On the show this time, it’s the soul-filling songs of Choctaw Nation storyteller Samantha Crain.

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EPISODE WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY julian martlew 

On the show this time, it’s the soul-filling songs of Choctaw Nation storyteller Samantha Crain.

Shawnee, Oklahoma native Samantha Crain is foremost a writer. She’s got characters to introduce, stories to tell, and an original take on country-folk singer-songwriter music. She has been making recordings since the mid-2000s, putting out her first EP The Confiscation herself, a collection based on five of her own short stories. Her way with words has united a community of musicians who collaborate and contribute to her sound. Now seven full albums in, her latest is 2025’s Gumshoe, available on Real Kind Records.

Recorded June 27, 2025

  1. Dragonfly
  2. Gumshoe
  3. Dart
  4. B-Attitudes

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