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Maggie Rose
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Buzz Knight
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Ed Helms
Hey, it's Ed Helms, host of snafu, my podcast about history's greatest screw ups. On our new season, we're bringing you a new snafu Every single episode.
Maggie Rose
32 lost nuclear weapons you're like, wait, stop. What?
Ed Helms
Yeah, it's going to be a whole lot of history, a whole lot of funny and a whole lot of fabulous guests. Paul Scheer, Angela and Jenna, Nick Kroll, Jordan Klepper listen to season four of SNAFU with Ed Helms on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Taking a walk.
Maggie Rose
I think it was also about insulation too, like protecting myself during this time of a physical creation and also just musical creation.
Buzz Knight
I'm Buzz Knight and this is the.
Les
Take it A Walk podcast.
Buzz Knight
And we're going to be with someone who knows that in this life no.
Les
One gets out alive. That doesn't mean we can't make the journey.
Buzz Knight
Beautiful Grammy nominated singer songwriter Maggie Rose. She's been spinning musical gold from life's raw materials. Her 2024 album, no One Gets Out Alive. Rolling Stone called it one of the best albums of 2024.
Les
And it proves she's not just surviving.
Buzz Knight
The music industry, she is transforming it. And she's going to talk to us about new music, the EP called Cocoon, and lots more on the Taking A Walk podcast.
Ed Helms
Taking a walk.
Les
Maggie, welcome to the Taking a Walk podcast. I'm so happy to have you.
Maggie Rose
I'm so happy to be here. Thanks for having me.
Les
So the, the opening volley we like to bring out is the question.
Maggie Rose
I know it's coming.
Les
You do, don't you? The question being if you could take a walk with somebody. I'm blushing now. You see, if you could take a walk with somebody, living or dead, who would you take a walk with? And maybe where would you take that walk?
Maggie Rose
Okay, I'm going to cheat because I have to say two people. Paul McCartney, because he's the greatest and I want to hear all the stories about those early days and the Caverns. But I also want his take on where music is today. And if I can be so greedy, I have to also say Abraham Lincoln because he was one of our greatest presidents during such incredibly divisive time. And I would want to know what he would think about today and how he would navigate today.
Les
That's awesome. I just recorded a future episode yesterday with Eric from the band Mid Lake and he said Abraham Lincoln. And he was talking himself out of it a bit at first. And I said, wait a minute. You know, he's. He's one of the guys, right? He's like.
Maggie Rose
He's one of the guys. Yeah. Like absolutely paramount to our history. People kind of chuckle when I say that because they think that as a musician you sort of need to default to another musician. But, you know, I'd also work very hard to make Abraham Lincoln a fan of my music. That would be a cool accomplishment to have. But yeah, I mean, I think that those really were unprecedented times. And how did he turn down the temperature? And how could. How could he possibly unite our country today?
Les
Yeah, what could we learn from our. Our past, you know, and what would.
Maggie Rose
He think about where we've arrived? I mean, I'm sure that might be a kind of brutal criticism from him to see where we've come, but, you know, I think that it would just be eye opening to have some perspective from someone who's. Who was able to find some sort of solution during a time where it felt impossible.
Les
And Paul McCartney would then set us straight down industry wise, where things are. Are absolutely heading. One of the things I love about all of your music, the new song, Sting, Cocoon, the ep, and certainly your great career, is the fact that you touch many different genres.
Buzz Knight
You.
Les
You like bending. Bending the rules a bit over your career. What inspired you to always think that way?
Maggie Rose
I think it's less about bending the rules and not really regarding rules, trying to kind of serve each song with the sonic arrangement that it needs. And I like to explore my capabilities and continue examining myself as an artist. I think that just naturally brings me to these different. These different soundscapes. And I'm very collaborative, so I know that that also lends itself to some of the different sounds that you hear is just all the different people I work with.
Les
And you were a fan favorite at Americana Fest recently. It sounds like you had multiple great experiences. Do you want to talk about the one with the. The symphony in particular?
