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Just 4 friends (who have never met in person), sharing and talking about obscure songs that they love. Basically, music geek heaven.

Campfire Songs


    • Mar 26, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 25m AVG DURATION
    • 41 EPISODES


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    Episode 41

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 75:25


    Episode 41 of Campfire Songs with special guest, Andrew Colvin of Popular Creeps and Sinking Ships.  Selections from Sinking Ships, The Loft, The Minus 5, Wire Train, Julien Baker & Torres, Silver Apples, Adrianne Lenker, and Ronnie Wood.

    Episode 40

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 62:15


    Episode 40 of Campfire Songs with Clem Snide, Annalibera, Joseph Kabasele, Pigeon Club, Scruffy the Cat, Drugstore, Ultimate Painting, Naked Giants.

    Episode 39

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 71:14


    Episode 39 of Campfire Songs with Big Blood, Here We Go Magic, Clark Hutchinson, Stevie Wonder, Peter Case, The Wickies, Phil Yates, The Hypos, Damien Jurado.

    Episode 38

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 64:02


    Episode 38 of Campfire Songs with Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham, Molecular Steve, Bilders, Hidden Cameras, Sessa, Sadler Vaden, Beth Orton, and Zenxith.

    Episode 37

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 62:32


    Episode 36 of Campfire Songs, with Laughing, The Mysteries of Life, YAWNi, Descendants, Chime School, Fun Boy Three Claudette et Ti Pierre, and Kelly Hogan.

    Episode 36

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 71:12


    Episode 35 of Campfire Songs, with Guided By Voices, The Breeders, Urge Overkill, Songs: Ohia, Snarls, Crowsdell, The Thons, and C Turtle.

    Episode 35

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 60:20


    Episode 35 of Campfire Songs with Mike Scott & The Bootlegs, Beat Happening, Hurry, Noise Addict, Absolute Grey, Love Child, The Mosquitos, and Belle Adair.

    Episode 34

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 72:20


    Episode 34 of Campfire Songs featuring The Treasures of Mexico, Raphael Saddiq, Sloppy Heads, The Umbrellas, Stars, Papas Fritas, Marc Johnson, and The Edsel Auctioneer.

    Episode 33

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 74:41


    Episode 33 of Campfire Songs featuring some of our favorites from 2023. Includes selections from Ana Frango Elétrico, Lewsberg, The Nude Party, The Pretty Flowers, En Attendant Ana, Joanna Sternberg, Class, and Brian Dunne.

    Episode 31

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 125:20


    Episode 31 with special guest Derrick Bostrom of the Meat Puppets.  Great conversations with the founding member and drummer of one of our favorite bands.  Plus music from Johnny Carver, Novos Baianos, Connie Eaton, Jim Ed Brown, Sugluk, Roger Miller, Liquor Giants, and Meat Puppets.

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    Episode 31

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 90:08


    Episode 30 of Campfire Songs featuring Bilders, Barry Adamson, The Sweater Girls, Will Johnson, Beth Orton, Klaus Johann Grobe, Andrew Bryant, and Deeper.

    Episode 30

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 73:27


    Episode 30 of Campfire Songs featuring Blue Aeorplanes, Mainland Break, Pretty Flowers, Raphael Saadiq, Camper Van Beethoven, Ural Thomas & The Pain, Palace Brothers, Dillon Fence.  Plus we talk about Bob Mould and Sugar, as well as various Chicago musicians.

    Episode 29

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 52:57


    Episode 29 featuring Mush, Jason Morphew, Self, Al Riggs, Slang, Jerry Lee Lewis, Squire, Bill Callahan.

    Episode 28

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2023 83:23


    Episode 28 with special guest Brinsley Schwarz.  Music from Brinsley Schwarz, Jim Ford, Jimi Hendrix, Kendra Smith, Jimi Hendrix, Little Feat, Dumptruck, Steely Dan, and Country Westerns.

    Episode 27

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 90:36


    Episode 27 of Campfire Songs with special guest Michael Hall, lead vocalist and guitarist of the Wild Seeds, a member of The Setters, as well as a long solo career.  Featuring  songs by The Wild Seeds,  and along, The Holy Modal Rounders, Judee Sill, Bottlecap Mountain, Chicano Batman, Karen Dalton, Tee Vee Repairman, and Michael Hall.

    Episode 26

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2023 67:40


    Episode 26 of Campfire Songs featuring Blues Lawyer, The Stroppies, King Biscuit Time, Angélique Kidjo, Gentleman Jesse, Kishore Kumar, East River Pipe, Salad Boys.

    Episode 25

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2023 75:27


    Episode 25 of Campfire Songs featuring The Funkees, Holopaw, Tallies, The Besties, Slovenly, Trembling Blue Stars, The Tubs, Meat Puppets.

    Episode 24

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 74:09


    Episode 24 of Campfire Songs featuring The Go-Betweens, Friends Again, Chris Stamey, Faye, Walter Marin, Sabina Sciubba, Marah, and Popular Creeps.

    Episode 23

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2022 80:29


    Episode 23 of Campfire Songs featuring Flin Flon, Alexis Castrogiovanni, Freeman, Dot Dash. The Weakerthans, Jonathan Richman, The City, Ghost Car.

    Episode 22

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 79:41


    Episode 22 of Campfire Songs with special guest Tyler Asay of The Tisburys.  Tyler joins the 4 Geeks around the virtual campfire to talk about the Tisbury's new record, Exile On Main Street.  Featuring songs from The Tisburys, Miracle Legion, Richard Hell, Don Dixon, 2nd Grade, Circle C, Rilo Kiley, Supercrush.

