As if Words could Heal the Wounds

Ben Grace

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As if Words could Heal the Wounds

Weekly podcast that dives into the stories behind the songs from Ben Grace's first solo full length album "As if Words could Heal the Wounds"

01/30/2021

S2E1: Gloria (Ben Grace Remix) by Paul Demer

In the first episode of season 2 I talk to my good friend Paul Demer, an amazing human, incredibly talented songwriter & producer of many of the tracks on my album. He asked me to remix my favorite song of his called “Gloria” & we talk about the origins of this song & the process of remixing the tune. Check out Paul's music at www.pauldemer.com Check out June by "In Earnest": https://open.spotify.com/track/72coftSiowaKga4fS4EFUU?si=aIpkbucKQ4OVmFcDYhDoIw Listen to my album here: https://li.sten.to/RcPMjcu Buy merch: etsy.com/shop/bengracemusic Tune in to Heathen Happy Hour on Thursdays: facebook.com/heathenpodcast Become a patron: www.patreon.com/bengracemusic

56 min
12/11/2020

Episode 11: A Little Story

Here's the story behind the tenth song on the album "A Little Story" Check out Toko-Pa Turner's work & read "Belonging": http://toko-pa.com/ Check out Robert Farrar Capon's work: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Farrar-Capon/e/B001H6IISC Check out my Daniel Deitrich's music & his single "4th of July": http://danieldeitrich.com/ For more info on Christadelphians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christadelphians Listen to "This Christmas": https://li.sten.to/xSVd0Vs Listen to "Maybe by Next Christmas": https://li.sten.to/7oPnA9Z Listen to my album here: https://li.sten.to/RcPMjcu Tune in to Heathen Happy Hour on Thursdays: facebook.com/heathenpodcast Become a patron: www.patreon.com/bengracemusic

26 min
11/28/2020

Episode 10: New York Lullaby

Here's the story behind the ninth song on the album "New York Lullaby" Listen to my album here: https://li.sten.to/RcPMjcu Tune in to Heathen Happy Hour on Thursdays: facebook.com/heathenpodcast Become a patron: www.patreon.com/bengracemusic

18 min
11/06/2020

Episode 9: Write the Fear a Lullaby

Here's the story behind the eighth song on the album "Write the Fear a Lullaby" featuring conversation with Karyn Thurston & a cameo by Paul Demer Check out Paul's work at www.pauldemer.com Check out Karyn's work at www.karynthurston.com Listen to my album here: https://li.sten.to/RcPMjcu Tune in to Heathen Happy Hour on Thursdays: facebook.com/heathenpodcast Become a patron: www.patreon.com/bengracemusic

39 min
10/30/2020

Episode 8: An Eye for an Eye

Here's the story behind the seventh song on the album "An Eye for an Eye" featuring conversation with Chris Roberts. Listen to my album here: https://li.sten.to/RcPMjcu Tune in to Heathen Happy Hour on Thursdays: facebook.com/heathenpodcast Become a patron: www.patreon.com/bengracemusic

17 min
10/21/2020

Episode 7: Countin

Here's the story behind the sixth song on the album "Countin" featuring conversation with Chris Roberts & cameo from friends & collaborators Paul Demer & Robbie Klein. Check out Paul's work at www.pauldemer.com Check out Robbie's work at theastrolab.com Listen to my album here: https://li.sten.to/RcPMjcu Tune in to Heathen Happy Hour on Thursdays: facebook.com/heathenpodcast Become a patron: www.patreon.com/bengracemusic

24 min
10/14/2020

Episode 6: Colorado

Here's the story behind the fifth song on the album "Colorado" featuring conversation with Chris Roberts & a cameo from friend & collaborator Heatherlyn. Check out Heatherlyn's work at www.heatherlynmusic.com Listen to my album here: https://li.sten.to/RcPMjcu Tune in to Heathen Happy Hour on Thursdays: facebook.com/heathenpodcast Become a patron: www.patreon.com/bengracemusic

26 min
10/03/2020

Episode 5: Come to Bed my Darlin

Here's the story behind the fourth song on the album "Come to Bed my Darlin" featuring conversation with Chris Roberts & a cameo from friend & patron Suzanne Castle. Check out Suzanne's work at www.suzannecastle.com Listen to my album here: https://li.sten.to/RcPMjcu Tune in to Heathen Happy Hour on Thursdays: facebook.com/heathenpodcast Become a patron: www.patreon.com/bengracemusic

15 min
09/25/2020

Episode 4: Preacher's Daughter

Here's the story behind the third song on the album "Preacher's Daughter" featuring conversation with Chris Roberts, & a cameo from producer Paul Demer. Check out Paul's music at www.pauldemer.com Listen to my album here: https://li.sten.to/RcPMjcu Tune in to Heathen Happy Hour on Thursdays: facebook.com/heathenpodcast Become a patron: www.patreon.com/bengracemusic

24 min
09/19/2020

Episode 3: Mama

Here's the story behind the second song on the album "Mama" featuring conversation with Chris Roberts.

