The Songwriter Diaries

Lily DeTaeye is a folk-rock Americana firecracker with alt-rock and blues influences. She’s a spirited songwriter and a harmonica-wielding badass that will remind you of your weird friend from book club who definitely has a few bodies in her closet. Between her candid nature onstage and the playful accessibility of the rest of the band, she leaves audiences feeling as if they were on the stage wit...

Soulful indie pop lyricist Caroline Stump connects common topics of love and heartbreak with themes of mental health and trauma, providing a voice for those unable to speak out. Her sound has been compared to Jewel, and her songwriting influences include Norah Jones and Fiona Apple. She was born and raised in Iowa and moved in pursuit of a songwriting and music business degree at The University of...

Denver-based folk singer-songwriter, ELLSWORTH, has released her debut album, ELLSWORTH , available now on all streaming platforms. The folk singer-songwriter’s impressive album consists of dreamlike vocals, bright melodies and ruminative lyrics masterfully captured through skilled mixing and musical composition. ELLSWORTH has been compared to top tier artists such as Regina Spektor and Angus &amp...

David Burchfield writes powerful Americana that gathers influences from folk, bluegrass, rock, and country. Taking cues from Josh Ritter, Burchfield’s literate lyrics meet emotive grace in nods to Gillian Welch, Glen Hansard, and David Ramirez. There is a potent candor in Burchfield’s writing – raw, emotive, and rich with details that bring the listener right into the scene of his passion. Solo, B...

Caroline and Megan chat with the incredible Portland, OR based songwriters Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin in this latest episode of The Songwriter Diaries. Listen to hear about touring, being an artist during COVID times, and their personal songwriting processes. This is an episode you won't want to miss! Follow Anna! Website - http://www.annativel.com/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/annative...

Americana, rock, alternative country singer-songwriter Andy Sydow is a jack-of-all-trades. Throughout the course of a show he's known to croon an audience with acoustic guitar ballads, play a few shredding slide guitar solos and even sit down at the keys to show off his surprising boogie-woogie piano chops. Sydow draws comparisons to voices like Paul Simon and Jackson Browne, mixed with a root...

Geriatric bedroom pop is how Sam Paul describes his music, and WE LOVE IT. Listen to this episode to hear all about how mental health and songwriting go hand in hand for many musicians, including your hosts and this week's guest.  Follow Sam! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sampaulsongs/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/15BkVuHoGdNPK56VEHSxla Support The Songwriter Diaries! Supp...

Sway Wild was born on a small island in the Salish Sea. Following a two-month sailing voyage through the remote anchorages of British Columbia, acclaimed indie-folk duo Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer, joined by longtime friend Thom Lord, returned to their San Juan Island, Washington home still hungry to explore. The result was nothing short of an artistic epiphany; an evolution of sound that called o...

Grace DeVine is a Denver based singer-songwriter and producer. Born under a full-moon on an early December evening; she began writing songs at the young age of 13. She has since continued to write into adult-hood, in-addition to producing her own music. The sound of Grace DeVine is best described as art-pop, created in the cosmos. Inspired by the moon, stars, and spirituality, Grace DeVine embodie...

Welcome back to season five of The Songwriter Diaries! For the first episode of the season, Megan and Caroline discuss their favorite music that has been released since quarantining began. Support The Songwriter Diaries! Support the Podcast - ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesongwriterdiaries/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thesongwriterdiaries.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ins...

Isaac Friend started HoundHeart which formed in Richmond, Virginia in the Fall of 2017. Originally from Fort Pierce, Florida, Alli Walls moved to Richmond after several years of performing as a singer on cruise ships and sought a music community on the East Coast. Isaac is from Richmond and had been active in the music community for years, both as a drummer and songwriter. The two played duet gigs...

Macy Warner is a songwriter and artist from Colorado. Her writing is brutally vulnerable, and when combined with her sultry voice and depth of her Baritone Ukulele, creates a mesmerizing performance. Macy will be a freshman at CU Denver in the Fall of 2020, with hopes that she can continue to bring healing to listeners, through vulnerability, authenticity, and empathy. Origin - Loveland, CO Genres...

