In this week’s episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with Midwest Country Music Award winner Molly Brandt, who joins us from her home in St. Paul to revisit her 2024 album American Saga. She talks about her love of crime podcasts and Ken Burns documentaries and drawing songwriting inspiration from dying strip malls, burlesque dancers and Paul Thomas Anderson’s film There Will Be Blood.
FEATURED SONGS
- Mr. Texas (feat. Reilly Downes)
- Daughter of the Oil Tycoon (feat. The Sunsettes)
- Dollar Stores & Strip Malls
- Queen of Clark County
GALLERY
SHOW NOTES
- Molly Brandt: https://mollybrandt.com/
- Eric Carranza (producer): https://ericjuliocarranza.com/
- Honeytonee Studio: https://www.honeytonemusic.com/
- Museum of Being Studio (Molly’s new studio): https://www.museumofbeing.com/
- Reilly Downes: https://www.reillydownesmusic.com/
- “Daughter of the Oil Tycoon” Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04okOOB1K7U
Listening Recommendations:
- Criminal Podcast: https://thisiscriminal.com/
- What Went Wrong Podcast: https://www.whatwentwrongpod.com/
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