{"podcast":{"title":"The Working Songwriter","slug":"the-working-songwriter-463927","podcast_index_feed_id":463927,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/2d22ef83-2890-4340-aee9-d0d0157225f3","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/the-working-songwriter","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2026/3/10/17/fbd9f80b-8714-4443-a55c-c4465042f2c4_TWS_Logo_-_w_BGS.png","author":"Joe Pug","episode_count":344,"summary":"Joe Pug hosts a weekly conversation with one of today's best songwriters. The Working Songwriter is a part of the Bluegrass Situation Podcast Network. Interested in sponsoring us? Contact: https://bit.ly/sponsorBGSpods Over 300 catalog episodes available to stream in the Nation of Heat Vault. Visit joepugmusic.com/vault","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T18:21:22.102556+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-working-songwriter-463927"},"episode":{"title":"Evan Bartels","slug":"evan-bartels","published_at":"2026-01-09T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-working-songwriter-463927/evan-bartels","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-working-songwriter-463927","url":"https://theworkingsongwriter.libsyn.com/evan-bartels","audio_url":"https://audio2.redcircle.com/episodes/1fd3dd10-32c1-4d40-87eb-745bf7cefb02/stream.mp3","summary":"Our guest this week hails from Tobias, Nebraska, a town of about 100 people. Evan Bartels is a singer-songwriter who with his 2017 debut, 'The Devil, God & Me,' burst onto the national scene. More recently, Bartels has expanded his audience with the release of his EP, 'To Make You Cry,' recorded after relocating to Nashville and reflecting on a period of personal upheaval and renewal. Bartels has toured with American Aquarium, The White Buffalo, and John Moreland; he records for MCA/Universal; and he's performed at Mile of Music, AmericanaFest, and the C2C Festival. 'No Depression' calls him \"a haunting new presence in Americana,\" while Americana Highways praises his \"unvarnished, soul-bearing songwriting.\" 'Glide Magazine' notes his \"ability to turn bruised experience into stark, resonant beauty.\" I caught up with Evan Bartels a few months ago for The Working Songwriter to hear about his musical journey so far. Interested in sponsoring us? Contact BGS: https://bit.ly/sponsorBGSpods","meta_description":"Our guest this week hails from Tobias, Nebraska, a town of about 100 people. Evan Bartels is a singer-songwriter who with his 2017 debut, 'The Devil, God…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3587,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-working-songwriter-463927/episodes/evan-bartels/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-working-songwriter-463927/evan-bartels.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}