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Low Profile with Markly MorrisonKento Oiwa - Olympia Music History Project
Musician Kento Oiwa interviewed by Markly Morrison for the Olympia Music History Project.
Formed in the mid-1990s by Japanese immigrants Kento Oiwa and Michiko Swiggs, IQU was a group unlike anything folks in Olympia–or anyplace else, for that matter–had ever witnessed..
I spoke to Kento in a hotel room on an assignment from the Olympia Music History Project, where this interview was first published. Beyond his involvement in IQU, Kento was also an active DJ and event organizer in the Olympia music scene throughout the 1990s. As you will hear...
2025-09-051h 01
Resource ReportResource Report 9 - Markly MorrisonHost Rainmaker presents her interview with Markly Morrison of Low Profile podcast, Olympia Music History Project, and Free Music Olympia, formerly Scherler Sundays.To donate, volunteer, or find out more about upcoming events and local music archive, visit: https://www.olympiamusichistory.org/https://www.freemusicolympia.org/Besides KAOS 89.3FM, you can also catch Markly on Low Profile here: https://www.lowprofilepodcast.com/
2025-04-0256 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison81. Mayo Thompson
Mayo Thompson is the founding member of The Red Krayola, an experimental rock group that has existed in various formations since 1966. He’s collaborated with The Raincoats, Pere Ubu, and the Fall as a record producer, is an active visual artist, and has recently published his second novel, “After Math,” a sequel to 2020’s “Art, Mystery” (both available via Drag City Publishing). Mayo joins Low Profile to discuss the unconventional processes of several Red Krayola albums, his lone solo album “Corky’s Debt to His Father” and its recent live embodiment, his experience as a writer, a long-standing collaborative relationship with t...
2024-04-1757 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonQuestionable Music at KAOS (Patreon snippet)
Markly brings his weekly pub trivia game "Questionable Music" to the radio in this exciting segment from the new two-hour Patreon release featuring Markly Morrison and Jack Habegger being interviewed by KAOS station manager DJ Jonny H. Full show available at patreon.com/lowprofilePlay Questionable Music in-person at Three Magnets Brewing Company in Olympia, WA, Monday nights at 6:30.
2024-04-0210 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonBONUS: Brooke Wentz on "Transfigured New York: Oral Histories From Experimental Artists and Musicians, 1980-1990"
Who smoked more: academics like John Cage, La Monte Young and Vladamir Ussachevsky- or the underground scenesters, like Glenn Branca, Arthur Russel and Laurie Anderson?Why is turntablist Christian Marclay on the cover of "Transfigured New York," but not in the book, even though she interviewed him multiple times? Could AI design be to blame?How did the old guard of "New Music" feel about the commodification of computer-based music production four decades ago?In the 1980s, Brooke Wentz hosted a radio show in the middle of the night that focused on experimental...
2024-01-3146 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison78. Vashti Bunyan
When I started this show five years ago, I made a short list of artists I wanted to feature. Near the top of that list was the British musician Vashti Bunyan. Vashti Bunyan released her beautiful album “Just Another Diamond Day” in 1970, and it was almost immediately buried in time. She’d had her fair share of disappointment in the music business and walked away from it altogether, until some three decades later when people like me discovered her music for the first time. Suddenly, Vashti was in demand, and her music career was back on track. In her rec...
2024-01-121h 01
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonScherler Sundays ft. Karl Blau + Tim McBride & the Divide
Karl Blau makes his fourth appearance on Low Profile- first as featured guest back on episode 29, and then taking over the show producing interviews with Temple of Bon Matin and Hermit Thrushes. Now episode marks his first appearance on the program as a live performer, with a smoking hot quartet behind him. After the performance, we discuss his goings on in Philadelphia and back here in the Pacific Northwestern United States. Good thing this was an early show, he had to head to a gig down in Portland right after. Enter Olympia’s own Tim McBride and the Divide, a band t...
2023-08-1357 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonScherler Sundays: Elf Power, Your Heart Breaks, Kinetic Paranormal Society
This is the season eight premiere of Low Profile! This season is gonna be coming at you every Friday for the next couple of months, and it’s all pretty fresh stuff. Right now we are in the middle of Scherler Sundays, a weekly concert and interview series hosted by 3 Magnets Brewing in downtown Olympia. If you’re in the area, it’d be great to see you there, every Sunday at 3pm through August 13th. This is the first one, recorded on June 18th 2023. First up is a puppet theater troupe from Arcata, CA called the Kinetic Paranormal Society. Unfortunatel...
2023-07-1756 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison75. Scientists (originally aired on Jack Habegger's Celebrity Telethon)
This week, Low Profile presents music and conversation with Kim Salmon of the Scientists. This program was originally broadcast on the KAOS program Jack Habegger’s Celebrity Telethon. Jack has co-hosted and guest hosted previous episodes of Low Profile, interviewing Lavender Country, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Hurley and James Maeda. Here’s what Jack had to say about this episode: “A little over a year ago, I connected with Kim Salmon over Zoom to discuss his long, storied career for my KAOS FM radio show. Kim is best known as the singer, guitarist, and driving force of the Australian post-punk band Scientists...