Maggie Rose
Yes. It was surreal. So on my last album, no One Gets Out Alive, I had a lot of these really great orchestral arrangements, and we actually used a Symphony in Macedonia for the recording. This was something that sort of came out of the Pandemic, where these incredible symphonies were able to remotely record scores for films and arrangements for albums like my own. So this is the first time that I actually got to realize that kind of presentation with an actual ensemble behind me. It was 70 people, so that was daunting because that's a big train and once it's moving, there's no stopping it, there's no improvising. So that part was nerve wracking, but it just was. I just got totally swept up in the experience. And it felt like one of those moments where there aren't many, but where you get there and you're like, okay, this is kind of that touch point of all this work that I've been doing over the last couple of years. To be able to play this music with these musicians who've dedicated Their lives to their craft, and just talk about a collaborative experience. It was like everybody together helping carry these songs through. And something happened right before I hit the stage where I was able to consciously slow my brain down and be like, please enjoy this, and don't let the sensory overload just make it go by so quickly. And I was able to really settle in and enjoy the night. And just that concert hall in Nashville, it's so beautiful. And all the people that contributed to this record, so many of them were there, and it just felt like a big celebration, and I hope it's the first of many. Now that we have these arrangements, I know there's symphonies all over the world that I'd love to recreate that night with.
Les
I got chills. That's awesome. That's fantastic.
Maggie Rose
I got chills, too. It was. It was really very, very special.
Les
I want to talk about the 2024 album, no one Gets Out Alive. It, you know, certainly has a haunting title. What was your headspace as you were in the midst of that project and that creation?
Maggie Rose
I kind of felt like I had nothing to lose. I wrote that song with Natalie Humby and Sunny Sweeney, and it was after I lost people close to me. I had people that passed away. I had friendships that didn't sustain the pandemic and all the stress of that. And I just felt like life is too short and it should be celebrated and we should create things that are beautiful. And I kind of took that approach to the production as well. Like, these were big arrangements, and we swung for the fences, and I tried to put together the best band that I could put together in the studio, and I just really. I went for it, I suppose. And it's a lot about life and all of its wonder and, you know, how different events affect our perception of the passage of time. And, um, it's about gratitude. And I think I just was at a place in my life where it was just so, like, incredibly palpable. And all the joy and sorrow just felt like a really creative moment, I think, for me.
Les
And then moving into cocoon, you have your son, Graham, your. Your new young lad. How much did motherhood influence this metaphor of sort of transformation and emergence?
Maggie Rose
I think it was also about insulation, too, like protecting myself during this time of physical creation and also just musical creation. I wanted to have this snapshot of these collections of songs during this really special time in my life. And it also was about growth and all the beautiful things about it, but also the sharper edges of it and how not everyone wants to grow at the same rate as you. Not everyone wants to go with you to this new place that you're going and emergence is worthwhile, but you. You shed some things on your way to that next phase as well. So I think it was a lot of it about anticipation, letting go of things that I didn't need to bring with me in this new chapter as a mother, you know, unburdening myself of some resentment. And also there's songs about hope that, you know, I want to impart that idea on Graham and show him that there is a world where hope is very much alive.
Les
You collaborated on Cocoon with this.
Buzz Knight
Gentle.
Les
Flower who needs to come out of her shell by the name of Grace Potter.
Maggie Rose
I know. She's such a wallflower she's so shy. I loved Yalls episode, by the way. She's. She's such a great person. The song is about, you know, not necessarily being able to support someone else and their successes. And she's the antithesis of that. She's so supportive and, like, her Vermont community benefits from that, but also her creative community. You know, she's always lifting people up. And I shared this music with her after it was done because I wanted her to hear it and I wanted her feedback on it. But really I was angling to get her to jump on this song with me, and she just the way she is. She said yes on the spot when I asked her over the phone. And her husband, Eric Valentine, is an incredible producer and engineer. So the two of them, I think that night went and put Grace's part on Poison in My well. And she sent it back the next day. And I just was like, this is surreal and an example of, like, ask for what you want and you might get it. And we certainly did with what she contributed to that song.
Les
It's so great. I love it. Poison in my well and thanks for your nice words on having Grace on. She makes it very easy to roll with the flow because she's got such amazing energy and focus.
Maggie Rose
I love going on walks with her. I mean, just. She's so generous with just her. Her thoughts, her takes on what's going on. And she'll just sit in it with you and kind of, you know, she. There's not an agenda. She's trying to figure it all out and work through it with people.
