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Nathans & Roncast

Nathans & Roncast

By: Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt
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 Each episode of the Nathans & Roncast features a deep dive into a single song. Hosted by Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt, this podcast includes conversations with the artists, as well as subject matter experts about the real-life stories behind story songs you know and love.© 2023 Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt Music World
Episodes
  • Connie Kaldor on the power of live music

    Connie Kaldor on the power of live music
    Mar 16 2026
    Connie Kaldor began her career in folk music as part of the Canadian wave alongside artists like Stan Rogers and Valdy. Armed with her enormous stage presence, her unforgettable melodies, and her emotional depth as a songwriter, she became a headline act on the festival circuit. She talks about touring with her family; what it’s like to cross the border from Canada into the United States in this day and age; and her 19th album, “Wide Open Spaces.” This is the first half of our conversation with Connie Kaldor.
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    33 mins
  • What Vance Gilbert has learned from cancer

    What Vance Gilbert has learned from cancer
    Mar 1 2026
    In part two of our conversation with Vance Gilbert, he discusses guitar techniques, plays a few songs, and talks about both the life lessons he’s learned from cancer, as well as how laughter has been a great medicine.
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    38 mins
  • Vance Gilbert on cancer, paying bills, and leaving space

    Vance Gilbert on cancer, paying bills, and leaving space
    Feb 6 2026
    We were honored to speak with the great Vance Gilbert, a master songwriter, performer, and teacher whom we have long admired. He’s funny as heck, and it’s common to see him headlining folk festivals around the country as he cracks up his audience, makes them think, and leaves them moved. We cover the full range of emotion in this poignant conversation about his recent struggles with cancer, his origins moving from a violent home to homelessness, and how he made the transition from a young powerhouse singer-songwriter from Boston into a folk elder who knows how to say more with […]
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    46 mins
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