The Shlomo Franklin Show: Recent Episodes
Shlomo Franklin
Shlomo Franklin talks about nothing and everything - nature, music, how awful it is to have to say your own name on air - both with himself and sometimes with artists you know or will know soon enough.
Howdy from Virginia! We recorded this episode on a zoom H6 so please forgive the bit of hotel room noise. We do a new song called 94 Astro and talk about playing a show and perhaps recording an album in New York. Have a great week!
This week we do a new song! Hope you enjoy. Have a great Monday (and every other day if you’re reading this on another day. Check out my new album Most People Are Lonely if you haven’t yet! Thank you!!
My new album Most People Are Lonely is out now!!! This week we sing a brand new tune, cover the album release party, the origins of the recording process for MPAL and a quick track by track run through. Thank you so much for listening!
New episode with two brand spankin’ new songs! Full album comes out next week. Thanks for listening!
This week we see Neil Young, have a special kind of freakout, and hike in North Carolina. We also play a special version of a song called Candy Cone. Enjoy and have a great week!
This week we look back and pay tribute to some old stomping grounds that have sadly been stomped out. We also sing a song called Dream Alone (for the second week in a row). Hope you enjoy and have a great week!!
Howdy! I’m currently on tour in Ireland but this is quite the episode that covers all the grime and grind of prepping for my album. We make up a song at city winery and you friends are the only people who aren’t there to hear this new tune. I hope you enjoy it! Have a great week!! Next week we’re back in the states with a duffle full of tales.
Hello friends! I’m currently on tour in Ireland! But here we are checking in from just a few days ago in Nashville. We sing a never before heard song. I hope you have a great week!
This week we cut into a new song and talk about a lot of fun other stuff probably? I forget. Thank you for listening and have a great week!!
This we see Bob Dylan live! Plus some A+ Tennessee hikes and an old song from many moons ago. Hope you have a great week!
Always an adventure, paying my doodoos, one crappy gig at a time. Third gig’s the charm. We had a blast!! I hope you enjoy today’s new episode. Also we write a song about fruit. Have a great week!!
We head to Carolina for some swell shows! We do Not Dark Yet by Bob Dylan and a whole lot more. Thanks for listening and have a great week!
We’ve got another hot episode for you guys! We did a proper Jake Bugg song and debrief a gig at the dive motel. Have a great week!
Episode 150!! This week we do My Sweet Carolina by Ryan Adams, we play a gig in Georgia, and visit mammoth cave National Park. Thanks so much for all your support!
This week we do a new song called A Billion Stars, and chat about my gig at The East Room and spending the week in the mountains of North Carolina. Hope you have a great week!!
We couldn’t come up with a better title for today’s episode but it’s a fun one nonetheless. We sing a new song and talk about the zoo and a recent show
Happy Monday everybody! Today we sing a song called “about time” and we run through some electric guitar shenanigans. Have a great week!
This week we go to gigs, we play gigs, we even watch the Grammys and we make up a song. I hope you have a great day!
This week we play Nashville, Chicago, and two shows in Iowa at some of the best venues in the country!
The EP is out and every gig got cancelled but it’s been the best week ever. Plus a bonus new song at the end. It’s gonna be a good one. Thank you for listening!
New EP out this Friday! I love Indiana, don’t get me wrong, but this episode chronicles a rather flimsy gig that didn’t go as planned. I hope you enjoy it!! I also give you a seek peak of two new songs from the Callicoon EP.
This week we travel to New Orleans!! I hope you have a great week. Thanks for listening!
Happy new year friends!! We’ve got not one but two tunes for you today. Both by the brilliant Billy Joel. This week we cover 1.5 brewery gigs! Hope you have a great week and year.
Happy holidays folks!! I hope you’re alright wherever you are and spending these days with family, loved ones, or blissful solitude. This week we do an original tune called Christmas in the Catskills and the classic blue Christmas. We cover the day from the ground up. I hope you have a great week!
This week we sing a new song I wrote called the man I used to be. We also nerd out about local businesses, small farms, recording music, and the wonderful year it’s been. Thanks for listening!
We’ve got a new episode for you! This week we play two shows in nashville, check out an old demo from the archives and a bunch more!
