Ruby's Corner Podcast

It's so hard to say good-bye, but we're here to bring some closure to Ruby's Corner. Delaney and Stephen talk the evolution of Ruby's Corner, the impact it had on us personally and as musicians as well as on many of you, and finally, what to expect moving forward from Delaney Gustafson Music! We tease a live performance next month, and other plans for the future. For even more upda...

It's the FINAL REVIEW EPISODE! To wrap Season 3, Delaney and Stephen discuss the game of telephone that is arranging Christmas music, stereotypical composers, the hardest piece Stephen has ever had to play on Ruby's Corner, Midnight Mine's parallel fairytale inspiration a la us, how we need a lute and why, getting the whole band together, and MORE in our longest episode ever!

It's Christmas again at Ruby's Corner! For the Season Finale of Ruby’s Corner Season 3, Delaney and the gang are back together for a night of Christmas, crushes and nights so full of love, they're sacred. Including Christmas covers you've heard before as well as NEW songs by Delaney, it's the biggest concert (and longest yet!) in Ruby's Corner. Tori returns with her flute a...

It's like a love letter from Jackie! While circumstances prevented us from recording our conversation about Jackie's Ruby's Corner experience, Delaney is here to review it all in this intimate review of some of her thoughts and Jackie's as they discussed their performances together. Not only do we learn about Jackie's musical background with the bass (not her first instrument o...

In this penultimate review episode of Ruby's Corner Season 3, Delaney and Stephen talk big emos that we emo, major chord ennui, our philosophies of dating, Pat Pattison master songwriter, Jackie's premiere on the show, Stephen's Delaney song rubric of Delaneyness, and why Finding Again is perhaps the most Delaney song ever.

In this penultimate episode of Ruby’s Corner Season 3, it's all about endings... and beginnings! From the heart-wrenching The End, to the bombastic Finding Again featuring Stephen on violin, it's a milestone night as this era of Ruby's Corner begins it's end. Delaney also introduces a new special guest: Jackie Gustafson! ...who premieres the electric bass on Ruby's Corner in mo...

As is apparently due for the fourth episode of Ruby's Corner seasons, it's time to get deep! Stephen and Delaney wax philosophical about love, loss, the binding power of music and the importance of forgiveness. But we also talk 1. how crazy it is that this is the first time Stephen played Lilies and Lace with Delaney despite years of collaborating, 2. how top voted Delaney songs are surpri...

Delaney (and her keyboard Ruby) celebrate those we’ve loved and lost with two new songs and special guest, Stephen Taylor! Delaney and Stephen open with new soulful love song Breathe with Me and continue the soaring cello lines with fan-favorite tearjerker, Lilies and Lace in tribute to Delaney's dad. Then Delaney reprises Paper Plane solo before rejoining Stephen, this time on violin, for Ang...

Once again, Stephen and Delaney discuss a fan-favorite episode of the season--our Halloween episode! Historically, this episode is huge on production, so we discuss many of the production elements that went into the parody song Sin of the Zombie Desert (including those jump scares, the set changes and makeup), as well as Phantom, Old Mementoes (not to be confused with New Mentos), and Red Dress. W...

Ruby's Corner is overrun by ghoulish guests in this Halloween Special episode. Tori and Stephen are back for numbers like Old Mementoes, and Sin of the Desert Parody: Sin of the ZOMBIE Desert (along with zombie, Chris Tucker). And at least TWO fan favorites are back with new special effects, including 24 Hour Fan Pick: Phantom, and Red Dress with our first ever backup singer: Anna! Get ready f...

The band is on the podcast! We welcome Tori Tigges from Ruby's Corner Season 3 to talk her performances on the show, her instrument collection, behind the scenes and her experience on three of the livestream concert episodes! In addition, we get Stephen to discuss more of his role performing on the show throughout season 3 and we all talk performing as a band throughout the season (while also...

It's time to get into the BAND VIBE! Not only are we introducing several new instruments, but TORI comes to play! Stephen and Delaney talk the first band episode and Tori's seamless entry into the corner as well as the seeds (or kalimba) that may have started it all. We also discuss proverbs, music theory because we're nerds (please come at us if you're interested in this), the ear...

Featuring special guest stars Stephen and new bandmate Tori, Ruby's Corner sports it's biggest band yet in this mini-concert series--and even more NEW instruments, such as kalimba, rain-stick and thunder tubes into a remix of fan-favorite song, Downpour! Three NEW original songs by Delaney premiere: World Without a Sky featuring Stephen on cello, Sin of the Desert with Tori on glockenspiel...

