The Sober Café Podcast

Serving music from artists in recovery,
because music is food for the soul.

Winner of a 2008 PRISM Award!

The Sober Cafe Podcast is sponsored by Sunlight of the Spirit Music - - using the power of music to support recovery from alcoholism and addiction in all its forms.

SunlightOfTheSpirit.com has the largest selection of 12-step and recovery music CDs available anywhere on the planet. And they exclusively sell CDs from artists in recovery, proving that great music can be created without the use of drugs or alcohol.


Artist's CDs are available at SunlightOfTheSpirit.com.

On the Road of Happy Destiny, don't forget to take along some music.

Episodes

"Meet & Three" (Music Sampler)
The Sober Cafe Podcast "Meet & Three" segments introduce you to new music with an artist's bio and three full-length songs from their CD. Average showtime is 15 minutes.


"Three Cups of Coffee & the Truth" (Interview and Music)
Our "Three Cups of Coffee & the Truth" segments offer rare interviews with artists in recovery, sharing their experience, strength, hope, and some great tunes. Average showtime is 30 minutes.

  • Three Cups of Coffee And The Truth:
    A Sober Cafe Podcast Interview
    Lee Domann and music from his CD,
    "Songs For Ebby T."
    Genre: 12-Step / Recovery
    (36 min. 27 sec.)
    November 8, 2006
    Lee Domann, an award-winning songwriter, has songs recorded by a variety of artists including Kathy Mattea, The Bishops, and Riders In the Sky. Lee's style is reminiscent of Garrison Keillor, of NPR's The Prairie Home Companion. His music will make you laugh, cry, cheer, remember, and know. The message in these 10 songs will be familiar to many persons within the rich variety of 12-Step programs currently available.
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  • Three Cups of Coffee And The Truth:
    A Sober Cafe Podcast Interview
    Mary Lyn B. and music from her CD,
    "Twelve Songs"
    Genre: 12-Step / Recovery
    (28 min. 46 sec.)
    September 1, 2006
    Twelve Songs is a compilation of songs that have been inspired through the 12 steps of recovery. Each song uniquely relates to a corresponding step. Mary Lyn's journey of recovery is reflected in songs that will bring strength and encouragement to anyone at any stage of recovery. Mary Lyn has performed at recovery festivals, conventions, and private fundraising events across the United States.
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  • Three Cups of Coffee And The Truth:
    A Sober Cafe Podcast Interview
    Jim W. and music from his CD,
    "One Man's Walk"
    Genre: 12-Step / Recovery
    (24 min. 13 sec.)
    September 8, 2006
    Jim W.’s journey out of his own personal hell and into a community of recovery has become the substance of "One Man's Walk," 12 songs chronicling the amazing changes the Twelve Step Recovery Program has brought into his life. Each song is dedicated to one of the twelve steps. Exploring the simple spiritual tools that have helped Jim and countless others to break the chains of addiction, these songs - these stories, shed light on one man's walk - out of despair.
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  • Bill Z. "Slowbriety"
    Genre: 12-Step / Recovery
    (15 min. 14 sec.)
    June 20, 2006
    The songs on "Slowbriety" range from soft southern classic rock (ala the Allman Bros.) to Bob Dylan with a country flavor, to high-powered (well, more like higher powered) rock 'n roll reminiscent of Dire Straits. Drawing from his 20 years of experience in recovery, Bill Z. wrote or co-wrote many of these songs. If you're trying to kick caffeine, this CD is the perfect fix to jump-start your day. (Warning: With just one listening, you'll be hooked!)
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  • Danny Tate "Destination X"
    Genre: Rock / Alternative
    (16 min. 44 sec.)
    June 28, 2006
    Former Virgin Recording Artist Danny Tate is back on the scene with a full-length recording that outdoes all of his previous releases combined. Tate succeeds at his quest to send out a clear message of gritty truth about the struggles between spirit and flesh.
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  • Jack Sundrud "By My Own Hand"
    Genre: Folk 'n Roll / Americana
    (16 min. 26 sec.)
    July 07, 2006
    Jack Sundrud may be best known as a member of the group Poco. As a songwriter, he had a #1 by Ty Herndon in '99, as well as cuts by several artists including Poco, The Judds, Kenny Rogers, Ricochet, Jenai, 4Runner, The Persuasions, Michael Johnson, Helen Darling, Venice, and The Forrester Sisters.
