May 18, 2023
“Our theme music was composed by BJ Leiderman.”
If you’ve tuned in to NPR over the last 44 years, the likelihood is pretty great that you have heard this on-air credit. It’s because when BJ sold his themes to NPR, he made it a part of his contract that he would receive spoken recognition for his work. Little did...
Dec 10, 2022
Some of you may remember a few years back when I uploaded a reading of "The Velveteen Rabbit." That was a recording I had made for librivox.org, an online archive of literary works in the public domain, recorded by volunteers all over the world. Recently I recorded a few poems for an anthology they were...
Sep 27, 2022
I've known about David Wilcox since I first heard "East Asheville Hardware" back in the mid 90's working at a summer camp. I was absolutely captivated and delighted at what I was listening to, and knew that this was something that I needed to pay more attention to, being a budding songwriter myself. What followed was...
Aug 30, 2022
Y'all.
This woman right here has a story to tell, and it is massive. I met with her a week ago today (as of the uploading of this episode), and we chatted about her brand new memoir "Looking for Innocence", as well as a whole lot of other things, and there were still topics we left out. So I encourage you to do your...
Jun 6, 2022
Eric and I first crossed paths when
I made my way to Espresso Yourself Music Cafe, in Powell, Ohio, for
an open mic night shortly after moving to Ohio. I consider
myself really fortunate to have had the opportunity to experience
the community and great vibes from EYMC before it closed in
2012. Eric and I talk a good...