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Into MusicInto Music: Chris GreeneChris Greene is a Chicago-based saxophonist, bandleader, and community historian whose latest recording with the Chris Greene Quartet is Conversance. The LP marks the band’s debut on the long-running Chicago independent imprint Pravda.
2025-02-2033 min
Into MusicInto Music: John McCutcheonJohn McCutcheon’s latest release is the album Field of Stars, a project he intended to record in 2020.
2025-02-1330 min
Into MusicInto Music: Holly LovellHolly Lovell is a singer-songwriter based in Denver, Colorado. Her latest album, Hello Chelsea, explores a variety of themes including addiction, family history, and grief.
2025-02-0625 min
Into MusicInto Music: Grant MullenIn this conversation, Grant Mullen discusses how Naked Giants has navigated a decade together, including a period of inactivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also discusses how the members have learned to live with music and Naked Giants as one part of their lives but not the sole focus.
2025-01-3116 min
Into MusicInto Music: Soph NathanIn this conversation, Soph Nathan discusses the importance of personal expression in her writing, what it’s like having close friendships with her bandmates in Our Girl, and how co-producer Fern Ford had a hand in helping Nathan realize the full potential of The Good Kind.
2025-01-3021 min
Into MusicInto Music: Chloe & Asy SaavedraFor today's Into Music, we have a double feature! Chloe and Asy Saavedras discuss with Jedd Beaudoin, separately, about the history of Chaos Chaos, how they continue to navigate a relationship sometimes complicated by their roles as bandmates and at other times complicated by their roles as siblings, and what the future might hold for Chaos Chaos.
2025-01-2439 min
Into MusicInto Music: Johnny LeiteraIn this conversation, Jedd Beaudoin talks with Johnny Leitera about how album covers and images can inspire the imagination, the power of repetition in art, and the challenge of writing songs for specific projects.
2025-01-2329 min
Into MusicInto Music: Avery MandevilleIn this conversation, Avery Mandeville discusses how a trip to Durham, North Carolina during which she wrote a song a day, helped shape her new album, whether she’s ever been concerned about incorporating humor into her songs, and how the eclectic material on Now That’s What I Call Little Hag still forms a cohesive record.
2025-01-1715 min
Into MusicInto Music: Raia WasOn this episode of Into Music, Raia Was discusses the recording of the EP as well as her views on how compositions evolve and more.
2025-01-1622 min
Into MusicInto Music: Perla BatallaIn this conversation, Perla Batalla speaks about her friendship with Leonard Cohen, the power of his songs, and her appreciation for having pursued her passions in this 2024 conversation.
2025-01-0933 min
Into MusicInto Music: Mike MontreyIn this conversation, Mike Montrey discusses the somewhat unusual trajectory of his career, his life as a music educator, including his work with adults with developmental disabilities, and what happens when creativity outpaces technical skill.
2025-01-0227 min
Into MusicInto Music: Pamela McNeillIn this conversation, Pamela McNeill recalls her early passion for music, singing back-up vocals for pop superstar Rick Astley, and co-writing material with New Age music legend Yanni.
2024-12-2631 min
Into MusicInto Music: SlawIn this conversation, Scott Colton discusses his musical roots, how music has remained a passion despite forays into other pursuits and his thoughts on being an independent artist in 2024.
2024-12-2316 min
Into MusicInto Music: Kyle AlexanderIn this conversation, Kyle Alexander discusses Death Doula’s writing process, the charms of live performances given in unconventional spaces, the nature of music scenes, and shares some enthusiasm for the film Challengers.
2024-12-2021 min
Into MusicInto Music: Timothy DenIn this conversation, Timothy Den discusses his memories of music scenes in various locales, including Boston, Miami, and Chicago as well as his love of metal music, the impact that working as a music journalist had on his career, and how his immigrant experience shaped his willingness to take risks.
2024-12-1945 min
Into MusicInto Music: Maura PondIn this Into Music, Maura Pond discusses the themes in Luna Honey's new album, Pond’s struggles with stage fright and the trio’s prolific nature.