EP release show is January 16 at the dive motel! This week we play at the Bode hotel, do a new song called I can’t get by (ballad of a veteran) and go see some friends sling some sweet new songs at Sonny’s Pindrop. Love you guys!
New song! Played a gig at bowery vault. We sing love hope and misery by Jake Bugg and we break down my new song and listened to an isolated track. Hope you have a great week!
Happy thanksgiving everybody! Grateful for all of you. Enjoy this bonus episode where we mess around with great songs by Tom Waits, Paul Simon, and Sinatra.
New song coming this Friday! This week we play Florence, AL, we visit Fame studios in Muscle Shoals, and play in Pulaski, TN. We sing Little Feathered Indians by Tyler Childers
This week we prep the fields for winter, make a pit stop in Asheville NC, and celebrate a life in Wisconsin. And we look at new slang by the shins
I’ve got a new song out! In this episode we talk about a few shows and releasing this song. I hope you’re well!
New song coming this Friday! This week we go go to Chattanooga, TN and Lookout Mountain, GA, and visit an Aquarium and a college football game. Have a great week!
This week we see a friend play the Ryman!! We go to a craft fair, a barn dance, and spend time in the studio working on a new record! Hope you’re well.
Had a great time playing in Asheville, Greensboro, Washington DC, and getting to see friends in NYC and MA! Can’t wait to see you again soon! New song coming Oct 27
This week we walk through a super fun gig in nashville at the 5 spot! And so much more. Regards from NY! Talk soon. Have a great week!
This week we go see the arctic monkeys and a whole bunch of other stuff that I can’t remember as I’m writing this. But I hope you enjoy it and have a great week!
This week we head to North Carolina for some shows but before that, let’s see a show! Have a great week!
This week we play a hometown gig at bowery vault and head to the great state of Indiana to play at the brown county inn. Have a great week!
This week we swim under some waterfalls, try to cook a stew in the summer, and see the greatest rock n roll band of all time. Have a great week!
Checking in from an island in the Adirondacks where we find out the Dixie chicks tour was cancelled and we’re out a fun gig. Hope you enjoy and have a good week!
Howdy!! We are back in nashville and have a wild summer tour to tell tales of. Well… not really. But it was a lovely time and today is all about the first half of the journey.
Hello friends!! Here’s another new episode. I hope this finds you well! When you hear this I’ll be canoeing in the lake region of the Adirondacks. There won’t be any service or microphones but I’m excited to tell you of that adventure too.
Howdy! This week we sing song for Zula by phosphorescent and we talk about a bakery in the woods, a gig at the cobra and so much more. I hope you’re well and that you have a great week!
This week we head to the grand ole Opry to see Gabe Lee’s legendary debut! We cook a bunch, see past lives at the movies, and sing half of a song called the pioneer. Have a great week!
It’s all about Chattanooga this week! With reflections on some local Indian food and an old childhood memory. I hope this finds you well. Have a great week!!
This week we muse about Indiana Jones and we sing a Lumineers hit called sleep on the floor. I hope you have a great week!
This week we’ve two new songs for you and “nothing” happening! Hope you have a great week!
This week we open for the Quebe Sisters, end up in Baltimore, and spend time in New York seeing everyone’s folks. Plus we sing Norah Jones’ song She’s 22, Hope you have a great week!
New song coming this Friday! This week we go kayaking, we see the starling girl at the movies, we read some old words, sing a song called grain of sand, and play a gig at phat bites. Hope you’re well!! Have a great week
This was one exciting week!! New song coming June 9th! In this week we talk working on a farm, going to a Laos festival, trying a new nashville small restaurant, and hiking at beaman state park. I hope you have a great week!
Thank you to everybody who’s listened to my new Postcards EP and everyone in Nashville who came out to the show at The Basement. I hope you have a wonderful week!
Happy Monday! The postcards EP is out and in this week’s episode we talk all about it! Thank you for listening and have a great week!
My new song “Postcards from Poland is finally out and I’m thrilled for you to hear it! In this podcast we celebrate and talk about the recording sessions that led up to this song. I include a rough mix that no one else has heard and will not be shared anywhere. Thank you so much for your encouragement, support, and friendship. Have a great week!
New song coming may 5, new Ep out may 12! Ep release show may 15! This week we hike, we try to cook, we look for beans, and we go see a friends triumphant album release show.
