Curious Goldfish

A songwriter on quitting drinking, and the song he wrote two months later Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Mike Kinnebrew uses songwriting to face the things he'd rather not. In...

Part two: a tribute to Rich Mullins and the faith we both had to question Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Part two with Jacob Furr turns into a tribute to Rich Mullins, the Chr...

He lost his wife to brain cancer in his twenties, then kept writing through it Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Jacob Furr, a singer-songwriter out of Fort Worth, lost his wife ...

Part two: writing songs that hold sweetness and bluntness in the same breath Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Part two with Eliot Bronson digs into how he keeps a song honest wi...

A songwriter who says his own songs teach him who he is Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Eliot Bronson writes songs that he says end up teaching him about himself. In part one, ...

Part two: grief, a song called "The West," and a global following built by accident Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) In part two with We Are All Fossils, Deist goes deeper into ...

A South African musician who turns strangers' stories into songs, now in Britain Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) We Are All Fossils is the project of Deist, a South African mus...

From beauty pageants to a soul record about vanity and the labels put on women Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Cyrena Wages took the long way from beauty pageants to a solo car...

An Atlanta songwriter on making music raw enough to make you uncomfortable Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Davin McCoy doesn't smooth the edges off his songs. In part one of th...

An Atlanta songwriter on losing her brother and the music she's making after Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Grace Asbury, an Atlanta native now in Nashville, writes from what ...

She's not sure music can pay the bills, and she's freer in it than ever Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Vanessa Peters released "Flying on Instruments" in 2024, and she's clear...

She wrote a song to apologize to her best friend, and it brought him back. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Grace Pettis wrote a song called "Landon" as an apology ...

A Columbia deal, then releasing on her own, then stepping back for family Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Alice Peacock has seen the music business from both sides, signed to C...

A country veteran on saying yes more at 55, and enjoying the work more than she ever has. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Kelly Willis has been in country music a ...

A blind singer-songwriter on building a business and a brand the music industry didn't make room for Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Wyatt Edmondson has built an independent ca...

She wrote her album's title track from a true 1800s story, and now she's deep in her own family tree Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Amanda Donald builds songs out of other peo...

An Irish songwriter on the therapy that rebuilt her voice, and the silence she grew up in Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Clare Cunningham grew up feeling silenced, and cogniti...

A Nashville songwriter on the stage fright he writes around, and the South that pulled his songs out Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Matt Killough moved from Denver back to the...

A 23-year partnership, a five-year silence, and why they still play to any size room Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Bradley Cole Smith and Nelson Nolen have made music togethe...