2023-05-121h 59
Low Profile with Markly Morrison73. Mike Stax on Craig Smith
Today, my co-host Madison Nadine and I sit down with Mike Stax joining us remotely from his home in San Diego. For kicks, Mike records and tours with his band, the Loons, but he’s better known as a writer, having published the magazine UGLY THINGS for 40 years and running. In 2022, he started an excellent new podcast bearing the same name. Ugly Things is an established authority on the golden era of obscure underground rock music, and today we’ll be talking to Mike about a guy named Craig Smith, later known as Maitreya Kali. Smith was a rising star in the LA...
2023-04-1452 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison72. Phil Elverum and Matt Fenton (explicit content)
Phil Elverum (The Microphones, Mount Eerie) returns to Low Profile with his audio engineer friend Matt Fenton to discuss the time they gave the Kamloops, British Columbia band Peace a chance. They discuss their behind-the-scenes experience facilitating the 2006 debut by the band Peace, “On Earth.” It was the first project Elverum signed to his own label PW Elverum and Sun, up to which point had only released his own music. One might argue that the album has not particularly aged well, but regardless, just ahead of the album’s deluxe 3xLP+Coffee Table Book expanded reissue, Low Profile is proud to pres...
2023-04-0156 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison71. Layng Martine, Jr. and Tucker Martine
Singer, Author and Nashville Songwriter Hall of Famer Layng Martine Jr’s compositions have been performed by the likes of soul legends The Pointer Sisters, Featherbed frontman Barry Mannilow, Bo Diddley, Reba McEntire, Las Vegas regional sensation Elvis Presley, and Philly correspondant Karl Blau. Now an octogenarian- with over six active decades in the background and just a handful of singles under his own name- 2023 marks Layng’s debut album, “Music Man.” The album was produced by his son Tucker Martine, who has brought us records by tons of folks including Bill Frisell, Modest Mouse, Roseanne Cash, Mudhoney, Laura Viers, My Mornin...
2023-03-1753 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison70. Hermit Thrushes (guest host Karl Blau)
Karl Blau takes over the show again, this time to speak with members of our mutual friends Hermit Thrushes, recorded at various locations in Philly back in 2021. Band members Yianni Kourmadas, Taryn Jones and Andrew Keller share why they use the cheapest gear possible, their experiences with bars vs D.I.Y. and all ages spaces, musical influences, and tour stories including how they rebounded from a robbery. The group often learns new material by way of MIDI demos, and we’ll be hearing a clip from one of them. Spencer Carrow, who spent a decade with the group, speaks with M...
2023-03-031h 01
Low Profile with Markly Morrison69. Austin Leonard Jones
Austin Leonard Jones is a singing storyteller, spinning narratives based in fact and fiction with a penchant for writing country-flavored tunes that feel familiar from the get-go. Born and raised in Texas, he currently calls Ojai, CA his home. In the past year he’s released four albums on cassette tape: a live record, a collection of new songs called “Dead Calm,” and a ten-year retrospective in two volumes, called “The Wonder Years of Austin Leonard Jones” on Perpetual Doom records. He’s the guy who helped to facilitate my season one interview with Bobby Frank Brown, one of the most popular ep...
2023-02-1755 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison68. Chronophage
Chronophage is a band that started in Austin, TX and has since scattered into various locations. While on tour in winter 2021, band members Adam, Casey, Sarah and Parker dropped by for an in-studio taping at the Happy Birthday House for Channel 22 on Thurston Community Media. Madison Nadine conducts this interview along with first time co-host Markly Morrison. The group talks about their new self-titled album recorded by studio masters Craig Ross (Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, Daryl Hall, Patty Griffin) and Stuart Sullivan (Willie Nelson, Sublime, Meat Puppets, Butthole Surfers), touring, collaborative approach in and out of the band, and solving th...
2023-02-0338 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison67. Ivor Cutler biographer Bruce Lindsay
Born 100 years ago in Scotland, the late musician/poet/author/humorist Ivor Cutler was a self-described Oblique Music Philospher. He released tons of art by way of radio, television, books and records. His work, no matter the medium, is thoughtful as it is absurd, as irreverent as it is romantic. Author Bruce Lindsay took it upon himself to write the greatest-and-only biography on the O.M.P. called Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room. Markly Morrison and Andrew “Hollywood” Dorsett speak at length with Mr. Lindsay on Ivor’s storied career that spans from the 1950s until his death in 2...