We got an update on some new music! We’re booking shows all over the road, and taking hikes, going to barn dances, and visiting local farms. So much to look forward to, I’m sorry the episode was a day late and mark May 12 in your calendar!
Howdy!! We’re all over the road this week. We played the mockingbird theater in Franklin, TN and The Listening Room in Pigeon Forge, TN! I also do an awful attempt at my friend Abigayle Kopst’s song Vegas. New song coming soon! And Ep release show on May 15th at The Basement. See you somewhere soon!
This is the last of the two part tour recap. I sing a song called Set in Stone and talk about all that’s to come. Thank you for listening!! Next week we’ll be back to our regular scheduled programming.
We are back baby!! Thank you to everyone for 100 episodes. Today we reflect on tour and write a brand new song at the end. Because we can! I hope you have a great week.
Episode 100!! Had the joy and honor of having James Felice on the podcast. The Felice Brothers mean the world to me and having a proper upstate New York musician on seemed only natural. Massive thanks to James for indulging me and thank you everybody for listening. Have a great week!
I’m back in the studio! As of this recording I’m still in New York. Currently looking up some egg laying chickens (which are called pullets) but this episode was recorded right before leaving for tour. Thank you for listening and have a great week!
The Nashville to Novar tour is leaving nashville baby! What a week we had here. Thanks to everybody who came out to the single release gig at bowery! So much more fun on the horizon. See you soon! NYC March 17th 9pm
Happy Monday! Another week of gigging and shenanigans here in nashville, and excited about it all! Have a great week!!
My new song is out now and I am so excited and grateful! Thank you for listening to it and sharing it. I hope this podcast sheds some light and how it was made and what my approach had been. Have a great week!
New song comes out this Friday! So exciting week with so much. Look forward to. Happy Monday and I hope it’s a great one.
It’s a wonderful week! We played an icy bowery gig, wrote a bunch of new tunes, and found some more fossils at Fort Negley! I hope you are well. Have a great week!
We played the basement again! Thank you to everyone who came out. We go down a Tyler Childers rabbit hole, and we emerge with some fossils on a mountaintop here in nashville. Happy Monday! Have a great week
Happy Monday! This week we talk about Lars and the real girl, Nashville’s incredible food scene, and we do a song called the stargazer. I hope you enjoy it. Have a great week!
Looking back over this past year, I’m filled with gratitude and appreciation. This week’s episode celebrates some of that and looks towards the future with excitement. We also do a scrappy version of U2’s New Years Day. Enjoy it and happy Monday!
Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, and happy Monday! It’s been a snowy and wonderful week in nashville filled with icy rain and good music. I talk about growing up, the Bowery Vault, and a sing a song called Christmas in The Catskills. Enjoy this episode and have a great week!
I had the massive honor of opening for the wallflowers. Here is the full show breakdown! From driving to Indiana to meeting Jakob Dylan. Plus there’s a new song I wrote last night about the feeling I had afterwards! Enjoy and have a great week!
I’m opening for the wallflowers! I played the listening room. I sing a new song. There’s lots of excitement this week.
Happy Turkey day friends. This tardy episode chronicles my drive from Tennessee, through Virginia to upstate New York. We talk about Graham Hancock’s new show and some weird recordings of me that may be out there on the internet. Thanks for listening! I am grateful for you.
It’s my birthday! Happy birthday to me. I’m not one for birthdays but I am one to use any excuse to be grateful. I am thankful for all your encouragement and support. Thanks for listening and have a great week!
Today’s guest is Ellie Turner. Ellie is a singer/songwriter from Texas that lives in Nashville. We’re playing a show together this Tuesday. Ellie is one of my favorite songwriters and I’m thrilled to share our conversation with you. Go check out her music on Spotify and follow her on Instagram.
This week we open the archives and dust off an old song. Coincidentally a friend asked about this song after recording this episode! We must be doing something right. I spoke about a bunch of other stuff here but I’m tired in Denver and have a flight back to nashville in a few hours. Thank you for listening and have a great week!
Hello everybody! Thanks for listening to Sara Lee. Things are cooking and it’s been a fun week. Thank you for tuning in!
Kait talks to me about the release of Sara Lee, playing a full band show at the basement, and going square dancing at bells bend farms. Thank you so much for listening! Plus kait and I sing hey, that’s no way to say goodbye by Leonard Cohen.
