Getting shot while driving cross country to make the drop.

Falling in love with a hooker while being a heroin addict.

Being in love and nothing else matters.

The most haunting song ever and a funny song.

Three songs from Nathaniel Rateliff. One about getting your ass kicked. One about not giving up and one about looking back on a past relationship.

Two songs about how awesome your formative years are and how much freedom they allowed you.

Happy Friday! I tried to choose some songs that have a more happy, punchy and jovial feel to them. If you've been listening to Talkin Songs then you know I tend to gravitate toward the more melancholy and slow stuff. Today we've got Anthony D'Amato to cheer us up a bit.

Fun outfits, great voices and good lyrics! I like those things! Two songs from Lucius first album Wildewoman.

"I love that old man, I wrote him this song

Tell me where do the great ones go when they're gone"

"Grab hold of what you desire – grab hold of fire – said FIRE – We call it FIRE"

"You should look through some old photos, I adored you in every one of those

If someone took a picture of us now they’d need to be told

That we had ever clung and tied a navy knot with arms at night"

"I might not want you back, but I want to kill him"

Cary Ann Hearst & Michael Trent are married and also bandmaids. Together they make up the band Shovels & Rope and they make fantastic music together.

The lead singer of Lake Street Dive, Rachel Price, has one of the best voices going right now. If you haven't heard her sing, you should. We're talking about two songs from their latest album today.

Jeffrey Martin is really good at creating characters and telling stories in his songs. We're talking about two songs from his latest album One Go Around.