2023-01-201h 00
Low Profile with Markly Morrison66. Jim O'Rourke
Jim O’Rourke is a composer and producer living in Japan after spending most of his life in Chicago. His solo and collaborative works range from pop songwriting to electronic and avant-garde, being one of the first musicians to use a computer for live improvisations. His albums have been released on Table of the Elements, Drag City, Mego, and his own label Moikai. As a producer he has worked with Joanna Newsom, Wilco, US Maple, Stereolab and countless others. He has been a member of Sonic Youth, Loose Fur, Illusion of Safety, Boxhead Ensemble and Gastr Del Sol. O’Rourke’s coll...
2023-01-061h 00
Low Profile with Markly Morrison65. Derek Piotr
On today’s episode, instead of our usual format, I’ve got a folkorist. Derek Piotr lives in Connecticut, and was introduced to me by Dollar Country host Franklin Fantini, who you might remember from a bonus episode from October 2021. Derek’s released several albums of experimental and electronic music this century (see listening links below), but in recent years has shifted his focus to collecting folks songs as remembered by folks. He has traveled here and abroad collecting field recordings which he’ll be sharing with us today. I spoke with Derek last spring in Connecticut. Today he’s sharing anecdot...
2022-12-2359 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison64. La Luz
If you don’t know already, La Luz is killing it these days. They got the thick harmonies, they got the deep twang in the guitar department, and everybody in the band brings a hell of a lot to the table. Outside the band, they all have other music projects that are keeping it fresh. The solo projects of guitarist Shana Cleveland and keyboardist Alice Sandahl are glorious in their own right, as well as bassist Lena Simon’s new studio project Kairos Creature Club and drummer Audrey Johnson’s Fresno-based band Fatty Cakes and the Puff Pastries. When all those for...
2022-12-0955 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison63. Jonny Kosmo
Hey, Markly here, this is the sixty-third episode of Low Profile. A couple years ago, my friend and former bandmate Nehemiah St-Danger told me about this band he started playing bass for, and thought would be a good match for this show. I loved what I heard- in fact, I started listening to it all the time, but I was hesitant because A: there were only two albums out, and I usually like to do a lot of research in a deep discography before having them on as a guest, and B: I already had a years-old, over-ambitious list of dr...
2022-11-2358 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison62. Stephen Steinbrink
Oakland-based singer-songwriter Stephen Steinbrink, one of my favorite artists and a friend to boot, is my guest today. Multi-instrumentalist and frequent co-host Andrew Dorsett is also in on the conversation, accompanying Stephen on piano and steel guitar in the Lounge of the ABC House. He has released 14 albums and EPs under his own name and his earlier moniker French Quarter on the labels Holy Page, Western Vinyl, No More Second Chances, Lost Sound Tapes, and Melodic Records. Steinbrink has also recently assumed a producer role for the Bay Area band Boy Scouts. In this interview, we discuss songwriting, collaborations, fun gags...
2022-11-1154 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison61. Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche
Come for a ride down Interstate 5 with Suzzy Roche and Lucy-Wainwright Roche as I talk to them on their way to the next gig on their west coast tour. Suzzy is one-third of The Roches, a group of sisters whose records since the 1970s have been creating fanatic enthusiasts around the world, myself included. Her daughter Lucy has released several killer solo records in the last couple of decades, and the new album “I Can Still Hear You” is the third that the two of them made together. This one’s an especially big deal for me, because I’m a huge fan...
2022-10-2954 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison60. The Mona Reels
I'm very excited to kick things off today, I’ve been working on this season for a little over a year and as usual, I’ll be presenting a ton of terrific musical guests. Also, my wife Lani Is supplying hand drawn portraits of all the artists for each episode, starting with today’s guest, Peter David Connelly of the Mona Reels, whose latest self-released album “Without Love” is available on bandcamp. In addition to the band’s output over the past twenty years or so, Peter and I talk about how to hack the algorithms that police low-res photos, worshiping The...
2022-10-1454 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonScherler Sundays Highlights 8: Dev Ray, Dylan Shearer, Ali Baker
Dev Ray, Dylan Shearer and Ali Baker (with Summer Schief) make an appearance at the final Sherler Sundays concert of 2022. Ali and Summer reveal their new band name, discuss singing harmony with the Mona Reels, and share about their recent opportunity to share the stage with hip-hop royalty. Dylan performs in Olympia for the first time in 20 years and talks about his formative years in the Mojave desert, and the chapter of his life in the Bay Area leading to working with members of the Osees and Comets on Fire. Dev visits Olympia for the first time ever, sharing songs f...
2022-10-0959 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonScherler Sundays Highlights 7: The Mona Reels, Olivia Rose, Lee Baggett, Austin Leonard Jones
The penultimate live episode for this series of highlights from the Scherler Sundays concert series features three Olympia acts and one out-of-towner, Austin Leonard Jones. The Mona Reels has been the ongoing project of singer-songwriter Peter David Connelly for over 20 years, today we hear his current and self-proclaimed favorite line-up of the band, a six-piece ensemble. Included is a suite of songs from their latest record, "Without Love." The Mona Reels will also be kicking off the seventh season of Low Profile later this month. Olivia Rose is the namesake of the red-hot Pacific Northwest band Oh, Rose. In this perfor...