We’ve got an exciting episode for you this week!! It’s all about looking back and looking forward. We play a gig at the commodore and see some friends play too. Have a great week!
This we see The Killers, go to a soccer stadium, play songs at the Bowery, and discover a new state park where we learn about sabertooths and mastodons. Have a great week!
It’s been a fun week here in nashville! I’ve got a new song coming out on October 14th. So much exciting stuff plus a little song called Denver Ditty. Have a great week.
This week has been so exciting. A packed gig at the vault, confirmation for the next single, and a new song called Crying In The Bathroom. Have a great week!!
Songwriters by the river part 2 happened despite the threat of a downpour. I play a song you’ve never heard about a woman I met whilst searching for slacks. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful week!
Episode seventy! I’m so grateful to everyone’s who has been listening and carrying us along this journey. This week it’s just more Leonard Cohen, some dusty old poems from six years ago, and the introduction of my Sony ZVE10. Thank you for getting us to episode 70. Have a great week!
This week we hike the cliffs above the Harpeth River, take film photos with friends on the cheekwood estate, we play cafe coco, Sonny’s bar, and a bunch of other gigs! Things have been exciting. We improvise another song on the podcast and try to read some Fredric Garcia Lorca. This and so much more on the SFS! Have a great week
I met Sam at a local venue here and his songwriting and performance style blew me away. He’s a great musician and I’m excited to share our conversation with you! Keep your eyes peeled for his new songs and follow him on Instagram @samuelabbottmusic
From a hike on Harpeth River to a hamburger drive through. We catch an incredible comedy show by Joe List and make headway on the future album release. Have a great week!
We saw Pinegrove two nights in a row, baked shepherds pie, played a gig at bad idea brewing and had an awesome week over all! Thanks for listening!
Jakob Willkomm is a bass player in nashville that hails from the sweet state of Wisconsin. I might have pressured him to describe and represent the entire Midwest. He was an awesome guest and is a gem of a human being. I had such a good time that I can’t wait to get him back on. His passion and joy is contagious and exciting. Have a great weekend and thanks for listening!!
This week we try some incredible Kurdish food in nashville, have an exciting Marshall’s run, and play wish you were here by Pink Floyd. With a quick stop at the Bowery Vault too. Have a great week!
Checking in from Roanoke, Virginia! But the real excitement of todays episode happens at the end. Thanks to everyone who has been coming out to shows or sending words of support! Happy Monday. have a great week!!
Consider this the ultimate guide for your first day in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. On this week’s episode we travel through Cincinnati, and have the best time in Pittsburgh, and then make it home to New York and play a bunch of gigs! This and so much on this week’s episode of the Shlomo Franklin show. Thank you so much for listening and have a great week.
Happy Monday! We’ve got an exciting new episode for you this week! We talk about running into Nate Bargatze at Joe List and Louis CK’s incredible movie, Fourth of July. And it’s Willie Nelson’s on the road again to help kick off this humble yet charming summer tour. Thanks for listening
Episode 60! Happy Fourth of July! This is a really exciting time here in Nashville and I’m excited to share it all with you. On this week’s installment I tell you all about the songwriter series I started, a Venezuelan gem of a restaurant that I found, and playing a song with the pitch meeting band. I also sing a song of mine called Ever Be Mine. Thank you so much for listening!
I got away from it all this week and discover charm and wonder in the hills of Tennessee! I hope this podcast finds you well. Next week is the 60th episode and I can’t believe how far we’ve come. Thank you for your support and encouragement.
Happy Monday!! We’ve got a great show for you today. We get sunburnt by the pool, share songs in the living room, and have a great gig at the Bowery vault.
Today’s guest is Delaney Ramsdell! Ramsdell is a Texas native who moved to nashville a few years. I ran into her at a place I’ve been playing at and she did a song called Snowstorm in San Diego that just blew me socks off. I had a blast talking to her and getting to know her story. I trust you’ll enjoy this episode. Check out her music and follow her on all the socials. Here’s her website: https://www.delaneyramsdell.com
Happy Monday! It’s a new week and there’s lots happening. Surprise surprise we do another Dylan tune. It’s a beautiful one though. I play a fun gig, meet an old Cowboy, and become one of those dudes who hangs out by the pool all day. We’re constantly changing and growing folks! Nashville’s getting to me. In a good way of course. Enjoy it!