It's time for the reunion reunion episode where we discuss this homecoming themed episode to kick off season 3 of Ruby's Corner. After Stephen practices his low voice, Delaney promises to be your Ruby spirit guide through the interactive element added to previously heard song and unofficial Ruby's Corner theme song "Together." In addition, we tell you about the power outage t...

Clap along! Delaney welcomes you to the one year anniversary episode of Ruby's Corner-a.k.a. the original livestreamed mini-concert series of Delaney's original music. She kicks things off with a (probably familiar) new interactive version of the unofficial Ruby's Corner theme song, Together, before taking things down a notch with Come Home, a wistful waltz. Following is fan-favorite S...

WE'RE BACK! After a crazy eight months and a baby, Delaney and Stephen return to discuss Season 3 of Ruby's Corner--the podcast AND the original livestream episodes. So what happened in between seasons, is that a new corner we see? And what can we expect in the shows ahead other than an explosive new amount of instruments and most exciting, MORE BANDMATES!? So tune in and see how many Park...

Do NOT move on without listening to this podcast y'all, because not only do we drop major announcements but we're also covering perhaps four of the BEST performances on Ruby's Corner. With so many "hope punk" messages about new beginnings, it's no surprise we have a lot to cover; and we do cover everything from musical sevenths in Moving On (and the major/minor relevance...

In the Season 2 Finale of Delaney Gustafson's original livestreamed mini-concert series, Ruby's Corner, it's all about looking forward. Starting off the night with the soulful titular piece, Moving On, it's apparent we're pulling out all the stops to end the season. From sound effects and spirituality in Not Far Away at All, to homesick ballads like Gabriel Avenue, to special guest star Stephen Ta...

Now that we've strummed, sung and screamed the break-up feels away, we discuss! With such a varied set list to dive into, it's no wonder we had hardly any room for throwing shade (and Stephen might've been losing his voice). Nonetheless, we reference everything from classic drama, to unrequited love to (personal twist) how many break-ups Delaney's actually had (... uhh), and of cou...

Jamming out to your heartbreaks is more fun than not jamming out to them, that's what Delaney asserts this week on Ruby's Corner. This episode is full of power ballads like Breakup, Breakdown, emotional acoustics like Fella, lyrical comebacks in You've Never Felt this Way, and even light shows in I Don't Love You. You won't want to miss this roller-coaster ride. This recording was made live on Fac...

What do Jung, ballroom dancing, Reno, and an inner peace panda have in common? This episode! Ruby's Corner Season 2: Episode 4: Fall to Find a Place was all about story time, and we've got more stories about the songs from "graffitiing" Dearly, to losing a voice competition with Part of the Game--but also sort of winning--to psychoanalysis in Nothing, to a coming of age in Fall. Meanwhile, we'd li...

This is the story of a heart breaking, raging, emptying and forgiving. This week on Ruby's Corner--Delaney Gustafson's original livestreamed mini-concert series--Delaney goes back to her storytelling roots. From her wistful song Dearly, to fiery fan-favorite Part of the Game, to the contemplative Nothing and finally the free-flowing Fall, it's a night of authenticity and dynamic highs and lows tha...

Theoretically... this week Delaney and Stephen get into the music theory of Season 2: Episode 3: Spring Fever--but though we're music nerds (obvious yet?) we also talk new instruments in the episode (like the kalimba in Downpour), and how allergies are the worst part of spring the season but Spring the song is super dynamic and a fave of Stephen's. Stories are told of past performances (not on Rub...

It's time to celebrate the arrival of Spring--the season AND Delaney's new original song--on Ruby's Corner, Delaney Gustafson's original livestreamed mini-concert series. Introducing the next instrument to the Ruby's Corner family, Delaney starts out her fan-favorite song Downpour  with an assist from her new kalimba. Next, the Finding Again EP opener Under the Tree leads in to Delaney's new...

Delaney and Stephen dig deep reviewing this episode of Ruby's Corner on inner strength. We talk the reasons Together became the unofficial Ruby's Corner theme song and discuss the influence of Clarissa Pinkola Estes' book "Women Who Run with the Wolves" on Woman and Paper Plane. We talk the reasons why a raw song like Caretaker almost didn't make the set, and Delaney reveals new insights she's onl...