Standing at the Edge with Casey Stratton

On this week's episode I talk about my 2015 album SOLUS and how it came to be. I was at a point in my life where I realized I could not be in a successful and healthy relationship until I processed some major things from the past and how they had made me relate to others. Being so close to someone had become impossible and I had work to do. SOLUS is that work. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

In this episode we talk about my 2010 release Myth & Stars. Using mythology and its connection to the night sky, I processed both the personal and the collective. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

In this episode I discuss my 2014 album Lantern Through the Labyrinth in which every song was based on a dream I have had at some point in my life. It was an interesting journey and project. I go through each song and explain the dream it is based on as well as the musical symbolism throughout the album. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

This week I discuss my album The Winter Children and the process of writing it. While written between 1998 and 2002, I did not have professional recordings of it at the time. I later recorded and released it, in 2009. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

In the season two premiere I discuss my second full-length album Lily Sleeps. Recorded in 1996 and 1997 this record was a very experimental and emotional time for me. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

In this final installment for season one I tell a story I have never told about deciding how and when I wanted to come out and how that was jeopardized by some behind the scenes betrayals. It was interesting to process some of my thought processes from 1995-2004 through the lens of 2020. I was young and had to make tough decisions that many on all sides disagreed with sometimes. It has taken this long for me to be comfortable enough to really talk about it. Throughout we hear three unreleased live recordings that I recently found going through a bunch of CD-Rs. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

Hear about how things unfolded and devolved after making Standing at the Edge as my experience with a major label soured a bit. I also hang up on Madonna. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

In this episode I discuss how it came to be that I signed to Sony and made Standing at the Edge. It was interesting to tell the story from now, 18 years after it all began. From signing to Sony to meeting Producer/Engineer Kevin Killen to how Producer Patrick Leonard got involved. Join me as I go down memory lane about my most popular album to date. I also cried again, this time talking about recording Bloom. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

This episode features the 3rd and final installment of my conversation with my husband, Kurt. We discuss the aftermath of my cervical spine surgery, 6 months after we met. Then we talk about getting married and our life together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

In this episode I discuss my current emotional and mental state as we live through these times before talking about the new Taylor Swift album, Folklore. From there is on to part 2 of my conversation with my husband, Kurt. We go further in depth surrounding his identity and experiences as a biracial man. We then switch gears to talk about how we met and our very dramatic first month together. Next week will be the third and final installment of this conversation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

Kurt and I discuss identity, intersectionality and how that has affected both of us as we traversed our experiences in the world at large.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

In this bonus episode I talk about songs you asked me to discuss including Blood, The Raven, Dear Sylvia and Burning Trees. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

In this episode I discuss proposing to Kurt and our small but lovely wedding. I then talk about my gay identity and how I did not have representation growing up. Representation is so important and it was only once I felt represented in media that I really understood that. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

This episode walks through the months after I met my husband Kurt in 2018 to early February 2019. More hospitalizations, discovering why I have aggressive cardiovascular disease, a whirlwind vacation, a new job and post spinal surgery issues. It was a wild ride! Join me. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

This episode goes into the details of the major life changes I made after my heart attacks, how things got bad again and then how I met my husband, Kurt. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

In this episode I discuss the current state of affairs before telling the story of finding out I had had two heart attacks in 2017. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

In this episode Casey introduces the podcast and talks about what season one will entail. He then gives updates since his last podcast in 2011. Talk turns to musical identity and what it meant when his was threatened due to major health issues that affected his ability to play and sing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message

Singer/Songwriter Casey Stratton returns to podcasting with a fresh perspective. At 42 years old and after some major life events, Casey is back to talk music, health, life and love. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caseystratton/message