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The Michael Rudd Interview: From a Songwriting Desert to a Waterfall of Inspiration
AmericanaMusic.com Podcast
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0:15
Michael Rudd Introduction
0:23
Moving to New Mexico from New Jersey
1:58
From a 30 Year Songwriting Desert to a Waterfall of Inspiration
6:32
The Albuquerque Landscape, People, and Creative Code
7:37
The Album Ways of the World, 3rd of a 5 Album Project
9:41
It Has to Feel Right to Me
11:35
The Song "The Water" About a Job Like Character
12:31
Unique Drum Feel by Mark Clark and Blues Traveler Connection
13:44
Songwriting, Novel Writing, and Prose Writing
18:23
Trip to Peru and the Song "All The Words You Never Said"
19:42
The Compulsion to Write After a Cancer Diagnosis
24:00
Michael Rudd Outro
AmericanaMusic.com Podcast
The Michael Rudd Interview: From a Songwriting Desert to a Waterfall of Inspiration
Mar 17, 2026
Season 3
Episode 4
Sarah Popejoy
Today on AmericanaMusic.com we are excited to welcome Michael Rudd. He’s just released his brand-new album Ways of the World, the dreamy album feels seamless and before you know it you’ve listened to the whole thing. After a waterfall of inspiration through dreams and melodies on the road, Michael wrote 5 albums worth of songs. The journey of writing and recording these songs was only intensified by a cancer diagnosis that Michael talks candidly about with us. We’re so grateful to have Michael Rudd on the show.
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