Detroit Songwriter Dispatch

Detroit Songwriter Dispatch

Interviewing the world class songwriters of Detroit

  1. Aug 25

    James Arquette Watches The Watchmen

    James Arquette joins off to talk about writing The Times and finding his way through folk, blues, Dylan, Cash, Bowie, aliens, robots and the machinery of modern life. Listen on Spotify and other online destinations !

  2. Jul 23

    Lacy Sterling Refuses Nostalgia

    Lacy Sterling fronts Detroit 442 and Motor City Blues Destroyers, has been playing punk music since the seventies, and looks at the world and sees reason to hope. Fitting for someone who views planning European tours like a giant puzzle. We has a lot of fun talking to Lacy about getting into punk music, the DIY ethos that took him to Istanbul and beyond, his disdain for the nineties, and how the music community of today inspires him to optimism. Detroit 442 Website Detroit 442 Bandcamp Minneapolis on Bandcamp

  3. May 26

    Maxwell Rincon Burns It Down

    Maxwell Rincon joins the crew on the Ghost Light stage to talk about picking up music during the pandemic and hitting like nothing but green lights since.

  4. Mar 23

    Boy Blue Probes the Universe

    Boy Blue (or is that JW Howard?) joins Brion and Chris to discuss the downhill journey of learning guitar. The episode meanders through ghost lights, dog Ozempic, and why the Detroit music scene provided the necessary reconciliation after a wild stint in Grand Rapids. John performs two soulful originals and explains why you’ll likely never find his best work on Spotify, at least not until Spotifyhead.com takes off. Scott analyzed the metadata during the haunting. The ghost was indeed the original JW Howard. He has moved on to haunting someone's substack account.

  5. Jan 20

    Caleb Sanchez Channels the Blues

    Caleb Sanchez joins the Dispatch on the Ghost Light stage to trace his artistic evolution from the raw, confessional songwriting of Stoop Sesh to the high-energy, dance-driven blues of his current project, Sancho. He opens up about how a divorce, leaving the church, and a soul-crushing stint in corporate sales led him to discover Lightning Hopkins and a desire to create a "booty-shaking" vibe on stage. Listen to Caleb here

  6. 11/09/2025

    Dave, Chris, Brion, & Scott Are Back Together For The First Time

    Scott is back from abroad so Brion decided to record a podcast talking to the OG Dispatch hosts, Dave and Scott. Dave shares plans for new music and a much anticipated show in Windsor. Brion shares the virtues of rambling on. Chris is happy to fanboy. Scott confirms his new life mission: to get the audience to admit their secret grudges against him. Email him at secretgrudges@detroitsongwriterdispatch.com

  7. 09/04/2025

    Francis DeCarlo Receives The Music

    Francis DeCarlo joins the Dispatch to talk about his wide-ranging approach to music, from triple albums and virtual string quartets to Detroit gigs and his time at Philip Glass’s studio. He shares how songs often arrive like transmissions, found in accidents, mistakes, and moments of openness. Along the way he reflects on Detroit’s deep musical lineage, the challenge of keeping bands together, and why the city’s collaborative spirit makes it such fertile ground for creation. Francis also performs his longtime favorite “Esmeralda,” offering a glimpse into his belief that the best songs feel less written than received.

  8. 07/11/2025

    Tyler Chernoff: Braving the Darkness, Finding the Groove

    Edison Hollow’s frontman Tyler Chernoff joins us to talk heartbreak, hope, and hard rock. From open mic revelations to five-year-old superfans, Tyler shares how writing, recovery, and community helped shape his most personal song yet. Plus, he plays us an exclusive live version of “Darkness”—a breakup anthem with a time shift and a shimmer of light.

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