Segment One: The Words & Music Show Manners with City & Colour’s Dallas Green and Graham Nash, a fake news life with Regina Spektor, and songwriting thoughts from Kacey Myusgraves and E of Eels. Segment Two: The Words & Music Show The meaning of “sexy” with Tom Jones, protesting with Michael Franti, the work ethic of

      Producer and songwriter Joe Henry joins us this week for songs from his newest album “Thrum.” Joe also provides wonderful stories about the new songs, Harry Belafante as inspiration, producing the forthcoming (and final) Joan Baez record and so much more.  

      This time Gordon Chambers joins us in the studio for songs from his 2017 album, his 4th, called “Surrender.” Over the last 20+ years, Gordon has written hits and Grammy winning songs for the likes of Anita Baker, Brownstone, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and many many more. In addition to the new songs, Gordon

      On our 1200th episode of Acoustic Café, Anderson East and his amazing band takes us through songs from his brand new album “Encore.” Anderson also talks about working with producer Dave Cobb again, Nashville co-writing, and reflects on ten years of hard work.