Earnestness Is Underrated

Songwriting (with Special Guest)

"We get to tell all our secrets / In a code no one understands"

Jan 1 • NickS (WA) and Tamara Casey

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December 2025

Specific to Universal

Songwriting choices to connect with an audience

Dec 26, 2025 • NickS (WA)

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2025 round-up: state of the blog

Reflecting on some of my favorite posts from the past year

Dec 19, 2025 • NickS (WA)

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New music for your weekend

From Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble

Dec 5, 2025 • NickS (WA)

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One Song: The Last Chance

A formative musical memory.

Dec 4, 2025 • NickS (WA)

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November 2025

Sunshine Blogger Awards

Giving Thanks

Nov 22, 2025 • NickS (WA)

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The Country Stylings of Norah Jones

The freedom of not being the star

Nov 16, 2025 • NickS (WA)

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Three Versions: "Early Morning Rain"

"I'd best be on the way / In the early morning rain"

Nov 10, 2025 • NickS (WA)

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Album Highlights: Separate Ways

Teddy Thompson's anxious and best album

Nov 8, 2025 • NickS (WA)

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October 2025

Songwriting selections (raised by folkies)

Highlighting three very different styles of songwriting

Oct 19, 2025 • NickS (WA)

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Raised by folkies

More songs from my childhood

Oct 16, 2025 • NickS (WA)

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September 2025

Three Versions: Song Of The Artesian Water

The surprising life of a 19th Century Poem

Sep 20, 2025 • NickS (WA)

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