# Kristin Diable: She Lost Her Voice for Years. Here's What Brought It Back

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Podcast: [Only In The Green Room](https://stenobird.com/podcast/only-in-the-green-room-5890481)
Published: 2026-06-18T02:22:14+00:00
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Singer-songwriter Kristin Diable joins Only In The Green Room at the New Orleans Jazz Museum during French Quarter Fest — and the conversation goes deep. We talk about what it really means to lose your creative voice, how traumatic experiences can freeze a songwriter's ability to be vulnerable, and what it took to come back from that and finish her long-awaited album Impossible Things — out now. Kristin also opens up about leaving New York in her 20s for a writing sabbatical in New Orleans and never leaving, why the camaraderie between New Orleans musicians is unlike anything else in America, how she thinks about being the "parent of her songs," and what it means to choose joy when things are genuinely hard. Plus: teaching the "dark arts of songwriting" at Loyola University, running her own independent label Speak Easy, why she thinks festivals are the antidote to screen addiction, and a shoutout to Medium Build. Impossible Things is available now on all streaming platforms. Search Kristen Diable — D-I-A-B-L-E. Buy the vinyl and CDs at kristendiable.com. — CONNECT WITH KRISTiN — Instagram: @kristindiable] — ONLY IN THE GREEN ROOM — Subscribe for more candid artist conversations from backstage and beyond. Instagram: @onlyinthegreenroom Website: onlyinthegreenroom.com #KristinDiable #ImpossibleThings #NewOrleans #FrenchQuarterFest #OnlyInTheGreenRoom #SingerSongwriter #NewOrleansMusic #IndieMusic #Songwriting #LiveMusic

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