This week we play the rusty nail saloon, get Jerusalem stoned, and look back so we can look forward. Have a great week!!
This week we play a bunch of gigs, see some legends, and visit mammoth cave National park followed by an orchestral concert in bowling green, Kentucky. I hope you enjoy it, have a great week!
Today we sing a two minute old song that’s still piping hot, straight out of the oven! We go to the zoo, watch Harry Potter, and play around with an old film camera. This and so much more, on this week’s SFS!! Happy Monday. Have a great week!
Hiking to a tunnel waterfall, playing the best show yet, singing Be Still by The Killers and prepping for the Dylan gig with Hard Times in New York Town. It’s all happening this week on the SFS! Have a great week!
Howdy friends! This weeks episode covers a whole swath of ground. (Always wanted to use swath in a sentence) from visiting New York to a Tennessee waterfall hike and bad idea brewery to the Johnny Depp and amber heard trial. In this monumental fiftieth episode we cover the rigamarole. I hope this letter finds you well. Have a wonderful week!
Happy Monday!! This week we talk being a social butterfly and actually talking to people here in Nashville, the wacky internet that doesn’t let you love Mitski songs, and I play an original song called Burnout. Enjoy and tell a friend!
Hiking in Hot Springs, gigging in Lenoir, and playing an original song called True Love Dies Young. This week was a super fun one. Have a great next bunch of days!!
Lucas was my first guest on this podcast. I interviewed him over a year ago in his NYC apartment. At that point I didn’t know that this podcast would mostly consist of solo episodes. Getting to talk to others however is always a welcome treat. This episode feels like catching up with a dear friend because well.. that’s exactly what it is. I hope you enjoy it!! Next week’s pod will cover my show in North Carolina and some other fun stuff that’s been happening. Have a great week!
There’s an Easter egg hidden at the end of this episode. I talk about an incredible person that I run into at a gig, visiting the great city of Chattanooga, I explore an overlooked Dylan classic, and share something super special that may be heard again for many years. Enjoy!!
Things are cookin!! We’re moving onward with the record and getting ready for shows this summer. There’s a Trader Joe’s meets Seinfeld incident, and I share an old demo from a few years back. I hope you enjoy todays episode! Have a great week
We talk Felice Brothers, Jason Isabell, The Lumineers, and Leonard Cohen this week. Plus I sing a song I wrote in Portland, ME while on tour a bunch of years back. Enjoy this episode and have a great week!!
My special guest today is Charlie Marks! Charlie is an awesome musician based in Nevada. I enjoyed getting to know them and hearing a bit of their story. I hope you enjoy this guest episode!! It’s a real treat to introduce you to musicians I enjoy. Have a great week!!
We’ve got a hot new ep this week! Mastering has begun on my next album, I went to an log homestead in the hills of Kentucky, and we sing hey you by Pink Floyd and love me tender by Elvis. Enjoy it and share it with a few friends! Have a great week!!
Hey friends! Another wild week in nashville. Saw some wonderful artists and met up with some old friends. The world is wonderful and you are too. Thanks for listening!!
Episode 40!!! I can’t believe we did it. Thank you for your continued support! We sing brothers in arms by dire straits and human by the killers plus Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza and a small cabin middle of nowhere, Maine. Tell a friend and spread the word. Thanks for listening!
I played a gig with a 90 year old Opry member! Living the dream and listening to lots of Patsy Cline. Today we play around with All The World is Green by Tom Waits. Enjoy!
Today we discuss my first nashville gig, my friend getting a follow from Mandy Moore!!! (Well deserved Darryl) and some wacky stuff happening in the internet. I hope, if you listen to this full episode, you walk away with a message of love, curiosity, kindness, patience, and dignified humility. One of those lifelong goals at a time though. God love ye. Also we do After The Goldrush by Neil Young.
First time in sin city! Driving through the desert, past Sam’s Town, seeing big horned sheep. It was a fun one all around! I sing fabulous by Brandon flowers, the way it was by the killers, and it was a very good year by Sinatra. Enjoy!!
