Ep. 72 - Seeing the World Through Baseball w/ Cousin Wolf (Matt Halvorson)

As World Series, Game Six gets underway, Craig and Andrew welcome Cousin Wolf, the indie-folk music project by Matt Halvorson, a Seattle-based musician, songwriter, artist, and activist. Cousin Wolf has released videos and songs this year about some interesting, compelling baseball players - players like Jackie Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Carl Mays to name three. These songs, nine ultimately, will be released in the album, "Nine Innings," next year. You can hear the songs on Cousin Wolf's website (see the link above), buy the songs on his Bandcamp page, and see his videos on his YouTube page. Wolf/Halvorson, is thoughtful, creative, relatable and a stone-cold baseball fan -- all characteristics we love at Hooks & Runs.

In part two, Andrew and I analyze the World Series's first five games that left Houston trailing three games to two coming back to the Juice Box. We know how that ends though so ... enough about that.

Thank you Cousin Wolf for permission to use "Kevin Elster" and "Roger Maris" on the show. All rights are reserved to the artist.

Errata: The song clip after the interview is from "Roger Maris," not "Lou  Gehrig."  Kevin Elster hit 24 home runs in 1996, not 25.

Our Guest:
Matt Halvorson on Twitter
Cousin Wolf on Twitter, Spotify

Show Mentions
This Daniel Okrent's book "Nine Innings," which is referenced in the show.
Frank Turner, "Love Forty Down" on YouTube.

Check It Out!
Andrew says check out Keshi, "Beside You"
Craig says check out My Morning Jacket, "In Color" from their new self-titled LP..
Rex says check out Tygers of Pang, "White Lines"

Hooks & Runs Website, Twitter
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Andrew Eckhoff on MySpace (dead link)
Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's) on Facebook
Opening and closing music, "Caroline" by Craig Estlinbaum. All rights reserved.
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