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The Song Inside
by Deidre Struck
A podcast where musicians talk with songwriter Deidre Struck about how songs bring them back to themselves. Each episode highlights two songs by the featured artist, with a focus on how music leads us from darkness into light.
Episodes
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Songs of Resistance #81-100 REDO! Plus Patreon News!
Had to record this one again due to technical difficulties! Here are 20 tiny tidbits to get you through these trying times!
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Songs of Resistance: #66-80
In early 2025 I did a song a day with tiny tips for troubled times. Today I revisit 15 of them! www.deidrestruck.com
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Songs of Resistance: #36-65
Join me as I take advice from my past self, circa late 2024, via short daily songs. Sometimes our past selves actually know what they’re talking about, as it turns out! Also I give an update on my musical Fun Spot.
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69. Luciana Souza is a Light in the Darkness!
Hi! I've reuploaded this fine interview with Luciana Souza, after a copyright violation (for including a song). This is definitely worth a listen, though. Given what's been happening with the current regime, it's more important now than ever. Brazilian vocalist/composer Luciana Souza gives us a...
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Songs of Resistance: #29-35
Welcome! Daily tiny tunes for troubled times. 29. open your mind 30. get your hands dirty 31. we are different flavors 32. pause to enjoy the view 33. stay angry as long as you need 34. drink a milkshake, take a walk 35. send love to those you miss YouTube Buy Me A Coffee!
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Songs of Resistance:#22-28
Welcome! Daily tiny tunes for troubled times. 22. Give thanks 23. Make harmony 24. It's ok to take the day 25. We're alive! 26. Ask for help 27. Play a teenange melody 28. No room for hate http://www.thesonginside.me
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68. Mark Hervey is Finding Comfort in Mystery!
Join me as I talk with songwriter Mark Hervey about art as mushrooms, universal vibrations, and building up connections. Also, we talk about what it means to us to be Christlike. His new album, Shine, is out now! https://open.spotify.com/album/4l5HFWH5BK9dxy3A0ph5Xy?si=jk4AQhR6RqiyS-l2AY-DhQ…
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Songs of Resistance: #15-21
Welcome! Every day I sing a little song about how to survive this new regime. 15: no more fear 16: put on your marching shoes 17: it's ok to lie down and dream 18: cuddle another being 19: it's ok to scream 20: get busy 21: keep showing up https://www.thesonginside.me...
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67. Jason Veasey is All the Colors!
You might know Jason Veasey as Jonathan from Only Murders in the Building, or from Broadway shows such as A Strange Loop. Join us as we talk about Janet Jackson, embracing the weirdness, and finding all of your colors.
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Songs of Resistance: #8-14
Welcome! Every day I sing a little tip on how to survive these troubled times. Here's #8-14! 8. don't put on a cone of shame 9. tomorrow's another day 10. if you fall, get up again 11. turn it up to 11 12.put a worry on the shelf 13. try a change of scenery 14. show someone you care...
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66. Byron Isaacs is a Lost Leader!
Join me and Byron Isaacs (Lumineers, Ollabelle) as we talk about setting aside our differences, art as a means of keeping our humanity, and music as a universal salve. https://www.thesonginside.me
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Songs of Resistance: #1-7
Welcome to the podcast which explores the songs which bring us from darkness to light! Are you overwhelmed? I thought so. I got you. Here are my first seven tiny tunes for troubled times. Each one features a small tidbit to hopefully help us get through the day. 1. hug your loved ones 2. let your...
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65. Jody Drezner Alperin is Vocal and Visible!
Join me as I speak with theater maker and activist Jody Drezner Alperin about the importance of being visible, the history of protest songs, and knowing that we are not alone. www.thesonginside.me www.nobookbans.org www.offthepageeducation.org
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Welcome to the Resistance!
We are BACK, baby! This is the podcast which explores the songs which bring us from darkness to light. And WOW do we need those now, more than ever. Each week will feature a different songwriter who is surviving this new and turbulent era through the defiant act of music making. If you are a...
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Deidre Has A New Album!
It's true. I've been away, but I'm back with a brand new album, The Year of Lost and Found: A Pand'opera! It was written during lockdown and clocks in at a whopping 22 minutes. The songs range from funny to moody, and I'm really proud of it. In this episode, I preview 3 tunes from the album, and...
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64. Serena Jost is In Process!
Welcome to The Song Inside's second season, focused on Music and Healing. Cellist Serena Jost is, among other things, a photographer and a songwriter who lives in the moment. Join us as we chat about how songs can rescue us, how letting go brings peace of mind, and how weakness can lead to...
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63. Manuel Bagorro is Curating Well-Being!
Welcome to The Song Inside's second season, focused on Music and Healing. This week I'm thrilled to introduce you to my colleague, Manuel Bagorro! Manuel is the Creative Advisor for Carnegie Hall Social Impact Programs (and a very nice fellow). Learn along with me about the inception of the...
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62. Vicky Finney is Opening Her Heart!
Welcome to The Song Inside's second season, focused on Music and Healing. Actor Vicky Finney was just living her life, when a series of events upended her trajectory. We talk about what led her to a course in Conscious Dying, how opening our hearts can ease our end of life, and how music is the...
