Nakedly Examined Music Podcast

Song Analysis with the Songwriter

Nakedly Examined Music Podcast is a music podcast hosted by Mark Linsenmayer, with 266 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Mark Linsenmayer hosts Nakedly Examined Music Podcast, a music show with 266 episodes published.

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  NEM#258: Dan Montgomery: Direct Communication

  Aug 9, 20261h 12m

  Dan was Ben Vaughn’s sound-man and released his first solo album of Americana rock in 2004. We discuss “Busted” from his eighth album (produced by Vaughn), the just Dan-and-his guitar effort Dispatches from the Desert , then “Beaumont” from Cast-Iron Songs and Torch Ballads (2023), “Favorite Color” from Rosetta, Please (A Love Story) (2006). End song: “Lookin’ for a Fight” also from the new album. Intro: “Always” from Man from Out of State (2004). More at danmontgomery.bandcamp.com . Hear all of “Always, ” and a couple of the drug songs we refer to near the beginning: “ Phenobarbiedoll ” and “ Crack Home .” See Dan’s full, recent band live , and again here . See him play live as an acoustic duo . Here he is live 17 years ago . Hear his early band Drugs Before Breakfast . Hear more Nakedly Examined Music at nakedlyexaminedmusic.com . Support us at patreon.com/nakedlyexaminedmusic . Hear my previous interview with Ben Vaughn .

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  NEM#253: Synth-Scaper Richard Barbieri (Japan, Porcupine Tree)

  May 29, 20261h 14mS0

  <p >Richard joined the British art-rock band Japan in 1975, playing with them through their five albums, 1982 break-up, and 1991 one-off reformation (as Rain Tree Crow). He continued to collaborate with Japan drummer Steve Jansen, recording four instrumental ambient albums with him (and one pop album in 1987 as Dolphin Brothers), between 1985 and 1995, adding Japan bassist Nick Karn for a couple more albums, plus 1994 album with No-Man singer Tim Bowness and two albums (’12-’13) with Marillion singer Steve Hogarth. In 1995 he joined Porcupine Tree, and this has been his main gig, recording 25+ albums with them. In 2004 he finally released his first solo album, a se...

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  NEM#252: Folk Legend Tom Paxton

  May 12, 202655 minS0

  <p >Tom was an integral member of the Greenwich Village early ’60s folk scene (playing originals regularly before Bob Dylan did). His tunes have been covered by Dylan, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Harry Belafonte, and many others. He received a lifetime achievement Grammy in 2009.</p> <p >We talk about “Rebel Gal” from Together Again (2026) (a collaborative album with John McCutcheon), “If the Poor Don’t Matter” from Redemption Road (2015), “Mr. Blue” from Morning Again (1968), and “The Death of Stephen Biko” (with Anne Hills and Bob Gibson) from Best of Friends (live in 1984, released in 2004; the song was origina...

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  NEM#251: Dr. Alan Williams (Birdsong at Morning)

  Apr 24, 20261h 35mS0

  <p >After studying at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music, Alan released two albums with folk-rock band Knots and Crosses in the early 90s, put out one solo album in 1994, then became a freelance recording engineer and earned a PhD in ethnomusicology. He released three albums between 2010-2019 fronting Birdsong at Morning and released two more solo albums.</p> <p >We discuss “Just Like Water” (and listen at the end to “Somewhere There’s a Train”) from Floating on the Dreamline (2026), “The Great Escape” by Birdsong at Morning from A Slight Departure (2015), and the title track to Curve of the Earth (1993...

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  NEM#250: Bill Pritchard the Tourist

  Apr 12, 20261h 5mS0

  <p >Bill is a singer/songwriter who recorded five albums of catchy tunes between 1989 and 1991, then retired but came back a vengeance in 2014. He’s now just released his 13th album, Haunted, and we talk about “Perpetual Tourist” and listen at the end to the title track from that, “Trentham” from A Trip to the Coast (2014) and “Pigalle on a Tuesday is Charming” from Parce Que (1988). Intro: “Tommy & Co,” from Three Months, Three Weeks and Two Days (1989). More at billprichardmusic.com.</p> <p >Despite being British and very well settled in Stoke-on-Trent, he works with a German producer/label, has collaborated with...

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