Les
Can you remember the first time in your life that you were impacted by music?
Maggie Rose
Yes. I mean, I was a very young, young, and I actually think it was because I always loved to sing around the house and I loved to perform for my parents, friends, and they'd come over for dinner. Like, I just was a bit of a showboat in that way. But I think what impacted me was seeing this group of adults all of a sudden fall silent and pay attention and gather together just to, like, commune in music. I think seeing the power of that and the community that it brings at such an early age was pretty impactful to me. And there were some pretty cool opportunities as a very young person to sing with other people in choirs and just kind of getting to learn from that. Um, and also my parents played great music around the house, too. Like, my mom would just be like, what do you think about this song? And she'd play like the Judds and Mary Chapin Carpenter and talk about their songwriting. And it just was like a very.
Les
Alive and house and very diverse musically, which leads to your diverse musical approach. Certainly there was a. A pop side. I mean, you grew up outside of D.C. right?
Maggie Rose
That's right, yeah. So you and also the divas were just, like, abound when I was growing up. I feel like more so than now. It's just like the female singer was everywhere in every genre, really celebrated. And I think that definitely shaped my inclination to want to sing and belt it out like them.
Ed Helms
We'll be right back with more of the Taking a Walk podcast.
Buzz Knight
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Ed Helms
Hey, it's Ed Helms. And welcome back to snafu, my podcast about history's greatest screw ups. On our new season, we're bringing you a new snafu Every single episode.
Maggie Rose
32 lost nuclear weapons. You're like, wait, stop. What? Ernie Shackleton sounds like a solid 70s.
Ed Helms
Basketball player who still wore knee pads.
Les
Yes.
Ed Helms
It's gonna be a whole lot of history, a whole lot of funny, and a whole lot of guests. The great Paul Scheer made me feel good. I'm like, oh, wow, Angela and Jenna, I am so psyched you're here.
Maggie Rose
What was that like for you to soft launch into the show?
Ed Helms
Sorry, Jenna, I'll be asking the questions today.
Maggie Rose
I forgot whose podcast we were doing.
Ed Helms
Nick Kroll. I hope this story is good enough to get you to toss that sandwich. So let's, let's, let's see how it goes. Listen to season four of SNAFU with Ed Helms on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to the Taking a Walk podcast.
Les
How much since you moved to Nashville quite a few years ago has never Nashville changed?
Maggie Rose
It's a totally different town in my opinion. But I've also found a different Nashville myself, personally, I think in the creative community that I have around me. When I moved here in 2008, I was releasing commercial country music. I was doing the country radio thing and being dragged around the country doing radio tours, trying to get the one song played on that station. And I feel like I would put a whole year of my life into promoting this one song when, you know, we have multitudes within us. And just the template didn't really work for me, and I think that forced me to explore my sound, and that's when the soul started to come out. And my departure from that approach actually just opened up my. My world of music. So I started working in a different way, and I think that that made me attract people who maybe aren't what you would typically assume a Nashville musician to be like. Nashville's music is. The spectrum is so much more broad than it was before. You'll find people making all kinds of music, and I love that it's growing. The traffic sucks, but the food's gotten really good. I do wish that there was some reverence for the old music venues around town. This being Music City, I think that we've forsaken some of those really awesome institutions that made people want to move here in the first place. There's so much that's given way to the bottom line and tourism and all those things which are necessary per city to grow. But, yeah, I think I'm missing the soul of the music scene a little bit in terms of the live entertainment. But there are some incredible places still.
Les
There's a lot of unsung musical heroes, songwriters, session people that need to be showcased and acknowledged more. I know there's a ton of them that worked on Cocoon with you. Why don't you shine a light on some of these at times, unsung heroes?
