Songversations With Eric Hutchinson

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Songversations with Eric Hutchinson is a new podcast that finds out what music the people who define our culture like to listen to. Each week, Eric invites a famous guest to reveal their personal life soundtrack. They listen to music clips and dive deep into the memories, moments, and meaning found where life and music converge. It’s funny, insightful, revealing, and a great way to discover new music.  Who’s dropping by? So far, an eclectic mix of interesting people, including actress Mayim Bialik, comedian Iliza Shlesinger, Grammy-nominated music producer Mike Elizondo, magician Justin Willman, celebrity trainer Jen Widerstrom, and activist DeRay Mckesson. Eric Hutchinson is a singer, songwriter, and seasoned touring musician who has performed in all 50 states and shared the stage with acts like Kelly Clarkson, OneRepublic, and Jason Mraz. His music has racked up over 500 million streams total, and he’s made TV appearances on everything from The Tonight Show to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Along the way, Eric has built a loyal cult following who show up for his clever, heartfelt lyrics and instantly hummable, soulful melodies. He is best known for his songs “A Little More”, “Tell The World”, “Ok, It’s Alright With Me”, and “Rock & Roll”, which earned him a platinum record in the US and became a #1 hit in Australia, New Zealand, and Norway.  Email: SongversationsNation@gmail.com EricHutchinson.com/Songversations

  1. 5d ago

    Cynthia Addai-Robinson Listens To Tame Impala, Thundercat, & Ol' Dirty Bastard

    Cynthia Addai-Robinson is a talented actress who’s appeared in TV shows like Spartacus, Arrow, Shooter, Power, and Chicago Med. She featured in the movies “The Accountant” and “The Accountant 2”, alongside Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal. She currently stars as Queen Miriel in the hit Amazon Prime show "The Lord of the Rings - Rings of Power", which debuts season 3 on Nov 11th. Cynthia joins Eric for a mini-reunion of Montgomery Blair High School. They talk about growing up in Silver Spring, MD together and Cynthia remembers discovering Prince’s “Diamond and Pearls.” She reveals her favorite TV theme song and shares why she’d knight Ol' Dirty Bastard if she were a queen. They also chat about Thundercat, Tame Impala, and why hand claps make every song better. Then Producer Byrnes joins for… BEST SONG EVER.  ⁠⁠LISTEN TO CYNTHIA'S PLAYLIST HERE!⁠⁠ Support Songversations!  ⁠*⁠BuyMeACoffee.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠*Patreon.com⁠⁠ Check out - ⁠OLDGLORY.com⁠ - a site with over 300,000 merch items! Our listeners get 15% OFF when they use our code SONG  ------------------- Follow us on ⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠https://www.erichutchinson.com/songversations⁠ Send your music questions to ⁠⁠SongversationsNation@gmail.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Best Song Ever Playlist Here!!⁠⁠ ------------------- Produced by Alex Byrnes Edited by Michael Kessler ------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. Oct 20

    James Austin Johnson Is An Infinite Encyclopedia Of Comedy And Music

    James Austin Johnson is a comedian and actor who is in his sixth season as a cast member on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. He’s known for his insanely good impressions including Donald Trump, and for his viral videos of celebrity impressions and original characters on social media. James is also a screen and stage actor whose credits include "A Complete Unknown,", "Inside Out 2" "Barry" "Better Call Saul," and "HAIL, CAESAR!" ⁠His new comedy special "He'll Yeah" is out NOW on YouTube .⁠ James joins Eric to talk Christian ska, math rock vs jazz, and how his stand-up set is like a Dave Matthews Band show. They listen to Bob Dylan and James reveals that he's been ⁠secretly releasing Dylan covers on Spotify⁠. Finally, James pontificates on the criminally underappreciated James Bond theme song. Then Producer Byrnes joins for… BEST SONG EVER.  ⁠LISTEN TO JAMES' PLAYLIST HERE!⁠ Support Songversations!  *⁠BuyMeACoffee.com⁠ ⁠*Patreon.com⁠ Check out - OLDGLORY.com - a site with over 300,000 merch items! Our listeners get 15% OFF when they use our code SONG  ------------------- Follow us on ⁠INSTAGRAM⁠ ⁠ https://www.erichutchinson.com/songversations Send your music questions to ⁠⁠SongversationsNation@gmail.com⁠⁠ ⁠Best Song Ever Playlist Here!!⁠ ------------------- Produced by Alex Byrnes Edited by Michael Kessler ------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. Oct 13