2024-12-1225 min
Into MusicInto Music: Daniel HouseDaniel House discusses the Seattle music scene of the 1980s, the importance of The U-Men, the role that community played during his time as a young musician in Seattle and the continued importance music plays in his own community making. We also get some news about at least one future Skin Yard project.
2024-12-1044 min
Into MusicInto Music: James PetralliIn this conversation, James Petralli discusses relocating from Austin, Texas to Los Angeles, dynamics within his band, how he found new focus on family and friendships during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how he’s involved his children with his creativity.
2024-12-0536 minInto MusicInto Music: Binnie KleinIn this conversation, Binnie Klein sheds some light on the project "The Quiver" while also discussing creativity itself.
2024-11-2829 minInto MusicInto Music: Peter ZarembaPeter Zaremba is vocalist for the legendary garage rock band The Fleshtones. The band’s most recent recording is the LP It’s Getting Late (… and More Songs About Werewolves).
2024-11-2127 minInto MusicInto Music: Dave TrumfioOn this episode, Dave Trumfio recalls the early days of The Pulsars and discusses the future of the project as well.
2024-11-1428 min
Into MusicInto Music: Django HaskinsSpeaking from his home studio, Django Haskins discussed how he stayed creative during the 2020 lockdown, what can be learned from obituaries, and the rewards of not having mainstream success.
2024-11-0719 min
Into MusicInto Music: Iain MatthewsIn this conversation, Iain Matthews discusses his writing process, how reading keeps him engaged in creativity and much more.
2024-10-3122 min
Into MusicInto Music: Paula BoggsIn this conversation, Paula Boggs reflects on discovering her musical voice, stepping away to pursue careers in the military, legal, and business worlds, and reconnecting with music after a family tragedy.
2024-10-2434 min
Into MusicInto Music: Andrew ChoiIn this conversation, Andrew Choi discusses finding his music voice, when he left music to study philosophy, finding community in the open mic and karaoke communities, and the inspiration for Ten Modern American Work Songs.
2024-10-2136 min
Into MusicInto Music: Matt HunterIn this conversation, Matt Hunter discusses his early musical development, collaborations and the process of writing Reindeer Soul.
2024-10-1822 minInto MusicInto Music: Billy SheehanIn this conversation, Billy Sheehan discusses Mr. Big’s final tour, his relationship with Gilbert, who he has known since the guitarist was in his teens, how Mr. Big created solidarity with their Japanese fans, and his two new cats, Pistachio and Pepper.
2024-10-1725 min
Into MusicInto Music: 3 Pairs of Boots (Andrew Stern and Laura Arias)In this conversation, Andrew Stern and Laura Arias discuss their creative process, perfectionism, and how their lives have changed as empty nesters.
2024-10-1129 min
Into MusicInto Music: Hamish AndersonIn this conversation, Hamish Anderson discusses the writing process for that release, touring with Gary Clark Jr. and George Thorogood and appreciating the imperfections in musical performance.
2024-10-1025 min
Into MusicInto Music: Monica AbenIn this conversation, Monica Aben discusses how she grew up in a household that prized creativity, how her high school theology teacher supported her songwriting, and the importance of trusting in the moment.
2024-10-0329 min
Into MusicInto Music: Matt RollingsIn this conversation, Jedd Beaudoin talks to Matt Rollings, a Grammy Award-winning American composer, keyboardist, record producer and educator.
2024-09-2654 minInto MusicInto Music: Melt-BananaIn this conversation, Yasuko Onuki and Ichiro Agata discuss 3+5, live performance, and the Melt-Banana’s early days.
2024-09-2010 min
Into MusicInto Music: Nick ThorburnIn this conversation, Nick Thorburn discusses discovering his own creativity, meeting his Unicorns bandmate Alden Penner, and what he thinks of his body of work to date.
