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This "behind the song" episode is all about another SPITBALL classic, Lord Loves a Working' Man. Marco talks with SPITBALL's rhyt…
This "behind the song" episode is all about SPITBALL's cover of Bill Wither's Use Me (often called Use Me Up by mistake). Marco t…
This "behind the song" episode is all about a SPITBALL classic, Ska'd for Life. This is the first time our listeners will hear bo…
SERIES UPDATE: We some terribly sad news to share with our listeners. SPITBALL's glorious singer and guitarist Molly Fitch passed…
SERIES UPDATE: We some terribly sad news to share with our listeners. SPITBALL's glorious singer and guitarist Molly Fitch passed…
SONGBIRD Season Two continues with a double-decker "behind the song" episode, all about Raychel and Gun/Parkside. We ask the big …
SONGBIRD returns with a long-awaited Season Two! We jump right into a "behind the song" episode, all about Spitball's signatu…
Season 2 will dig into the story of Spitball, an unsigned surf-punk act that was part of the downtown NY music scene in the mid-9…
In our Season 1 finale, Marco explores the final liner notes for Heaven Get Behind Me, where thanks are given - and we find ourse…
In our second liner notes episode we talk through that maddening balancing act of conceiving and producing videos for the music w…
In our first liner notes episode we unravel the story behind the album cover, and listen to some of the instruments used, compari…
In our final behind-the-song episode of Season 1, we go deep into the bible, and an alternate life to understand what inspired Wa…
How did this track become the official single from Heaven Get Behind Me? Is Shangri-La like Santa for adults? Why do people miss …
If we know we are going to die, what choices do we make – about how and when we meet this moment. Will we go kicking and screamin…
Can you manufacture a vulnerable performance? How did the idioms "whistling past the graveyard" and "potters field" originate? Wh…
Can a terrible person write a great song? Can they sing it? These questions - along with the search for an ancient instrument, a …
What is the life of an expat? Can they ever really go home? These questions - along with a screenplay about the Book of Enoch - i…
What does it take to break a person? Can they be saved? How does it feel to seek revenge on the world? These are the questions th…
What is your favorite breakup song? In this SONGBIRD "behind the song" episode, we talk about divorce and other major life eve…
In SONGBIRD's latest "behind the song" episode, we tackle the story behind Long Tall Man (track four from Heaven Get behind Me). …
In SONGBIRD's third episode, a stalker's email evolves into the song MARFA from Martin Ruby's debut album HEAVEN GET BEHIND ME. A…
In SONGBIRD's first "behind the song" episode, Marco explores the real life story that inspired the first track from Heaven Get B…
In this introductory episode, Marco explains what the show is about, the reason it is called SONGBIRD and shares some hard luck s…