The Third Story podcast features long-form interviews with musicians and members of the creative class, hosted by me, Leo Sidran.
Their stories of discovery, loss, ambition, identity, improvisation, risk, and reward are deeply moving and compelling for all of us as we embark on our own creative journeys.
Most recent episode: Joe Henry
Leo Sidran (photo by Tom Warburton)
Aron! is a 22-year-old singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose music sounds like it slipped through a time warp. Here he talks about writing songs that sound old but feel new, his cozy you (and other nice songs) EP which began as a student project and ended up on Verve Records, navigating sudden success, and staying grounded in the swirl of algorithms, aesthetics, and authenticity.
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade on returning to her roots to redefine them—exploring duality, intimacy, and the radical empathy of music in her most personal work to date.
Drummer, composer, and activist Terri Lyne Carrington on her early start, equity in jazz, mentorship, teaching at Berklee, rethinking jazz and gender, and and her new album We Insist 2025! with Christie Dashiell, a reimagining of Max Roach’s protest 1960 suite.
Songwriter and producer Joe Henry on a lifetime chasing poetic truth through music, a career bridging tradition and experimentation, producing landmark albums and releasing his own deeply literary, genre-blurring records.