2024-09-1933 min
Into MusicInto Music: James BaluyutIn this conversation, James Baluyut discusses growing up in a musical household in the Detroit area, becoming an obsessive fan of music and how his longtime musical partner in Patrick Ramos was, in his words, cooler than him.
2024-09-1229 min
Into MusicInto Music: Steve WynnIn this episode, Steve Wynn discusses writing I Wouldn’t Say It If It Wasn’t True, reflects on his time as a radio DJ and record store clerk as well as the laborious sessions for The Dream Syndicate’s sophomore album Medicine Show, which, he says, will be reissued in deluxe format next year.
2024-09-0539 min
Into MusicInto Music: Evan TaylorOur guest on this episode is Evan Taylor. Taylor is former bandleader with the Bernie Worrell Orchestra.
2024-08-3026 min
Into MusicInto Music: Shawn MagillIn this conversation, Shawn Magill discusses her classical training, learning to improvise, and how song hooks reveal themselves to her.
2024-08-2925 minInto MusicInto Music: Malka SpigelIn addition to being a founding member of the band Minimal Compact, Malka Spigel is one half of the duo Immersion with Colin Newman.
2024-08-2320 min
Into MusicInto Music: Colin NewmanIn this conversation, Colin Newman speaks with us from his home base in Brighton, England.
2024-08-2240 min
Into MusicInto Music: Matt ScannellIn this conversation, Matt Scannell discussed his development as a songwriter, his friendship with songwriter Richard Marx and the friendship he developed with late Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart.
2024-08-2143 minInto MusicInto Music: Shawna ViragoShawna Virago is a singer-songwriter based in San Francisco and is one of the first openly transgender women to tour in the United States. Called “the fairy godmother of trans country artists,” Virago is also artistic director of the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, the first of its kind in the country. Her latest album is Blood In Her Dreams.
2024-08-1530 min
Into MusicInto Music: David NaglerIn this conversation, David Nagler discusses releasing music under his own name, collaborating with a wide range of artists, composing for film and television, and the release of his new album.
2024-08-0847 min
Into MusicInto Music: Troy Luccketta and RizzIn this conversation, Troy Luccketta and Rizz discuss the band’s origins, how starting a new band in 2024 differs from when Luccketta started off, and the group’s goals for the future.
2024-08-0222 min
Into MusicInto Music: Karen HaglofIn this conversation, Karen Haglof discusses her music career, art, and her passion for horses.
2024-08-0131 min
Into MusicInto Music: Steve DawsonIn this conversation, Steve Dawson discusses how positivity has impacted his creativity, his approach to teaching, and his early days as a recording artist.
2024-07-2533 min
Into MusicInto Music: Matthew MayfieldIn this conversation, Matthew Mayfield discusses his formative music experiences, his creative process, and the support that his parents have provided throughout his career.
2024-07-1826 min
Into MusicInto Music: Andy McKeeIn this conversation, Andy McKee discusses his early love of acoustic guitar, including the music of Preston Reed and Michael Hedges, the community he found at music festivals and his time as an early YouTube sensation, when his video “Drifting” received nearly 60 million views.
2024-07-1136 minInto MusicInto Music: Matt DowlingIn this conversation, Matt Dowling discusses his early enthusiasm for music, including hip-hop and Radiohead, an instructional video by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea that provided inspiration, and Dowling’s role in Hellbender Vinyl, a pressing plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which he co-owns with Jeff Betten of Misra Records as well as Frederick Arnold of Future Oak Recording.
2024-07-0426 min
Into MusicInto Music: Chelsea NenniIn this conversation, Chelsea Nenni discusses giving yourself permission to create, how personal upheaval can be a catalyst to creativity, and her relationship with her sister and fellow musician Emily Nenni.
2024-06-2726 minInto MusicInto Music: Jerry RoeIn this conversation Jerry Roe recalls growing up in a musical household as the son of Nashville bassist Dave Roe as well cutting his teeth in the Nashville rock scene, the importance of balancing one’s creative and non-creative lives, and the role that Friendship Commanders has taken in his life.