2022-10-031h 00
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonScherler Sundays Highlights 6: Hot Pursuit of Happiness, LAKE, Kelsey Magnuson
This is the sixth installment of highlights from the Scherler Sunday’s concert series earlier this summer. We’ll be hearing interviews and three songs each from Hot Pursuit of Happiness, my old friends LAKE, and Kelsey Magnuson. The first two sets were recorded on July 24th, and Kelsey’s set is from July 31st of this year, all recorded in front of an audience behind the Historic Carnegie Library in Olympia. If you want to hear the complete sets and unedited versions of the interviews, it will be available via Patreon.com/lowprofileHot Pursuit of Happiness is the current songwrit...
2022-09-2658 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonScherler Sundays Highlights 5: Lavender Country returns!
Patrick Haggerty brings his six-piece Lavender Country band to the grassy knoll. After a candid interview in front of the Scherler Sundays audience, the band's lively honky-tonk set serves as a framework for Haggerty to tell his life story using his songs as the soundtrack, making for a very special show celebrating almost 50 years since their release of the first openly queer-themed country album. Engineered by Robin Carmosino, behind the historic Carnegie Library in Olympia, WA.Scherler Sundays is a collaborative effort from Low Profile and Three Magnets Brewing Company.This edit of the show includes less than half of th...
2022-09-1958 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonScherler Sundays Highlights 4: Zachary Cale, Jack Habegger's Celebrity Telethon, The Pine Hearts, Generifus
Today’s live highlights reel features interviews and performances from July 10th and 17th, 2022. First up it's NYC-based Zachary Cale, who shares about his musical journey and finding his rock chops in Olympia at the turn of the century. Next, Portland’s Jack Habegger returns after guest-hosting last week for his first time as the interviewee before performing with his band Celebrity Telethon. Then, we jump ahead a week to meet Olympia neo-bluegrass artists the Pine Hearts, and Oly’s indie rock favorites Generifus. All of this was recorded in front of an audience behind the historic Carnegie Library in Olympia WA...
2022-09-1259 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonScherler Sundays Highlights 3: Michael Hurley, James Maeda
Musical storyteller Michael Hurley made his debut on Folkways records way back in 1964 and shows no signs of slowing down because there’s always another story to tell. His songs have been covered by The Violent Femmes, Cat Power, Yo La Tengo and previous Low Profile guests Eugene Chadbourne and the Holy Modal Rounders. Michael’s performances are few and far between these days, and interviews with him are even more rare. Without him American music would not be the same, and it was an honor to welcome this living legend to the stage.James Maeda is a mutual friend of m...
2022-09-0456 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonScherler Sundays highlights 2: Doug Martsch & John Atkins
For the second collection of highlights from the Scherler Sundays 2022 concert and interview series, we have a document from an indie rock lover’s dream: Doug Martsch of Built to Spill and John Atkins of 764-HERO, and more recently, his new band Sun Breaks. Doug and John each play intimate acoustic sets behind the old Carnegie Library in Olympia. For this show, I interviewed the two of them together since they have a bit of mutual history in their formative years in their respective music careers- you’ll hear about that in a bit. I’m including about 20 minutes from each p...
2022-08-281h 00
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonScherler Sundays Highlights 1: Null State, Waves Crashing, Annie Schultz, The Cold Sweats, Fastener
Live performances and interviews from Olympia artists Null State, Waves Crashing, Annie Schultz, The Cold Sweats and Fastener. Recorded July 12 and July 19 2022 at Scherler Sundays in Olympia, WA presented by Three Magnets Brewing Company. These are highlights from those days; if you would like to hear the unedited recordings they are being made available via patreon.com/LowProfile at any support level. These are my first interviews in front of an audience, and all of the guests are up-and-coming musicians in the Olympia scene.Artist links:Null Statehttps://nullstate.bandcamp.com/Null State’s sonic adventure fascinates me. I know li...
2022-08-1957 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison59. Bret Lunsford
We went on location to Anacortes, Washington to meet up with the local historian and musician Bret Lunsford in a cavernous repurposed train depot. Calvin Johnson interjects during the intro to say a few words about his pal and former Beat Happening band mate Bret, who recently wrote a book called sounding for Harry Smith: Early Pacific Northwest Influences. To give a little background on who Harry Smith was, The Holy Modal Rounders’ co-founder, living legend and returning Low Profile guest, Peter Stampfel weighs in on Harry Smith and his Anthology of American Folk Music.In our conversation we’ll talk...
