For Songs
A podcast for and about songs and songwriting
Displaying 2 items of For Songs with the tag "#podcast".
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Episode 17: It's a For Songs Christmas!
December 17th, 2020 | Season 1 | 54 mins 33 secs
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It’s the holidays! We know it wouldn’t be #Christmas without Christmas music, so for the last episode of For Songs this year, I feature four different and unique non-traditional holiday songs. We’ve got two covers—indie-rock legend Paleface’s tender take on the Pogues’ classic Fairytale of New York and DC-based world-music trio Veronneau’s evocative rendition of Joni Mitchell’s River. Then we highlight two originals: The Sweet Lizzy Project’s stunning This Christmas I’m Not Coming Home and Scott Miller’s Americana hymn The Kingdom Has Come. So sit back, drink some eggnog, or any kind of nog, curl up by the fire and listen in as we feature four holiday classics.
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Episode 12: Episode 12: A Conversation with Emily Barker
November 9th, 2020 | Season 1 | 38 mins 50 secs
#climatechange, #emilybarker, #folkrock, #podcast, #redclayhalo, #songwriting
What’s the best way to get a critical message across to your listeners? For Emily Barker, the best way is to make it personal. On her latest album A Dark Murmuration of Words, Emily recounts her travels from her native Australia in her early 20s to England to become a singer/songwriter. She uses her personal experience missing home to make a direct plea in her music for combatting our world’s climate crisis. On this episode of For Songs, Emily talks her passion for the environment, how she drives the point home in her writing, and her musical inspirations.