2024-06-2020 min
Into MusicInto Music: Liz BrasherIn this conversation, Liz Brasher discusses her early days singing in church, how a friend gave her a crash course in popular music, her love of Bob Dylan, and her plans for future recordings.
2024-06-1321 min
Into MusicInto Music: Peter Holsapple and Will RigbyIn this conversation, Peter Holsapple and Will Rigby recall their formative years in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, relocating to New York City, and the enduring appeal of the dB’s.
2024-06-0642 min
Into MusicInto Music: Robert PossIn this conversation, Robert Poss recalls his early fascination with rock music, his longstanding friendship with sound artist Susan Stenger, who introduced him to a wide range of avant garde music, his brief tenure with Public Image Limited, working with Phill Niblock, and the early days of Band of Susans.
2024-05-3054 min
Into MusicInto Music: Alex TebeleffIn this conversation, Alex Tebeleff discusses the diverse music he heard in his childhood home, the guitar teacher who introduced him to funk and broader geopolitical perspectives, the impact the band Radiohead has had on him and his love of James Brown.
2024-05-2327 minInto MusicInto Music: Tim EastonOn this episode Tim Easton discusses the influence his siblings had on his musical formation, his solitary existence as a musician, and his approach to songwriting workshops.
2024-05-1630 min
Into MusicInto Music: John SneiderIn this conversation, John Sneider recalls his early years as a working musician, his dislike of chops-driven music, and the personal and musical bond he shares with Goldings.
2024-05-0928 min
Into MusicInto Music: Stephanie SammonsIn this conversation, Stephanie Sammons, who is also a certified financial planner, focusing on LGBTQ+ and 50+ clientele, discusses the path she took to becoming a singer-songwriter, the power of songwriting workshops, how her work in the financial world intersects with music, and working with producer Mary Bragg on Time and Evolution.
2024-05-0228 min
Into MusicInto Music: Larry GoldingsOn this episode, Larry Goldings discusses his time at The New School, working with James Taylor, cultivating respect with his audience and fellow musicians, as well as the importance of musical eclecticism.
2024-04-2532 min
Into MusicInto Music: Thalia ZedekIn this conversation, Thalia Zedek recalls her earliest musical experiences with piano and clarinet, how she started playing guitar, and various experiences she had in the Boston music scene of the 1980s.
2024-04-1847 min
Into MusicInto Music: JM StevensIn this episode of Into Music, JM Stevens discusses his early love of Elvis Presley, his first live performance, which occurred at a school talent show, and how sobriety has led him to the most prolific patch in his career.
2024-04-1124 min
Into MusicInto Music: Tim HinckIn this episode of Into Music, Tim Hinck discusses his formative years as a composer, the importance of learning the business side of music, and how he finds focus for creative projects. That’s on Into Music, coming up now.
2024-04-0434 min
Into MusicInto Music: Buick AudraIn this conversation, Buick Audra discusses creative intimacy, how an education in visual arts has shaped her artistic life and her early days in the band 33 Slade with her brother, drummer Boey Russell, and bassist Levi Fuller.
2024-03-2831 min
Into MusicInto Music: Stu CookOur guest for Into Music is Stu Cook. Cook was a founding member of and bassist for Creedence Clearwater Revival. Between 1969 and 1971 the group had 14 consecutive top ten singles and five consecutive top ten albums. Creedence broke up in 1972, but Cook remained active, recording with acts such as Roky Erickson, Sir Douglas Quintet and as a member of the band Southern Pacific.
2024-03-2139 min
Into MusicInto Music: Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.In this episode of Into Music, Roger Joseph Manning Jr. discusses his initial love of drums, the joys of Berkley, California’s legendary used record stores on Telegraph Avenue, his time studying music at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and why it’s important to stay true to the music you love.
2024-03-1441 min
Into MusicInto Music: Adrian SutherlandIn this episode of Into Music, Adrian Sutherland discusses growing up on First Nation land, his entry into the Canadian music scene, and singing two songs on "Precious Diamonds" in his native Cree language.
