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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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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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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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73:52

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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61:40

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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78:31

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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52:01

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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Ka Baird - Songs of Our Lives #92 (Episode 24 REWIND!)

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/07/08

**Never a bad time to revisit this gem of an episode from the great Ka Baird. New episodes are on the way - just needed a little break this summer!**For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Ka Bard on the show. Their latest album, “Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos,” is something else. For all of the great music Ka’s made over the last 2+ decades, this one really stands out. After that, we try to figure out what it was about 1971 that went so damn hard! And we get into how the Muppets are

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63:55

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (Episode 9 REWIND!) - Songs...

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/07/01

If you haven’t heard Robert’s new soundtrack for UNION - listen to it today! I’ve been digging into it a lot the last few weeks, so I wanted to revisit his excellent episodeFor this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe on the show. After learning about how he first got into soundtracking and scoring work and I tell a story about the time we actually met in person, Robert brings the heat. We wade well beyond the deep end, getting into the enigmatic wonder of Yoko Ono, the

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65:41

Andrew Weathers (Episode 15 REWIND) - Songs of Our...

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/06/24

**The weather is getting hotter, the ground is cracked and humming - a perfect time to revisit last year's episode with Andrew Weathers!**For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Andrew Weathers on the show. Few people have been involved in more of my favorite albums over the last 10+ years, so I was thrilled to chat with him. Andrew’s a real one. We talk about a lot of pop punk, what made Roy Orbison finally click, the sweeter side of Bill Callahan, how improbable and seriously fun The

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63:03

Jeremiah Chiu (Episode 19 REWIND) - Songs of Our...

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/06/17

**It's a great time to revisit this Songs of Our Lives classic as Jeremiah and Marta Sofia Honer have a new album coming out on Friday - Different Rooms**For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Jeremiah Chiu on the show. He’s been on quite a run of incredible records the last couple years, and on February 2nd, it continues with “The Closest Thing to Silence,” a collaboration between himself, Marta Sofia Honer, and the gerat Ariel Kalma. After talking about how that came together, we keep

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Hayden Pedigo - Songs of Our Lives #88

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/06/10

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Hayden Pedigo! I absolutely adore his new record, “I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away,” so it was great to talk to him about it before diving into a host of excellent picks. We talk about the crushing agelessness of Judee Sill, Wolf Eyes on the jukebox, how everyone has their Disney song, Andy Shauf’s under-the-radar opus, the Fahey of it all, Paul Simon, Genesis, Gia Margaraet, Scott Walker, and more!Listen to all of Hayden’s picks HERE“I’ll Be Waving As

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57:44

The Modern Folk - Songs of Our Lives #87

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/06/03

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s The Modern Folk (aka J Moss)! I keep getting pulled back to his new album with the Modern Folk Electronic Ensemble, and that felt like a perfect excuse to get him on the show. Good times were had! We talk about starting off with Bob Dylan, Gillian Welch’s devastating abilities, drug-fueled frenzy from Fleetwood Mac, going to bat for The Eagles, Lil Uzi Vert, Beefheart, Chance the Rapper, Twin Peaks, and so much more!Listen to all of The Modern Folk’s picks

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Patrick Shirioishi (Episode 7 REWIND) - Songs of Our...

Songs of Our Lives ·

2025/05/27

**This episode was originally published on November 7, 2023, and really, any time is a good time to revisit this hang with Patrick!**For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Patrick Shiroishi on the show. It would take a novel to list all the incredible things Patrick is doing these days, but notably he has new album out this week, “I was too young to hear silence” on American Dreams. He’s also a member of The Armed, and has a dizzying array of collaborative projects on every single burner

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