For Songs
A podcast for and about songs and songwriting
Displaying all 2 Episode of For Songs with the tag “altcountry”.
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Episode 78: A Conversation with Adam Levy of the Honeydogs
September 20th, 2025 | Season 1 | 44 mins 28 secs
altcountry, americana, goldensmog, honeydogs, indierock, music, songwriting
You know that feeling when you rediscover something that makes you feel young again? Takes you back 25-plus years? I do, because it happened the second I heard the opening riff of “Irish Goodbye,” the first single from latest album by the Minneapolis-based band the Honeydogs. That jangly guitar took me back to 1996/97, when the so-called alt.country music scene was just getting started. So it was a thrill to welcome Honeydogs singer/songwriter Adam Levy to the show and talk about the band’s first album in almost 10 years, Algebra for Broken Hearts. Adam talks about getting the band back together, writing songs with the new-old band, jamming with the band’s drummer, brother Noah Levy, and a ton more. So sit back, dig in and jam out as Adam Levy joins me on For Songs.
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Episode 75: A Fourth Conversation with Dan Murphy
May 16th, 2025 | Season 1 | 49 mins 9 secs
altcountry, cowpunk, dan murphy, daniel murphy, golden smog, minneapolis, scarlet goodbye, soul asylum
If nothing else, music is healing. Look no further than my guest on this episode—Dan Murphy, former lead guitarist from the 80s-90s cowpunk band Soul Asylum and the alt.country super group Golden Smog. In this episode, Dan and I discuss his band the Scarlet Goodbye’s second album El Camino Adios. We talk about his partnership with band co-founder Jeff Arundel, a few tunes from the record, and how he has rediscovered his love of being in a group again. Dig in!