Nakedly Examined Music is a podcast about making music: Why do we do it? Why do we do it the way we do it? Mark Linsenmayer interviews songwriters and composers famous and otherwise about specific recordings, which are presented in full on the podcast. 
Michaela has released four albums of carefully styled, lyrically rich country since 2011. From her latest, Desert Dove (2019), we discuss the title track, plus you'll hear "By Our Design" as the intro and "Somebody New" as the closer. We also discuss "Worrying Mind" from Bright Lights and the Fame (2016) and "Is This What Mama Meant" from Ease My Mind (2014). For more, see Continue Reading …
NEM#112: Radney Foster Finds His Voice
Radney started as a Nashville songwriter and performed in the late 80s as the front half of Foster & Lloyd. He went solo in '91 and has released about a dozen albums since then that increasingly break away from country music standards into something more personal. We discuss two recordings from his latest album, For You to See the Stars (2017), before which he Continue Reading …
NEM #36: Robbie Fulks: Ambassador of Country
Robbie has recorded 12 solo albums of crafty-lyric, country-folk music since 1996, including 2016's Grammy-nominated Upland Stories. We discuss "America is a Hard Religion" and "Fare Thde Well, Carolina Gals" from that album, then look back to "Where There's a Road" from Georgia Hard (2005) and conclude with "I Told Her Lies" from South Mouth (1997). Opening/closing music: Continue Reading …