    Maoli Is Bringing Hawaiian Island Soul to Country Music

    Maoli is a singer and songwriter who has garnered over 1.2 billion lifetime streams, making a unique blend of roots reggae, island soul, and country music, while celebrating his home state of Hawaii and its values of love, positivity and unity.  He recently made his debut appearance at the iconic Grand Ole Opry and had his national television debut on The TODAY Show. His latest album MMO3 is the latest installment of his beloved MMO (Maoli Music Overload) series,. Maoli joins Eric to talk about what reggae, country, and Polynesian music have in common, and being inspired to write country songs by Hawaii’s cattle, horses, and red dirt roads. He also tells of dental emergencies on the road, why he’d love to be huge in Brazil, and writing and recording his new album in Nashville. Plus, Eric shares his theory of why reggae is the best music genre.   Then Producer Byrnes joins for… BEST SONG EVER.  MAOLI’S PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5oMhEFfkYNGfvoUmdtANXJ?si=1cbc0553a5f34129 Send your music questions to ⁠⁠SongversationsNation@gmail.com⁠⁠ Support Songversations!  ⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/songversationsnation⁠ https://www.patreon.com/cw/SongversationsNation ------------------- Check out - OLD GLORY - a site with over 300,000 merch items for music, sports, entertainment, and pop culture fans, featuring officially licensed merch from iconic bands and top sports teams. Our listeners get 15% OFF when they use our code SONG ⁠https://oldglory.com⁠  ------------------- Follow us @  ⁠instagram.com/songversationsnation⁠ https://www.erichutchinson.com/songversations Best Song Ever Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/65XKaQjYWFq7ak4DHFkpAj?si=fa5362c482294d1b⁠ ------------------- Produced by Alex Byrnes Edited by Michael Kessler ------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. Oct 6

    Jon Lampley Let Paul McCartney Play His Trumpet And Reveres Louis Armstrong

    Jon Lampley is a trumpet and sousaphone player, a singer-songwriter, a composer, and a bandleader. He just wrapped up 11 years as part of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s house band with Louis Cato and Jon Batiste. He co-founded the high-energy jazz-funk ensemble Huntertones and has performed for years with jam-rock mainstays O.A.R. and pop-soul powerhouse Lake Street Dive. His new solo album Notes to Self is out now and you can catch him on tour this fall! Jon joins Eric to talk about the first time he heard D’Angelo and sneaking secular music growing up. He reflects on 25 years of playing trumpet, educates us on how Louis Armstrong changed the instrument, and debates whether classic recordings should be remastered using A.I. Jon also remembers jamming with Paul McCartney, shares his love of Jackie Evans, and talks about his favorite track on his new album. Then Producer Byrnes joins for… BEST SONG EVER.  JON’S PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2cNc1nqF6dpuIiJ6AxqRtm?si=f97f0211be7d4560 Send your music questions to ⁠⁠SongversationsNation@gmail.com⁠⁠ Support Songversations!  https://buymeacoffee.com/songversationsnation https://www.patreon.com/cw/SongversationsNation ------------------- Follow us @  instagram.com/songversationsnation https://www.erichutchinson.com/songversations Best Song Ever Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/65XKaQjYWFq7ak4DHFkpAj?si=fa5362c482294d1b⁠ ------------------- Produced by Alex Byrnes Edited by Michael Kessler ------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. Sep 29

    Liner Notes: Debating The Songs Of The Summer & When Will The Super Bowl Have An Official Theme Song?

    Eric and Byrnes discuss today’s music news and listeners’ burning questions. They review Spotify’s Top 5 Songs of the Summer and discuss whether Shakira is the most underrated artist of the 21st century. Next, they dig into Oasis’s new plan to keep concert ticket prices low and fair, reminding Byrnes of the time he saw Pope John Paul II at Giants Stadium. They also listen to the new commercial jingle by… Bon Iver?? Next, the guys open up the Songversations Mailbag to decide whether or not Pearl Jam even counts as grunge music and what great bands have bad names.  Finally, Eric and Byrnes reveal this week's BEST SONG EVER. Send your music questions to ⁠⁠SongversationsNation@gmail.com⁠⁠ https://www.erichutchinson.com/songversations ------------------- Become part of the Songversations Nation! Patreon.com/SongversationsNation  instagram.com/songversationsnation Best Song Ever Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/65XKaQjYWFq7ak4DHFkpAj?si=fa5362c482294d1b⁠ ------------------- Check out - OLD GLORY - a site with over 300,000 merch items for music, sports, entertainment, and pop culture fans, featuring officially licensed merch from iconic bands and top sports teams. Our listeners get 15% OFF when they use our code SONG https://oldglory.com  ------------------- Produced by Alex Byrnes Edited by Michael Kessler ------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. Sep 22

    Jon Wertheim Lived Through Grunge and Thinks Red Hot Chili Peppers Are Underrated

    Jon Wertheim is an Emmy-award winning correspondent for 60 Minutes, longtime writer at Sports Illustrated, and analyst for the Tennis Channel. He also co-hosts the tennis podcast Served with Andy Roddick. Jon joins Eric to discuss Prince destroying Michael Jackson in ping pong at Paisley Park and living in Portland, Or in the height of grunge music. They also discuss SNL musical comedy, advice on how to normalize celebrities to get a good interview, whether it’s time to update the 60 minutes stopwatch, and how we should make tennis more like the WWE. Then Producer Byrnes joins for… BEST SONG EVER.  JON’S PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5CqrDW3fW3YFKZS5yU5LYO?si=a79548adcc8b4da5 Send your music questions to ⁠⁠SongversationsNation@gmail.com⁠⁠ https://www.erichutchinson.com/songversations ------------------- Become part of the Songversations Nation! Patreon.com/SongversationsNation  instagram.com/songversationsnation Best Song Ever Playlist: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/65XKaQjYWFq7ak4DHFkpAj?si=fa5362c482294d1b⁠ ------------------- Check out - OLD GLORY - a site with over 300,000 merch items for music, sports, entertainment, and pop culture fans, featuring officially licensed merch from iconic bands and top sports teams. Our listeners get 15% OFF when they use our code SONG https://oldglory.com  ------------------- Songversations with Eric Hutchinson  Produced by Alex Byrnes Edited by Michael Kessler ------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. Sep 15