2022-07-1559 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison58. Loren Connors (w/ Suzanne Langille)
Loren Connors is a guitarist, poet and painter who grew up in Connecticut but has called New York his home since early adulthood. Since the late 1970s he was released over 50 albums of primarily improvised material, developing his unique avant-garde playing style in formed by early blues and 20th century composers. He has collaborated with a diverse array of likewise important musicians such as John Fahey, Sonic Youth, Jim O’Rourke, Kath bloom, and Alan Licht. His most frequent cohort is also his partner, Suzanne Langille. She and Loren join me from Brooklyn at their friend Bob Bellarue’s home studi...
2022-07-011h 00
Low Profile with Markly Morrison57. Elf Power
Athens, Georgia band Elf Power has been cranking out homespun psychedelic rock for nearly three decades, with their 14th album “Artificial Countrysides” coming out this July on Yep Roc records. I spoke to the band’s founder, Andrew Rieger about Elf Power’s beginnings, working with legendary producer Dave Fridman, collaborating with artists like Vic Chesnutt and Robyn Hitchcock, his roots in the hardcore punk scene, being involved with the Elephant 6 Collective, the farm and record label Orange Twin, and his crew of indie rock musicians teaching at the University of Georgia.Links to the music from today’s show, related vid...
2022-06-1757 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison56. Terror/Cactus
My guest on today’s show is Martin Selasco, the man behind Terror/Cactus, an electro-cumbia fusion project based in Cashmere, WA. Martin tells me about his early exposure to south american music, giving credit to his father who was in the music business when he was a child living in Miami, where he taught himself to make multitrack recordings as a preteen. We also discuss his move to Seattle and the challenges of bringing his music rooted in tradition to a predominantly white indie rock audience, the responsibility to preserve and evolve Columbian culture, why he doesn’t sing, and h...
2022-06-0258 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison55. Half Handed Cloud
Since the start of the millennium, John Ringhofer has been making hundreds of bite-sized kaleidoscopic story songs under the name Half-Handed Cloud. I became a fan of his work when I first heard his bedroom-production sunshine pop (with an avant-garde leaning). Years later, I found myself playing a pile of instruments for his touring band in Europe. In today’s interview John visits the studio via Zoom from his home in Finland. He discusses his tape recorder’s role as a band member, raising an artistic family, writing songs about some of the more unpleasant subjects in the Bible, and his n...
2022-05-1950 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison54. David Liebe Hart
Today’s featured guest is none other than actor, comedian, puppeteer, singer/songwriter, alien expert and all-around entertainer DAVID LIEBE HART. David is probably best known for his work on the TV show “Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job,” where he contributed original songs, puppetry and character acting. But he has been in show business for most of his life, with roles on the Golden Girls, Wings, his own show “The Junior Christian Science Bible Lesson Program,” and more recently, “I Love David” on Adult Swim. He’s also a prolific recording artist, with dozens of albums to his credit including...
2022-05-0556 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonBonus: Dick Heaven
On this very special bonus episode, I amazingly landed an interview with the famously reclusive home recording artist Dick Heaven. How I was able to pull this off is beyond me… he apparently hadn’t conversed with anyone, on or off the record, in a decade and a half. You can imagine my utter dismay when I realized the only time he was available to talk was during my previously scheduled bubble bath! Thankfully, the Los Angeles comedian Aviva Siegel was able to answer the call on my behalf. I knew she was up to the task as I’m a big f...
2022-04-0158 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonBonus: Searching For Scott Dunbar (Documentary Remix)
A short-form radio doc about my quest to find more about the obscure Mississippi blues musician Scott Dunbar. This story appeared in a different format way back on episode 13.
2022-03-1717 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison53. Wes Buckley
Wes Buckley is a contemporary musician and songwriter from western Massachusetts. We talk about his solo records, homemade instruments, improvising in music, and more. We’ll also hear some stuff from his recent LP on Half A Million Records entitled “The Towering Ground,” and discuss his alter ego, concerns about the opoid crisis, and his stint as a funk saxophonist. Wes Buckley on Bandcamp:https://wesbuckley.bandcamp.com/IG @wesbuckleymusicLow Profile is listener-supported, which means that your donations keep these engines cranking out new episodes. If you’d like to contribute, the best way to do that is by signing up for fl...
2022-03-0458 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison52. The Black Tones
Episode 52:This program's featured artist is Seattle's The Black Tones. Founded about a decade ago, The Black Tones members Eva Walker (guitar and vocals), Cedric Walker (Drums), and Jake Iuti (bass) talk about their formative years as musical twins leading up to the realization of the band, the inspirations behind their 8-bit video game, sharing the stage with Mavis Staples, performing for a packed crowd at a Seattle Sounders game, and their new 45rpm single "The End of Everything," out now on Sub Pop records. They also perform the b-side from that single and a few other songs in an ex...