    Episode 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 87:40


    Episode 21 of Campfire Songs with special guest Julie Simmons of musicmakesyouthink.com.  Featuring songs from Joey Valence & Brae, The Berries, Mother Mother, Don McGlashan, Pip Blom, Green, The Brand New Heavies, Senay.

    Episode 20

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 63:07


    Episode 20 of Campfire Songs featuring Pet Fox, Jenny Toomey, Gigolo Aunts, Frankie Miller, Peter Laughner, Mommyheads, Tim Curry, and Nutrients.

    Episode 19

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 125:21


    Episode 19 of Campfire Songs, with special guest Matt Derda of Matt Derda & the High Watts.  Featuring Matt Derda & The High Watts, Cool Ghouls, Mono Men, Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu, Dead Moon, The Dirtbombs, Truck Stop Love, and Andrew Bryant.

    Episode 18

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 67:41


    Episode 18 of Campfire Songs featuring Christmas, The Opals, Nanci Griffith, The Smarthearts, Volcano Suns, Reverend Maceo Woods and The Christian Tabernacle Choir, The Bobby Fuller Four, and The Wild Flowers of America

    Episode 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 72:14


    Episode 17 of Campfire Songs featuring  Daryl Hall, The Pussywillows, Prefab Sprout, Eades, Mbongwana Star, Outdoor Velour, Bird Nest Roys, Young Guv.

    Episode 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 67:56


    Episode 16 of Campfire Songs featuring Night Shop, Magic Sam, Big Fish Ensemble, Hypercolor, Partner Look, Slapp Happy, Graeme Downes, and The Mendoza Line

    Episode 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 77:28


    Episode 15 of Campfire Songs in which the Four Geeks bring a couple of their favorite songs from 2021.  Featuring Strapping Fieldhands, Aeon Station, Macie Stewart, Motorists, Ada Lea, Bo Burnham, André Abujamra, UV-TV.

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    Episode 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2021 103:43


    Episode 14 of Campfire Songs featuring The Chills, Chime School, Martin Newell, The Oranges Band, Tracey Thorn, Nextstopexjock, John Cale, Idaho.

    Episode 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2021 87:18


    Episode 13 of Campfire Songs featuring The Roomsounds, Freakwater, Palace Music, Wheat, Wine Lips, Betwixt, The Butterflies, Arto Lindsay. 

    Episode 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 97:40


    Episode 12 of Campfire Songs featuring Naomi's Hair, jhn mrsr, 801, The Telefones, Voxtrot, Die Welttraumforscher, Fumaça Preta, and Ducks Ltd.

    Episode 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2021 84:35


    Episode 11 of Campfire Songs featuring Broncho, Caitlin Cary, Kids These Days, Fuzzy, Black Pussy, Texas Instruments, M.O.T.O., and Liquorice. 

    Episode 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 97:03


    Episode 10 of Campfire Songs featuring The Squalls, Bad Astronaut, The Coctails, Dave Schoonderbeek with By Divine Right, Bar-B-Q Killers, China Gate, The Limiñanas, and Luna.

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    Episode 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 105:45


    Episode 9 of Campfire Songs, with special guest Wally Salem, founder of the record label The Beautiful Music (www.thebeautifulmusic.com).  Featuring Tremolo, The Pattern, The Mysteries of Life, The Social Icons, The Sound, Man's Body, Clothilde, Television Personalities.

    Episode 8

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 100:57


    Episode 8 of Campfire Songs.  Featuring The Swimming Pool Q's, Terrible Truths, The Regents, Roky Erickson, Macha, Sam Baker, Takka Takka, Jess Sah Bi & Peter One.

    Episode 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 83:20


    Episode 7 of Campfire Songs. Featuring For Squirrels, The Tages, Las Akelas, Sleepy, The Lemonheads, Family Atlantica, The Burning Hell, The Whatt Four.

    Episode 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 102:45


    Episode 6 of Campfire Songs. Featuring Omar Souleyman, Mega Super Ultra, Big Dipper, Aaron Collins and The Teen Queens, The Delusions, The Webb Brothers, Balancing Act, The Rockers.

    Episode 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021 95:32


    Episode 5 of Campfire Songs with special guest Tim Lee of The Windbreakers, Bark, and the Tim Lee 3.  Featuring the Cairo Gang, Charlie Pickett, The Dirtbombs, Speed The Plouh, Steve Ison, The Squirms, Tyler Keith, The Windbreakers.

    Episode 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 105:55


    Episode 4 of Campfire Songs.  Featuring the Wild Seeds, Radon, The Donner Party Dinner Menus, Dan Wriggins, Windbreakers, The Neats, The McKinleys, The Homesick.

    Episode 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 92:20


    Episode 3 of Campfire Songs.  Featuring  Rookie, The Tisburys, 2nd Grade, The Crystal Furs, Silverbacks, Steven Bradley, Cornershop, The Crystal Furs.

    Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 140:42


    Episode 2 of Campfire Songs.  Featuring  Winter Hours, Guided By Voices, The Chairs, The Blue Notes, Timbuk 3, The Shazam, Treat Her Right, The Cannanes, Slow, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Portastatic, with special guest, Marc Fagel, author of Jittery White Guy Music: True Rock & Roll Confessions From a Guy Who Bought The Album.

    Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 120:52


    Episode 1 of Campfire Songs.  Featuring Falstaff, Blue Angel, Graham Cousens, Pain, Robert Duncan, Dogbowl, Sugar Shack, Peter Jefferies, Shugo Tokumaru, The Chills, Howard Tate, and Dan Zanes.

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