On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Katy Henriksen! Season three of her excellent podcast, Sound Off, debuts on March 6th, so we talk about what to expect from the upcoming episodes, and the challenges in producing podcasts on your own. Once we get into the music, we talk Thelonius Monk, Etta James, Beirut, Mingus, Tumi Mogorosi, all the incredible versions of “Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child,” and plenty more!

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Sound Off Podcast

Trillium Salon Series

Liz Pelly “Mood Machine”

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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“My Favorite Things”

Mahler’s Adagietto (from the 5th Symphony)

Charles Mingus “Haitian Fight Song”

Nina Simone “Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter”

Beirut “Gulag Orkestar”

Etta James “I’d Rather Go Blind”

Joni Mitchell “A Case of You”

Ella Fitzgerald “Summertime”

Terry Callier “You Goin’ Miss Your Candyman”

Thelonious Monk Quartet “Monk’s Dream”

Tumi Mogorosi “Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s James Toth! I’ve known James for almost 20 years now (which is hard to get my head around), and in that time he’s made a ton of music that’s near and dear to me, written a lot of things that have inspired, and generally been a fellow lifer that does work that resonates with me. So, getting him on the show was a no brainer! We talk about his excellent Dunza project before bonding over Crystal Gale and Madonna, Bobby Charles’s incredible voice, Pat Methany, Black Flag, The Roches, Randy Newman, Celtic Frost, Rainy Day, and more!

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DUNZA

James Toth on Patreon

James on Instagram

James & The Giants

Wooden Wand “Harem of the Sundrum & The Witness Figg”

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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Crystal Gale “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”

David Ackles “I’ve Been Loved”

Pat Metheny Group “[Cross the] Heartland”

The Roches “Hammond Song”

Black Flag “TV Party”

Celtic Frost “Cherry Orchards”

Chris Squire “You By My Side”

Madonna “Live to Tell”

Randy Newman “Feels Like Home”

Rainy Day “Flying On the Ground is Wrong”

Bobby Charles “I Must Be in a Good Place Now”

Tony Rice “Last Thing On My Mind”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Damon Locks! Over the last long while, Damon’s been one of my favorite artists on the planet. From the Black Monument Ensemble, his visual art, and all things in between, I have endless gratitude and awe for his work. We talked about his new, text-based record, “List of Demands,” before waxing on about Nikki Giovanni’s influence, The Hues Corporation bringing the sun, Duke and Coltrane going all-time, David Bowie, Parliament, Labi Siffre, The Specials, Bjork, and plenty more!

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“List of Demands”

Damon’s website

Damon’s Instagram

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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Hues Corporation “Rock the Boat

Björk “I Remember You”

The Jam “Happy Together”

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane “In A Sentimental Mood”

Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots “Disco Duck”

Falco “Der Kommissar”

Donny Hathaway “A Song for You”

Parliament “Getten to Know You”

DEVO “Auto Modown”

David Bowie “Changes”

Labi Siffre “Bless the Telephone”

Susan Cadogan “Do It Baby” (Nice and Easy)

Duke Ellington “Lotus Blossom”

The Specials “Ghost Town”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Sam Sodomsky! Sam is an old friend and an OG Foxy Digitalis alum who has gone on to much bigger and brighter things including The Bird Calls. His latest record, “Melody Trail,” is a big leap for the project and a record I’ll be returning to a lot. After we talk about that and old time Foxy Digitalis days, we get into our love of Bruce Springsteen. how nobody says it better than Joni, Carly Simon’s underappreciated greatness, Sinatra, James Taylor, Mia Doi Todd, Office Culture, and more!

Listen to all of Sam’s picks HERE

“Melody Trail”

Sam’s Newsletter

The Bird Calls on Bandcamp

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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“Those Magic Changes” (from “Grease”)

Office Culture “Was I Cruel”

Bruce Springsteen “Darkness On the Edge of Town”

Joni Mitchell “A Case of You”

U2 “Vertigo”

Frank Sinatra “Strangers In The Night”

Mia Doi Todd “My Baby Lives in Paris”

James Taylor “The Frozen Man”

Lambchop “The New Cobweb Summer”

Carly Simon “Coming Around Again”

Bruce Cockburn “Wondering Where the Lions Are”

Adeline Hotel “Whodunnit”

Prefab Sprout “Bonny”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Sarah Belle Reid! She’s got a fantastic new record, “Accidental Ornithology,” in collaboration with Vinny Golia (the legend!) out now. It’s such a fun record. We talk about that a bit, Vinny’s magic, and her learning synthesis courses. Then, it really goes places with memories of Taj Mahal, finding joy in playing music, all the places Mahler’s 5th takes us, Else Marie Pade’s underappreciated greatness, Robert Ashley, SOPHIE, Wynton Marsalis, Parmegiani, Laurie Anderson, and more!

