Ed Skoog jaws with Jeff and Sunny about New Orleans music and New Orleans life, how and why he started playing banjo, Big Star, and the myriad of direct and indirect musical references in his amazing poetry collections <a href="https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7B432FB530-7989-436E-88E5-A3FE70630953%7D">Mister Skylight</a>, <a href="https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7B94D22E29-1060-4EDA-9146-E0F65D9CE4ED%7D">Rough</a> Day and <a href="https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7B1D52FF94-5669-483C-B418-81AD1FB350FF%7D">Run the Red Lights</a>.

Ed Skoog--Playlist

Hosted by Joshua James Amberson, Karleigh Frisbie Brogan, and Jeff Alessandrelli in Portland, Oregon, The Steer features leading musicians talking about their favorite writers and books and leading writers talking about their favorite musicians and albums. Conversations often go elsewhere and following each talk is a playlist of songs or sounds discussed during the interview. New episodes drop every two weeks.