Songs From a Room

Zoe Firn discusses growing up in Brooklyn from a family of violinists. We listen to the touching story that inspired the words to "Memorial Day" and she shares one of her newest creations a call-to-action song "What's My Plan?"    For more on Zoe Firn:  Bandcamp: https://zoefirn.bandcamp.com/ New single "Memorial Day": https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/zoefirn/memorial-day Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoefirn  Sub Stack: https://zoefirn.substack.com  

Melody Stolpp of Sweetbreads came on the podcast to share and discuss the inspirations behind her songs "Satisfy" and "Open Mic."   For more from Sweetbreads music and to find them live click links below: https://sweetbreads.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sweetbreadsmusic/  

Keith Madden of Compatible Animals joins the podcast to discuss his ten-year hiatus from performing and the inspirations that led him to form the band Compatible Animals, return to the stage and begin releasing music.    For more info on Compatible animals you can check out their band camp and follow them on Instagram:  https://compatibleanimals.bandcamp.com/track/ive-been-weird https://www.instagram.com/compatibleanimals/

Nathan Xander's hardened folk voice was shaped by cigarettes and heroes like Kris Kristofferson. He shares music from his 2023 album "Three Waltzes" and plays a new piece for his upcoming album and what inspired them.  Links below for more on Nathan:  https://nathanxander.bandcamp.com/album/three-waltzes http://www.nathanxander.net/ https://www.instagram.com/natestradamus/  

Michael Francis (born Avishay) sits down to share songs from his upcoming album The Hour Of The Star. We talk about his roots playing with bands like Heathers and his recent loss of employment that inspired him to write and record his new album in under a month.    For more information on Michael Avishay and to stay tuned for this upcoming album:  https://hhheathers.bandcamp.com/ www.twitter.com/michaelavishay https://open.spotify.com/artist/3shDJdQHDcCTnCYL4VBb6n?si=xnXrtCyMTLq_-udmhaQvWg    

Recorded in January 2024, Bob Palos sat down with CW Headley in front of a live audience at Pete's Candy Store. They discussed growing up in Bethlehem Pennsylvania and CW's artistic start in comedy that led into music.  

Esme White visits the podcast one week after returning to New York City, her place of birth, after five years of living in London. She shares songs inspired by her father and her relationship overseas.  To listen to more of her work follow her Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ZMVd3ODQ7fyFDQI7QCCCH?si=Wf0Q7eLURVCYayCqwm8SFQ

Christian Rutledge is a Canadian-born musician who has spent over two decades in New York as a sound engineer and a rock drummer who finds himself writing and performing music with roots in folk inspired by the modern city. He shares his songs and stories.  For more information about Christian Rutledge, you can follow his Instagram handle @xtianrut 

Brett Horten sits down and shares his life being from Oklahoma and traveling around the world playing music. We get to hear the new song's he's been working on and how they came to be.  For more work from Brett use the links below.  bretthorton.bandcamp.com williecryrecords.bandcamp.com

Bryn Eva talks to us about her songs "Come Over" and "Closing In On Me" and the combination of social commentary and raw emotion that inspire them. 

Nadia Kazmi sits down and plays music from her fourth album Manufactured Dream and talks about the logistics of touring as a single artist coordinating musicians. 

Taro aka shutupkozou plays their music for us and talks about their experience growing up in both Japan and the United States. 

A Craven sits down and discusses his switch from indie home recording to performing live solo as a singer/songwriter and the songs that he's written since the switch. 

Arthur Darien talks about moving from Wisconsin to pursue songwriting and we explore his literary writing style. 

Adam Ochs a.k.a afriend plays for us while visiting New York City from his country home outside Knoxville Tennesse. 

We sit down with GIO in his apartment in Spanish Harlem and we learn about his time in Puerto Rico during the pandemic where he recorded his music while achieving master's degree. 

Sophia Berger is visiting from Berlin and playing out for the first time without a band as a singer/songwriter in New York City. 

Nik Westman joins the podcast via video conference to share his songs with us while isolating during the Covid pandemic. He talks about his projects while in quarantine. Releasing The Corona Tapes a compilation project of independent artists as well as his own EP Nimble Minds. 

Julie talks about being home schooled in Lancaster Pa, her time living on a commune, and other experiences that inspired her music. 

Stephen Artemis Jr tells us about growing up in rural New York and how visiting the country side inspires his music. We also talk about recording his albums with his own independent recording label. 

