Arts & Culture • Past Programs
Art of the Song is a one-hour, independently-produced radio show with music and interviews exploring inspiration and creativity through songwriting and other art forms. The program is heard on over 160 stations worldwide. Learn why songwriters and artists create, how they become inspired, and how you can tap into that creative source in every aspect of your life.
Art of the Song is a one-hour, independently-produced radio show with music and interviews exploring inspiration and creativity through songwriting and other art forms.
The program is heard on over 160 stations worldwide. Learn why songwriters and artists create, how they become inspired, and how you can tap into that creative source in every aspect of your life. Art of the Song is not just for songwriters and musicians, as it explores universal truths common to all creative expression. We talk with writers of folk and roots music as well as novelists and visual artists. Our mission is to inspire listeners to find and express their unique creative voices, and to connect and grow the worldwide community of creative people. The show is hosted by performing songwriting duo John & Viv and originates in the Creative Heart of the Land of Enchantment, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
January 29, 2025 Arts & Culture, Past Programs
Art of the Song
When we first started Art of the Song in 2003, we made a “dream list” of artists we’d like to interview
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Gretchen Peters
She’s well known as the writer of the 1995 CMA Song of the Year, 'Independence Day’.
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2025 Arts & Culture, Past Programs
Jorma Kaukonen
In a career that has already spanned a half-century, Jorma has been one of the most highly respected interpreters of American roots and blues music.
Read MoreJanuary 8, 2025 Arts & Culture, Past Programs
Vienna Tang
While pursuing a degree in computer science at Stanford, she joined a student-run a cappella group
Read MoreDecember 29, 2024 Arts & Culture, Past Programs
Nikara Warren
Born and bred in Brooklyn, New York, her grandfather is world-renowned jazz pianist Kenny Barron, and she’s the daughter of a half Trinidadian father, and a “Brooklyn ‘Round the Way” girl mother.
Read MoreDecember 25, 2024 Arts & Culture, Past Programs
Paul Winter
His musical odyssey has long embraced the traditions of the world’s cultures, as well as the wildlife voices of what he refers to as “the greater symphony of the Earth.”
Read MoreDecember 11, 2024 Arts & Culture, Past Programs
Jono Manson
In the 1980s and 90s, he was known as the godfather of New York City’s famed Nightingale Bar scene, that kickstarted the careers of Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors, and Joan Osborne, among others.
Read MoreNovember 27, 2024 Arts & Culture, Past Programs
Benmont Tench
You may not have heard of him, but chances are, you have heard him.
Read MoreNovember 20, 2024 Arts & Culture, Past Programs
Loreena McKennit
In a career spanning three decades, Loreena’s “eclectic Celtic” music has won critical acclaim worldwide and gold, platinum and multi-platinum status in fifteen countries across four continents.
Read MoreOctober 27, 2024 Arts & Culture, Past Programs
Dirt Does Dylan
The five-decades-running band have already played a major role in the preservation and popularity of folk music—their Will The Circle Be Unbroken album introduced droves of new fans to folk, country, and bluegrass and earned the band multiple Grammy awards.
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