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In Their Own Words

Inspiring thoughts from hundreds of songwriters, artists and musicians who have been interviewed by Performing Songwriter. There’s a new one every day!

Each week we feature a favorite CD, and during those days visitors are able to stream the entire release. These are the archived pages of all those who’ve been featured, and the CD cover image is a link to the artist’s website.

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Behind The Song

The stories behind some of our favorite songs—we can never get enough of these!

Legends of Song

Interviews with or the stories of legendary songwriters.

Best of PS

Bits and pieces of special stories that have appeared over the years.

Grooveable Feast

Thirty-minute episodes of the show “Grooveable Feast,” where host Richard Julian has dinner and a great conversation with artists Suzanne Vega, Hoots & Hellmouth, Somi, Jim Campilongo, Josh Ritter, Dirtfoot, Amy Correia and Jesse Harris. And great performances by each. Don’t miss this delightful series!

Producer’s Corner

Interviews with some of the greatest record producers of our time.

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Producer Spotlights

Orrin Keepnews

Orrin Keepnews, one of the most respected producers in jazz history, played an integral role in the birth of modern jazz.

Lydia Hutchinson | October 4, 2014 | 0 Comments

Don Was

Grammy-winning record producer Don Was shares studio stories and insight on his work with the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul Westerberg, Kris Kristofferson and more.

Lydia Hutchinson | September 13, 2014 | 3 Comments

Bob Ezrin

Record producer Bob Ezrin talks about his work on such seminal records as Alice Cooper’s Billion Dollar Babies, Pink Floyd’s The Wall and Lou Reed’s Berlin.

Lydia Hutchinson | February 1, 2014 | 13 Comments

Jim Dickinson

A 2005 interview with the late Jim Dickinson about his work with Alex Chilton, Paul Westerberg and his North Mississippi Allstar sons Luther and Cody.

Lydia Hutchinson | November 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

Tommy Lipuma

For five decades this eminent producer has been delivering records for some of the best-known names in jazz and pop: Barbra Streisand, Miles Davis, George Benson, David Sanborn, Dave Mason, Joao Gilberto, Al Jarreau, Michael Franks, Bob James, Natalie Cole and Diana Krall to name but a few.

Lydia Hutchinson | July 5, 2013 | 2 Comments

Lloyd Maines

Here’s a fun — albeit a little geeky — way to kill a few minutes in any well-stocked record store. Comb the racks until you’ve amassed discs by 10 different Texas artists. Now check the producer credit on the back of each album. Amazing, ain’t it? You’d almost think this Lloyd Maines character had a […]

Lydia Hutchinson | June 23, 2013 | 3 Comments