May 25th, 2008 · When Frances Richey's son deployed to Iraq in 2004, their relationship was strained by their very different views about the war. While her son was gone, Frances Richey wrote poetry about her own experience and her son's. Richey speaks with NPR's Guy Raz about her poems and the bond they helped renew with her son.
Nov 22nd, 2007 · For many, the Thanksgiving holiday is all about traveling home to be with loved ones, so Melissa Block travels to Nashville to hear the country-inflected singer-songwriter Kim Richey and her band perform songs about home, travel and love.
Jul 17th, 2007 · Richey has found more success as a songwriter than as a singer: She wrote huge country hits for Trisha Yearwood and Radney Foster, but her own output has made her more of a critics' darling than a star. Hear Richey give an interview and in-studio performance.