Kerri Green, classical pianist extraordinaire, and I met in the freshman dorm bathroom at BYU. Since then, duets have been played, marriages and births celebrated, losses grieved. In this episode, we talk about the benefits of doing bad work, rejecting perfectionism, exceptional teachers, and the miracle of music. 

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Songs featured in this episode:  

Aria 

Le Bal

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Byron Isaacs plays bass and sings with The Lumineers. He's also one half of Tiny Language, a project born out of writer's block. In this episode, we talk about getting past that block and creating an EP together, songwriting clubs, the balance of being an artist parent, and what it's like playing with one of the most popular bands in the world. 

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Songs featured in this episode:  

Almost Gone 

Gallery Girl 

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Roy Nathanson was born on the best of all days, May 17th. (Disclaimer: this is also Deidre's birthday.) In this episode, the birthday twins talk about their long history playing together in NYC. Also on the docket: the soul in a voice, the truth in the notes, and how the moment of the sound is all about the listening.    

Learn more about Roy HERE  

Songs featured in this episode:     

Complicated Day    

Neurotransmitters

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I met Kate McGarry years ago, an angel in NYC, somewhere singing at a club. She captivated me! She ended up singing with a big band of mine, and I’d come see her collaborations and marvel at how pure her voice sounded.  I hope this conversation about, among other things, the relationship between poetry and music, delights you as much as it delighted me!  

Learn more about Kate HERE 

Songs featured in this episode: 

Losing Strategy Number 4 

It Happens All the Time in Heaven 

I Carry Your Heart 

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Blake Lewis finds the Songs Inside (and outside of) American Idol, where he was the runner up in 2007. Deidre grew up a child of the seventies in Idaho; Blake, an eighties child, hails from Washington. They share the same mother, a love for the geography and air of the northwest United States, and a shared passion for all things music. Deidre and Blake learned of each other when Deidre was searching for her birth roots. On this episode, they discuss their reactions to discovering their sibling connection. They also, for the first time, talk about his time on American Idol. (Spoiler alert; it was EPIC).  

Learn more about Blake HERE

Songs featured in this episode:

Trouble

Written in Stars

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The Song Inside podcast brings you in-depth interviews with musicians who have learned how to silence their inner critics in order to bring their original songs to life. 

Host Deidre Rodman Struck (pianogoddess) gets to the heart of how her guests use songs and songwriting to move from darkness to light.

Each episode will explore two original songs by the featured artist, in hopes that the listener will walk away inspired to find their own inner voice.