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(Aired 1/14/23) In 1972, a little-known Memphis band named Big Star released its first album, "#1 Record." Join us as we celebrate the album's 50th anniversary - and talk to our special guest, Jody Stephens from Big Star, who also performs a short set with our house band, Zowie and The Vanguard.

(Aired 10/08/2022) The inaugural episode of “The Songbirds Radio Hour” focuses on Chattanooga's famous 9th Street - now known as Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard - and how the thriving Black community helped shape the music career of legendary blues singer Bessie Smith.

(Aired 11/12/2022) CBGBs and the 1970s New York City's punk scene are the stuff of legends - and right in the mix of it all was the band Television. Join us as we interview Television's co-founding member and guitarist Richard Lloyd about his time at CBGB's - and more.

John Dooley and Charlie Moss chat with country artist Nick Shoulders about his punk rock roots, his dissatisfaction with the current state of country music, and how his songs address it on "Make Music Happen," a podcast from the Songbirds Guitar and Pop Culture Museum in downtown Chattanooga.

(Aired 12/10/22) Simon Tam - author, musician, activist, and self-proclaimed troublemaker - is best known as the founder and bassist of The Slants, the world’s first and only all-Asian American dance rock band. Listen to Simon - and the group's first performance since 2019.

(Aired 3/11/23) Join us as we talk with Ardie Dean, who has been with the Music Maker Foundation for more than 20 years and serves as house drummer and musical director of the Music Maker Blues Revue - and Charles “Sugar Harp” Burroughs, blues musician and Music Maker partner.

Richard Winham shares a conversation with Devereaux Chivington Stebbins. Devereaux, who writes under the pen name C.S. Devereaux, published her latest novel, which also happens to be her first work of historical fiction.

(Aired 5/13/23) Artist. Activist. Music Therapist Gone Rogue. Kyshona is an artist ignited by untold stories, and the capacity of those stories to thread connection in every community - blending roots, rock, R&B, and folk with lyrical prowess.

(Aired 6/10/23) Since hitting the scene back in 2017, The Shindellas - Kasi Jones, Stacy Johnson and Tamara Chauniece - have been on a mission to impact music with their unique sound and style.

Richard Winham shares a session from Joe Ridolfo & Fred Taylor, recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.