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