Formed in late 2016, Stop Motion is a hipster soul band out of Denver, Colorado that is always seeking new sounds. The eclectic tastes of songwriters Evan Lei and Faith Allen blur the lines between genres, combining the lyrical sincerity of folk music with the magnetic grooves of soul. Originally from Portland, Oregon, the duo met in the music scene in 2014. After two years, they brought their rep...

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Shanea is Denver based singer-songwriter who specializes in lyric-driven indie pop, accompanied by guitar or piano. Influenced by the folk music of their childhood and the rock music of their teens they pull from all artists from Tracy Chapman to Fugazi. They released their debut EP Cherry Stems in 2018 and recently released their second EP The Fifth House. You can find Shanea on all streaming pla...

Sit down with a glass of wine and listen as Caroline and Megan go over their top five releases from 2019. Support The Songwriter Diaries! Support the Podcast - ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesongwriterdiaries/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thesongwriterdiaries.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thesongwriterdiaries/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www....

This is the last guest episode of season three of The Songwriter Diaries, can you believe it?! We can't! Thank you to YOU, the listener, for listening; believing in us, our guests and songwriting. Caroline and I (Megan) can't thank you enough for your support, here is to season three! Keep your ears and eyes peeled for season four.  In this episode, Caroline and Megan chat with AJ Fullerto...

Paul DeHaven has been a fixture of the thriving Denver music scene for over 10 years, well-respected for his time crafting licks and tunes as a founding member of now-defunct folk darlings Paper Bird, high desert psych virtuosos Eye & the Arrow, and his latest collaboration with Sarah Anderson (of Paper Bird), Heavy Diamond Ring. On Paul DeHaven’s debut LP, “King of Gold”, he adheres to the DI...

Bailey Elora is a singer-songwriter, a Colorado native with small-town roots and a city soul. She has been writing and performing most of her life. From her first time in the studio at age 14 to release her first original song, “Must’ve of Been the Roses” 4 years later. She now produces her own monthly show at The Black Buzzard at Oskar Blues, “An Evening with Bailey Elora and Friends” in Denver,...

Americana singer-songwriter Brianna Straut conveys the human condition through empathetic storytelling. Born and raised in Texas, Brianna sings from her roots, incorporating lamentations of lost love and soaring moments of hanging on to the good times into her bittersweet folk tunes. She’s been a member of Denver-based Americana outfits such as Bison Bone and Tomahawk Fox. More recently, Brianna h...

Corsicana's influences are as diverse as they are intentional. Lyrically rich artists such as Sufjan Stevens and The Antlers tend to inspire 21-year-old Ben Pisano's own literary approach to songwriting, while the experimental and electronic tendencies of artists like Bon Iver and Radiohead inform the more subdued instrumentals. Despite the somewhat minimal, guitar-driven sound, Pisano als...

If you are a person for the people then you will LOVE Anthony Ruptak. His songs convey the anger that we all carry about the current state our political climate is.  Anthony Ruptak is a Denver-based musician who composes, writes and performs his original work with a simple mission: to connect us all to the human condition. Through his lyrics, community cultivation, and activism Anthony advocates f...

Welcome back to a new season of The Songwriter Diaries! This season holds within its episodes some of the best songwriters in Denver, CO. We will dive deep into mortality with our first guest Andy Thomas and his project Dust Heart.  After years of a folky, almost alt-country approach, he’s pulled a hard left turn to catchy hooks, snarling riffs, and big choruses. Don’t be alarmed, though – if die-...

New Mexican is the solo project of American folk rock musician Matt Hoffman, who was born in Las Cruces, NM, and whose family history extends through southern New Mexico. The music on the debut album Take It On Our Shoulders (2018) is dusty, sandy, a little tired, the characters simple, honest, and quietly desperate. New Mexican is a new version of something old, somewhat territorial and disagreea...

Spencer LaJoye is a folk/pop singer songwriter and vocal loop artist who believes everyone is made of the good stuff. A classically-trained violinist raised on jazz and musical theater, they make music to remind themselves what it means to be human...to find connection in a time of disconnection, and to feel something in a world gone numb. Their most recent album and third studio project, "Al...