The Song Inside

By Deidre Struck

A podcast where musicians talk with songwriter Deidre Struck about how songs bring them back to themselves. Each episode highlights two songs by the featured artist, with a focus on how music leads us... more

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The podcast currently has 84 episodes available.

The Song Inside episodes:

May 23, 2022 52. Franck Amsallem is the Space Between the Notes!
Franck Amsallem is a French jazz pianist and jolly good fellow. Join us as we talk about the meaning of names, 80s East Coast living, leaving something to be desired, and how music changes our DNA.
Learn more about Frank HERE
Songs:
Gotham Goodbye
Last Night When We Were Young
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1h 2min
May 16, 2022 51. The Song Inside Celebrates One Year!
We did it! 50 awesome songwriter interviews, a year of songwriting tips, and music which brought us from darkness to light.
In this anniversary episode, I'll be checking in with my brother and OG guest, Blake Lewis. (Do we have beefs with the music industry? Listen and find out!)
We'll also hear from other past guests, and I'll play some of my own favorite tunes for you.
I'm so proud to helm this podcast. Thanks to everyone for your support. Onward and upward!
Learn more about me HERE!
SONGS:
Tina Fey
Blue Early Morning
I'm Real
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53min
May 09, 2022 50. Suzi Shelton is Feeling the Power!
Continue celebrating Mother's Day with me and Suzi Shelton! We take you on a journey all the way from the weirdest place we've done gigs, to Coney Island, to a song about co-parenting (video and new recording just premiered! see below), to the most important thing of all-doing what makes us HAPPY!
Learn more about Suzi HERE
Songs:
Mermaids On Parade (collab with children's book author Melanie Hope Greenberg)
Mama's House, Daddy's House
VIDEO PREMIERE OF Mama's House, Daddy's House
My Coney Island Day song/video
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Can You Feel The Power
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59min
May 02, 2022 49. Graham Brice is Alright With That!
Not only is Graham Brice a cool neighborhood dad; he's also a killer songwriter with a sense for surprising chords. We have a lively chat about Song Club, learning from The Beatles, melodies arriving at inconvenient times, and how lucky we feel not to have been child stars.
Learn more about Graham HERE
Songs:
Ask Me To (Live)
I'm Alright With That
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57min
April 25, 2022 48. Ryan Keberle is All Ears!
To close out INTERNATIONAL TROMBONE MONTH!, this week I'm joined by composer/trombonist Ryan Keberle. We have fun talking about trombone as a folk instrument, music as connection, rule implementation as freedom, and finding your own voice. Also, the composition that ends the podcast is one of my favorite songs, ever.
Learn more about Ryan HERE
Songs:
I Am a Stranger
Become the Water
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1h 15min
April 18, 2022 47. Curtis Fowlkes is a Jazz Passenger!
I met Curtis Fowlkes my first day in New York. That's what we call Lucky! You, too, are now Lucky! Meet this true gentleman, soulful singer, and fantastic trombonist as we discuss goofing off at the circus, the origin of The Jazz Passengers, the foibles of working with Jeff Buckley and Lou Reed, and embracing the mess. As a bonus, OG Big Apple Circus bassist and friend of us both, Gene Torres, happens to call in during the interview! It's all gossip and goodness for this third installment of Trombone Month here at The Song Inside.
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Songs:
March 19th
Jolly Street
If I Were a Bell
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April 11, 2022 46. Brian Drye is Way Down in Hadestown!
We continue our Trombone Month celebration with the hardest working trombonist in show business, Brian Drye! Come and listen to us geek out about the trombone, discuss the choreography of recording, marvel at the glue of ostinato, and learn about giving it your all on Broadway every night.
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Songs:
Hawaii
Open Water
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April 04, 2022 45. Alan Ferber is an Economist!
People! It is time to celebrate THE TROMBONE! All! Month! Long! Starting with Alan Ferber, co-director of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop and all-around talent. Join us as we talk about community through music, the beauty of a nonet, the importance of economy, and harmony as cake. (Great, now I'm hungry).
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Songs:
The River
North Rampart
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1h 17min
March 28, 2022 44. Leah Paul is a Sweet Potato!
Leah Paul is a sweet potato who runs a music business for kids called Sweet Potato Music! She also lives in LA, is a mom, plays the flute, and writes the coolest chamber pop tunes you've ever heard. We talk about pivoting after motherhood, treating vocals like flutes, finding home, and not waiting for happiness.
Songs:
Warm Streets
Thin Skinned
We Will Do The Worrying
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1h 8min
March 21, 2022 43. Luciana Souza is a Poet!
Brazilian composer, singer, lyricist and percussionist Luciana Souza is a light in the darkness. In this conversation, we revisit our younger selves, call our friend (and Sunnyside producer) Francois live with a birthday message, reminisce about Cornelia Street Cafe, and explore the freedom of harmony and the gestures of melody.
Learn more about Luciana HERE
Songs:
Sonnet
Sleeping Ground
These Things
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56min

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How many episodes does The Song Inside have?

The podcast currently has 84 episodes available.