Every song has two lives. We’re building the stage for the second life.
Playlist Storytellers is a live show where personal stories are shared about songs that found people at the right time. After each story is told, the song plays for the audience.
60 minutes. 4 fascinating stories. 4 songs.
Welcome to Playlist Storytellers.
The home of the second life of a song
Every song has two lives — the life before a song is released and the life afterwards. The first life is the context behind the creation of the song. Ever listened to Song Exploder or watched Diary of a Song by New York Times? That’s the first life.
We think the second life is where the most interesting stories live. The second life is how a song plays a character or a role in anyone’s life once it’s released to the public. That’s the world we play in.
We’re on a mission to build a stage for the second life of a song.
Past Storytellers
Since our first show in December of 2024, we’ve been extremely lucky to feature incredible people and stories from three different countries.
Nneka Julia (NYC)
Hunter Prosper (Pittsburgh)
Kyle McCarthy (NYC)
Blake Kasemeier (LA)
Melinda Hansen (NYC)
Kubla (Toronto)
Leah Ruehlicke (Toronto)
Matthew Jordan (Toronto)
Donovan Beck (NYC)
Max Farber (Toronto)
Moira Lepage (Toronto)
Shaiyan Khan (Toronto)
Michael Louis Johnson (Toronto)
Jay McCarrol (Toronto)
Ada Nicolle (Toronto)
Elaine Gold (Toronto)
Catie Thorne (Toronto)
James Jani (London)
Chloe Hisako (Austin)
Bri Anora (Toronto)
Zak Jones (Toronto)
Dae The Poet (Toronto)
Gavin Sheppard (Toronto)
Christel Bartelse (Toronto)
Missed our shows?
Good thing we’ve got a podcast
Every couple of weeks we upload a new story from a past show. Our goal is to get the stories out to the world to unlock more stories from the second life of a song.
Follow The Playlist Storytellers Podcast on Spotify to never miss an episode!
