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SONG DIVING - An American Songwriter Podcast

SONG DIVING - An American Songwriter Podcast

Written by: American Songwriter
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Where songwriters go deep into the songs they wrote and the songs that wrote them. Conversations that play like mixtapes of the music we love and are about to discover. Music Politics & Government
Episodes
  • SONG DIVING with Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show)

    SONG DIVING with Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show)
    Jul 27 2026
    We go Song Diving with Ketch Secor, singer and songwriter for Old Crow Medicine Show, and get into the stories behind songs he’s written, including “Wagon Wheel,” “I Hear Them All,” “Dearly Departed Friends,” and “My Side of the Mountain.”Along the way, we explore the songwriters who shaped how Ketch hears and writes songs, from Bob Dylan and John Hartford to Don Schlitz, Marty Stuart, and John McCutcheon.And we talk about why Bob Dylan made his “teeth chatter,” why songs are “Greyhound bus tickets of the mind,” what David Rawlings taught him about the mechanics of songwriting, and why every word is an expression of just how much he loves language.It’s a conversation about tradition, storytelling, and finding your own voice within the long conversation of American music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • SONG DIVING with Niko Moon

    SONG DIVING with Niko Moon
    Jul 20 2026
    We get into the stories behind songs he’s written, including “Good Time,” “American Dreamin’,” and Zac Brown Band’s “Homegrown.”Along the way, we explore the music and voices that shaped how Niko hears and writes songs, from John Prine and Travis Tritt to Outkast and Alan Jackson.And we talk about why positive music became his mission, the dive bar show that changed his life when Zac Brown walked in, why the hardest part of writing a song is finding the first great idea, and how one song can find someone at exactly the moment they need it.It’s a conversation about choosing optimism, finding the idea that unlocks a song, and why music can become the encouragement we carry with us through life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 mins
  • SONG DIVING with Lori McKenna

    SONG DIVING with Lori McKenna
    Jul 13 2026
    We get into the stories behind songs like “Humble and Kind,” “People Get Old,” and “All the Time I’ve Wasted on You.”And we talk about how her limitations became her style, why some of the best lines in a song begin with an alley-oop from another writer, and why the songs that make everyone else want to quit are the ones that excite her most.Along the way, we explore the music and voices that shaped how Lori hears and writes songs, from James Taylor and Suzanne Vega to Tom Petty, Bonnie Raitt, and the songwriters she discovered through Boston’s college radio stations.It’s a conversation about keeping it simple, writing the song only you can write, and the songs we’ll spend the rest of our lives reaching for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 mins
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