In anticipation of a group art show in the Friendly Community Room, five visual artists met with host Miguel Gonzalez for this Friendly Conversation. Katy Bergholz, Mike DiGilio, Rachel Grossman, Tim Leeming, and Cindy Trim gathered in the Abbey Road apartment (one of four available for overnight stays) to discuss their work and the show's theme: Place. This is, actually, the first ever episode featuring visual artists (instead of musicians). Look for more artistic diversity in upcoming episodes as well. For more about the Friendly Music Community go to our website or Linktree page.

This Friendly Conversation is with Matthew Paige of DeeOhGee. We discuss his origins in music, his beliefs and inspiration for creating new music, and a lot more. Be sure to listen to Part II for a solo acoustic performance by Matthew recorded with a single microphone in the Friendly Coffee Lounge. For more about the Friendly Music Community, visit www.friendlymusic.community or www.linktr.ee/friendlymusiccommunity

The inimitable Jon Langford is a songwriter, bandleader, and visual artist whose influence spans punk rock to alt.country to Americana. We recorded this Friendly Conversation in the Friendly Community Room for a live audience followed by an acoustic set captured here in this episode. For more about the Friendly Music Community, visit www.friendlymusic.community or www.linktr.ee/friendlymusiccommunity

Season 3 opens with Mark Dvorak, who's been called Chicago's Troubadour, a singer-songwriter and author whose dedication to making acoustic music widely accessible has spanned decades. For more about the Friendly Music Community, visit www.friendlymusic.community or www.linktr.ee/friendlymusiccommunity

Singer-songwriter, educator, and Friendly Open Mic host Phil Bayer shares his life in music and a bonus original song recorded in our studio. For more about the Friendly Music Community, visit www.friendlymusic.community or www.linktr.ee/friendlymusiccommunity

Our first-ever "recorded live" Friendly Conversation features four incredible singer-songwriters. Jenny Bienemann, Jeanne Kuhns, Katie Dahl, and Jess Holland performed at the Friendly Music Community straight after capturing this episode. For more about the Friendly Music Community, visit www.friendlymusic.community or www.linktr.ee/friendlymusiccommunity

To open Season 2 of the Friendly Music Community Podcast, we are sharing a unique and very special Friendly Conversation with two women songwriters who recently spent a week at the Friendly Music Community in residence to write the material for their debut album. For more about the Friendly Music Community, go to https://linktr.ee/FriendlyMusicCommunity

Singer, songwriter, founding bandleader of Pipes, collaborator, and educator — Cheryl Lynn Tomblin is a paragon of making music in the spirit of these times. Cheryl has been immersed in music since childhood. Hear her story and philosophy of music with its life-affirming possibilities in this Friendly Conversation with host Miguel Gonzalez. For more about the Friendly Music Community, go to https://linktr.ee/FriendlyMusicCommunity

Guitarist, songwriter, session ace, and local hero Andon Davis left Springfield Illinois for the big city and became known as one of the Windy City’s finest guitar slingers. He joined alt-country sweetheart Anna Fermin and her band Trigger Gospel, as well as Bloodshot recording artists and rockabilly rivalists the Riptones. A longtime member of Heartsfield, Andon is renowned for innumerable side gigs by being a "guitarist who plays well with others." In this Friendly Conversation, Andon and host Miguel Gonzalez discuss these experiences and much more. For more about the Friendly Music Community, go to https://linktr.ee/FriendlyMusicCommunity