Maggie Rose
Yeah, I think Melissa Fuller is an incredible writer. She's also a great artist, and I've written songs with her on previous projects. Davis Nash, he was one of the producers with Ben Tanner, who produced my last album, and Davis helped me write a lot of the songs. He is an incredible programmer and musician. Ben Tanner is. He's with Alabama Shakes out on tour right now, and he's been so instrumental to my evolution. We made an album down at Fame in Muscle Shoals a couple of years ago, and then we worked on no One Gets Out Alive. And he's someone who really gets in the trenches with me and helps me with the A and R process and selecting the songs. And I mean, the role of producer, he takes and he runs with it. He offers so much more. Of course, Natalie Hemby is a great friend of mine. She collaborated on it. Steph Jones, who's had a hell of a year, she's written bunch of songs for Sabrina Carpenter, has a great pop sensibility. Oh boy. I know I'm forgetting a bunch of people. But my sound guy, Anderson Clendenin, helped with the mixing of it. And he's like this young kid who comes out on the road with us and is such a whiz. And I'm very excited to watch his career grow. I forget that he's like only 24 or something. So yeah, it's exciting. I stay inspired by the people I get to work with.
Les
I mean, you've been an independent, you know, kind of self founded in your own way. Can you give a piece of advice to artists trying to make it without the big machine behind them?
Maggie Rose
Yes. I mean, I think you have to be resolute in the fact that this is what you want to do and definitely don't let what's around you validate your efforts. I've done this with a big machine. I've done it independently over the years, of course, and I think just always wanting to write that next song and staying curious and wanting to continue to examine myself, that's never gone away. I think staying creative is a choice. You have to just be diligent about it. I think that's an approach that I feel like I need to always be trying to flex that muscle. And also I have done this in such a grassroots way. I think playing live regularly and all these different markets and making sure that I go back and nurture those communities that have come out and seen me over the years. Like that's a really important way for me to sustain my audience and what I do. Even if it's a little bit longer of a lapse in between releasing new music. Like we just, we try to stay out there because the live show is so important to me in connecting with people.
Les
Talk about some more of the songs on Cocoon that in particular you feel are going to really play great out in front of people.
Maggie Rose
Well, I failed to mention Chuck Harmony and Claude Kelly as some of my collaborators. They wrote the title track with me and they also wrote Relentless with me. And they actually are very celebrated songwriters. They've written songs for Miley Cyrus and all sorts of people. But I think Relentless is a really great message for the EP as a whole because I wrote it just a Few days after I found out that I was dropped by my previous record label. Um, I have a new home and everything turned out all right. But that was one of those moments where you're asking, like, how does an artist keep going without the big machine? That was definitely a moment where I decided to double down and press on. And I think that that always goes over really well in the audience because it's not necessarily providing a solution for the listener, but it is definitely an encouraging message.
Les
The Washington Post little newspaper called you one of music's rising storytellers. What stories are you most compelled to tell right now at the stage of your. Of your life?
Maggie Rose
Right now? Stories of Hope. The last song on the EP is a song called Fly, and it's the only song in this collection of songs that I didn't write and record while I was pregnant. I actually wrote it years ago with Caitlin Smith and Raleigh Gulzwick, and it almost. I felt like I was like, this is too hopeful, this is too positive. And because of where I am right now with my son, and I'm excited about the future, I felt like, okay, this is time to share this message. And maybe it'll be like Field of Dreams. If you put it out there, it'll happen. And I think that's what we need right now. No, it sounds trite, but if you can package it in a way that you, you can believe, and I feel like I, I'm trying to get there, then that's okay. We can. I'll have more of that out there for sure.
Les
Maggie, you clearly have this approach which is not leaving anything, you know, taken for granted and just playing and creating as if it's the last time you're going to play and create. You, you, you have that all in thousand percent approach for sure.
Buzz Knight
Do you know when that first clicked.
Les
In as a musician, that attitude?
Maggie Rose
I, I mean, I think sometimes it's. It's almost like I, I just need to get in that mode and hope that I will mentally arrive there. So, like, it appears that way. But I think it's because I see this as a vocation. I think it's. There's not really a plan B. There's not something else I would rather be doing. So it makes it very simple in a way because you're just like, well, this is it and I'm getting to do what I love. And yeah, it comes with some challenges and it can be kind of gnarly at times, but I don't have to wonder about what else I want to be doing so that kind of makes it easy in a way to just say, okay, we're all in.
Les
I'm so grateful that you came on the podcast and for. I'm so grateful for the music that you continue to give us and the performances and. And, oh, I neglected to let you plug your podcast, so why don't you plug your podcast?
Buzz Knight
Thank you.
