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

So, whether you're a grizzled veteran, trying to explain the

1960s Greenwich Village folk scene to your nephew, or else, a scrappy upstart, trying to

explain the SoundCloud rappers with face tattoos to your uncle, 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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