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61. Dave Wilbur is Grooving Like the Wind!
Welcome to The Song Inside's second season, focusing on Music and Healing. Dave Wilbur is a kickass bass player, runs a Rock Lab, and happens to be one of my oldest friends. Join us as we go deep on humor as healer, imperfection as humanizer, daily gratitude, and letting impermanence be a…
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60. David Garland is Interested and Curious!
Welcome to The Song Inside’s second season, focusing on Music and Healing. Settle in with a cozy blanket and perhaps some tissues, as David Garland takes us through the remarkable journey of his life as a visual artist, musical creator, and radio host of Spinning On Air, a weekly music show on…
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59. Toby Williams Was Born To Sing!
Welcome to The Song Inside’s second season, focusing on Music and Healing. Toby Williams is head of the music therapy department at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, as well as a professor at NYU and a licensed creative arts therapist. In this episode, she talks about her journey from bandleader to...
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Trailer: The Song Inside Returns
Welcome to Season 2 of The Song Inside, the only podcast which does deep dive interviews about the songs which bring us from darkness to light. This season will be focused on Music and Healing, with interviews from music therapists, doulas, and regular folks who have used songs to get them…
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Summer Songs, Camp Edition: Oliver Dobrian and Vero Villalobos
One of the great things about working at an arts camp is that you get to meet like-minded creative souls. Oliver (drummer from Orange County CA) and Vero (director from San Angelo TX) are two such souls, each with a unique perspective on songwriting to share. Enjoy! Check out Oliver’s band...
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Summer Songs: Revisiting Donny McCaslin
Hey Songsters! Summer is flying by! I’m away at summer camp for two more weeks, but am delighted to present this previous interview with David Bowie collaborator, tenor saxophonist, composer, and excellent dude Donny McCaslin. Enjoy!
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Summer Songs: Revisiting Byron Isaacs
I’m living my best life here at summer camp in Pennsylvania, and this week’s guest is living his best life playing bass and singing with The Lumineers on tour. Byron Isaacs is one of my favorite people, as well as a stellar songwriter. You may need a tissue or two for this one!
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Summer Songs: Revisiting Kate McGarry
I’m still at summer camp, writing songs with campers and playing for the musical James and The Giant Peach (there’s nothing cuter than kids dressed as insects, singing about sticking together. For real.) This week, please enjoy this interview with Grammy-award winning songwriter/vocalist Kate...
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Summer Songs: Revisiting Blake Lewis
I’m at summer camp with my girls, writing songs and playing for musicals! This means that there won’t be any new interviews for a few weeks. However, I’ll be bringing you updates from camp, and segments from earlier episodes. Enjoy, and I’ll be back with new songs soon!
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58. Adam Fitch is Finding the Soul!
I put out a call for songwriters for the pod, and Adam Fitch was the first to respond! I'm very grateful, because I loved getting to know him and his music. Our conversation goes from the art of falling apart, to creating a safe container of a song, to leaving love notes to God, to connecting to...
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57. Richard Julian is in The Final Round!
Richard Julian: bar/live music venue owner, renowned songwriter, tour aficionado. In this episode, RIchard takes us on a heady journey through his songwriting process, which involves him recording and listening to one song a whopping 100 times (!) while writing it. (Don’t worry, we only listen to...
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56. Russ Kaplan is Beautifully Distracted!
It’s summer! But we’re taking a trip back to the chill of February, which is when composer Russ Kaplan moved from sunny Florida to icy Minnesota. We talk about minimalist metric modulation and manatees (say that three times fast), the organic creation of Broadway’s first (and last??) a capella...
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55. Russ Johnson is a Bad Mother*#!@er!
Russ Johnson. One of my oldest and dearest friends. Also an incredible trumpet player, composer, and educator. Join us as we take a walk with our younger selves to reflect upon our careers, New York and Chicago, writing with deadlines, and the two (no, THREE!) rules for success. Learn more about...
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54. Aimee Nolte is Playing the Devil's Music!
It's Jazz in June here at The Song Inside, starting with the lovely pianist Aimee Nolte. We'll share some New York stories before talking about finding the right bandmates, her successful YouTube channel, and who our favorite jazz pianists are. Learn more about Aimee HERE Songs: The Loveliest…
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53. Falu Shah is Lullabies and Light!
Indian singer-songwriter (and now Grammy winner!) Falu Shah has been an inspiration to me since we first started working on the Lullaby Project together years ago. Here we talk about how winning a Grammy is a group effort, how the downbeat unites us, how all life's occasions are important to...
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52. Franck Amsallem is the Space Between the Notes!
Franck Amsallem is a French jazz pianist and jolly good fellow. Join us as we talk about the meaning of names, 80s East Coast living, leaving something to be desired, and how music changes our DNA. Learn more about Frank HERE Songs: Gotham Goodbye Last Night When We Were Young To become a part of...
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51. The Song Inside Celebrates One Year!
We did it! 50 awesome songwriter interviews, a year of songwriting tips, and music which brought us from darkness to light. In this anniversary episode, I'll be checking in with my brother and OG guest, Blake Lewis. (Do we have beefs with the music industry? Listen and find out!) We'll also hear...
