A new music podcast from writer, researcher & producer Sophie Abramowitz, artist & musician Sarah Bachman, and folklorist, writer & SPINSTER co-owner... more
In our last official episode of the season, we celebrate the brilliant, iconoclastic life of singer, guitarist, and activist, Odetta.... more
Our Last Waltz Thanksgiving Special! While Sophie rests her voice, our friend Kana Zink steps in to help us rate... more
We bring one of our favorite songwriters and theme song artist Lou Turner on the pod to discuss Joni’s road... more
Round two of our own personal Joni Jam. Hissing of Summer Lawns - Hejira - Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter corridor,... more
An on-the-ground recap of last night’s Joni Mitchell & The Joni Jam show at the Hollywood Bowl from someone who... more
We enter the world of Joni Mitchell to discuss the dialectic of muse and muse-er, the appeal and cultural baggage... more
As we dug deep into Joan Baez’s history and lore we found ourselves drawn to her little sister Mimi Fariña,... more
We follow Joan Baez’s life through her meteoric popularity when folk music was the thing and discuss what exactly that... more
Vashti Bunyan’s 1968-69 horse-drawn caravan trip from South London to the Isle of Skye has become a symbolic heroine’s journey... more
Riffing on that Richard Thompson song about Anne Briggs (or was it Vashti Bunyan?), haylofts, and steamies.