Maggie Rose
It's called Salute to Songbird and I get to interview all my favorite women in the industry. And I just did a special episode with Caitlin Smith and Lucy Silvis and Jillian Jacqueline about motherhood and being a working mom in the industry. But I've had Melissa Etheridge on and Nancy Wilson and it's just. It's so dreamy. And now I'm doing in front of a live audience, which is really fun because I'm talking to other performers and they just really give me great interviews with that energy in the room. So I hope to continue doing it. And the list of people that I'm being recommended just never ends. It's constantly growing because there's so many amazing people out there to talk to.
Les
Well, and those people want to be on with the cool people and you are one of the cool people.
Buzz Knight
So.
Maggie Rose
Thanks, Les.
Les
Yeah, thanks, Maggie.
Maggie Rose
I'm trying.
Les
I appreciate you being on. This is awesome.
Maggie Rose
It's great to talk to you. Thank you so much for having me.
Ed Helms
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Buzz Knight
Podcasts Music history is full of hidden connections, just like everything else worth understanding if you're someone who can't help but dig deeper, who sees problems as puzzles worth solving, Claude is for you. It's built for people that don't settle for surface level answers. Claude works with you on whatever you're curious about, helping you explore ideas and connect dots in ways that might surprise you. Not by thinking for you, but with you. See why the world's best problem solvers choose Claude as their thinking partner and try Claude for free at Claude AI Buzz. This episode of Taking a Walk is brought to you by Chase Sapphire Reserve. Whether I'm booking my next vacation or going to a concert, Chase Sapphire Reserve is my gateway to the world's most captivating destinations. When I use my Chase Sapphire Reserve card, I get eight times points on all the purchases I make through Chase Travel and even access to one of a kind experiences like music festivals, and sports events. And that's not even mentioning how the card gets me into the Sapphire Lounge by the club at select airports nationwide. No matter where I'm walking, travel is more rewarding with Chase Sapphire Reserve. Discover more@chase.com Sapphire Reserve cards issued by JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA Member, FDIC, subject to credit approval terms apply. Lexis believes in the importance of standards. One of my standards I never want to be late. I always want to show up on time. For Lexis, the standard is simple Experience. Amazing. Their benchmarks aren't stats or specs, they're feelings. Exhilaration, joy. That sense your car was designed just for you. Machines built to make you feel more human. Because a car that doesn't make you feel something is a car that stops short of amazing. Experience. Amazing at your Lexus dealer.
Ed Helms
Hey, it's Ed Helms, host of Snafu, my podcast about history's greatest screw ups. On our new season, we're bringing you a new Snafu Every single episode.
Maggie Rose
32 lost nuclear weapons. You're like, wait, stop. What?
Ed Helms
Yeah, it's gonna be a whole lot of history, a whole lot of funny, and a whole lot of fabulous guests. Paul Scheer, Angela and Jenna, Nick Kroll, Jordan Klepper. Listen to season four of SNAFU with Ed Helms on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Maggie Rose
Hey, I'm Jay Shetty, host of the On Purpose podcast. I had the incredible opportunity to sit.
Buzz Knight
Down with the one that the only.
Maggie Rose
Cardi b my marriage. I felt the love dying. I was crying every day. I felt in the deepest depression that I had ever had. This was not given to me. I worked my ass off for me.
Buzz Knight
Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Maggie Rose
This is an iHeart podcast.
Podcast: takin' a walk
Host: Buzz Knight
Guest: Maggie Rose
Release Date: October 10, 2025
Episode Focus: Exploring Maggie Rose's creative journey, her acclaimed 2024 album "No One Gets Out Alive," the new EP "Cocoon," insights into genre-blending, her experience as a new mother, musical community, and stories behind her evolution as an independent artist.
This episode features Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Maggie Rose, delving into the inspirations and stories behind her latest projects, including the critically acclaimed album No One Gets Out Alive and her new EP Cocoon. Host Buzz Knight, along with co-host Les, walks with Maggie through her artistic evolution, motherhood, the Nashville music scene, and the collaborative spirit at the heart of her work.
