The "Songs and Stories" podcast started in 2007 as a way to explore about the stories behind the songs of host Michael Gaither. The show quickly evolved into a series of informal chats between Michael and other independent songwriters. It leans towards folk and Americana artists, with a fun mix of shop talk, promo, and live performances.
Latest episodes
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Songs and Stories #191: Dayan Kai Returns with “To Be Free”
Browse and listen to the entire podcast archive at AnchorFM.com. Dayan Kai is one of this podcasts returning champions. He was a guest waaaaaay back in episodes #25 and #26 (with m…
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Songs and Stories #190: The Carolyn Sills Combo’s “Return to El Paso”
Browse and listen to the entire podcast archive at AnchorFM.com. Oh, is THIS going to be a fun one. Carolyn Sills and Gerard Egan, of the The Carolyn Sills Combo, first visited thi…
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Songs and Stories #189: “Me and My New Best Friends on KPIG Radio”
Browse and listen to the entire podcast archive at AnchorFM.com. Here’s a fun bonus episode for the month. KPIG Radio has always been very kind to me. They’ve played my music, had…
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Songs and Stories #188: Nashville’s Renee Wahl
Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher Sometimes, the long way around turns out to be the straightest path. Nashville’s Renee Wahl came from a military family and served 12 years in the air…
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Songs and Stories #187: Mira Goto Splits Her Time Between Santa Cruz and Nashville
Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher These podcasts for me are a little like songs: Each one is a project unto itself, and the newest one tends to be my favorite. Case in point: My recent…
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Songs and Stories #186: Gurf Morlix Discovers A Shade of “Impossible Blue”
Our returning champion…well, let’s just say that Austin-based producer/songwriter Gurf Morlix has been on this podcast more than a couple of times. And I’m always thrilled to hear…
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Songs and Stories #185: Christie McCarthy Talks About the “Big Picture”
Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher We are SO lucky to have such a rich talent pool in our humble little Santa Cruz community, so you can file this episode under “cool local people I fina…
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Songs and Stories #184: The Coffis Brothers Return to the Podcast
Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher We’ve been circling around a re-visit with Jamie and Kellen Coffis of The Coffis Brothers and The Mountain Men for literally years. They first dropped…
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Songs and Stories #183: Keith Rayburn and “Highway”
Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher Sometimes it takes awhile to get the whole group into this show. And the wait is really worth it. Way back in “Songs and Stories” #105, I interviewed l…
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Songs and Stories #182: Songwriter Henry Chadwick and Marlin Fisher
Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Area fans probably best know Henry Chadwick as the cool kid behind the drum kit for The Coffis Brothers and The Mountain Me…