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Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker

Deep talks and sharp performances with the best musicians and writers working today.

Deep talks, sharp performances and empowering revelations from musicians and writers, live from East Nashville. Unpretentiously hosted by Korbykorby korby.substack.com

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74:58

Ron Pope on Longevity, Embarrassment, and Doing the...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2026/01/08

In this episode of The Morse Code Podcast, Korby Lenker sits down with Ron Pope for a wide-ranging conversation about longevity, independence, and what it actually takes to build a sustainable creative life.Ron reflects on his early success releasing music online, the lessons learned from major-label detours, and how he and his wife Blair ultimately rebuilt their career on their own terms. The conversation explores the less glamorous but essential parts of being an artist: discipline, embarrassment,

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68:13

Craig Havighurst - Listening Is a Creative Act | MCP...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/12/18

Why does music move us — and why do we so often stop listening?On this episode of The Morse Code Podcast, Korby sits down with journalist, musician, and Musicality for Modern Humans author Craig Havighurst to talk about the art of deep listening: how attention, empathy, and vulnerability shape not just how we hear music, but how we live.They explore the decline of music education, the rise of algorithmic culture, and why America’s musical legacy is both unmatched and under-heard. Craig shares

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59:50

How to See a Person: Stacie Huckeba on Todd Snider,...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/12/11

I think one of the reasons I started this podcast was to talk to people like Stacie Huckeba.If you’ve been around the East Nashville creative scene for any length of time, you’ve seen her work — photos of Dolly Parton, Todd Snider, Elizabeth Cook, Jason Isbell, and countless others. What you may not know is that Stacie came into this line of work late, without a road map, and made a career out of instinct, trust, and relentless follow-through. And maybe the bigger surprise? Her photographs were just

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68:45

Allen Thompson: The Wisdom of Winding Roads

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/12/04

Allen Thompson joins Korby Lenker on The Morse Code Podcast for a conversation about the winding road of making music on your own terms. The two talk about Allen’s early years in East Nashville, the late great Todd Snider’s lasting influence, and what it takes to stay true to yourself as an artist—even when it doesn’t pay. The episode closes with a soulful live performance of “Foolish and Blue,” recorded in-studio with trumpeter Ben Klassen. Get full access to The Morse Code with Korby Lenker at

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73:04

Aaron Lee Tasjan on Risk, Reinvention, and Making...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/11/20

On this week’s episode of The Morse Code Podcast, host Korby Lenker sits down with genre-bending songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan for a wide-ranging conversation about art, identity, and staying weird in a world that wants to put you in a box.They talk about the challenges of navigating the music industry without losing your creative center, the unexpected gift of not fitting in, and how authenticity — even when it’s messy — can be a source of power. Aaron opens up about his journey from sideman to solo

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81:25

Jessica Willis Fisher: The Courage to Begin Again |...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/11/13

I didn’t know much about Jessica Willis Fisher before she came over to the studio. I knew she was part of the family band The Willis Clan, and I knew something bad had happened — but I didn’t know the shape of it. Or what she’d done with the pieces.Turns out, she’s one of the most quietly courageous people I’ve ever sat across from.In this episode of The Morse Code Podcast, Jessica and I talk about the long road from silence to self-expression — how writing became a lifeline, and how songwriting

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55:12

Ryan Montbleau: The Gig is the Goal MCP #306

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/11/07

One thing I’ve noticed about lifers — artists who stay in the game past the shiny early years — is that they tend to carry this quiet steadiness. Northeat based singer-songwriter and band leader Ryan Montbleau is one of those people. He’s been making music professionally for over two decades, without a label, without a gimmick, and without (as he puts it) a real “backup plan.” Just the work, the gig, the voice.We taped this conversation in the back studio at Ranch Vovo, and to be honest it felt less

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54:10

Liam St. John: Sing Like It’s the Last Thing You’ll...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/10/30

There’s a kind of artist who gets better the more they get broken open. Who wears the hard stuff — the heartbreak, the hangups, the spiritual confusion — like a second layer of skin. Liam St. John is one of those artists.You may have come across him recently via his viral single Dipped in Bleach, or maybe from his powerhouse audition on The Voice a few years back. But if you’re just tuning in now, you’re catching Liam right as things are starting to click. His sound has always been somewhere between

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60:01

Judy Blank: Make Your Own Break | MCP #304

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/10/23

There’s something I love about artists who don’t wait for permission. The ones who carry a crowbar so they can pry the tiny crack into a opening big enough to strut though. Judy Blank is one of those crowbar carryin types.Her latest ablum, “Big Mood” came out on tastemaker label Rounder Records this September. She grew up in the Netherlands, obsessed with American music — gospel, folk, Laurel Canyon, Springsteen. Instead of treating that dream like a fantasy, she followed it. First a trip to the

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68:20

Sloe Jack: This Sh*t Talking Young Aussie Just Broke...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/10/09

This conversation, like Sloe Jack himself, is going to offend some of you. In a little over 6 months the 23 year-old Australian-born, Nashville-based artist has amassed a huge following on Social Media, mostly for his outspoken takes on all the hot button social issues. Under the rubric of, as he describes it, “Common Sense”, Jack has thrown himself against the liberal monolith that is the contemporary music business with the fury, hilarity, and dare I say charm, of a first rate provocateur. Before

