Self-Help Songwriter Podcast

“When you write a good song you feel like crying when you sing it because it’s so good. But when you write just poetry it just makes you happy and I think it’s fun even if it’s dark and gloomy.” - Maria Lindström ⁠I had a BLAST chatting with fellow songwriter and overall delightful human Maria Lindström. We have so much in common yet are in such different stages in our creative life, and in life i...

"It’s what keeps you alive. It’s the fire. It’s the longing for connection. It’s the discovery of what you have to offer- that’s the flame. " - Stephen RappaportThis week I'm chatting in person in my home with Stephen Rappaport - a critically acclaimed actor, director, singer songwriter, solo theater performer, and playwright from Los Angeles but currently residing in Stockholm, Sweden. Stephen Ra...

Today we’re talking to YenTing Lo, a Jazz singer, songwriter, arranger and flutist from Taiwan and she will be breaking down her song Foreshore. We met almost 8 years ago when she was studying abroad in Stockholm and I had recently moved there. So we bonded over being foreign in the north and about being singer-songwriters. She has since graduated from the Conservatory of Amsterdam AND received tw...

Welcome to the very first episode of the self-help songwriter podcast! Today we are talking to Tobias Robertson, an independent soul/folk songwriter from Wales, and he will be breaking down his song Moving On. Tobias was actually a successful contestant on the Voice UK in 2016 and was on Boy George’s team. But that’s only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this guy’s performing career....

I’m Hanna Francis, a singer-songwriter who is obsessed with self-help (thanks, anxiety!) and is certain that the answers to life’s big questions lie within each of us and on this podcast we search for these answers by analyzing songs with the people who wrote them. In each episode we invite a songwriter to share an original song. Then, we will break it down together, line by line, and extract the...