2024-03-0725 min
Into MusicInto Music: Frankie SunsweptIn this episode of Into Music, Frankie Sunswept recalls his formative musical experiences with guitar, open mics, and how the public library advanced his musical education.
2024-02-2928 min
Into MusicInto Music: Johnny IguanaIn this episode of Into Music, Johnny Iguana talks with Jedd Beaudoin about his early years as a musician and his time spent playing with blues legends Junior Wells and Otis Rush.
2024-02-2232 min
Into MusicInto Music: Jon RegenOn this episode of Into Music, Jon Regen tells Jedd Beaudoin about his time studying under jazz great Kenny Barron at Rutgers University, his brief spell at the University of Miami, where he studied with Vince Maggio.
2024-02-1527 min
Into MusicInto Music: Peter JespersonOn this episode of Into Music, Peter Jesperson discusses the impact that radio had on him as a young music fan, how he and his partners with Twin/Tone made up the rules as they went along, and the impact that musicians such as Curt Almsted (Curtiss A) and Bob “Slim” Dunlap had on his sense of the Minneapolis music scene of the ‘70s and ‘80s.
2024-02-0829 min
Into MusicInto Music: Dustin ArbuckleIn this inaugural episode, Jedd Beaudoin visits with Dustin Arbuckle, a Wichita, Kansas-based musician who currently leads Dustin Arbuckle & The Damnations and is co-founder of the band Haymakers, alongside longtime musical partner Tom Page.
2024-02-0123 min
A Musical LifeA Musical Life: Peter VerwimpPeter Verwimp is a producer, guitarist and vocalist based in Antwerp, Belgium. His main project is Ashtoreth, which he describes as “a guitar-driven dark ambient project with a shamanic perspective.”
2021-03-1202 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Jerry LegerJerry Leger is a singer, songwriter and poet based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His albums include Songs From The Apartment, Time Out For Tomorrow, and Nonsense and Heartache, among others.
2021-02-2602 min
The Best Music Podcast#6 Chris Opperman — Composition | Working with Steve Vai, Chamber Music from Hell & Undertale LIVEFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebestmusicpodcast Blog: https://bestmusiccoach.blogspot.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thebestmusicpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebestmusicpodcast/ The Best Music Podcast #6 | Chris Opperman — Composition | Chamber Music from Hell & Undertale LIVE & Working for Steve Vai Website: https://www.chrisopperman.net/ Instagram: @oppycentral Twitter: @chris_opperman Facebook: @chrisoppermanmusic The music of award-winning composer Chris Opperman sounds like your best dream being poured into a glass, and now also like your most artistically intriguing nightmare, but more on th...
2021-02-121h 32A Musical LifeA Musical Life: Markus ReuterMarkus Reuter is a guitarist and composer based in Berlin, Germany. He has recorded extensively as a solo artist and with acts such as Tuner, Stick Men and The Crimson ProjeKct. In addition to his work in what might be described as rock music, he has written compositions for the classical world, including Todmorden 513 and His Last Decade .
2021-02-1202 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Jason SmithJason Smith is a founding member of the Oklahoma City-based band Traindodge and plays bass in the band Rainbows Are Free as well. Traindodge has released albums such as Time Will Never Know Your Name, I Am Forever, and On A Lake of Dead Trees.
2021-01-1502 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Dan DixonDan Dixon is a founding member of Atlanta, Georgia’s PLS PLS and is a producer and recording engineer who operates his own studio. PLS PLS’s latest release is Everything That’s Left. Dixon has also recently overseen the reissue of several recordings from his previous band, Dropsonic, in addition to a rarities collection titled The Best of the Rest. “PLS PLS’s music is often trying to find the balance between making you bob your head and singalong while, also, lyrically, bumming you out entirely. Production is a huge part of the songwriting process for us because I’m often writ...
