Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

Scott B. Bomar, Paul Duncan

4.8from 269 ratings

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62Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
331
Episodes
86
Transcribed
269
Ratings
Bi-weekly
Cadence
2015
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About Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

Songcraft is a bi-weekly podcast that brings you in-depth conversations with and about the creators of lyrics and music that stand the test of time. You probably know their names, and you definitely know their songs. We bring you their stories.

Publisher
Scott B. Bomar, Paul Duncan
Category
music · music · music
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
2 Jan 2015
Latest episode
23 Oct 2026
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86 of 331 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Ep. 289 - BERNIE TAUPIN ("Tiny Dancer")

  2. 30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Ep. 288 - EDIE BRICKELL & MATT CHAMBERLAIN of World Famous Pets

  3. 11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Ep. 287 - BUDDY MILLER (Does My Ring Burn Your Finger?)

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Ep. 289 - BERNIE TAUPIN ("Tiny Dancer")

Published 23 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I've always thought of songs as like sort of modern art. You know how people go into a contemporary art museum and they sit in front of whatever it may be, a Rothko or whatever, and they sort of sit in front of it. And the whole idea is to come up with your own ideas. and your own interpretation of what that might mean to you. And I've always felt that that's what songwriting should do also. Um, I don't think I've always believed in not, uh, divulging too much information onto what you, uh, are thinking when you write a song. I think people, you know, it's, there's two people you could cite there. […]

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  • Bernie Taupin
  • Edie Brickell
  • Matt Chamberlain
  • Buddy Miller
  • Lukas Graham

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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.8 / 5
227 ratings
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4.8 / 5
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Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100

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