusive first listen of ‘Anytime You Call,’ a new song off her forthcoming album, STRAYS, out January 2023.

From Bob Dylan to Dolly Parton, from Pink Floyd to Sinéad O'Connor, Bettye LaVette has covered them all—and each time, she’s made the songs she performs uniquely her own. When Margo Price first heard LaVette’s rendition of John Prine’s Souvenirs, it blew her away. In this episode, Margo sits down with LaVette to discuss her childhood growing up in Detroit, making her first record at 16, and all the devastatingly sad music that LaVette was drawn to listening to as a young adolescent. Plus, LaVette remembers what it was like to perform at the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama.

For the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, there is nothing better than being on stage, playing music in front of a live audience. “When you're hitting those notes that your body didn't know it could hit,” says Weir, “I feel beyond human. I can't imagine that there's more that life has to offer.” In this episode, Margo speaks to one of her long-time heroes about everything from meditation, to psychedelic mushrooms and the existence of God.

Swamp Dogg has released twenty-five studio albums, written songs for artists like Doris Duke and Dee Dee Warwick, and collaborated with musicians such as Justin Vernon and John Prine—but he’s had to fight for his creative vision every step of the way. “Nobody's ever thought anything that I did was good enough,” says Swamp Dogg, “until it was unleashed on the public.” On this episode of Runaway Horses, Swamp Dogg and Margo get into the origins of Swamp Dogg, the stories behind his songs, and what it was like to produce for Atlantic. Plus, Swamp Dogg reveals to Margo which of his songs he’s picked out of her to cover next.

“I've had so many different ways that I've described my music,” says singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah, “but it’s always been important to me, to allow myself to explore.” That’s exactly what she’s doing on her latest EP, Pensive Pop—bringing new life and depth to pop-rock songs like Green Day’s “Hitchin’ A Ride” and Katy Perry’s “Chained To The Rhythm” in ways that draw out the soulful heart of those tunes. In this episode, Kiah and Margo dig into how therapy has deepened her songwriting, the expansiveness of the country genre and Kiah’s predictions for the future of the country music scene.

Welcome to Runaway Horses! We’re kicking off this special series of conversations between Margo Price and the renegade musicians who’ve inspired her career with the legendary Emmylou Harris. In this episode, recorded in person in Nashville, Margo and Emmylou unravel the divide between country and folk, swap songs, and realize everyone has their “Joan Baez moment.” Plus, Emmylou shares stories about collaborating with the likes of Dolly Parton, Gram Parsons and Bob Dylan.

Runaway Horses from Sonos Radio is a show about the search for freedom through music, and our shared human experience. Hosted by country musician Margo Price, the show features inspirational conversations with artists who aren’t afraid to break the mold and follow their own path. Listen to Runaway Horses in your podcast feed every Thursday, starting August 25th.