Season 1 Episode 22 This was a great way to wrap up the first season of The Hannah Judson Beat. Listen to a conversation hosted by Beth Whitney interviewing Hannah Judson. Singer-songwriter Beth Whitney put Hannah in the hot seat to talk about life, music

Season 1 Episode 21 Based in the Pacific Northwest, Beth Whitney’s songwriting and soft, unique vocals have captured the support of both fans and major radio stations across the country. Abounding with nature-themed undertones, Into the Ground is an intro

Season 1 Episode 20 Prolific songwriter Heather Nova joins The Hannah Judson Beat for a conversation about her life and work, what creativity looks like from an insider's perspective, the importance of the natural world, and much more.   Check out th

Season 1 Episode 19 A conversation with Karen Lauria Saillant, Director of Philadelphia’s International Opera Theater about her amazing work as a musician, stage director, opera singer, librettist, playwright, actor, commedia dell’arte artist, pianist, ch

Season 1 Episode 18 My guest this week is violist Kirsten Monke. She holds the violist seat in the internationally renowned DaPonte String Quartet and is also an educator and music coach. She pulls back the curtain a bit and explores how the quartet disco

Season 1 Episode 17 My guest this week is an amazing, awe-inspiring musician, conductor, artist and educator (and more!). Hailed as an “inexhaustible dynamo” by the Spokesman-Review, Rei Hotoda joins us for a conversation about her leadership as Music Dir

Season 1 Episode 16 A conversation with singer, songwriter, drummer, guitarist, Janet Beveridge Bean, founding member of Eleventh Dream Day and Freakwater, and powerful contributor to the Chicago alt-country and alt-rock scene. In this conversation we tal

Amy Speace writes songs and essays that record a life in progress with a poetic lens uniting the profound with a vast American landscape. She talks about raising her son, her father's death, recovery, discovery, and how life influences her americana songw

Annie Keating joins in from Brooklyn, New York, talking about the making of Bristol County Tides, pandemic discoveries, purposeful emotion in songs and songwriting. She plays a song from the record, and talks about what is coming next in her creative care

A troubadour of truth, DC resident Crys Matthews is among the brightest stars of the new generation of social justice music-makers. An award-winning, prolific lyricist and composer, Matthews blends Americana, folk, blues, bluegrass, and funk into a bold,