Episode 456: Sonny Stitt's 'Mr. Bojangles'
How do we know if a piece of music is good? How do we know if it is bad? How do we know why we feel the way we do about the songs that soundtrack our lives? Those are the questions that we’ve asked ov...
9 Jan 202041min
Episode 455: In Conversation with Ryan Walsh (Hallelujah The Hills)
After garnering national attention and widespread acclaim for Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 – one of the best books ever written about rock music, Van Morrison, Boston, or possibly all of the...
12 Nov 201948min
Episode 454: R.E.M.'s 'Monster' at 25
Twenty-five years ago, R.E.M was practically the biggest band on the planet. “What could they possibly do next?” was the question on everyone’s minds after the Athens, Georgia quartet’s career-definin...
4 Nov 201944min
Episode 453: clipping.'s 'There Existed An Addiction To Blood'
Getting stalkedGetting eaten alive Getting shot in cold bloodGetting murdered by someone you trustGetting cut to piecesGetting hungGetting murdered while people stand by and do nothingGetting home inv...
31 Okt 201942min
Episode 452: Chris Isaak's 'Heart Shaped World' and The High Cost of Hunkdom
Thirty years after the fact, Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game” remains a landmark achievement of both songcraft and video artistry, but what about Heart Shaped World, the album that spawned it. Take a journ...
28 Okt 201942min
Episode 451: One Eleven Heavy's 'Desire Path'
If bands like Little Feat, The Allman Brothers, and NRBQ tend to take you into outer space, then transatlantic “supergroup” One Eleven Heavy — featuring James Jackson Toth on guitar/vocals, Nick Mitch...
24 Okt 201931min
Episode 450: Patrick Watson's 'Wave'
On their eighth LP Wave, Patrick Watson (the man) is figuring out how to stay afloat as personal tragedy and loss threaten to drown him in an ocean of hopelessness and despair. Lush, sophisticated, an...
21 Okt 201945min
Episode 449: In Conversation with Kim Ware (The Good Graces) about her new LP 'Prose and Consciousness'
On The Good Graces new LP Prose and Consciousness, Kim Ware’s trademark wonder and wit are front and center. Tempered by love, loss, and a love of songwriting, this collection of songs is the stronges...
10 Okt 201936min