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  • Just Ray "Learning To Live Again"
    Genre: 12-Step / Recovery
    (13 min. 13 sec.)
    July 11, 2006
    For over twenty years, Ray W. crafted songs for various Nashville publishers, accumulating sixty-four cuts and three top ten singles with such artists as Brooks and Dunn and Lonestar. In 2000, Ray returned to his hometown in Georgia to regroup after getting into recovery, realizing he not only had to change playgrounds and playmates, but the type of music he wrote as well. He’s always written songs about life as he sees it and now that includes life in recovery.
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  • Mary Gauthier "Mercy Now"
    Genre: Folk 'n Roll / Americana
    (20 min. 51 sec.)
    July 19, 2006
    Mary Gauthier's "Mercy Now" scored #12 on Harp's 50 Greatest Albums of 2005, #3 on NY Daily News' Best Albums of 2005, and made the Chicago Sun-Times' Top 2005 Albums List. "Gauthier continues to write provocative songs that have a weary wise edge that's perfect for her rich smoky vocals. Due to the darkly noirish lyrics, these aren't pretty songs. Instead, they have a soulful, aching grace that pulls no punches."
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  • Uncle Jim "Funky As A Diaper"
    Genre: Children's Music
    (12 min. 17 sec.)
    July 27, 2006
    "Uncle Jim – Funky As a Diaper" is a collection of twelve original humorous and joyful children's tunes written and performed by Jim Mayer (voted Best New XM Kids Artist). It's engineered by two-time Grammy award winner and Hall of Fame Engineer, Alan Shulman, with guest performers such as Grammy award-winning saxophonist Jeff Coffin, former Arrested Development singer Nadirah Shakoor and Larry Byram of Steppenwolf fame.
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  • Jon Vezner "Vezner & Songs"
    Genre: Sophisticated Pop / Adult Contemporary
    (15 min. 11 sec.)
    August 04, 2006
    Grammy award-winning songwriter Jon Vezner is a tunesmith of rare sensitivity and dry wit. His catalogue of recorded songs, topped by the poignant Where’ve You Been, reflects his straight-to-the heart sensibility and sensitivity. Vezner weaves the particulars of his own feelings with the lives of people he has known into universal themes that deeply touch listeners’ emotions.
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  • Sonia Lee "True"
    Genre: Folk 'n Roll / Americana
    (16 min. 23 sec.)
    August 21, 2006
    Sonia Lee, a 2006 Kerrville New Folk Finalist, has soothing and authentic Americana style vocals that are finally in the limelight, after performing for years in bands and as a background vocalist from New York to Nashville. Her style is reminiscent of early Emmy Lou Harris and Alison Krause. Lee's latest gem, “True,” is a collection of deeply personal and passionate songs produced by Dove Award-winning writer, Kim McLean.
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  • Kim Parent "When Love Was Just A Word"
    Genre: Sophisticated Pop / Adult Contemporary
    (16 min. 16 sec.)
    August 28, 2006
    Kim Parent been called The Singer’s Singer. Parent was listed in Music Row Magazine’s Top Ten Award for singing on the most country hits of 2001. Her vocals can be heard on CDs by Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Jo Dee Messina, Reba Mc Entire, Joe Diffie, Sherrie Austin, Jessica Andrews, Aaron Tippin, Billy Rae Cyrus, Kenny Rogers, Don Williams, Phil Vasser, and many other artists.
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  • Johnny Freeman "How Much Is Free"
    Genre: Progressive Pop-Funk meets Soulful R&B
    (17 min. 32 sec.)
    October 3, 2006
    "How Much is Free" is the debut album from multi-instrumentalist Johnny Freeman. This is a work of uncompromising, funky pop and eclectic R&B that touches on acoustic, jazz, blues and hip-hop. Lyrically steeped in introspection, the project contains therapeutic as well as entertainment benefits.
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  • Jubal Lee Young "Not Another Beautiful Day"
    Genre: Southern Rock
    (18 min. 59 sec.)
    October 18, 2006
    Jubal Lee Young is a young rocker who has experienced life’s darker sides, yet transcends them in his songs. Don’t think that tamed him down; he just chose a different road. Along the way, he came up with a unique sound that could be an unexpected rebirth of Southern Rock.
