The Song Inside

Rob Jost and I met at jazz camp! Banff Centre for the Arts, to be exact. We chat about what it's like to play bass for Sesame Street and Dear Evan Hanson, and move on to discuss minidisc players (remember those?), how songwriting isn't a zero sum game, and generous friends.   Learn more about Rob HERE Songs featured in this episode: On the Radio   Wide Eyebrow   Circle ( D...

Musings on loneliness, revising lyrics (spoiler: Elizabeth’s parents are involved), the nature of performing live vs streaming, and porgs and bunnies. Elizabeth and The Catapult will astonish you.  Learn more about Elizabeth HERE Song featured in this episode:   Pop the Placebo    hope, my sometimes friend   Full episode notes, workshops, and more at www.thesonginside...

Ari Hoenig, jazz drummer extraordinaire, picked me up from the airport when I first landed in NYC-and then immediately made ME drive us around. The nerve! In this episode, we do a deep dive on the Happy Birthday song, and discuss the art of building tension, having fun on the job, and how our songs make us who are.   Learn more about Ari HERE   Songs featured in this episode: &...

Kate McGarry introduced me to Edel Meade, and I am forever grateful! I immediately felt at home with her music, which evokes misty forests, working class neighborhoods, changelings, and everything in between. In this episode, we talk strong women, witch hunts, stories old and new, and the cracks where the light gets in.   Learn more about Edel HERE www.edelmeade.com   Songs featured...

Lee Feldman once wrote a song called Lee Feldman. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Join us for a deep dive into humor in songwriting, the magic of The Beatles, practicing, and becoming our most authentic selves.  Learn more about Lee HERE   Songs:   I Remember The Night   Me and My Sara Remaining   Full episode notes, workshops, and more at www.thesonginside.me Buy...

Kerri Green, classical pianist extraordinaire, and I met in the freshman dorm bathroom at BYU. Since then, duets have been played, marriages and births celebrated, losses grieved. In this episode, we talk about the benefits of doing bad work, rejecting perfectionism, exceptional teachers, and the miracle of music.  Learn more about Kerri HERE   Songs featured in this episode:  ...

Byron Isaacs plays bass and sings with The Lumineers. He's also one half of Tiny Language, a project born out of writer's block. In this episode, we talk about getting past that block and creating an EP together, songwriting clubs, the balance of being an artist parent, and what it's like playing with one of the most popular bands in the world.  Learn more about Byron HERE Songs featured in t...

Roy Nathanson was born on the best of all days, May 17th. (Disclaimer: this is also Deidre's birthday.) In this episode, the birthday twins talk about their long history playing together in NYC. Also on the docket: the soul in a voice, the truth in the notes, and how the moment of the sound is all about the listening.     Learn more about Roy HERE    Songs featured in...

I met Kate McGarry years ago, an angel in NYC, somewhere singing at a club. She captivated me! She ended up singing with a big band of mine, and I’d come see her collaborations and marvel at how pure her voice sounded.  I hope this conversation about, among other things, the relationship between poetry and music, delights you as much as it delighted me!   Learn more about Kate HERE...

Blake Lewis finds the Songs Inside (and outside of) American Idol, where he was the runner up in 2007. Deidre grew up a child of the seventies in Idaho; Blake, an eighties child, hails from Washington. They share the same mother, a love for the geography and air of the northwest United States, and a shared passion for all things music. Deidre and Blake learned of each other when Deidre was searchi...

The Song Inside podcast brings you in-depth interviews with musicians who have learned how to silence their inner critics in order to bring their original songs to life.  Host Deidre Rodman Struck (pianogoddess) gets to the heart of how her guests use songs and songwriting to move from darkness to light. Each episode will explore two original songs by the featured artist, in hopes that the li...