Girl To Country: A Memoir

"...have you ever been to Cleveland in the middle of winter?" Spelling tests, loneliness and snow...Dream Baby Dream. Thanks for listening!

Recording Little Fugitive, leaning on New York. What're things like in Shaker Heights? Hello Astrovan, goodbye Nashville Songs in this episode: So You Know Now from Little Fugitive Rode Hard, The Sugar Tree Thanks for listening!

New York City, December 2004. Robert Quine's memorial, Shams reunion and Wreckless Eric at Maxwell's. Are things looking up, or about to get more complicated? Songs in this episode: Shams File Clerk Blues, live at AS 220 , 1990 (you can watch the whole show  here https://youtu.be/H9uXsljPGUE?si=CNdTWP0v10BWrM7m) Rode Hard from The Sugar Tree

Seeing a way out; feeling regret. Barney Miller. The things I left behind. Some of the people in this episode are gone now: Kris Kristofferson, Chet Flippo, Martha Hume. I'm glad I could remember them for a little while. Songs used: I Don't Wanna Talk About Love No More from Little Fugitive (d'oh just realized I haven't put that one up on Bandcamp yet!) Lonesome Valley (a home...

A wedding, a loss.  I find myself lady of the house in a fancy neighborhood in Birmingham—so how come my daughter's living in Cleveland? Something's got to give... Songs in this episode: Dream Girl, unreleased 4 track demo from about 1984 Rode Hard from The Sugar Tree Thanks for listening!

Mother & daughter on the road in 2004, the last hurrah? This episode brought me to tears a few times. I cut out the big sobs. It also made me laugh. Includes I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts live from Barry's Pub Grange Ireland by Hazel & Amy Rigby You can watch the whole show on YouTube

"I'm not just a girl. I'm a girl with a guitar..." I wrote in Girl To City. Guitar is part of my identity, and it's not always easy how that works. A big part of it is about feeling free. Writing Dancing With Joey Ramone, touring with Steve Earle. Early solo version of DWJR from an interview on KUT in Austin.  Thanks for listening!

It hadn't been an easy tour...but then what tour was ever easy? Ireland, the UK; Charles tightens the screws even with an ocean between us. Back home, an ending approaches. I don't think I realized until recording this episode how sad, and how strong I must've been back then. Thanks for listening.

“If I hadn’t been up on a stage, he wouldn’t have looked at me twice. He was the type of man who measured his self-worth by the kind of woman he was with. I was definitely not that kind of woman. If I hadn’t been a singer-songwriter, he wouldn’t have thought he knew me when we’d barely met. If I… if only… why do things happen the way they do?”

Recording Til The Wheels Fall Off. Gaining traction but getting weary, heading for some bumpy road... Tracks in this episode: The Deal from Til The Wheels Fall Off Rode Hard from The Sugar Tree

The ins and outs of living in Nashville circa 2003...my picture on the post office wall; Angelo and Chuck, Rosie and Lucinda Don't Know Nothin' circa 2003, me and Tony Gilkyson on guitars Thanks for listening!

On the road again...and again: Dallas, Dublin and a promising encounter in Hull. Thanks for listening. Back to our weekly schedule!

Going out of print...the end of one thing and the beginning of another. My daughter's growing up, how does that work? Song in this episode from Til The Wheels Fall Off Chapter Sixteen coming next week.

Homeownership, the world changed; van trouble and playing anyway Songs in this episode  (What's So Funny `Bout) Peace Love & Understanding live Sept 21, 2001 Don't Ever Change April 24, 2026

Farewell to a forefather; ciao Roma; keeping on Tracks in this episode: Flashback from Girl To City Babysitter Rode Hard from The Sugar Tree Thanks for listening!

Still hanging out at the artist door - late night TV, lots of touring; Patti Smith's backstage rider. Songs in this episode:  Cynically Yours live on Late Night with Conan O'Brien They Don't Know live at Village Underground Jan 2001 (you can find that recording along with other old live & demo tracks on Faulkner, Dylan, Heinz & Me

Songwriting in Nashville: writing dates, song demos; publisher and friends Tracks in this episode: Keep It To Yourself demo and cassette tape discussion with co-writer Bill DeMain One More Time cassette demo - Joy Lynn White and me, Joy recorded this song for her 2005 One More Time album co-produced with Kyle Lehning

Dip top cones, John Prine, Whole Wide World and a family slide show Live recording of Cynically Yours (circa...2003?) Rode Hard from The Sugar Tree Thanks for listening!

Ups and downs of my first UK tour, back in the year 2000 Includes a clip of Wait Til I Get You Home from The Sugar Tree and a little interview snippet, from an archive recording of The Tom Morton Show on BBC Radio Scotland Rode Hard from The Sugar Tree (as of last week, this album is finally available to stream on Apple Music, Spotify, etc ) Thanks for listening!

A music convention in Cleveland circa 2000 and the Beachland; summer in Nashville; love with a drummer Tracks in this episode 20 Questions and Give The Drummer Some from I've Got The World On A Broken String Rode Hard from The Sugar Tree Thanks for listening!

Making an album in Nashville circa 2000 with a talented bunch of players; aiming for the heights but falling a little short with the cover photo shoot. Songs in this episode from The Sugar Tree You Better Stay Gone Let Me In A Little Bit Happy For You Rode Hard

Touring with Warren Zevon; Skeeter at the Opry; seeing in Y2K back in Brooklyn; getting it together to make a new album Songs in this episode: Reconsider Me live at The Space Hamden CT  Everything's Different Now rough demo 1999 Rode Hard from The Sugar Tree

The challenges of adjusting to Nashville 1999, and a few of the benefits too Songs in this episode: The Good Girls (from Diary of a Mod Housewife) Always With Me (from Little Fugitive) Rode Hard (from The Sugar Tree) Thanks for listening!

Leaving New York City for Nashville the hot summer of 1999 - can you say car trouble? Songs in this episode The Purgatory Principle - live recording circa `93, Faulkner Dylan Heinz & Me Bargain Bin - original Last Roundup demo 1983 As Is - Middlescence Thanks for listening!

Love - a major inspiration and near-constant distraction. In the round at the Bluebird, oh lord I want to be in that number. Songs in this episode: Magicians demo Rode Hard from The Sugar Tree Thanks for listening!