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50. Suzi Shelton is Feeling the Power!
Continue celebrating Mother's Day with me and Suzi Shelton! We take you on a journey all the way from the weirdest place we've done gigs, to Coney Island, to a song about co-parenting (video and new recording just premiered! see below), to the most important thing of all-doing what makes us…
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49. Graham Brice is Alright With That!
Not only is Graham Brice a cool neighborhood dad; he's also a killer songwriter with a sense for surprising chords. We have a lively chat about Song Club, learning from The Beatles, melodies arriving at inconvenient times, and how lucky we feel not to have been child stars. Learn more about…
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48. Ryan Keberle is All Ears!
To close out INTERNATIONAL TROMBONE MONTH!, this week I'm joined by composer/trombonist Ryan Keberle. We have fun talking about trombone as a folk instrument, music as connection, rule implementation as freedom, and finding your own voice. Also, the composition that ends the podcast is one of my...
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47. Curtis Fowlkes is a Jazz Passenger!
I met Curtis Fowlkes my first day in New York. That's what we call Lucky! You, too, are now Lucky! Meet this true gentleman, soulful singer, and fantastic trombonist as we discuss goofing off at the circus, the origin of The Jazz Passengers, the foibles of working with Jeff Buckley and Lou Reed,...
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46. Brian Drye is Way Down in Hadestown!
We continue our Trombone Month celebration with the hardest working trombonist in show business, Brian Drye! Come and listen to us geek out about the trombone, discuss the choreography of recording, marvel at the glue of ostinato, and learn about giving it your all on Broadway every night. Learn...
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45. Alan Ferber is an Economist!
People! It is time to celebrate THE TROMBONE! All! Month! Long! Starting with Alan Ferber, co-director of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop and all-around talent. Join us as we talk about community through music, the beauty of a nonet, the importance of economy, and harmony as cake. (Great, now I'm...
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44. Leah Paul is a Sweet Potato!
Leah Paul is a sweet potato who runs a music business for kids called Sweet Potato Music! She also lives in LA, is a mom, plays the flute, and writes the coolest chamber pop tunes you've ever heard. We talk about pivoting after motherhood, treating vocals like flutes, finding home, and not…
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43. Luciana Souza is a Poet!
Brazilian composer, singer, lyricist and percussionist Luciana Souza is a light in the darkness. In this conversation, we revisit our younger selves, call our friend (and Sunnyside producer) Francois live with a birthday message, reminisce about Cornelia Street Cafe, and explore the freedom of...
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42. Lucy Wainwright Roche is Hopelessly Herself!
Singer-songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche comes from a musical family. She also has a very amenable dog, and a voice like a damn angel. Join us as we talk about going to Wikipedia for song ideas, the dark tundra of not writing, how a song can be anything, and how life on the road is definitely...
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41. Lara Bello is the Soul Inside the Gold!
Happy International Women's Month from The Song Inside! To kick things off, Spanish songstress Lara Bello (a fellow Carnegie Hall Lullaby Artist), joins me to explore the feelings inside the melody, the importance of introducing new cultures and languages to audiences, how to open our arms to new...
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40. Django Haskins is Shutting Up and Playing!
Django Haskins calls in from his North Carolina cabin to talk about the discipline of Monday Night Song Group, musical and narrative dissonance, why proficiency shouldn't get in the way of being authentic, and the importance of lifting others up. Learn more about Django HERE Songs state road...
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39. Brittany Anjou is Ripping Off the Band-Aid!
Pianist/Composer Brittany Anjou recently completed a Masters in Music Psychology and has done research on the mental health of musicians living in NYC. Join us for an intellectually stimulating conversation! Brittany tells me about hosting avant-garde jams in Kuwait before we move on to discuss...
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38. Ohad Talmor is Brushing His Teeth!
What do Tribe Called Quest and the Love Boat have in common? What did Stravinsky say to do daily, as if brushing one's teeth? Find out in this interview with master composer and saxophonist Ohad Talmor! We talk about his lifelong relationship with Lee Konitz, the importance of buying the scores,...
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37. Robin Meloy Goldsby is Piano Girl!
If you were in a Manhattan hotel 25 years ago, or a German castle recently, you may have heard Robin Meloy Goldsby tinkling the ivories, and not even known it. Her latest book, Piano Girl Playbook: Notes on a Musical Life, captures what it's like to play for all kinds of people in all kinds of...
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36. Rich Bennett is Roman Angelos!
Is Rich Bennett a producer, guitarist, composer, and music studio/school owner? Yes. Is he also Roman Angelos? YES. He makes music for underwater supermarkets, is a coffee and seltzer enthusiast, and enjoys the shifting of phrases and the art of the long fade. Learn more about Rich HERE Songs:...
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A podcast where musicians talk with songwriter Deidre Struck about how songs bring them back to themselves. Each episode highlights two songs by the featured artist, with a focus on how music leads us from darkness into light.
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A podcast where musicians talk with songwriter Deidre Struck about how songs bring them back to themselves. Each episode highlights two songs by the featured artist, with a focus on how music leads us from darkness into light.
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