Hi and welcome to the Working Songwriter.

The show where today's best songwriters come to talk shop, I'm your host Joe Pug.

Each episode here we host a distinguished guest and we ask them to go deep on their inspiration,

their process, on the general ups and downs of making a life in music.

So whether you're a grizzled veteran who still thinks they need to get their album

reviewed by the quote unquote blogosphere or else a scrappy upstart who literally does not

understand the concept of an album review. This is your show because ultimately it is what every

writer seeks most, an ironclad excuse to put off, actually writing.

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