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. 
Lincoln established the Seattle-based singer/songwriter vehicle Red Jacket Mine in 2003, made three albums and an EP with them, and in 2017 released his first solo album, the jazzy, live-in-studio Trembling Frames. We examine "Desperate Tormentors" and hear "How To Escape" and a bit of "Memory Up and Die" from that album, and discuss Red Jacket Mine: "Apricot Moon" from Continue Reading …
NEM#72: Sarah McQuaid Kills Her Darlings
Sarah has recorded five solo albums since 1997, starting with traditional folk songs, sometimes guitar instrumentals, and now focusing on originals that mix British and American folk in a style influenced by Joni Mitchell, among others. She has lately pared back her songwriting to ensure that every note counts. We discuss the title track and "The Silence above Us" from If We Continue Reading …
NEM#18: Jill Sobule Takes America Back
Jill is a big personality, rivaling Elvis Costello in the creation of acerbic, stylistically varied singer-songwriter material, and she's been putting out tuneful, story-laden albums since 1990. We discuss "Jetpack" from Underdog Victorious (2004) and get to meet her frequent co-writer Robin Eaton, then "Empty Glass" (co-written with playwright Elise Thoron) from California Continue Reading …
NEM#13. Beth Kille Rocks and Leads Others to Rock
Beth started doing band-type things in grad school, fronted Clear Blue Betty from 2000–2007, then starting in 2009, became a solo artist, co-founding Madison's Girl's Rock camp and letting music consume all of her professional activities. She's a classic singer-songwriter of the write-chords-and-good-lyrics-on-acoustic variety, and her mission is to help others (ladies of all Continue Reading …