John 5 talks about touring, Telecaster guitars and his KISS memorabilia collection
John 5 has the honor of being the guest for the final episode of Billboard's Behind the Setlist podcast. The insanely talented guitarist has a decades-long solo career and has also played with the lik...
5 Jan 32min
Kenny Wayne Shepherd talks upcoming tour, the state of blues music and more.
Guitar legend Kenny Wayne Shepherd's debut album Ledbetter Heights turned 30 years old, and Shepherd's “Ledbetter Heights 30th Anniversary Tour” will launch February 19th, 2026 in Dallas, TX. Shepher...
30 Dec 202537min
Lady A talks about new Christmas album, holiday tour and what comes next.
Country stars Lady A joined Billboard's Behind the Setlist podcast to talk about their new Christmas album, On This Winter's Night: Volume 2. The album features some original songs and new, refreshing...
22 Dec 202540min
Babymetal talks about their Nov. 1 show at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles
Behind the Setlist was thrilled to get a brief interview with Su-metal, Moametal and Momometal from the band Babymetal after their triumphant show at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Nov. 1. For th...
20 Nov 202512min
Bob Dylan historian Sean Wilentz on Dylan's evolution from imitator to interpreter
Rejoince, fans of Bob Dylan. Here's a lengthy, fascinating conversation about Dylan's formative time in New York City in the early '60s. Billboard's Behind the Setlist is joined by Sean Wilentz, a Bob...
5 Nov 202556min
Rebroadcast: Kim Thayil of Soundgarden on the band's final concert in 2017
Our February 2023 conversation with Kim Thayil, the guitarist for rock band Soundgarden, was one of our favorites in over three years of doing the Behind the Setlist podcast. So here's an encore prese...
21 Okt 202548min
Peter Wolf on the J. Geils Band's Touring, Hanging with Van Morrison and Dylan, and Seeing Spinal Tap
Peter Wolf is a man with a million stories to tell. Thankfully he put many of them in his memoir, Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses, released in March 2025 on Litt...
6 Okt 202551min
Brett James - Rebroadcast of May 2022 interview with the late country songwriter
Behind the Setlist is rebroadcasting our interview with country songwriter Brett James that we recorded at his office in Nashville in May 2022. Initially signed as a recording artist, Brett went on to...
22 Sep 202553min
