Izaak is a talented young singer/songwriter hailing from Montana. We talk about Warren Zevon, ghosts in the amplifiers, the pros and cons of an itinerant lifestyle, and making things out of leather. Izaak has an interesting backstory: born and raised in Montana, for nearly 10 years he spent 5 months of extended summers working on trail crews in the back country of Glacier National Park, and the remaining months in various places as he wandered his musical path. We discuss how this lifestyle influenced the songwriting on his excellent recent album “Mariachi Static”.

Carson McHone is a tremendously talented singer-songwriter; she recently released a great new album "Carousel". We talk growing up in Austin, performing in the bars and honky-tonks there as a teenager, and postcards from the road. I also reveal my fear of horses.

In episode four we talk with Joe Firstman and Lucca Soria, two of the primary songwriters for Nashville based band Cordovas. We discuss Mexico, scientology, dropping pennies from the 151st floor penthouse of Tell You What! Towers, and lots and lots of music stuff.

In Episode Three, we sit down with Brian Powers, one half of the musical duo Frances Luke Accord. We discuss their project with a children's choir in Uganda, sketch comedy, and sensory deprivation, all while a lovely chorus of birds sings outside the Tell You What recording studios.

In this episode, we talk with Phil and Aaron Reed, of the southern Oregon folk duo The Brothers Reed. We cover their brotherly history, pushing the edges of comedy, long distance running, bloody angels, and Home Alone. And also songwriting and live music performance.

In our first episode, we chat with Shane McLaughlin and Lucy Clabby, songwriters for the Pittsburgh band Buffalo Rose. We discuss inventory management, trippy psych freakouts, and poetry, and Lucy never once refers to me as "Dad".