Welcome to Quarantuned With the Good Graces! Quarantuned is an interview podcast that focuses on staying creative, present, and connected during these unsettled and isolating times. In episode 12 of “Quarantuned,” I’m talking with Monica Arrington, a wonderful singer-songwriter and composer from Atlanta who performs under the name Nerdkween. We had a very honest, deep, and varied conversation that felt very important for me to have. We touched on Kimono My House and the recent birthday bash in w...
Mar 30, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Welcome to Quarantuned With the Good Graces! Quarantuned is an interview podcast that focuses on staying creative, present, and connected during these unsettled and isolating times. In episode 11 of “Quarantuned,” I’m talking with Harley Eblen, a wonderful singer-songwriter based in Seattle, WA. Harley and I met through Song School, an annual workshop-style gathering of songwriters that takes place at Planet Bluegrass in Lyons, CO, so naturally we talked about our experiences there. We also disc...
Mar 23, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Welcome to Quarantuned With the Good Graces! Quarantuned is an interview podcast that focuses on staying creative, present, and connected during these unsettled and isolating times. In episode 10 of “Quarantuned,” I’m talking with Tracy Simpson, a very talented singer and songwriter, and the co-director of Southern Songwriters Association, a group based around the Fort Mill, SC area dedicated to the promotion and support of local songwriting. Tracy and I met through SSA, so naturally we talked a...
Mar 16, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 10
Welcome to Quarantuned With the Good Graces! Quarantuned is an interview podcast that focuses on staying creative, present, and connected during these unsettled and isolating times. In episode 9 of “Quarantuned,” I’m talking with Abigail Dowd, a wonderful songwriter and beautiful person from Greensboro, NC. Abigail and I met a few years ago at Song School in Colorado. When we had this conversation, neither of us knew whether Song School would happen this year. But it turns out, it was just annou...
Mar 09, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Welcome to Quarantuned With the Good Graces! Quarantuned is an interview podcast that focuses on staying creative, present, and connected during these unsettled and isolating times. In episode 8 of “Quarantuned,” I’m talking with Chris Shaw, a very talented musician from Columbus, Ohio. Chris and I both attended last week's "Folk Unlocked" conference, the virtual version of the annual Folk Alliance International gathering, which brings in artists from all over the world. We talked about what fro...
Mar 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Welcome to Quarantuned With the Good Graces! Quarantuned is an interview podcast that focuses on staying creative, present, and connected during these unsettled and isolating times. In episode 7 of “Quarantuned”, I’m talking with Lars Nagel, an awesome songwriter and guitarist from Atlanta. Lars and I had a great conversation and dove deep into songwriting and art in general, as well as his rich history with the Atlanta music scene, from back in the early 90s with the Ditchdiggers, to his time w...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Welcome to Quarantuned With the Good Graces! Quarantuned is an interview podcast that focuses on staying creative, present, and connected during these unsettled and isolating times. In episode 6 of “Quarantuned”, I’m talking with K Michelle Dubois, a very talented musician from Atlanta, GA. Despite some technical difficulties that threatened to kill the entire convo, we pushed through and had a great time! We covered a lot of territory here, from her brand new album "The Fever Returns" and its p...
Feb 16, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Welcome to Quarantuned With the Good Graces! Quarantuned is an interview podcast that focuses on staying creative, present, and connected during these unsettled and isolating times. In episode 5 of “Quarantuned”, I’m talking with the uber-interesting and creative Dennis Tardan and Renée Yaworsky, of the Dennis for Famous (D4F) show. This conversation was amazing! Improv, celebrities, Hollywood, self-sabotage, women and their tendency to deflect compliments (we went deeps y'all) ... honestly no t...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Welcome to Quarantuned With the Good Graces! Quarantuned is an interview podcast that focuses on staying creative, present, and connected during these unsettled and isolating times. In episode 4 of “Quarantuned”, I’m talking with the ever-talented Juliana Finch, a songwriter from Durham, NC. Juliana and I talked about all sorts of stuff! Including the importance of connection and community, her recent return to college, religion and art, creativity during the pandemic -- and how it's so ok if yo...
Feb 02, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Welcome to Quarantuned With the Good Graces! Quarantuned is an interview podcast that focuses on staying creative, present, and connected during these unsettled and isolating times. In episode 3, I talk with Atlanta musician and man about town Tom Cheshire. Best known (at least to me, but he's done so much amazing stuff!) for his work in All Night Drug Prowling Wolves and West End Motel, Tom and I talked about Kimono My House -- the Facebook group that connected us and has served as the catalyst...
Jan 26, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Welcome to Quarantuned With the Good Graces! Quarantuned is an interview podcast that focuses on staying creative, present, and connected during these unsettled and isolating times. In episode 2, I talk with my good friend Annette Wasilik, a wonderful singer-songwriter from Takoma Park, MD. In 2020, Annette released a beautiful album entitled "Love & Fire." Annette and I WENT DEEP. We talked about her album; the porch concert series she started during the pandemic; the political landscape an...
Jan 20, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome to Quarantuned With the Good Graces! Quarantuned is an interview podcast that focuses on staying creative, present, and connected during these unsettled and isolating times. Today in our very first episode I’m talking to my good friend John Harrison. John is a visual and recording artist based in Carrboro, NC. He makes music and art under the name Jphono1, and he recently released an awesome album entitled "You Are Here to Be Around." John and I discussed his new album and art, his creat...
Jan 12, 2021•33 min•Ep. 1
