Hey, this is Mark Linton, my host of the partially examined life and the nakedly examined music

podcast.

The purpose of this special presentation is to give you a glimpse of some of what's

been going on over at nakedlyexaminedmusic.com.

I'm going to be playing clips from four episodes.

You're going to hear a whole song from four artists and then hear me talk about that song

with the artist.

I'm hoping at least one of these will catch your fancy and you'll want to jump over

and hear the whole episode.

On this program, I'm going to talk to Nick Kershaw, who's singles from the A.D.'s you

might remember.

Described by Elton John is the best songwriter of his generation, and we'll turn to Ken Stringfellow,

one of the two front men for Chelsea Clinton's favorite band, The Poesies, which established

itself an early 90s Seattle, and Ken was also part of the reconstituted Big Star, which

is a band that middle-aged music critics are generally in love with.

And finally, our longest segment will be with Steve Hackett, a truly amazing guitarist

he actually invented tapping.

The thing that Dave Van Halen is famous for, Steve invented it.

Through most of the 70s he played with Genesis, and they were cool and artsy, and he's released

25 so well since then.

His music is very cinematic, highly layered.

But first, let's turn to Robbie Fox, a super smart, Grammy-nominated guy plays Country

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