Soccer Mommy
Soccer Mommy is one of the stand-out singer/songwriters to emerge over the last half decade. She was born Sophia Allison and raised in Nashville, Tennessee where she started playing guitar at six year...
12 Nov 20241h 15min
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg came up in East London—Barking, Essex to be exact. It's fitting given the characteristic howl of his vocals. Listening to him these days, it’s hard not to recall the late-great Joe Strumme...
5 Nov 20241h 16min
Julian Lage/Don Was
We occasionally field emails and DMs from Broken Record listeners telling us who they’d like to hear on the program. The past handful of years, one name has come up more than others: Julian Lage. Now,...
29 Okt 20241h 12min
Charles Lloyd/Don Was
A conversation with Charles Lloyd feels like a veritable interaction with the pages of history. I was continuously surprised throughout my conversation with Charles, along with Don Was, about the dept...
24 Okt 20241h 33min
Meshell Ndegeocello/Don Was
Meshell Ndegeocello doesn’t fit neatly into any “jazz” label - or any label of any kind for that matter. She’s a phenomenal bass player, deep songwriter, beautiful interpreter of song, wonderful band ...
22 Okt 20241h 16min
Ron Carter/Don Was
We’re continuing our celebration of Blue Note Records’ 85th Anniversary this week with a conversation with a certified living legend: Ron Carter. For starters Ron Carter was a key member of a group th...
17 Okt 20241h 23min
Norah Jones/Don Was
Blue Note is one of the first and longest standing institutions of Jazz music. Since its formation in 1939 the label has put out albums by Robert Glasper, Lee Morgan, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Ger...
15 Okt 20241h 21min
Wesley Morris & Robert Margouleff on Stevie Wonder
We have a two-part episode for you today in honor of the great Stevie Wonder. First we will hear the Pulitzer Prize winning writer Wesley Morris talk about the making of his new Audible original, The ...
10 Okt 20241h 15min