22 min
09/10/2020

Episode 2: A Thousand Times

Here's the story behind the first song on the album "A Thousand Times" featuring poetry by Karyn Thurston, conversation with Chris Roberts, & a cameo from producer Paul Demer. First: THE ALBUM IS NOW OUT! So the minute you finish this episode go stream it, heart it, save it, playlist it or, even better, buy it it wherever you like to get your music. If you’ve already done all of those things then please consider leaving a review on iTunes or Amazon music. Every little bit counts! I’m looking forward to hearing what you think of the record. Listen now: https://li.sten.to/RcPMjcu Second: Every week since the pandemic locked us down in early March my housemates & I have been bringing joy & mayhem in the form of a show we call “Heathen Happy Hour”. It's about 90 minutes of cover songs by request, rapid fire conversation in the style of the Gilmore Girls, & hilarity (at least we think so). Tune in to our Facebook page (facebook.com/heathenpodcast) at 7pm Pacific, thats 10pm for American East Coasters, & 12pm for Australian East Coasters. Can’t wait to see you in the comments! Lastly this album (& the podcast) is made possible by the generosity of my patrons (or the drinking buddies as I refer to them affectionately). For the price of a pint, or even renting Mulan, every month you too can be part of the community that supports my art. Patronage is a way that artists have made their living throughout the centuries. Back in the dark a minstrel was not selling T shirts or CDs to get by, is anyone really buying CDs anymore? So join the revolution & help me release music. Over the past 2 years I’ve released a song about every other month & my patrons get access to demos, live music & more. You can head to my website thats bengracemusic.com & click on the Patreon link. Thanks in advance for your generosity.

23 min
09/02/2020

Episode 1: Intro

Hey folks. Welcome to “As If Words could heal the wounds”, a podcast where we dive into the stories behind the songs of my first full length album. I’m Ben Grace, an Aussie singer songwriter who has been messing up Americana since 2011. Together with my friend & patron Chris Roberts we’ll discuss al 10 songs on the record & feature cameos from some of the people who influenced & helped make this record. Just a few notes before we get started. First: The album comes out on Friday 4 September. I know that’s only a few days away but it would really help me if you PRE SAVED the album ahead of time so that it shows up in your release radar right on time. The Spotify gods will be pleased with me & perhaps even the Algorithm will shine its face on me & I will be blessed. No but seriously, every follow & pre save on Spotify counts so please take a second to head to https://show.co/9l5aUAG. As a token of my appreciation for pre-saving you’ll get to hear the first song on the record “A thousand times” ahead of everyone else so thanks for taking the time to pre-save my album! Second: Every week since the pandemic locked us down in early March my housemates & I have been bringing joy & mayhem in the form of a show we call “Heathen Happy Hour”. Its about 90 minutes of cover songs by request, Gilmore Girls-esque rapid fire conversation, & hilarity (at least we think so). This week we are playing my album from start to finish live! So tune in to facebook.com/bengracemusic at 7pm Pacific, thats 10pm for American East Coasters, & 12pm for Australian East Coasters. Can’t wait to see you in the comments! Lastly this album (& the podcast) is made possible by the generosity of my patrons (or the drinking buddies as I refer to them affectionately). For the price of a cup of a coffee, or even a restaurant meal, every month you too can be part of the community that supports my art. Patronage is a way that artists have made their living throughout the centuries. Back in medieval times a troubadour was not selling merch or CDs to get by, heck no one is really selling CDs to get by anymore! So join the revolution & help me release music. Over the past 2 years I’ve released a song about every other month & my patrons get access to demos, live music & more. You can become a patron at patreon.com/bengracemusic. Thanks in advance for your generosity. Cheers! Ben

14 min

12 Episodes

Weekly podcast that dives into the stories behind the songs from Ben Grace's first solo full length album "As if Words could Heal the Wounds"

Creator

Ben Grace
Years Active

2020 - 2021
Episodes

12
Rating

Explicit
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© Ben Grace
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As if Words could Heal the Wounds