2022-02-1757 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison51. Steve Arrington
I've known who Steve Arrington is for a little over a decade, and he became one of my favorite musicians. But up to that point I didn't know that I already knew him... as in, he's one of the most sampled artists since sampling became a thing, so when Steve hit the snooze button on his music career in the late 1980s, his back catalog took on a life of its own. This link (https://www.whosampled.com/Steve-Arrington/) lists Brand Nubian, A Tribe Called Quest, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Public Enemy and too many more to mention. We talk about his...
2022-02-0358 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison50. Urge Overkill
Urge Overkill began in 1980s Chicago and carved their own path over the past several decades. In the ‘90s, they toured with bands who are household names, and reached that status on their own with their cover of Neil Diamond’s “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon” on the groundbreaking soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. On this episode, Urge Overkill founders Eddie “King” Roeser and Nash Kato join guest co-host Casey Bruce and me to talk about their new album “Oui,” loaning their suits to their tourmates Nirvana, the band’s long hiatus following their two albums on Geffen Records, Nash...
2022-01-2058 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonDarknet Diaries: Nerdcore (Bonus Crossover)
Low Profile presents a collection of music and stories from Darknet Diaries, a strikingly original podcast about cybercrime. After a brief conversation between Markly Morrison and Jack Rhysider, Jack takes the reins and shares his interviews with three purveyors of nerdcore, a sub-genre of hip hop: YTCracker, OHM-I, and Dual Core. All three are skilled at hacking into the mainframe AND spitting legit rhymes about their exploits. (This episode contains some explicit content.)Links to all of the music featured on this episode can be found on the episode’s original website.Find more from Darknet Diaries wherever you get pod...
2022-01-061h 24
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonBonus: Low Profile Holiday MixtapeJust in time for Christmas Eve, here is my gift to you all. It’s a holiday mixtape featuring artists who have been featured on Low Profile over the years! This is definitely not a traditional Christmas mix, you’re going to hear a lot of new songs with just a few tweaks to some old familiar tunes from the sort of esoteric artists you’ve come to expect from this show. There’s even a couple exclusives!This is an updated version of the physical cassette tape that I sent out to all the patreon...
2021-12-2459 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison49. Osees
John Dwyer, best known for his work in the band Osees, fka Thee Oh Sees, fka O.C.S., speaks at length with guest host Matt Murillo (drops 12/8/2021) about his extended musical universe, including projects Krang, Pink and Brown, Coachwhips, Damaged Bug, the Trawggs, and Yikes. Dwyer also talks about his record label Castle Face, aging out of rock and roll lifestyle tropes, and his admiration of artists like Bob Log III and The Mummies. The Osees (sp?) are certainly one of my favorite current rock and roll bands. I love this band, I love these stories, and so will...
2021-12-101h 01
Low Profile with Markly Morrison48. Alejandra and Aeron
This episode begins with a sound work entitled “Murk” by the duo Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman.Taken from a collection of re-edited works called “Ficcion,” it’s a slice of a chapter in this couple’s life together as globetrotting sound artists, which lasted for about a decade starting in 1996. Back then, they were simply known as Alejandra and Aeron. They also ran a record label called Lucky Kitchen, which released albums by dozens of international sound artists like Asuna, Johsua Abrams, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Pauline Oliveros, and too many more to mention here, but I absolutely love all of the duo’s re...
2021-12-0359 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonSwamp Dogg: UnabridgedThe raw, unedited conversation between Markly Morrison and Jerry Williams (Swamp Dogg) from fall of 2020. Previously available through patreon.com/lowprofile
2021-11-252h 26
Low Profile with Markly Morrison47. Richard Youngs
This is, as you will discover, a very special episode. The first thing you'll hear on this episode is the sound of the English-born, Scottish-dewlling musician Richard Youngs playing guitar with his feet. Entitled “Foot Guitar XXXV,” it’s one example of the many forms that Youngs’ music can take. On the other 99 and a half percent of his recorded output, you can hear him singing and playing nearly every instrument you can think of, and many you have probably never heard of. A handful of American fans have discovered his music due to his somewhat shoegaze-sounding record Sapphie, released in the USA...
2021-11-111h 09
Low Profile with Markly Morrison46. Martin Rev
Keyboard wizard and punk pioneer Martin Rev, (born Martin Reverby) grew up in New York where he still lives today. In his youth, he was a fan of doo wop music, and then became engrossed in the emerging jazz world that was happening around him, brushing shoulders with the likes of Thelonious Monk, Archie Shepp and Eric Dolphy, and playing in a combo called Reverend B in the late 1960s. It was in those days that he befriended a visual artist called Alan Vega, with whom he would soon form a band named Suicide. They were likely the first group...
