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:

March 14, 2022 42. Lucy Wainwright Roche is Hopelessly Herself!
Singer-songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche comes from a musical family. She also has a very amenable dog, and a voice like a damn angel. Join us as we talk about going to Wikipedia for song ideas, the dark tundra of not writing, how a song can be anything, and how life on the road is definitely funnier with a companion!
Learn more about Lucy HERE
Songs:
Ohio is for Lovers
Canterbury Song
A Quiet Line
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March 07, 2022 41. Lara Bello is the Soul Inside the Gold!
Happy International Women's Month from The Song Inside! To kick things off, Spanish songstress Lara Bello (a fellow Carnegie Hall Lullaby Artist), joins me to explore the feelings inside the melody, the importance of introducing new cultures and languages to audiences, how to open our arms to new fruit, and just what the heck the meaning of Sikame is.
Learn more about Lara HERE
Songs:
Sola
Sikame
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53min
February 28, 2022 40. Django Haskins is Shutting Up and Playing!
Django Haskins calls in from his North Carolina cabin to talk about the discipline of Monday Night Song Group, musical and narrative dissonance, why proficiency shouldn't get in the way of being authentic, and the importance of lifting others up.
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Songs
state road valentine
Cutting Onions
Til My Voice is Gone
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57min
February 21, 2022 39. Brittany Anjou is Ripping Off the Band-Aid!
Pianist/Composer Brittany Anjou recently completed a Masters in Music Psychology and has done research on the mental health of musicians living in NYC. Join us for an intellectually stimulating conversation! Brittany tells me about hosting avant-garde jams in Kuwait before we move on to discuss jazz as a democratic art form, embracing opportunities to fail, and the eternal conflict between teaching and playing.
Learn more about Brittany HERE
Songs:
Starlight
No Tyrant
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1h 7min
February 14, 2022 38. Ohad Talmor is Brushing His Teeth!
What do Tribe Called Quest and the Love Boat have in common? What did Stravinsky say to do daily, as if brushing one's teeth? Find out in this interview with master composer and saxophonist Ohad Talmor! We talk about his lifelong relationship with Lee Konitz, the importance of buying the scores, the purpose of etudes, and the responsibility of artists.
Songs
Flight to Missoula
Etude #2
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February 07, 2022 37. Robin Meloy Goldsby is Piano Girl!
If you were in a Manhattan hotel 25 years ago, or a German castle recently, you may have heard Robin Meloy Goldsby tinkling the ivories, and not even known it. Her latest book, Piano Girl Playbook: Notes on a Musical Life, captures what it's like to play for all kinds of people in all kinds of places, and still find music at the heart of things. We talk about her storied life (played at Buckingham Palace? Check! Played for naked folks while wearing a concert gown? Done that!), the intentions of the composer, Mr. Rogers, and putting the work in.
Learn more about Robin HERE
Songs
Flying, Falling
December
Neighbor
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1h 16min
January 31, 2022 36. Rich Bennett is Roman Angelos!
Is Rich Bennett a producer, guitarist, composer, and music studio/school owner? Yes. Is he also Roman Angelos? YES. He makes music for underwater supermarkets, is a coffee and seltzer enthusiast, and enjoys the shifting of phrases and the art of the long fade.
Learn more about Rich HERE
Songs:
Shocked in Sciacca
Wild Ride
Night Part 1
Swimming Through the Aisles
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1h 8min
January 24, 2022 35. Eric Biondo is an Open Channel!
Eric Biondo (aka Beyondo), is a behatted trumpet player, songwriter, and vocalist. Yes, we made up the word "behatted". We talk about song boats drifting by open channels, the many feelings about jazz, writing with whatever you've got in the moment, and whether or not Eric has a ghost living in his apartment. (My money is on YES).
Learn more about Eric HERE
Songs:
Life on Repeat
I've Learned to Dance
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49min
January 17, 2022 34. Sonia de los Santos is a Smiling Fiesta!
Sonia de los Santos was born in Mexico with a smile on her face, so the story goes. Listening to her music, it's easy to believe! Her joy is infectious. In this episode we talk about the beauty of informal singing, the importance of saying "I'm here", the rise of family folk musicians such as Dan Zanes, and the sound a chipmunk makes.
Learn more about Sonia HERE
Songs:
Alegria
Suena
Fiesta Fiesta
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45min
January 10, 2022 33. Tony Malaby is Movable and Modular!
Tony Malaby. Saxophonist. Teacher. Kung Fu Panda. Join us as we talk about Mexican food, NYC in the 1990s, falling into the waters of improvisation, and Ricardo Montalban.
Learn more about Tony HERE
Songs:
Mia
Corinthian Leather
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