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66:55

Paul McDonald: Burn It Down, Build It Better | MCP #301

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/10/02

This week on The Morse Code Podcast, I sat down with Nashville artist Paul McDonald — someone I’ve known in the periphery for years, but never really talked with until now. We cover a lot of ground in this one, but the big arc is this: what happens after everything falls apart… and how you find your way back.Paul had it all — record deals, red carpets, the kind of fast success most musicians only hope for. But after his marriage ended and the spotlight faded, he found himself broke, aimless, and

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64:03

LERA LYNN: The Art of Letting Go (And Starting Over...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/09/25

If you’ve followed Lera’s career over the last decade — through True Detective (she both cowrote the Season 2 theme song with T Bone Burnette and Roseanne Cash, and acted in the show), through motherhood, through a handful of sonic evolutions — you know she’s not afraid to change. But in this latest season of her life, she didn’t just evolve; she let go. Gave her old self a funeral, as she puts it. And in doing that, she found a deeper connection to music — one that didn’t have to justify itself

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66:41

What Happens When Everything Changes Overnight? Jake...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/07/10

Nashville artist Jake Etheridge shares how “Happy Ever After You,” written with wife Mackenzie Porter, went viral overnight—leading to a record deal, praise from John Mayer & Brandi Carlile, and a whole new chapter for Thelma and James. Plus, live music & Nashville stories. Get full access to The Morse Code with Korby Lenker at korby.substack.com/subscribe

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97:03

The best singer I've ever heard, live or otherwise |...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/06/26

Korby talks with Clark Beckham about the highs and lows of American Idol, faith and expression, and what it means to stay the course as an artist. Get full access to The Morse Code with Korby Lenker at korby.substack.com/subscribe

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52:08

The Artist You Grow Into: Anna Vogelzang on Being a...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/06/12

There’s a moment in this week’s episode where folksinger and creative lifer Anna Vogelzang says, “I needed someone to look at me and say: you’re still doing this.” I’ve been thinking about that. Because it’s not always easy to tell, is it? Whether we’re still in it. Whether it still matters. Whether we still matter.Anna’s someone I’ve admired for years — not just because she writes these beautiful, poignant songs, but because she’s a true creative lifer. She’s kept showing up through multiple

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61:27

Life After Del McCoury: Jason Carter’s Next Chapter...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/06/05

“I lived the dream I had at nineteen. Now I’m trying to see what else is out there.”—Jason CarterFor 33 years, Jason Carter was the fiddler for the Del McCoury Band—a role as iconic in bluegrass circles as it gets. He joined at nineteen, fresh out of Eastern Kentucky, and spent the next three decades on the road, backing one of the most revered voices in American roots music. If you’ve seen Del live any time since the early ’90s, you’ve seen Jason—bow flying, head tilted, every note right where it

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67:09

Erin Rae on Grief, Creativity & Letting Go of the...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/05/15

Erin Rae is a Nashville singer-songwriter whose music blends introspective folk, vintage pop, and Americana into a sound both timeless and, I’d say, quietly radical. Raised in Jackson, Tennessee by musician parents, Erin was immersed as a kid in the language of song and storytelling. We talk about her early years in Nashville (she moved in her early 20s): late nights at the Cafe Coco RIP, and finding a community for her unique approach to songs and songwriting. She began developing her distinctive

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46:14

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes on Fiddle Mastery, the Opry, and...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/05/01

Great conversation with bluegrass fiddler Bronwyn Keith-Hynes on her exploding career — from attending this year’s Grammys under the auspices of Molly Tuttle (in whose band Golden Highway she plays fiddle), to making her debut on the Grand Ole Opry last month, to a year chock full of tour dates and festivals playing under her own name.We talked about the pros and cons of playing in someone else’s band versus rallying under your own flag, and the challenge of striking any kind of reasonable work-life

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54:27

Leah Blevins on Finding Her Voice, Signing with Dan...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/04/17

In this intimate episode of The Morse Code Podcast, host Korby Lenker sits down with rising Americana star Leah Blevins for a vulnerable, wise, and deeply human conversation about music, identity, and the winding path of the creative life. Leah opens up about her roots in Eastern Kentucky, her gospel-singing family, and the twin bond that shaped her early years. She shares the pressures and rewards of her recent publishing deal with Major Bob, how she's learned to balance discipline with

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83:59

Will Kimbrough on John Prine, Jimmy Buffett, and the...

Morse Code Podcast with Korby Lenker ·

2025/04/03

In this revealing episode of The MCP, I sit down with Grammy-nominated songwriter, guitarist, and Americana mainstay Will Kimbrough for a wide-ranging conversation on the hard truths and quiet joys of a life in music.From his early days as a 12 year old electric guitar player to getting signed to EMI, and then John Prine’s Oh Boy Records, to his work with Jimmy Buffett, Shemekia Copeland, and Todd Snider, Will offers a masterclass in musical longevity, humility, and hustle.A few of the stories and

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