Josh Savage was in New York City just in time to share with us his journeys from Berlin to Mexico and perform music inspired by his adventures.

 Lorraine Leckie joins us on the podcasts. She talks about her start in music after years as a successful make up artists and how she starts the Greenpoint Songwriter exchange, a weekly meet up for songwriters to workshop their new material in an open community oriented atmosphere. 

Doo Crowder has performed music in Denver, LA, and across the country. Getting by on music and teaching music to children in a detention center. He shares his personal stories that inspire the music for his upcoming albums as well as inspirations for his more recent work. 

Benji Mark is a singer/songwriter and musical therapist currently living in New Paltz. He shares with us his experience teaching music to children and the spiritual and romantic journeys that inspired his music. 

We sit down and talk to Hoagie about the songs he gathered for his up coming album Other Folks. A rock opera about growth and learning to work with others. 

Morton Millen shares his music with us and talks about growing up in England and living in the East Village then shares us a touching song about losing his horse. 

We talk to Peter Siegmann aka The Lowliest One. He tells us how his journey that brought him into becoming a singer songwriter and using a pseudonym to separate the music from the man.   

Ben Pagano sits down and shows  shares with us the songs working toward his next album currently in the works. 

This episode features Rebecca Tilles from her apartment in the upper east side. She share's with us some of her new music, writing her dual citizenship between Sweden and America. 

Ben Schapiro returns to the podcast and tells us about meditation and how it's helped him grow as a songwriter. 

Kristen Merritt was born in Detroit and spend her younger years moving around the south before presiding in Williamsburg.  We learn about her life here in New York and learning how to write songs on her own after playing and writing with a band. 

We sit down with California native and New York resident Jack Adams. He talks a little about what led him into music and gearing up for his album release show at the Gutter. 

We continue on conversation with Emily Fenton. She tells us about her life before music and how writing music helped her express her emotions. 

Emily Fenton tells us how she got into music through comedy, growing up in Arkansas, and performs her song, Midtown Psychic. 

This episode we talk to Emily Frembgen about her lives in Denver, Baltimore and New York City and her quest to Indiegogo the funds to make her latest album Flower/Weed.  

We sit down with Steven Murillo, singer/songwriter and member of Someone In A Tree. He shows use his Suzuki Omnichord and plays us his McCartney inspired song "And I Will Walk Across The Way." 

Jason Trachtenburg sits down and talks about his many lives in New York City, Seattle and from being a singer/songwriter leading his family band Trachtenburg Family Slide Show Players to writing and performing in his very own musical "Me and Lee" based of the memoirs by Judith A Vary Baker

Gemma Laurence sits and talks with us about growing up with dual citizenship  between England and Maine. Being an English major in college introduced her to the amazing poets that's influenced her work including the title track to her debut album Crooked Heart. 

We continue our conversation with Erel Pilo as she talks about her journey in music and the creative exercises that led to her finishing the newly completed song In The End. 

Singer/songwriter and producer of Fireside Mystery Theatre, Gustavo Rodriguez aka Silbin Sandovar is a man with many names and many hats. We learn about the man and listen to his very beautifully written song I'm Late. 

David Gagne of Fantazmz sits down for the podcast and tells us about growing up in the northeast. He talks about playing music in the scenes of Portland Maine, Southern California, to his new home in New York City and plays us Fantazmz new single Just Lovers. 

Donny D Rose is a Denver born singer/songwriter who talks about his experiences working at a hotel and the inspiration he got from the people coming and going to write his song Checking In. 

We sit down with Ben Schapiro and discuss jazz greats, the ego, the power of meditation, and tinder dates. All influential in the latest song he shares with us. 

Alex Kuchta sits down and tells us about growing up in his small woodsy neighborhood in New Jersey and listening to the interstate that cut through it inspiring him to write the song I-80. 

Erel Pilo sits down with us and tells us her experiences moving to America from Israel at a young age. She shows us her vintage Casio keyboard and all it's cool little tricks. 

Tim Pourbaix joins us on the podcast and tells us about learning his first chords as a teenage dishwasher at a pizza joint in Denver to putting out his first full length album River Well. 

Tatyana Kalko is a Russian born, Philadelphia raised singer/songwriter living in New York City. She tells us about making her first full length album and the train ride that inspired the song Cameron.