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Songs of Our Lives

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast from Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that"s made us and left a certain mark. Whether it"s a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack.Follow Foxy Digitalis:WebsitePatreonInstagramTwitterBlueskyMastodonThe Jewel Garden

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Matt Evans - Songs of Our Lives #112

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/12/02

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Matt Evans! Among the many awesome things Matt gets up to, he’s got a new record from his duo with Amirtha Kidambi, Neti Neti, called “Echo of Being / Grace in Rot.” We talk about all the things surrounding the creation of the project and the record before diving into a laundry list of great tunes from Weezer, Alvin Lucier, Pq, Tracy Chapman, Terry Riley, Ben Seretan, Hermeto Pascoal and my favorite answer so far to the ‘lyrics’ question + loads

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50:21

Andrew Weathers (THE REMIX!) - Songs of Our Lives #111

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/11/18

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Andrew Weathers! In celebration of the 10-year reissue of his inredible, “Fuck Everybody, You Can Do Anything,” on Debacle, a REMIX episode w/ AW was needed. We get into a bunch of the songs connected to the record (plus a few more) through the questionnaire, digging into the likes of The Progress, Drake, Rites of Spring, Buell Kazee, Andrew WK and plenty more!Listen to all of Andrew’s picks HEREFuck Everybody, You Can Do AnythingAndrew’s WebsiteSongs of

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53:32

Sean McCann - Songs of Our Lives #110

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/11/11

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Sean McCann! It’s always a blast to connect with someone I’ve known for years, and especially around the occasion of their first-ever opera. In this case, Sean’s latest, “The Leopard.” We get into that, the difficulty in completing it, and plenty more before diving into the effervescent magic of Albert Ayler, The Blue Nile’s specific kind of romance, Billie Holliday, Psychic TV, Joseph Beuys & Nam June Paik, Led Zeppelin, GBV, Meat Puppets +

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Dania - Songs of Our Lives #109

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/11/04

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Dania! Her new record, “Listless,” has been on regular rotation the last few months, but as it gets dark earlier, it’s going to be a mainstay on the stereo. We talk about the magic and mystery of late nights, Japanese snake gourds, and how it all came together on this record. Then we can’t stop talking about Tiesto covering the greatest song of all time, Mariah’s all-time status, Fayrouz, PJ Harvey, Clarissa Connelly, This Mortal Coil and more!Listen to

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Randall Dunn - Songs of Our Lives #108

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/10/28

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Randall Dunn! We recorded this episode in person at The Jewel Garden the morning after Charmaine Lee’s “Awaken the Dragon” tour rolled through Tulsa. We were well caffeinated for this episode (and Charmaine as in the room!) and had a blast talking about Kou Records, Randall’s new Slate & Ash instrument, John Carpenter, Beach Boys, Scott Walker, the Terminator 2 Soundtrack, Van Halen and more!Listen to all of Randall’s picks HEREKou RecordsRandall on

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48:31

Adeline Hotel - Songs of Our Lives #107

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/10/21

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Dan Knishkowy (aka Adeline Hotel)! “Watch the Sunflowers” is Dan’s latest Adeline Hotel record, the second in an ongoing trilogy that began with last year’s “Whodunit.” We get into all of that, life moving forward, returning to music a decade later, and more! Then we chat about how visceral Mount Eerie can be, Arthur Russell’s lyrics, The Meters crushing one of the all-timers, Scott Walker, Wilco, Lambchop + more!Listen to all of Dan’s picks HEREWatch the

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58:45

Kalia Vandever - Songs of Our Lives #106

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/10/14

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Kalia Vandever! She’s got a fantastic new record, “Another View,” coming out next month Northern Spy. We talk about being drawn to the trombone, working with Mary Halvorson, repetition, dread, inspiration from Carmen Maria Machado's “In the Dream House,” unearthing narratives, and plenty more. Eventually we wind our way into sharing special music-related moments with our parents, Stevie Wonder’s ability to lift us up, Tortoise, Aretha Franklin, Little

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52:31

David Garland - Songs of Our Lives #105

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/10/07

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s David Garland! What a joy this episode was to record. David’s got a new record, “The Spark,” out this week and it’s been on regular rotation over here. We talk about his approach, making music at 70, and plenty more before diving into wondering how much music has been lost to time, the surprising romance of Alvin Curran, Connie Converse, Diane Cluck, Bee Gees, Jen Zimberg, David’s own music, and more!Listen to all of David’s picks HERE“The Spark”David’s

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69:25

Chris Williams - Songs of Our Lives #104

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/09/30

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Chris Williams! His new album, “Odu: Vibration II,” is magic. It pulls listeners into a sonic world where unraveling becomes transcendent. After digging into it, we chat about Ornette Coleman’s all-time status, being left speechless by ganayva,James Brown’s depth of genius, Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang, MF Doom, The Stylistics, Tower of Power, and more!Listen to all of Chris’s picks HERE“Odu: Vibration II”Chris on InstagramSongs of Our Lives is a

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Ryan Sawyer - Songs of Our Lives #103

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/09/23

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Ryan Sawyer! His new album, “For Those Who Wish to Sing Will Always Find a Song,” has a bit of a hold on me. It’s one of my favorite albums of 2025. After talking through some of the concepts and the framework behind it, we get into incredible Daniel Johnson lore, unexpecte,d meanings in Johnny Cash songs, Dylan in the tropics, Ornette Coleman, Funkadelic, Wendy Eisenberg, Girly Girl Productions, Bernice, and so much more!Listen to all of Ryan’s picks

