Conversation with Michael and Cary Ann from Shovels and Rope about their favorite books, their songwriting processes, and managing creative lives with marriage and parenthood.

ep 17 : Dylan LeBlanc

Dec 20th, 2019 48m 17s

Conversation with musician Dylan LeBlanc about his childhood, his career and the time when he was a teenager and Jason Isbell gave him a list of books he considered required reading.

ep 16 : Josh Rouse

Nov 22nd, 2019 1h 13m

Conversation with musician Josh Rouse about his career and his favorite books. Topics covered include The Smiths, The Cure, Leonard Cohen, Raymond Carver, Albert Camus, etc. Features live performances.

ep 15 : Sean Kiely

Oct 25th, 2019 1h 16m

Conversation with musician Sean Kiely. Touches on poetry, songwriting, David Berman, Pavement, Phillip Levine, and much more. Features live performance.

ep 14 : Jesse Dayton

Aug 9th, 2019 1h 4m

Conversation with Jesse Dayton about books, music, and his career working with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Rob Zombie and many others.

ep 13 : Los Coast

Jul 19th, 2019 39m 12s

Conversation with Trey from Los Coast about Shel Silverstein, Sylvia Plath, Kurt Vonnegut Jr,, William S. Burroughs and The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck. Recorded outside in NYC.

ep 12 : Carsie Blanton

Jul 3rd, 2019 52m 9s

Conversation about books and music with Carsie Blanton. Features discussion about writers like Isabelle Allende, Carson McCullers, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Billy Collins, Louise Erdrich, Mary Oliver, ee cummings, Cormac McCarthy, Tom Waits and

ep 11 : The Milk Carton Kids

Jun 19th, 2019 44m 10s

Conversation with The Milk Carton Kids about their favorite books and writers, including Haruki Murakami, Neil Stephenson, Cormac McCarthy and Marc Reisner

ep 10: Amanda Shires

Aug 14th, 2018 50m 28s

Conversation with musician Amanda Shires about her favorite books and writers as well as her career as a musician and songwriter.

ep 9: American Aquarium (BJ Barham)

Jul 19th, 2018 56m 28s

Conversation with BJ Barham from the band American Aquarium about his favorite books and writers.

ep 8: Justin Townes Earle

Jun 5th, 2018 39m 8s

Conversation with musician Justin Townes Earle about books and writers that have been important to him. https://twitter.com/WordsMusicPod

ep 7: Nights & Weekends (Jenny Hollowell)

Nov 3rd, 2017 47m 25s

Conversation with author and musician Jenny Hollowell. Jenny and I talk about her background as a reader, her writing career and her band Nights & Weekends, a collaboration between her and her husband Darren Hollowell.

ep 6: Patterson Hood

Oct 16th, 2017 1h 5m

Conversation with Patterson Hood about his favorite books. Includes discussion of Robert Caro's Lyndon Johnson biographies, Adam Johnson's The Orphan Master's Son, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mock