Songs From a Room

Brett Horten sits down and shares his life being from Oklahoma and traveling around the world playing music. We get to hear the new song's he's been working on and how they came to be.  For more work from Brett use the links below.  bretthorton.bandcamp.com williecryrecords.bandcamp.com

Bryn Eva talks to us about her songs "Come Over" and "Closing In On Me" and the combination of social commentary and raw emotion that inspire them. 

Nadia Kazmi sits down and plays music from her fourth album Manufactured Dream and talks about the logistics of touring as a single artist coordinating musicians. 

Taro aka shutupkozou plays their music for us and talks about their experience growing up in both Japan and the United States. 

A Craven sits down and discusses his switch from indie home recording to performing live solo as a singer/songwriter and the songs that he's written since the switch. 

Arthur Darien talks about moving from Wisconsin to pursue songwriting and we explore his literary writing style. 

Adam Ochs a.k.a afriend plays for us while visiting New York City from his country home outside Knoxville, Tennesse. 

We sit down with GIO in his apartment in Spanish Harlem and we learn about his time in Puerto Rico during the pandemic where he recorded his music while achieving master's degree. 

Sophia Berger is visiting from Berlin and playing out for the first time without a band as a singer/songwriter in New York City. 

Nik Westman joins the podcast via video conference to share his songs with us while isolating during the Covid pandemic. He talks about his projects while in quarantine. Releasing The Corona Tapes a compilation project of independent artists as well as his own EP Nimble Minds. 

Julie talks about being home schooled in Lancaster Pa, her time living on a commune, and other experiences that inspired her music. 

Stephen Artemis Jr tells us about growing up in rural New York and how visiting the country side inspires his music. We also talk about recording his albums with his own independent recording label. 

Josh Savage was in New York City just in time to share with us his journeys from Berlin to Mexico and perform music inspired by his adventures.

 Lorraine Leckie joins us on the podcasts. She talks about her start in music after years as a successful make up artists and how she starts the Greenpoint Songwriter exchange, a weekly meet up for songwriters to workshop their new material in an open community oriented atmosphere. 

Doo Crowder has performed music in Denver, LA, and across the country. Getting by on music and teaching music to children in a detention center. He shares his personal stories that inspire the music for his upcoming albums as well as inspirations for his more recent work. 

Benji Mark is a singer/songwriter and musical therapist currently living in New Paltz. He shares with us his experience teaching music to children and the spiritual and romantic journeys that inspired his music. 

We sit down and talk to Hoagie about the songs he gathered for his up coming album Other Folks. A rock opera about growth and learning to work with others. 

Morton Millen shares his music with us and talks about growing up in England and living in the East Village then shares us a touching song about losing his horse. 

We talk to Peter Siegmann aka The Lowliest One. He tells us how his journey that brought him into becoming a singer songwriter and using a pseudonym to separate the music from the man.   

Ben Pagano sits down and shows  shares with us the songs working toward his next album currently in the works. 

This episode features Rebecca Tilles from her apartment in the upper east side. She share's with us some of her new music, writing her dual citizenship between Sweden and America. 

Ben Schapiro returns to the podcast and tells us about meditation and how it's helped him grow as a songwriter. 

Kristen Merritt was born in Detroit and spend her younger years moving around the south before presiding in Williamsburg.  We learn about her life here in New York and learning how to write songs on her own after playing and writing with a band. 

We sit down with California native and New York resident Jack Adams. He talks a little about what led him into music and gearing up for his album release show at the Gutter. 

We continue on conversation with Emily Fenton. She tells us about her life before music and how writing music helped her express her emotions.