Ruby's Corner Podcast

Ruby's Corner Season 2--the original livestreamed mini-concert series of Delaney's original music--continues with a set of 4 brand new songs (well, new then): Together, Woman, The Caretaker and Paper Plane. This recording was made live on Facebook on February 25, 2021. The original show audio has been edited to better suit this audio-only podcast. If you’d like to watch the unedited format, or get...

Love (and typical Stephen and Delaney shade) are in the air (but mostly love) as we hit the ground frolicking in this review of the Valentine's/love-themed episode of Ruby's Corner. We quantify how many songs are actually about Stephen of Delaney's song catalog--and also quiz him on it! We discuss Delaney's least favorite of her original songs (perhaps), as well as discuss the cool merits of the u...

Delaney welcomes you back to Ruby's Corner--the original livestreamed mini-concert series of Delaney's original music--with a Valentine's Day set including 2 new songs: This is Love, and I'm Yours along with 2 fan favorites: Wake, and One from her Finding Again EP! This recording was made live on Facebook on February 11, 2021. The original show audio has been edited to better suit this audio-only...

Delaney and Stephen are BACK! Season 2 of Ruby's Corner--the podcast AND the original livestream episodes--is just about to begin, but before we get started, what happened in between seasons, what's new in the corner, and what can we expect in the shows ahead? In addition, find out why Stephen mentions William Butler Yates this time, why Feb 18 is a great day to Delaney and Stephen, and what Delan...

It's the final episode of Season 1 of the Ruby's Corner Podcast! And we're reviewing the last episode of Ruby's Corner Season 1! Inside, Stephen roasts musical acts like chestnuts on an open fire, we crush poet trivia AND the lyrics of Christmas Crush (as well as a two second promo for Delaney's Christmas Crush single), and we contrast the sweet inspiration of the season's final performance of Sil...

Christmas classics and Delaney's first original Christmas song premiere in the season finale of Ruby's Corner. To kick off the holidays, Delaney premieres her first original Christmas song: the peppy and twitter-pated Christmas Crush. Then it's on to classics with a Delaney spin including I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day on ukulele, and a contemplative Silent Night to finish Season 1 of Ruby's C...

It's all about YOU in this episode of Ruby's Corner reviews! Well, you if you were one of the proud requesters of songs for the last Ruby's Corner episode: At Your Request. We talk fanfiction songs, who requested what (generally), the subdued tone of the episode, SPACE...a little, our (that's Delaney and Stephen's) adorable lovechild, and how one of these performances got Delaney "discovered" and...

In this episode of Ruby's Corner, Delaney plays your most requested picks of her original songs. In this fan-favorite set, Delaney performs some of her early gig favorites such as Your Gravity and the anthemic ballad Never Yours to Name, as well as a lullaby she wrote for someone special: Stardust. This recording was made live on Facebook on November 19, 2020. The original show audio has been edit...

In which Stephen and Delaney review Season 1: Episode 4: A Good Man, make up words that probably already exist--and we're not just talking about the lyrical history of My Fidelity or A Good Man--mark some birthdays, anniversaries and highlights of the season, as well as "fight" about song changes and discuss being "picked up for another season by the network." 

Delaney performs four songs for the first time on Ruby's Corner in this love song set dedicated to the two most beloved men in her life--her father and her husband. Delaney features the internet premiere of her original songs My Fidelity and A Good Man as well as a performance of one of her most beloved singles, Lilies and Lace. Finally, she invites special guest, violinist and now co-host Stephen...

Before he was the co-host of the Ruby's Corner Podcast, he was the very first special musical guest on the Ruby's Corner livestream series! From hand-modeling to violin-playing, Stephen premieres on the show quickly and ubiquitously--and we're not just talking about his GIF game. But we DO talk about Stephen's orchestra days, the technical challenges of performing for the first time virtually, wha...

In a discussion of all the tricks and treats of Ruby's Corner Season 1: Episode 3: Halloween, Delaney and Stephen talk geek and rogue microphones, showing off Ruby in Phantom, the loop-y back story of Silly Strings, rad friends and sound engineers who pull raps out of you to make songs like Red Dress, more of the making of Delaney's album Finding Again, and the behind the scenes uptick in producti...

Halloween comes to Ruby's Corner with costumes, games, and, of course, music: welcome to the first brand NEW song and premiere of the haunting power ballad Phantom, as well as acoustic performances of songs Silly Strings and Red Dress from Delaney's EP Finding Again. This recording was made live on Facebook on October 22, 2020. We’d like to note that this episode had technical difficulties, so the...

This week, Delaney and Stephen review Ruby's Corner Season 1: Episode 2: Hello, My Name Is.... Together, they discuss the eras of Delaney's music, nerd sunshine in Let It Shine, hooks in How Long Will You Be?, new bridges in Cali Ain't That Far, a band named Cupid's Wingmen, an upcoming single and how a good song, is a good song, is a good song.

Ruby's Corner continues as Delaney shares songs that helped her in hard times, her reasons for songwriting and more through her 80's power ballad How Long Will You Be?, her first original song Let it Shine, and sunny pop song Cali Ain't That Far. This recording was made live on Facebook on October 8, 2020. The original show audio has been edited to better suit this audio-only podcast. If you’d lik...

Delaney and Stephen go behind the scenes and songs of the premiere episode of the Ruby's Corner livestream concert series. We discuss the timeliness of Finding Again in the pandemic, midnight water fights and marshmallow peashooters that inspired lyrics in Just Say, flirtatious rock angel performances, the O.G. version of Meetings, and cake.

Welcome to the premiere of the original livestreamed concert series Ruby's Corner featuring Delaney Gustafson and her original music. In the solitude of ongoing global crises, Delaney, a singer-songwriter, shares her music with loved ones, hoping they'll all feel a little less isolated. In this first episode she shares the acoustic performance of fan-favorite song Finding Again, the acoustic cover...

To kick off the podcast, we're gong deep into the inspiration behind Ruby and the Ruby's Corner livestream concert series. We'll talk about the context surrounding the show's creation and what you can expect going forward on this podcast. Also, who are we? Get ready to meet your co-hosts! Delaney Gustafson, singer-songwriter and creator of Ruby's Corner, and her husband and bandmate Stephen Taylor...

Welcome to the Ruby’s Corner Podcast, a new weekly podcast featuring performances of Delaney Gustafson's original music as aired in her live-streamed concert series, Ruby’s Corner. Together, Delaney and her husband and co-host Stephen Taylor--as well as cast members from the show--are bringing you the live concerts along with new episodes of behind the scenes interviews with the cast and insights...