2021-10-281h 01
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonBonus: Dollar Country host Frank the Drifter
On this bonus episode we have yet another clash of the podcasts. I had the pleasure of a zoom call and DJ roulette session with the host of Dollar Country, Franklin Fantini, or as his listeners know him, Frank the Drifter. It’s one of my favorite shows, and shares a common mission to this program: that’s to preserve overlooked music history and share it with a wider audience. For Low Profile, that means researching the artists and mining them for their oral history. For Dollar Country, it means sifting through thousands of overlooked country 45’s from the 20th century an...
2021-10-2158 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison45. Corey Ledet
Corey Ledet is a 2012 Grammy-nominated Zydeco musician unlike any other. He was born in Houston, and started playing this traditional Creole music professionally when he was a kid, performing with Wildbert Thibadeuax’s Zydeco Rascals and others before moving to the small town of Parks, Lousianna, where he spent his summers immersed in his extended family’s Creole traditions… especially Zydeco music, which has been in his blood for generations, all the way back to its conception in the beginning of the twentieth century. Corey blends Zydeco traditions with the other music forms that have surrounded his life…jazz, funk, rock, r&b...
2021-10-1455 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonHappy Birthday, Margo Guryan!On September 29th, 1937, the world received a gift: Margo Guryan. In this episode, originally aired in early 2019, my good friends Mike Coleman and Andrew Dorsett join us in Studio B to celebrate the life and music of a living legend. We explore Margo’s small catalog of recordings, as well as the songs she wrote for other artists in the late 60s and early 70s. Finally, we speak with her publisher and step son Jon Rosner, who sheds some light on all the mystery around the woman who helped raise him.
2021-09-291h 32
Low Profile with Markly Morrison44. Sean O'Hagan
Season 4 Finale: The incomparable Sean O’Hagan’s first major band was the Irish 1980s pop group Microdisney. After that group disbanded, he started recording with his next project, the High Llamas, who released some of the most beautiful pop music of the last 30 years. This is a song “The Hot Revivalist” from their 1996 album Hawaii. Recently, he has dropped the High Llamas moniker in favor of his own name. The latest Sean O’Hagan album is “Radum Calls, Radum Calls.” No, there’s not an echo in here. Sean and I speak about the stylistic transitions between his projects, joining the band...
2021-09-0358 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison43. OK Vancouver OK
On this episode, guest host Eli Moore returns to speak with Jeff Johnson of the Canadian indie band OK Vancouver OK. The project has been consistently cranking out a stream of primarily self-released albums since 2005, and their efforts are hard to classify in terms of genre, but they are clearly experimental, socially conscious, and family-friendly. Their latest record as the time of this episode’s release is entitled “Never Perfect,” which youcan find on their website, okvancouverok.caJeff discusses his band’s origins as a solo project in Vancouver, BC, the situations that inform his songwriting and recording process, and bringing h...
2021-08-1954 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison42. Jonny Fritz
Jonny Fritz is a man of many talents. In addition to being one of my personal favorite artists at the forefront of 21st century country music, he is a father, leatherworker, and according to his business card, “LA’s Premiere Used House Salesman.” He grew up in Virginia, lived in Philly later in life, and then moved to Nashville where he get his country music career going releasing a pair of albums under the moniker Jonny Corndawg. He has since moved to Los Angeles, where he works in real estate, and has reverted to his given name to release the albums “D...
2021-08-0646 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison41: The Fleetwoods
Gretchen Christopher of the iconic 1950s and 60s pop vocal group the Fleetwoods returns to the show. Gretchen talks about that band’s formation, and rise straight to the top of the Billboard charts, and her solo career that followed. The Fleetwoods were comprised of Gretchen Christopher, Barbara Ellis, and Gary Troxel and were the first group to hit number one TWICE on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts in a single year. They were an international success thanks to their tight harmonies, rich sound and classic songs like “Come Softly To Me” and “Mr. Blue.” Gretchen has lived all over the country, but h...
2021-07-1558 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison40b. Alison O'Donnell (Part Two)
The second part of Michael Sean Coleman's interview with Dublin-based psych-folk legend Alison O'Donnell. This conversation covers her time in the band Flibbertigibbet while living in South Africa during apartheid in the late 70s and early 1980s, more about her work with Mellow Candle and the process that went into their classic album "Swaddling Songs," and her upcoming solo record. This episode marks a season break for Low Profile, we will return with more new episodes in July of 2021. Thanks for listening!
2021-05-2827 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison40. Alison O'Donnel (Part One)
Michael Sean Coleman will be your guest host for this two-part episode as we take a closer look and a bit of a listen to the amazing life and incredible music of Alison O’ Donnell. You may know that Alison, along with Clodagh Simmonds, were the vocal powerhouse that drove the Irish prog/psych/folk rock band Mellow Candle - the two teenage girls lending their soaring harmonies and timeless songwriting to the group’s 1972 masterpiece, Swaddling Songs. Alison’s nearly fifty years of songwriting and singing have, and continue to be deeply rooted in Celtic tradition - yet her creativ...