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56:53

Patrick Shiroishi (THE REMIX!) - Songs of Our Lives #102

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/09/16

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, Patrick Shiroishi is back! Patrick returns to the show nearly two years later with an incredible new album, “Forgetting is Violence,” out this week on American Dreams. I can’t get enough of the record, so after talking about various facets of it, we get into Upsilon Acrux, Otomo Yoshihide’s New Jazz Quintet, Future, Dave Brubeck, My Chemical Romance, and more!Listen to all of Patrick’s picks HERE“Forgetting is Violence”Patrick on InstagramUpsilon Acrux “Who's

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51:07

Weston Olencki - Songs of Our Lives #101

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/09/09

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Weston Olencki! Over the last few years, Weston’s become one of my favorite musicians around, and their latest album, “Broadsides,” only cements that further. We get into the record’s interesting backstory and some specific moments before diving into the romance in Radigue’s work, Rahman Mammadli’s shredding, The Carter Family, Linkin Park, Asmaa Hamzaoui, Aphex Twin, and more!Listen to all of Weston’s picks HERE“Broadsides”Weston’s WebsiteWeston on

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59:49

White Boy Scream - Songs of Our Lives #100

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/09/02

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s White Boy Scream! For episode #100, it had to be special, and recording this with Micaela in person at The Jewel Garden… well, it doesn’t get much better, does it? We talk about the next White Boy Scream record (that we have been working on all summer!), grief, growth, and so much more. Then we dive into all kinds of music from Maria Callas, Kelsey Lu, Dorian Wood & Thor Harris, & Erykah Badu to Talk Talk, The Knife, Pietro Mascagni, and

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Wilder Maker - Songs of Our Lives #99

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/08/26

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Wilder Maker’s Gabriel Birnbaum! Wilder Maker have an incredible new record on the way, “The Streets Like Beds Still Warm.” It’s the first in a trilogy that tells a story of one night in the city from dusk to dawn. I love it. We talked about the story behind that before diving into a Bonnie Raitt, Deerhoof, Sandro Perri, Dougie Poole, Angel Olsen, and so much more!Listen to all of Gabriel’s picks HEREThe Streets Like Beds Still WarmWilder Maker on

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Dorian Wood - Songs of Our Lives #98

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/08/19

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Dorian Wood! She’s probably my favorite singer in the whole world. Her voice just stops me in my tracks every time. But she’s so much more than that, with so many wonderful, interesting projects across mediums, so it was a thrill to finally get on a chat together. After talking about her various projects, we get into the weeds with the Prince song everyone is wrong about, “Blue” Gene Tyranny’s singular genius, Love, Stevie Wonder, Ike and Tina,

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Marissa Nadler - Songs of Our Lives #97

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/08/12

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Marissa Nadler! It was such a blast to connect with another life, someone who I have known for over 20 years at this point. Her latest album, “New Radiations,” is my favorite thing she’s done yet, and considering what’s come before, that’s a testament to the work she’s put in. We get into all of that before talking about when a chorus doesn’t deliver on the promise of a verse in a song, the effervescence of The Supremes, Mariah’s all-time status, Bob

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Stefan Christoff - Songs of Our Lives #96

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/08/05

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Stefan Christoff! We talk a lot about his project, Earth Sounds Now and their album “Convergence,” plus the activist work he’s doing around Palestinians and Gaza before getting into a lot of great tunes. We chat about Don Cherry’s all-time status, meeting Lhasa, hip-hop lyrics, Hector Lavoe, Coltrane, Nicolás Jaar, Chico Buarque, & more!Listen to all of Setfan’s picks HEREEarth Sounds Now “Convergence”chapultepec atmósferasAdriana Camacho and Stefan

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Charmaine Lee - Songs of Our Lives #95

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/07/29

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Charmaine Lee! In 2025, Charmaine is not fucking around. She’s got an incredible new record on the way in a couple months called “Tulpa.” She’s just started a new label, Kou, with her partner Randall Dunn that has a unique and innovative approach to running a label. Oh, and she’s about to go on a 3-month, 90 city tour of the US in which she will play in all 50 states. And yet, she found time to yak with me about Tower of Power, Grouper, Ornette Coleman,

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Glenn Donaldson - Songs of Our Lives #94

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/07/22

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Glenn Donaldson! An episode 20 years in the making, this one was an absolute blast. Glenn’s band, The Reds, Pinks, and Purples has a new collection of songs out now on Fire Records called “The Past Is A Garden I Never Fed,” and it continues a long line of stellar releases. We get into his approach to songwriting, the beauty in names (if you need a band name, you should reach out), and more before diving into the highs and lows of REM, Anohni’s crushing

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Ethan Miller - Songs of Our Lives #93

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/07/15

New episodes return! On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Ethan Miller! Ethan’s got a new trio record on the way with Bill Orcutt and Steve Shelley (talk about a dream team), so I had to get his side about how that all came into being. Then we wade into the weeds yapping about a good wordless chorus, why the New York Dolls should have been on the Voyager gold record, King Crimson, Dylan, Faust, Sonny Sharrock, Tom Jones, and loads more!Listen to all of Ethan’s picks HEREOrcutt Shelley

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