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Track 4: Baseball Diamonds

Track 4: Baseball Diamonds

FromThe Song Is Never Done


Track 4: Baseball Diamonds

FromThe Song Is Never Done

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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
May 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Baseball Diamonds is a song about the moments, memories, and people that make up our life. In this episode, we'll track the inspirations of the song to find a lineage of loved ones that bring us all the way back to the baseball field. Along the way, we'll hear about Walt's longtime friendship with Jonathan Fire*Eater frontman Stewart Lupton and the song that planted the seeds for The Bear. This episode features guests Judy Martin and Matt Berninger.
Find Stewart's poetry collection The Plural Atmosphere at thirdmanbooks.com
You can purchase The Bear at waltermartinmusic.com
Listen to The Song Is Never Done Official Playlist on Spotify
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Released:
May 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (11)

Following a long career in bands like The Walkmen and Jonathan Fire*Eater, musician Walter Martin crafted his 6th studio album, The Bear, warmed by a wood burning stove in a bright red one-room schoolhouse. Tackling themes of family, art, and the changing seasons of life, the album resonated with host Talon Stradley as his own seasons changed. Part memoir, part musical analysis, The Song Is Never Done is a track by track exploration of Walter Martin’s album The Bear. To help us along the way is Walter Martin himself as well as his collaborators, peers, and appreciators like Matt Berninger of The National, Eric D. Johnson of Fruit Bats and Bonny Light Horseman, jazz singer-songwriter Kat Edmonson, Oscar-nominated composer Emile Mosseri, many more, and even Walter’s mom. So stop in your tracks, take stock in where you’re at, and get ready to meet The Bear.