    Emily Gould Wonders If It’s Too Easy To Be Alternative These Days

    Emily Gould is a talented writer, novelist and critic. She is a features writer at New York Magazine, where she also writes Dinner Party - the magazine’s flagship daily newsletter. She is the author of several books, including And The Heart Says Whatever, Friendship, and Perfect Tunes (now in paperback!) Emily joins Eric to discuss going to high school together in the 1990’s, and her love of Bikini Kill, En Vogue, and Belle and Sebastian. She shares why she could pass for an unlicensed dermatologist, the greatest song ever about New York City ever, and the comedic genius of Kyle Gordon. Then Producer Byrnes joins for… BEST SONG EVER.  EMILY’S PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3CyYeOrWhlzkCH3o52gsQy?si=30440dcf69ef4aed&pt=3d9d5e01b8c8dcb2934c375ec7a87aec Send your music questions to ⁠⁠SongversationsNation@gmail.com⁠⁠ https://www.erichutchinson.com/songversations ------------------- Become part of the Songversations Nation! Patreon.com/SongversationsNation  instagram.com/songversationsnation Best Song Ever Playlist: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/65XKaQjYWFq7ak4DHFkpAj?si=fa5362c482294d1b⁠ ------------------- Check out - OLD GLORY - a site with over 300,000 merch items for music, sports, entertainment, and pop culture fans, featuring officially licensed merch from iconic bands and top sports teams. Our listeners get 15% OFF when they use our code SONG https://oldglory.com  ------------------- Songversations with Eric Hutchinson  Produced by Alex Byrnes Edited by Michael Kessler ------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. Sep 8

    Rep. Jamie Raskin Is Congress’s Biggest Fan of The E Street Band

    Congressman Jamie Raskin proudly represents Maryland’s beautiful 8th Congressional District, which also happens to include Eric’s hometown of Takoma Park, MD. He is the ranking member of the House Committee on the Judiciary in the 119th Congress, and he served on the Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol. Rep. Raskin joins Eric to discuss Maryland musicians and show off his encyclopedic knowledge of modern folk and protest music. He talks about his love of Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt, Nils Lofgren, Dar Williams, and shares what song he thinks could replace the national anthem.    Then Producer Byrnes joins for… BEST SONG EVER.  REP. RASKIN’S PLAYLIST: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4DdNqotUzz3dN5f2EseIDE?si=cc7594eb7fc648a8&pt=9211a8bb799cf3d935b883547674ba4b⁠ Send your music questions to ⁠⁠SongversationsNation@gmail.com⁠⁠ https://www.erichutchinson.com/songversations ------------------- Become part of the Songversations Nation! Patreon.com/SongversationsNation  instagram.com/songversationsnation Best Song Ever Playlist: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/65XKaQjYWFq7ak4DHFkpAj?si=fa5362c482294d1b⁠ ------------------- Check out - OLD GLORY - a site with over 300,000 merch items for music, sports, entertainment, and pop culture fans, featuring officially licensed merch from iconic bands and top sports teams. Our listeners get 15% OFF when they use our code SONG https://oldglory.com  ------------------- Songversations with Eric Hutchinson  Produced by Alex Byrnes Edited by Michael Kessler ------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Songversations with Eric Hutchinson is a new podcast that finds out what music the people who define our culture like to listen to. Each week, Eric invites a famous guest to reveal their personal life soundtrack. They listen to music clips and dive deep into the memories, moments, and meaning found where life and music converge. It’s funny, insightful, revealing, and a great way to discover new music.  Who’s dropping by? So far, an eclectic mix of interesting people, including actress Mayim Bialik, comedian Iliza Shlesinger, Grammy-nominated music producer Mike Elizondo, magician Justin Willman, celebrity trainer Jen Widerstrom, and activist DeRay Mckesson. Eric Hutchinson is a singer, songwriter, and seasoned touring musician who has performed in all 50 states and shared the stage with acts like Kelly Clarkson, OneRepublic, and Jason Mraz. His music has racked up over 500 million streams total, and he’s made TV appearances on everything from The Tonight Show to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Along the way, Eric has built a loyal cult following who show up for his clever, heartfelt lyrics and instantly hummable, soulful melodies. He is best known for his songs “A Little More”, “Tell The World”, “Ok, It’s Alright With Me”, and “Rock & Roll”, which earned him a platinum record in the US and became a #1 hit in Australia, New Zealand, and Norway.  Email: SongversationsNation@gmail.com EricHutchinson.com/Songversations

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