Tiny Desk 2020

Geoffrey Louis Koch submits “Hold On” to NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest during COVID-19 quarantine — and reflects on what it means to watch a song grow longer in the tooth, reveal its personality, and finally find the right outfit.

Becomes A Vengeful Killer

Geoffrey Louis Koch shares a live WDVX Blue Plate Special performance of “Don’t Leave Me Now” — a murder ballad about a wounded narrator who becomes a vengeful killer over the course of the song. Warm crowd, comfortable stage, and a song that felt really right that day.

At Noon On Thanksgiving

Geoffrey Louis Koch reflects on November 2015 speeding up and slowing down — Arlo Guthrie on Thanksgiving, songs finding their identity, the red in every pink, beauty in an apartment parking lot, and running up and down the street like George Bailey.

Dangerous Labor

Geoffrey Louis Koch picks up his Martin from Glaser’s, heads to the Ryman for Of Monsters and Men, and reflects on songwriting with less fear and less fog — and the dangerous labor of going into very dark places to find the right lines, and coming back out.