
Podcast by Beth P
Podcast by Beth P
06 May 2025
Matt Maher is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, pedal steel, mandolin, dobro, and bass, and he's associated with many St. Louis-based bands, including Hunter Peebles & The Moonlighters, Yard Eagle, Smoke Association, The Screechin’ Halts, and Back Wash. His musical talent is key to making these bands shine so make sure to follow him and them so you can find out where to catch Matt playing next and hear all the new releases he's featured on!
Playlist Track Listing:
For the Sake of the Song Intro/Outro Music: "Gun" by The Maness Brothers @TheManessBrothers
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36:23
22 April 2025
Matt Stuttler is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, bass player, and self-described synth enthusiast who has been a mainstay in the St. Louis music scene for 15 years and he currently plays in many bands including Shitstorm, Nite Sprites, Dock Judson, Cyanides, Boreal Hills, The Losing End, Molten Bone, and Variante Form and his former bands include The Stranger, Beach Bodies, and Banana Clips. And when he’s not playing in a band, he’s helping them play and record as the owner and operator of the longtime St. Louis venue and recording studio, The Sinkhole. Matt has done so much for the St. Louis music scene over the years and has a wealth of musical knowledge so you do not want to skip this one!
You can check out The Sinkhole at www.sinkholerecords.com or on Instagram @sinkholestl
Playlist Track Listing:
For the Sake of the Song Intro/Outro Music: "Gun" by The Maness Brothers @TheManessBrothers
00:00
30:05
08 April 2025
Jena Haffner, along with her dad, Jean, own and operate The Record Exchange, the longtime, iconic record store in St. Louis. Jean opened the store in 1977 so Jena was born into the world of music and vinyl and now she helps Jean operate the 10,000-square-foot store filled with not just vinyl but all types of media, media-playing equipment, and memorabilia. If you haven't been down to the store, what are you even doing?! Make sure you swing by to dig through crates, find that highly-sought after collectors' item or that obscure, deep cut, and support one of the best record stores in town! And if digging isn't your thing, they have a huge online store so go record shopping from your couch!
You can find out all about The Record Exchange at www.recordexchangestl.com
Playlist Track Listing:
For the Sake of the Song Intro/Outro Music: "Gun" by The Maness Brothers @TheManessBrothers
00:00
46:15
01 April 2025
A new kind of episode and playlist!
Most of the guests on the podcast are musicians and they make us playlists of other musicians’ songs but we don’t get to hear the music that the guests themselves are making and putting out there, which hardly seems fair!
So to remedy that, every 15 episodes that feature a musician guest, I’m going to release an episode and playlist that features one song from each of those guests!
And to help me with these regularly occurring special episodes, we are so lucky to have the esteemed Caron Brittany House! In addition to being a truly wonderful human and friend, Caron has been contributing to the STL music scene for well over a decade. Her show Wax Lyrical ran for nearly 11 years on KDHX and she’s a longtime member of the Twangfest Board of Directors and has been instrumental in showcasing amazing local and national music in STL. And part of that includes the Saturday Sessions at the Tower Grove Farmers Market, which run every Saturday from April to October and feature some of the best acts in STL!
For these Guest Playlists, Caron chose the songs from half the artists and I chose the others and then we chatted about them so give it a listen, find some new music, and show the amazing podcast guests some love!
Playlist Track Listing:
1. “Roamer” by Blond Guru / Noah Gregory
2. “no longer neighbors” by po mia
3. “Say What You Will” by Joe Fletcher & Wrong Reasons
4. “Come Back” by The Public / Dylan Andersen
5. “Unplug the Machines” by Still Animals / Jessie Karabell
6. “Cadillac Dreams II” by Desi Darling / Sean Kimble
7. “Keep it to Myself” by Laka Soul
8. “Sorry, Weird” by Matt F. Basler
9. “Pushing Away, Pulling Together” by Joanna Serenko
10. “Dream Logic” by Space Quaker / Robin Harvey
11. “Knot to Force” by Surtsey / Joe Bassa
12. “Sensing” by Luisa Sims
13. “Jolly Rogers Arkansas” by Truman Kennedy
14. “Friends, Lovers, Ex-Lovers, Whatever” by SUSTO Stringband / Justin Osborne
15. “Hit The Ground” by We Are Root Mod / Isaac Johnston
For the Sake of the Song Intro/Outro Music: "Gun" by The Maness Brothers @TheManessBrothers
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01:02:27
25 March 2025
Jeffrey Lewis is a singer, songwriter, and artist from NYC who has been putting out some of the best anti-folk music there is for over 20 years, including on his newest album “The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis” on Don Giovanni Records. In addition to his musical chops, he’s also an accomplished illustrator and has written and drawn over a dozen comics in the series called “Fuff”.
For the playlist, Jeffrey submitted 29 tracks, all part of his evergreen effort to make a list of his favorite songs, and he told me to pick the final 15 for the playlist so I used a random number generator to select those 15 but the additional 14 tracks are included below because we all need EVEN MORE good music recs and who better to get them from than Jeffrey Lewis!
Playlist Track Listing:
EVEN MORE Jeffrey Lewis Music Recs:
(*This track is so obscure, I’m not sure if this is the correct title and artist!)
For the Sake of the Song intro/outro music: "Gun" by The Maness Brothers @TheManessBrothers
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43:28
18 March 2025
Lilly Hiatt is singer and songwriter in Nashville, currently on New West Records, and she’s been one of the mainstays in the Americana scene for the past decade. She’s toured with the likes of John Prine, Drive-By Truckers, and Margo Price. She’s just released her sixth album, Forever, and in response Pitchfork said “Hiatt sounds relaxed and assured, even when she’s making righteous noise.” To find out how you listen to Forever and where you can catch Lilly playing live, check out www.lillyhiatt.com or follow her on Instagram @LillyAHiatt.
Playlist Track Listing:
For the Sake of the Song Intro/Outro music: "Gun" by The Maness Brothers @TheManessBrothers
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21:22