Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters
Music:Music Interviews
Blackberry Smoke frontman and primary songwriter Charlie Starr goes deep on his music's Southern roots and wide-ranging appeal.
PART ONE
Paul and Scott talk Pearl Jam's no single, how travel defines fanhood, and why Blackberry Smoke are a force to be reckoned with when it comes to playing live.
PART TWO
Our in-depth interview with Charlie Starr
ABOUT CHARLIE STARR
Charlie Starr is a guitarist, vocalist, and the primary songwriter of the Atlanta-based Blackberry Smoke. Building a dedicated fanbase over the past two decades, Blackberry Smoke has perfected a gritty Southern brand of rootsy rock & roll that crosses genres. Their commercial breakthrough came with the 2012 album The Whippoorwill, which landed on Billboard’s mainstream, country, Americana, and indie charts. Their follow up album, Holding All the Roses, produced by Brendan O’Brien, became the first independently released album in modern history to hit #1 on the Billboard Country Album chart. Both Holding All the Roses and the follow up, Like an Arrow, hit #1 on the UK Rock chart in addition to topping the US country chart. Their 2021 album, You Hear Georgia, topped the Billboard Americana/Folk chart, giving the band dominance in yet another musical category. Blackberry Smoke’s most recent release, recorded with the help of Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb, is called Be Right Here.
Ep. 232 - RACHEL PLATTEN ("Fight Song")
Ep. 231 - JUDAH AKERS of Judah & the Lion ("Take it All Back")
Ep. 230 - CAROLYN DAWN JOHNSON ("The Day I Die")
Ep. 229 - DREW HOLCOMB ("American Beauty")
Ep. 228 - NICKEL CREEK ("Celebrants")
Ep. 227 - ALAN BERGMAN ("The Way We Were")
Ep. 226 - NORAH JONES ("Come Away with Me") + profile on Tish Melton
Ep. 224 - BOBBY RUSH ("Chicken Heads")
Ep. 223 - DUFF McKAGAN of Guns N' Roses ("Civil War")
Ep. 222 - AUDLEY FREED ("Peace Pipe")
Ep. 221 - JD SOUTHER ("The Best of My Love")
Ep. 220 - STAX CHRISTMAS with Deanie Parker, William Bell, and Carla Thomas
Ep. 219 - PETER CASE ("A Million Miles Away")
Ep. 218 - GAVIN ROSSDALE of Bush ("Glycerine")
Ep. 217 - DAVE BARNES ("God Gave Me You")
Ep. 216 - NATALIE MERCHANT ("Kind & Generous")
Ep. 215 - JOSH RITTER ("Getting Ready to Get Down")
Ep. 214 - PAUL STANLEY of KISS ("Rock and Roll All Nite")
Ep. 213 - DEANIE PARKER ("Ain't That a Lot of Love")
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Immediately Kinfolk
This Next Song‘s About - A Songwriter‘s Podcast
No Jumper
Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin
Brown Bag Mornings