2021-01-0102 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Andre LaFosseAndre LaFosse is based in Los Angeles, California. His albums include Normalized, Pivot To Video: Six-String Mixtape Volume 2 and, with Ross Garren, the soundtrack to the film Malacostraca .
2020-10-0900 min
DeviateSatanic Panic really was a thing“There are the actual facts of what was happening in popular culture in the 1980s — and then there was this tantalizing notion that music played backwards was going to seed our minds with evil. Which was scary, but also kind of cool to a certain kid-like way of thinking.” — Rolf Potts
In this rebroadcast episode of Deviate Rolf delves into the idea of “backward masking” in rock music, and how it came to influence notions of “Satanic Panic” in America over the course of the 1980s. Returning to the show for this musical deep-dive are Jedd Beaudoin (@JeddBeaudoin), w...
2020-10-061h 24A Musical LifeA Musical Life: Chris SchlarbChris Schlarb is a musician based in Long Beach, California. He owns and operates BIG EGO Studios and BIG EGO Records. His latest release with Psychic Temple is Houses of the Holy , a double LP, which features guest appearances from the Chicago Underground Trio, The Dream Syndicate, Xololanxinxo, and Cherry Glazerr. He recorded this segment of “A Musical Life” direct to tape.
2020-09-2502 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Chris OppermanChris Opperman is a New Jersey-based musician and composer.
2020-09-1102 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Renée LoBueRenée LoBue is a Montclair, New Jersey-based singer and songwriter who is a member of the band Elk City as well as having recently launched a side project called Flowers Of America (FOA). Additionally, she is a collage and visual artist. “The best part of singing, for me, has always been engaging in possibility. Going beyond what I can see directly in front of me. Always immersing myself in what I like to think of as another realm. It’s a way of re-creating my story, re-creating the space. The worlds of visual art and music are always intersecting for m...
2020-08-2802 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Jon RegenJon Regen is a New York City-based singer-songwriter whose latest album, Higher Ground, was released in 2019.
2020-07-3102 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Candice SullivanCandice Sullivan is a classically trained vocalist who fronts Candice and the Business Casual. "I grew up in the classical field. From age seven until about 18, I sang in operas only. I moved to Wichita with my family and was singing Aretha Franklin and thought, 'I can sing something other than classical.' That's really where it started.
2020-03-2702 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: KeoKeo is a Wichita-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. She is a member of the band Keo and Them.
2020-03-1302 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Sontia WareSontia Ware is a Wichita-based singer-songwriter and gospel vocalist.
2020-02-2802 min2020-02-1402 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Colby Dean RunyanColby Dean Runyan performs under the name Moon Lagoon. His at work on a new album, This Results In Escapism.
2020-01-3102 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Drew J. HowardDrew J. Howard is a composer and bassist based in Wichita, Kansas. He had performed in church ensembles and rock groups such as Stratus, Captain Carl’s Tuesday Nite Blues Band, Empire Falls and Let Us Be Lions, which later became Black Box Warning. He records under the name Dru Lo Nadir.
2020-01-1703 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Logan BushLogan Bush is a co-founding member of Kill Vargas, in which he plays drums. The band’s latest release is 2019’s Laugh It Off. “When we started playing together, in Kill Vargas, it was on the Guitar Hero game. I was playing the Guitar Hero drums and it just kind of stayed that way. When we would record music, I’d be on the woodblock and snare because that’s all I had at the time, when we were really young. Eventually, one Christmas, my parents got me a drum set. “We just have a genuine passion for playing music with each ot...
2020-01-0302 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Candice SullivanCandice Sullivan is a classically trained vocalist who fronts Candice and the Business Casual. "I grew up in the classical field. From age seven until about 18, I sang in operas only. I moved to Wichita with my family and was singing Aretha Franklin and thought, 'I can sing something other than classical.' That's really where it started.
2019-12-2002 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Michael PeltzerMichael Peltzer is a multi-instrumentalist based in Wichita. He has played with a variety of acts throughout his career, including The Watchers with Jenny Wood and with Reggie Littleton’s jazz group.