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“Accidental Ornithology”

Sarah’s Website

Sarah on Instagram

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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Taj Mahal “I Need Your Loving”

“How Deep Is The Ocean”

Mahler “Symphony 5”

Else Marie Pade “Symphonie Magnétophonique”

Nat King Cole “The Very Thought of You”

Wynton Marsalis “Blood on the Fields”

Robert Ashley “Improvement”

Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton (any)

Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden “Jasmine” (album)

SOPHIE “Faceshopping”

Charlie Haden, Liberation Music Orchestra “Goin’ Home”

Bernard Parmegiani “De Natura Sonorum”

Laurie Anderson “O Superman”

Louis Armstrong “What A Wonderful World”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Martha Skye Murphy! Her debut album, “Um” - released last year on AD 93 - has etched itself into my bones in the last couple months. We get into all of that and the weirdness of the holidays before going long on early Spice Girls memories, Gavin Bryars’ all-time turn, being in awe of Scott Walker, Langley Children’s Choir perfection, Bill Callahan, Patti Smith, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy + more!

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“Um”

Tour Dates

Martha Skye Murphy’s Instagram

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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Spice Girls “Wannabe”

Low “Do You Know How to Waltz”

Opus III “It’s A Fine Day”

Gavin Bryars “Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet”

Kelis “Bossy”

Scott Walker “Patriot (a single)”

Nine Inch Nails “La Mer”

Bill Callahan “Angela”

Serge Gainsbourg ft. Jane Birkin “Je t’aime… Moi non plus”

Patti Smith “Dancing Barefoot”

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy “I See A Darkness”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Ava Mendoza! She’s been one of my favorite guitarists for quite some time, and her latest album, “The Circular Train,” is incredible. We get into the details behind the record plus her time with the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet before Ava educates me on different Blues’ styles from various regions in Mississippi (and then some!) Then, we talk about conceptual connections between Alice Coltrane and Keiji Haino, the joy of Kid Congo Powers, Chrome’s greatness, Skip James, Loren Connors, Roy Buchanan, Earth, and more!

Listen to all of Ava’s picks HERE

The Circular Train

Ava’s Website

Ava on Instagram

Gary K. Spain on Chrome at Foxy Digitalis

Song List

Savia Andina “Danza del Sicuri”

Skip James “Devil Got My Woman” or “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues”

Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds “Ese Vicio Delicioso”

Albert Ayler “Truth is Marching In”

Blind Willie Johnson “Dark Was The Night”

Virus “The Black Flux”

Earth “The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull”

Nicki Minaj “Stupid Hoe”

Roy Buchanan “Sweet Dreams”

Keiji Haino / Jim O'Rourke / Oren Ambarchi “Thinking too deeply I skipped over ¯¯ three by three”

Geraldine Fibbers “Richard”

Can “Father Cannot Yell”

Alice Coltrane “Turiya Sings”

Chrome “SS Cygni”

Cakes da Killa “Keep it Goin”

Carla Bozulich “Winds of St. Anne”

Jessie Mae Hemphill “Eagle Bird”

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Tony Rolando! I first learned about Tony through his incredible solo work, not realizing that he was the co-founder of one of the most interesting synthesizer companies of the last decade or so - Make Noise Music. Putting it all together, the depth and unique scope of his sonic explorations and compositional approach made more sense. His latest, “Imagine A Dolphin Dreaming,” is the latest chapter in that story. After digging into the album and our mutual love of aqueous sounds, we talk about Rockwell creating a timeless banger, unequivocally loving US Maple, Caterina Barbieri’s mind-bending approach, the fingertapping-to-arpeggio pipeline, Sinead, Smashing Pumpkins, 90 Day Men, and more!

Listen to all of Tony’s picks HERE

“Imagine a Dolphin Dreaming”

Tony on Instagram

Make Noise Music

Song List

Rockwell “Somebody’s Watching Me”

Billie Eilish “When The PArty’s Over”

Newcleus “Jam On It”

The White Stripes "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground”

US Maple “Letter to ZZ Top”

Harold Budd & Brian Eno "A Stream with Bright Fish”

Oneohtrix Point Neverw/ Iggy Pop "The Pure and the Damned”

90 Day Men “Dialed In”

Catarina Barbieri “Fantas”

XOR “Lazy Heat”

Sinead O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U”

Prince “When Doves Cry”

Van Halen “Panama”

Smashing Pumpkins “To Sheila”

Prince “Pop Life”

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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