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  • Patience Moore "Buckaroos Sleep Too!"
    Genre: Children's Music
    (16 min. 21 sec.)
    November 22, 2006
    Singer, songwriter and sometimes yodeler, Patience Moore is an artist who embraces country music's classic past while keeping one cowgirl-booted foot in the present. That combination shines brightest in her most recent release, "Buckaroos Sleep Too!," a 2-CD collection of award-winning music for families, country in nature (from western swing and boogies to acoustic ballads and lullabies) with G-rated lyrics, A-list Nashville musicians, and fresh arrangements, all highlighting Patience's singing and songwriting.
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  • Todd Sharp "Walking All The Way"
    Genre: Rock / Alternative
    (19 min. 10 sec.)
    December 07, 2006
    In addition to being regarded worldwide as a virtuoso guitarist, Sharp is an accomplished writer. His songs have been recorded by artists as diverse as Jeff Healey, Rick Braun, Billy Burnette, Juice Newton and Mick Fleetwood - cracking the Top 40 three times including Christine McVie's Top 10 smash hit Got a Hold On Me.
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  • Blake Addison "The Unreachable"
    Genre: Contemporary Christian
    (15 min. 27 sec.)
    March 27, 2007
    Each of the songs on Blake Addison’s Contemporary Christian CD, The Unreachable, reflects his beliefs and convictions in dealing with life and what it means to be a Christian. All proceeds from the sale of this CD go to The Lottie Moon Missionary Fund.
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  • Greg Tamblyn "The Shootout At The I'm OK, You're OK Corral"
    Genre: 12-Step / Recovery
    (17 min. 45 sec.)
    October 21, 2007
    Greg Tamblyn, NCW (No Credentials Whatsoever), has been a successful singer, songwriter, speaker, and humorist for over twenty years. He has an irreverent sense of humor, and has a special interest in the relationship of music, laughter, and lifestyle to physical and emotional well-being. The first six songs on this CD are clever, with inspired lyrics about pop psychology and self-awareness. The next five are rockers and ballads about the power of love, emotional and spiritual growth.
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  • Coming Soon:
    Andrew Jerome Pace "Out Of Darkness Into Light"
    Genre: 12-Step / Recovery
    Andrew Jerome Pace is best known for his work as the drummer "Babe" Pace for C&C Music Factory, the 1990's sensation that gave us the hit song, "Gonna Make You Sweat / Everybody Dance Now," which went musti-platinum and sold over 8 million copies. Andy Pace, a Certified Addictions Counselor, set out to create a type of music that would allow addicts and alcoholics in recovery to experience a healthy message that is progressive and powerful. This Urban / R&B CD is self-help with bittersweet lyrics in spoken word, that reminds us of the pain of drug and alcohol addiction and the joy of recovery.
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  • Coming Soon
    deirdre "deirdre"
    Genre: Positive / New Thought
    A musical balance of dreamy ambience, rhythmic groove, and heartfelt lyrics; the music on ”deirdre” is absolutely enchanting! This exquisite CD opens your heart and takes you to the center of your being to experience hope, joy and a strong spiritual connection.
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  • Coming Soon
    Brian Langlinais "Rock & Fire"
    Genre: Blues / R&B
    FLanglinais' CD will evoke emotion and touch your soul. Produced by Walt Wilkins and Tim Lorsch in Nashville, the recording is clear-headed, creative, and happily devoid of heavy overdubs. Mature, but with enough kick-ass spirit to make you believe time is on your side — at least until the music stops.
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  • Coming Soon
    Anna Wolfe "My Treasure"
    Genre: Folk 'n Roll / Americana
    Anna Wolfe's intriguing, yet innocent voice, belying an ancient, simple wisdom in her lyrics leaves a lasting impression. Anna Wolfe's newest CD, "My Treasure," (2005) was produced by Wendy Waldman at her California studio. Waldman's production brings out every nuance of Anna's writing, with a strong supporting cast of musicians and backing vocals, contributed by both Waldman and Beth Nielsen Chapman.
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