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Joe Henry and Mike Reed brought two distinct but complementary legacies to their new

collaborative album, Life and Times. Joe was a celebrated producer and songwriter known for

his atmospheric, deeply literary

approach to Americana. Over the decades, he's produced albums for artists like Solomon Burke,

Bonnie Rae, and Elvis Costello, while cracked in his own work that blurs the line between

folk, jazz, and rock. Mike Reed, a former NFL defensive lineman turned Grammy-winning country

songwriter,

has written hits like I Can't Make You Love Me,

and has long explored the tender spaces between strength and vulnerability.

Their album, Life and Times, captures conversations between two-season storytellers,

their voices and perspectives interweaving across songs that examine memory, mortality,

and the passage of time

with unflinching honesty. On today's episode, Bruce Tellum talks to Joe Henry and Mike Reed

about how they developed a deep friendship over their shared love of poetry at a songwriter's retreat.

They also discussed the artists and songs that first drew them to songwriting, and they reflect

on their individual creative processes and how they found drew them to songwriting, and they reflect on their individual

creative processes and how they found new ways to inspire each other's work.

This is Broken Record, Real Musicians, Real Conversations.

This is an I-Heart podcast, guaranteed human.

Malcolm Gladwell here.

At Pushkin, there's no better gift than an audiobook.

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