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, Ahnoni’s crushing songs, a perfect pick for greatest song of all time, Juice WRLD, Sade, Metallica, Galaxie 500, English Beat, and more!

Listen to all of Glenn’s picks HERE

The Past Is A Garden I Never Fed

The Reds, Pinks, & Purples on Instagram

Glenn’s Linktree

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of 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. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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Richie Valens “La Bamba”

AHNONI “Another World”

English Beat “Save It For Later”

Grouper “Heavy Water/I’d Rather Be Sleeping”

Metallica “One”

R.E.M. “Everybody Hurts”

Sade “Lovers Rock”

Rites of Spring “All Through a Life”

The Jam “That’s Entertainment”

Juice WRLD “Wasted”

Galaxie 500 “Isn’t it a Pity”

Television Personalities “Say You Won’t Cry”

Hüsker Dü “Eight Miles High”

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 HERE

Orcutt Shelley Miller

Howlin Rain’s website

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of 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. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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The Beatles “Hey Jude”

Albert Ayler “The Truth Is Marching In”

Pink Floyd “Fearless”

New York Dolls “Trash”

Lou Read “Metal Machine Music #1”

Tom Jones “I Can’t Stop Loving You”

King Crimson “Starless”

Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone”

Faust “Krautrock”

Fanny “Special Care”

Jimi Hendrix “Like a Rolling Stone”

Sonny Sharrock “Black Woman”

**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 a national treasure, the staying power of the Raincoats, Alice Coltrane’s all-time greatness, connecting with Joanna Newsom, MC Yallah’s infectious relentlessness, the impossibility of Can, Sinead O’Connor’s incredible power, and loads more!

Listen to all of Ka’s picks HERE

Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos

Ka’s Tour Dates

Ka’s Website

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of 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. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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Bluesky

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Song List

The Muppets “Rainbow Connection”

Sibylle Baier “Says Elliot

Alice Coltrane “Universal Consciousness”

Hole “Teenage Whore”

Comus “Drip Drip”

Tricky “Overcome”

Joanna Newsom “Only Skin”

Leonard Cohen “Stories of the Street”

Can “Vitamin C”

MC Yallah “Kubali”

Sinead O’Connor “Troy”

Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes “Ame Debout”