I had the absolute privilege to sit down and talk to Seattle songwriting legend Damien Jurado about the work of his friend and collaborator, the late-great Richard Swift.

We talked about how they met, how they ended up collaborating, Damien's favorite stuff of Richard's, and so much more.

We Are The Willows frontman Peter Miller goes into his discovery of Bazan's music, religion, songwriting process, and we even meet his cat Yum Yum.

Tommy Rehbein, the brains behind the New Wave/Punk outfit Toilet Rats talks to us about the expansive and ever-changing music of Starflyer 59.

He mentioned it was impossible to pick just one album, and when we dove in we realized why!

The former Margot & The Nuclear So & So's frontman, and current highly prolific solo artist sits down to talk about the artist Cut Worms. We dive in deep to talk about the album he considers "the only masterpiece I can think of that I didn’t make this decade."

We also end up talking about P!nk (don't get him started), Weezer, The Beatles, as well as songwriting structure and his deep love of melody.

In a bit of a change in the format, Nick breaks down his 10 favorite albums from 2024 and goes in-depth about each choice.

Songwriter and author Zaq Baker takes us down the "Joel Hole" as we discuss the classic album Turnstiles, as well as the many distinct eras of Billy Joel.

We sat down with Seth Davin, the voice behind American Scarecrows, about the genius and whistle of Andrew Bird. We talk about the album My Finest Work Yet, and branch out to his whole discography to talk about his artistic evolution. It was a great chat!

The Ataris frontman talks about the lyrical brilliance of The Weakerthans, and we focus on the album Reconstruction Site.

Kristopher also gives us insight on how the new Ataris tunes are coming along, and he even shares some new lyrics! We get a bit sidetracked...often and ended up just talking about the artistic process in general. It was a fun one!

Welcome to The Musician's Musician with Nick Costa! Here's what you need to know about the pod, as well as the first listen to the theme song in full!