Curious Goldfish

He writes songs beside men in prison, and refuses to call them anything but gentlemen. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Wyatt Espalin grew up on his family's bluegr...

Performing since 14, writing songs like a journal she's too lazy to keep otherwise Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Anna Shinholster has been playing professional g...

A Grammy-winning banjo player on why nothing he does comes naturally. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Graham Sharp helped redefine modern bluegrass as the banjo en...

For two siblings, love songs are off limits, so they write about loss, faith, and family instead. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Ryan Williams and Kaylee Bowling ...

She built a career on heartbreak songs. Then she got happy, and had to find something new to say. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Liz Longley sat on her porch and ...

A married duo who recorded their new album onstage, one stitched-together take at a time. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Kassie and Ben Wilson have been married f...

He hated being called a Rising Star. Twenty years in, he finally stopped chasing it. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Griffin House sits down with Jason at the 30A ...

One show stole her confidence. The other gave it back tenfold. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Jacquie Roar wrote her anthem "That's the Spirit" miserable and runn...

He co-wrote Jimmy Buffett's last song while Buffett was sick. Buffett wanted him to be himself. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Will Kimbrough has spent more than ...

She made a 22-song breakup record. Then she told her co-writers: no more sad songs. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Twinnie grew up in a traveler family in North Y...

At 17 he plays the blues like an old soul, and refuses to fake the wisdom. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) At the 30A Songwriters Festival, 17-year-old Jack Barksd...

On camera, a picture-perfect family band. Off camera, a daughter planning her way out. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Jessica Willis Fisher sat down with Jason at...

Days after fire nearly took his home, Chris Stills sang an old song about leaving California. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Chris Stills came to the 30A Songwrit...

Her father's last three words became the title of the record. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Teri Bracken titled her album with the last thing her father said bef...

She was trapping for real. Now she writes trap music to help people heal. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Rissa Vibes met host Jason English at the Ari Retreat in ...

She learned to sing a whole song backward, in one take, on camera. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Jon and Channing Krentz are married, share a band, and are seven...

Twenty years in, five labels deep, and one comeback Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Earl (born Kate Earl) sat down with Jason at the ARI Retreat in Nashville, twen...

His family has been in one Mississippi town for 150 years. His whole life is the road. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Charlie Mars walks on stage without a setlis...

He once busked Paris with a young Beck. The harder work came later: both feet in recovery. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Tim Easton has spent decades as a travel...

He played pedal steel at the Opry, then traded it to fly jets for Reba and Blake Shelton. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Joshua Motohashi grew up in Tokyo learnin...

A folk singer's country experiment about 1976 turned into a record about everything that broke Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Amy Speace started writing a country...

A solo career that's anything but solo, built between songs and service jobs Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Maya De Vitry left The Stray Birds for a solo career she insists is...

An Austrian-Irish band whose Americana roots run deeper than the map suggests Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) The Belgian Blue formed out of Ireland, Austria, and a reunion in ...

A married duo re-recording ten years of songs to strip out the fear they were written in Get the stories behind the episodes → curiousgoldfish.com ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Kyle and Gretta Miller of TOW'rs mark ten years togethe...

He hitchhiked to Nashville at eighteen to be the next Bob Dylan. It took ten more years to stay. Get the stories behind the episodes → Subscribe to Chords of Curiosity ( https://www.curiousgoldfish.com/?modal=signup ) Dean Harlem hitchhiked from New Je...