This weeks episode is all about a black cat, the best Kentucky donuts, playing a Nashville songwriters showcase, and meeting a true nashville legend who happens to be in the country music hall of fame. Plus an original tune called Pistol Kisses and Ohio by Neil Young.
Katelyn Kopenhaver is an interdisciplinary artist and writer living in Miami, Florida originally from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Alumni from the School of Visual Arts in New York (2016) her range of work includes fashion and portrait photography that has been featured in New York Magazine, Interview Magazine, The Cut, METAL, and Netflix.
I played a gig here in nashville! I sing you a song I wrote about something. Thunder road’s in the mix too! We talk about the snow storm milk man and some serious subjects too. I hope you enjoy it!
Nashville got hit by a whopping two inches of snow!! Things are exciting here! I also sing one of my favorite Sinatra songs and a Cohen classic. We discuss the movies Patterson and The Tender Bar! Enjoy!!
This is an exciting episode. I get snowed in at a hotel in Wytheville, Virginia, visit New York and try rock climbing. Things are moving and driving!!
Todays episode is a fun one. I sing Leonard Cohen’s Sisters of Mercy and I walk through the album notes and a few fun details about each song on my debut album. I can’t wait for all that’s to come! Enjoy this week’s episode!
This week I visit the Opry, go honky tonkin and talk about an island in Greece plus I sing tunes by the Beatles and the Lumineers. Enjoy it!!
Seriously, I’d like to send you a letter. On today’s episode we discuss the movie the big year and I sing two original songs. One is called send you a letter and the other is called it’s about time. We also discuss tom waits and much more! Enjoy!
Today’s episode is a fun one once again and it all ends with a fun demo I recorded today! Much to be discussed! Hope you enjoy.
Today’s episode is a doozy! I sing one of my favorite AM tunes, a sprawling iron & wine track, and get carried away by Leonard Cohen’s poetry. God love ya for listening, I love doing these and I appreciate you a lot. Happy Thanksgiving!
Today I turned 26 and it is also the 26th episode of this podcast. There are no coincidences. On today’s installment I chronicle my journey from 16 - 26. I talk about living upstate with some friends and learning to write songs and be a performer. I also sing Dave Van Ronk’s version of Hang Me, Oh Hang Me which was later made famous again by the Cohen brothers film, inside llewyn davis. Enjoy this episode. Here’s to 26, and a hundred more at least.
Today I talk about a gig at the basement in nashville two years ago that convinced me to move down here. It was Molly Parden’s birthday show and seeing Sam Outlaw, Erin Rae, and Caroline Spence on the bill convinced me that I had be to in a town where such incredible songwriters were working. I also discuss the new season of Sex Education on Netflix and I write a song at the end of the episode. Thank you so much for listening!
This week we meet buy pianos, go to a farmers market, and mess around with a sketch of a song. Thanks for listening!
I broke stereotypes as a local and went downtown! I visited the country music hall of fame. I also built a desk at home and might become a breadbaker. Who knows. Things are exciting down here and I’m slowly settling in.
This week’s excitement is all about buying couches and scouring facebook marketplace for dressers.
I finally make the exciting announcement and tell y’all (hint) where I’m moving! I also talk about shooting a music video for the past few days and sing two lovely Lumineers songs.
I took a quick drip down south and I’m back to tell the riveting tale! I also sing two of my favorite songs that I didn’t write. Enjoy today’s episode and tune into next week for some exciting news!
Jonathan Charles Fox and I discuss his early life and career in Hollywood, we talk a bit of Buddhism, and he tells me how he ended up in the Catskills. He’s a real blessing and one of the most central figures of the entertainment community in our neck of the woods. I’m grateful to call him a friend and am confident you will enjoy our conversation!
Gig in Albany, heading out to Asheville, scouting for music videos, and writing new songs! It’s all happening!
I’m still cat sitting and wandering through streets of New York. Thank you for listening!
In this episode we talk about cat sitting in nyc, my gig yesterday, and visiting my childhood school. Oh and we sing trouble by cage the elephant! (We also make up a tune for fun!)
This week we discuss the monumental loss to rock n’ roll and how we can be inspired by these great humans.
I played my first full bang gig of the summer and I can’t stop listening to the new killers album and here’s why you should check it out too.
Today’s episode is centered around an incredible song by Parker Millsap called Heaven Sent. We talk everything from Matt Damon to religion!