2019-12-0602 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Jade HopkinsJade Hopkins is a singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Derby, Kansas. “I’ve been a songwriter for a long time but I got really into Jerry Reed. Most people know him as an actor but he was also a country singer. What most people don’t know is that he’s one of the greatest thumb-picking guitar players ever. This guy can play could play things that were completely unbelievable. When I heard it, I couldn’t understand how he did. So I sent away for these tapes to learn how to play like him and the songs that I play of Je...
2019-11-2202 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Cody CloudCody Cloud is a founding member of the band Vehicles, for which he serves as guitarist and vocalist. The band is at work on a new album for release in 2020.
2019-11-0803 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Joe SimpsonJoe Simpson is a member of the band Circular Reference, which recently issued the record One. “One of the most important parts of being a musician is being a good listener. I think we have the responsibility to be the type of fan and listener that you would want to be at your shows. Whenever you can pick up gear, help a band on the stage, tell them how much their music means to you, put money in the tip jar, buy a cassette, buy a CD, even just showing up … that’s what makes our music scene in Wichita great...
2019-10-2502 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Grant BoesenGrant Boesen is a member of the Wichita band Pretend Friend. “As a child, I dreamed of rock ‘n’ roll, listening to my dad’s old Queen records and Boston records. The guitar solos just hit me. I had to play piano for a couple of years, my mom made me, before I could get a guitar, just so I’d learn how to read music and do all of that. Which was a good thing. I got a guitar when I was nine-years-old and tried to play rock ‘n’ roll ever since. The bluegrass has kind of been a new developmen...
2019-10-1103 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Doug Horacio Holguin LynnThis edition of A Musical Life originally aired on April 9, 2019. Doug Horacio Holguin Lynn is a member of Church Tiller, Dougie Jones & The Sonny Jims, Tasteful Nudes and The Goddamn General Public. “I would say my first musical inclination—to me it’s the funniest thing—my first dream—and it was all I wanted, musically—I was in middle school, seventh or eighth grade, my dream was to be a singer in a Clash cover band. That’s all I ever wanted out of music. I never expected to do all the stuff I’ve done at this point. I always shoot f...
2019-08-3002 minA Musical LifeA Musical Life: Max AboodMax Abood is a Wichita-based musician who holds a degree in music performance from Friends University. He is part of a musical family that includes his father, Peter Abood, a pianist, and his brother, Bryce, who plays drums with Carrie Nation and The Speakeasy.
2019-08-1602 min
Catch a Pocket PodcastEpisode 8 - Jedd Beaudoin - JournalismHi Everyone,
In this episode, I get the pleasure of interviewing the interviewer. Jedd Beaudoin, local journalistic celebrity came in to chat and hopefully catch a pocket with me that is inspiring to one of you. I know it inspired me to be a better podcast host and keep trying.
You can catch Jedd and his show at:
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If you have questions, comments or ideas for future episod...
2019-03-1359 min
DeviateSatanic backward masking“There are the actual facts of what was happening in popular culture in the 1980s — and then there was this tantalizing notion that music played backwards was going to seed our minds with evil. Which was scary, but also kind of cool to a certain kid-like way of thinking. You can almost see a book like Backward Masking Unmasked as young-adult literature.” — Rolf Potts
In this episode of Deviate Rolf delves into another musical mystery — the idea of “backward masking” in rock music, and how it came to influence notions of “Satanic Panic” in America over the course of the 1980s...
2018-08-071h 24
Deviate1980s rock“I think in every era of music you can find stuff like this — and sometimes you’ll find that it’s superior to the music that really was making it big commercially.” –Michael Carmody
In this episode of Deviate Rolf delves into a musical mystery — tracing the fate of ten rock and pop albums (found in a thrift store record bin) that evoke the quintessential look and sound of 1980s music, even though — for whatever reason — they never made it big back in the day.
Joining Rolf in this musical investigation is Jedd Beaudoin (@JeddBeaudoin), who hosts the synd...
2018-01-231h 46