Making Music with Jake Haws

When my wife and I first married, we started a tradition of recording Christmas songs every year. Sometimes it's just on... Read more

This is a love song I wrote for my wife and put on my latest album, Good Grief. Influenced by The Lumineers.Visit jakeha... Read more

In this episode, Michael Stanley and I get together and jam on the Beatles. Visit jakehaws.com for more music and podcas... Read more

In this episode, I share a mellow indie rock instrumental used for podcast theme music.Visit jakehaws.com for more info.

I'm joined by two guests, Dawn Red Sun and Audrey Olivier, originally from Germany and Switzerland, respectively. They s... Read more

My attempt to write something in a Bossa Nova style. Influenced by the Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz track, "The Girl ... Read more

In this week's episode, I highlight a song from my "50 Songs in 50 Weeks" series, influenced by the gloomy sounds of Nir... Read more

In this podcast episode, Mike McClellan and I get together and collaborate on a song. We use the "track and hook" method... Read more

For this episode, I break apart a recent song of mine called, "The Last Waltz," which is influenced by Arcade Fire.Visit... Read more

In this episode, I sit down with singer/songwriter Cody Butler (aka The Boy and His Dog aka Cody Francis). He plays some... Read more

As this year wraps up, I'm sharing my favorite albums from 2019. There were a lot of great records that came out and I h... Read more

For this episode, I meet up with Jack Mergist. We talk about how he balances his music and film projects and we challeng... Read more

In this episode, I highlight my favorite music of the year including songs from Dr. Dog, Dan Auerbach, Jeff Tweedy, Asge... Read more

For this episode, I break apart a modern disco song I recently collaborated on with Dawn Red Sun. The sound is influence... Read more

My family has a tradition of recording Christmas songs every year. Some years, we’ve done as many as 5 songs and other y... Read more

For this episode, I'm joined by a special guest, acoustic guitarist Camille Nelson. We talked about how she got started ... Read more

This episode marks a special occasion because it's the 100th episode! I started this podcast at the beginning of 2016 it... Read more

This week on the podcast, I break apart a haunting piano ballad influenced by Wilco.Visit jakehaws.com for lyrics and mo... Read more

This week, I'm sharing an acoustic cover I recently recorded of the Frank Ocean song, "Thinkin Bout You."

This episode, I break apart an original spacey piano rock song called "Only In Your Head," which is from my recently rel... Read more