"Paul McCartney, because he's the greatest and I want to hear all the stories about those early days and the Caverns. But I also want his take on where music is today." (04:27)
"He was one of our greatest presidents during such incredibly divisive time. And I would want to know what he would think about today and how he would navigate today." (04:40)
"I think it's less about bending the rules and not really regarding rules, trying to kind of serve each song with the sonic arrangement that it needs." (07:03)
"It was surreal... I just got totally swept up in the experience. And it felt like one of those moments where there aren't many, but where you get there and you're like, okay, this is kind of that touch point of all this work that I've been doing over the last couple of years." (07:54)
"I kind of had nothing to lose... I just felt like life is too short and it should be celebrated and we should create things that are beautiful." (10:17)
"It was also about insulation, too, like protecting myself during this time of physical creation and also just musical creation." (12:01) "Emergence is worthwhile, but you shed some things on your way to that next phase as well." (12:35)
"She's so supportive and... she's always lifting people up. I shared this music with her... really I was angling to get her to jump on this song with me, and she... said yes on the spot." (13:25)
"I think what impacted me was seeing this group of adults all of a sudden fall silent and pay attention and gather together just to, like, commune in music." (15:21)
"When I moved here in 2008, I was releasing commercial country music... the template didn’t really work for me, and I think that forced me to explore my sound, and that's when the soul started to come out." (21:42)
"He's someone who really gets in the trenches with me and helps me with the A and R process and selecting the songs. And I mean, the role of producer, he takes and he runs with it. He offers so much more." (24:38, on Ben Tanner)
"You have to be resolute in the fact that this is what you want to do and definitely don't let what's around you validate your efforts... playing live regularly and... nurturing those communities... is a really important way for me to sustain my audience." (26:05)
"Relentless is a really great message for the EP as a whole because I wrote it just a few days after I found out that I was dropped by my previous record label..." (27:43)
"Stories of Hope. The last song on the EP is a song called Fly ... Because of where I am right now with my son, and I'm excited about the future, I felt like, okay, this is time to share this message." (29:07)
"...there's not really a plan B. There's not something else I would rather be doing. So it makes it very simple in a way because you're just like, well, this is it and I'm getting to do what I love." (30:43)
"I like to explore my capabilities and continue examining myself as an artist. I think that just naturally brings me to these different soundscapes." (07:09, Maggie Rose)
"The community that it brings at such an early age was pretty impactful to me." (15:21, Maggie Rose)
"Nashville's music is—the spectrum is so much more broad than it was before...I do wish that there was some reverence for the old music venues." (21:42, Maggie Rose)
"Stories of Hope. The last song on the EP is a song called Fly...I felt like, okay, this is time to share this message." (29:07, Maggie Rose)
| Segment | Timestamp | |-----------------------------------------------|---------------| | Dream walk question & answers | 04:12–06:28 | | On genre-bending and creative freedom | 06:28–07:40 | | Americana Fest, symphonic performance | 07:40–09:56 | | Making of "No One Gets Out Alive" | 10:01–11:41 | | Motherhood and “Cocoon” | 11:41–13:15 | | Grace Potter collaboration | 13:15–14:36 | | Early musical impact and influences | 15:14–16:43 | | Nashville’s evolution | 21:34–23:44 | | Honoring collaborators | 23:44–25:51 | | Independence advice for artists | 25:51–27:33 | | Songs to play live from Cocoon | 27:33–28:52 | | Stories Maggie wants to tell now | 28:52–30:17 | | “All In” musical mindset | 30:17–31:37 | | Podcast plug: "Salute to Songbird" | 31:52–32:39 |
Podcast: “Salute to Songbird”
Theme: Interviews with trailblazing women in the music industry, including special episodes on motherhood and work-life balance for artists.
"It's called Salute to Songbird and I get to interview all my favorite women in the industry... now I'm doing [it] in front of a live audience, which is really fun... I'm talking to other performers and they just really give me great interviews with that energy in the room." (31:53)
The conversation is warm, insightful, and deeply personal. Maggie Rose articulates her artistic journey with vulnerability—speaking frankly about loss, hope, motherhood, and her drive to connect through music. The hosts praise her versatility and community spirit, celebrating her as an “all in, thousand percent” artist who inspires both audiences and collaborators.
This episode is an essential listen for fans of genre-crossing music, Nashville’s musical legacy, and anyone interested in the modern realities of being an independent, creative artist.