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Seattle-based singer-songwriter Dean Johnson talks about his debut album, Nothing For Me, Please.  The sparsely-produced beauty had been a long time coming, released on Dean's 50th birthday by Mama Bird Records. Join us to hear the story! www.deanjohnsongs.com   Craft Brewed Music® The music discovery app that streams music for serious listeners - now included free and forever "in" the Music Discovery App Pint Glass (downloaded via QR printed on glass). http://www.craftbrewedmusic.com   

The 4th Annual “Holiday Edition” of The Craft Brewed Music Podcast, featuring traditional and original holiday music from CBM artists and friends!   O Christmas Tree (Martin Sexton from Camp Holiday) www.martinsexton.com   Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Jeff Coffin, Jordan Perlson & Matt Wigton from Sleigh What?) www.earuprecords.com/release/sleigh-what    This Is Christmas (Hal Stephens with Will Stephens from Dashing Thru)   Silent Night (Tracy Silverman from May All Good Things) www.tracysilverman.com    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Pete Huttlinger from First Light) www.petehuttlinger.com    Joy To The World (Lucio Rubino) www.luciorubino.com    We Three Kings (Ted Yoder from Christmas Songs of Comfort & Joy) www.tedyoder.com    Oy, Chanukkah (Alberto Mizrahi with Trio Globo - Howard Levy, Glen Velez, Eugene Friesen from Matzah To Menorah) www.trioglobo.com    Santa Digs Me (Jeff Coffin & Chris Walters) https://www.earuprecords.com/release/santa-digs-me    Angels We Have Heard On High (Sylvia from A Cradle in Bethlehem) www.sylviamusic.com   What Child Is This? (Brian Horner & John Mock) www.brianhornermusic.com, www.johnmock.com   Craft Brewed Music® The music discovery app that streams music for serious listeners. http://www.craftbrewedmusic.com   The Craft Brewed Music Podcast Music interviews for serious listeners. Available on all major podcast platforms. https://www.podlink.to/CBMPodcast

This episode is a bit different - it's the first without ANY music!  We talk with author and teaching artist Eric Booth, widely known as "the father of the teaching artist profession," about his new book Making Change - Teaching Artists and Their Role in Shaping A Better World.  He's worked with Carnegie Hall, Juilliard, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, and around the world in all types of settings.  This is a fascinating look into a little known but highly impactful profession that uses the arts to attempt to solve some of the most intractable problems of our time.  Spoiler alert:  He offers free books at the end! www.teachingartistsmakingchange.com   Craft Brewed Music® The music discovery app that streams music for serious listeners - now included free and forever "in" the Music Discovery App Pint Glass (downloaded via QR printed on glass). http://www.craftbrewedmusic.com

Kristen Grainger and Dan Wetzel, of bluegrass/folk/Americana quartet True North, discuss their songwriting, their new album, and their multi-faceted life stories.  Kristen was named by The Bluegrass Situation as one of the “Women Who Wrote Our 2020 Soundtrack,” alongside Dolly Parton and Brandi Carlile, and has won awards for her songwriting at competitions and festivals across the country.  Dan is also an award-winning songwriter and built all four of the instruments he plays on the new album.  Fear of Falling is out 11/10/23!   Craft Brewed Music® The music discovery app that streams music for serious listeners - now included free and forever "in" the Music Discovery App Pint Glass (downloaded via QR printed on glass). http://www.craftbrewedmusic.com    

Grammy-nominated guitarist, producer, and songwriter Thomm Jutz discusses his upcoming project with award-winning English guitarist Martin Simpson.  The album, Nothing But Green Willow: The Songs of Mary Sands and Jane Gentry, is comprised of ballads from English folklorist Cecil Sharp's 1916-1918 collection, English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, particularly those tunes from singers Mary Sands and Jane Gentry.  On this album, Simpson and Jutz brought together a mix of roots artists from both sides of the pond—Sierra Hull, Angeline Morrison, Odessa Settles, Tim O’Brien, Tammy Rogers, Seth Lakeman, and more—to create an homage to the bridge from Appalachia to England and back, just as the songs of Sands and Gentry originally did.  The album is available September 29th on Topic Records.     Craft Brewed Music® The music discovery app that streams music for serious listeners - now included free and forever "in" the Music Discovery App Pint Glass (downloaded via QR printed on glass). http://www.craftbrewedmusic.com

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell discusses her new album, Get Behind The Wheel, out now on Signature Sounds.  The Washington Post's description of Eilen is perhaps most apt: "...if Neko Case, Madeleine Peyroux and Billie Holiday had a baby girl who grew up to front a rockabilly band, she'd probably sound a lot like Eilen Jewell."   Craft Brewed Music® The music discovery app that streams music for serious listeners - now included free and forever "in" the Music Discovery App Pint Glass (downloaded via QR printed on glass). http://www.craftbrewedmusic.com   The Craft Brewed Music Podcast Music interviews for serious listeners. Available on all major podcast platforms. https://www.podlink.to/CBMPodcast

Annie Mosher is one of Nashville's revered singer-songwriters, a writer's writer who has won the Kerrville Folk Festival's prestigious New Folk award and is a favorite at the famed Bluebird Cafe.  She discusses her brand new release, Goldfish.     Craft Brewed Music® The music discovery app that streams music for serious listeners - now included free and forever "in" the Music Discovery App Pint Glass (downloaded via QR printed on glass). http://www.craftbrewedmusic.com   The Craft Brewed Music Podcast Music interviews for serious listeners. Available on all major podcast platforms. https://www.podlink.to/CBMPodcast

Grammy-winner Bill Frisell is universally admired for his work as a guitarist and composer and for creating new sounds in American music.  But "collaborator" may be the title that best exemplifies his approach, and it forms the basis for his latest album, FOUR.  We were thrilled to hear his insights on this beautiful work.   Craft Brewed Music® The music discovery app that streams music for serious listeners - now included free and forever "in" the Music Discovery App Pint Glass (downloaded via QR printed on glass). http://www.craftbrewedmusic.com   The Craft Brewed Music Podcast Music interviews for serious listeners. Available on all major podcast platforms. https://www.podlink.to/CBMPodcast

Bassist/songwriter/producer/composer Viktor Krauss has a resume that is noteworthy both for its quality and its quantity.  He's had long tenures with artists as dissimilar as Lyle Lovett and Bill Frisell, toured as part of the recent Robert Plant & Alison Krauss "Raise the Roof" tour, and has a handful of fascinating solo releases.  We were thrilled to have him on the show!      Craft Brewed Music® The music discovery app that streams music for serious listeners. http://www.craftbrewedmusic.com   The Craft Brewed Music Podcast Music interviews for serious listeners. Available on all major podcast platforms. https://www.podlink.to/CBMPodcast  

Tiffany Williams is a songwriter, a writer of fiction, and the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of coal miners.  She discusses her debut album, All Those Days of Drinking Dust.     Craft Brewed Music® The music discovery app that streams music for serious listeners. http://www.craftbrewedmusic.com   The Craft Brewed Music Podcast Music interviews for serious listeners. Available on all major podcast platforms. https://www.podlink.to/CBMPodcast