2021-05-2057 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison39. Temple of Bon Matin
Temple of Bon Matin founded in Philadelphia in 1990 and would continue through the two thousand teens with a rotating cast with the only constant being Ed Wilcox at the center and helm. Ed was the singer, drummer and band leader of Temple of Bon Matin which was an extremely loud band with electric guitars and smashing drums. A band of blue collar workers (Ed Wilcox is a truck driver currently), the band toured on the weekends and were back in the wee hours Monday morning to clock into their jobs. Ed is a wonderful story teller, he was gracious to...
2021-05-0657 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonBONUS- Looking Back: A Low Profile Mixtape
Instead of a new episode this time around, here’s some music representing the artists who have been featured on the program so far, from the most recent back to the first episode. Hang out for a couple hours, enjoy the jams, and if you like a song or artist, dig it: There’s a Low Profile episode about them for you to devour. See y’all in a couple weeks with more new shows as season 4 continues to blow minds across the galaxy.Low Profile with Markly MorrisonLooking Back Mixtape 4-22-2021Negativland “Drink It Up”Alice Stuart “Freedom’s The Sound”Je...
2021-04-222h 10
Low Profile with Markly Morrison38. Negativland
This episode, guest hosted and produced by Eli Moore, is an interview with Negativland co-founder Mark Hosler. Since the late 1970s, the art collective known as Negativland has been sticking it to the status quo through their albums, radio program, live performances and visual art for over 40 years. Hosler tells Eli of the group’s beginnings in the San Francisco suburbs, their inevitable involvement with the punk scene there, the lawsuits they have had thrown at them, the evolution of their creative process over the years, and collaborating on new material with bandmates who have passed away for their latest al...
2021-04-081h 04
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonNegativlandThis episode, guest hosted and produced by Eli Moore, is an interview with Negativland co-founder Mark Hosler. Since the late 1970s, the art collective known as Negativland has been sticking it to the status quo through their albums, radio program, live performances and visual art for over 40 years. Hosler tells Eli of the group’s beginnings in the San Francisco suburbs, their inevitable involvement with the punk scene there, the lawsuits they have had thrown at them, the evolution of their creative process over the years, and collaborating on new material with bandmates who have passed away for their la...
2021-04-081h 04
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonThe Wurst Nightmare (Bonus Episode)
Hey Low Profile listeners, this is Markly with a surprise bonus episode!This episode's featured guests are influenced by people like Jesus, Gandhi, God and Buddha. About a year ago, I got to have a conversation with two living members of one of the most influential bands of all time. Then my computer completely died, and I lost the entire interview! I was crushed. But to my amazement, earlier this week, I received a package from Ulan Bator, Mongolia containing a cassette tape of our conversation! My voice is coming out of their speakerphone, so sorry in advance about the q...
2021-04-011h 00
Low Profile with Markly Morrison37. Alice Stuart (Crossover w/ Welcome To Olympia)
This episode is a crossover with the oral history podcast Welcome To Olympia, hosted and produced by Rob Smith. I first met Rob when we were both beginning work on our respective shows, and he asked me if he could use my band Skrill Meadow’s song “Going for Broke” for his show’s end theme music. (I obliged.) Since then we’ve been bouncing back and forth the idea of a further collaboration, and I stumbled upon an accomplished folk rock artist by the name of Alice Stuart, who happens to live here in Olympia these days. Alice spoke with Rob a...
2021-03-251h 01
Low Profile with Markly Morrison36. Jeffrey Lewis
Jeffrey Lewis is a musician from the Lower East Side of Manhattan who followed in the tradition of NYC’s “anti-folk” movement. He writes songs that come from his observations of the changing world around him. In the last 25 years he has released over 35 albums’ worth of material- including collaborations with the likes of Kimya Dawson, Diane Cluck, and Peter Stampfel. Here, Jeffrey speaks with guest host Jack Habegger about his musical beginings, writing comics, family, collaborating with the History Channel, and his unlikely friendship with the late indie rock hero David Berman.Artist portrait by Taylor W. Rushingtaylorwrushing.comProduced and host...
2021-03-111h 04
Low Profile with Markly Morrison35. Briana Marela
SEASON 4 PREMIERESinger, composer and multimedia artist Briana Marela’s transcendent music emphasizes love, thick and swirling, like frozen yogurt you can listen to. Briana grew up in Seattle and found herself immersed in its vibrant independent music community when she was still in high school. We spoke about how she came to record her first album with a cast of established music royalty (including friend of the show Karl Blau), toeing the line between pop and experimental music, her affinity for Mister Rogers, keeping her family’s heritage alive, her feelings about the 4th Amendment and working with Radiolab, recording with...
2021-02-2556 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonBONUS Crossover: CapCity Presents Low Profile
On this week's episode, we team up with Andy "Remex" Moreno of The CapCity Presents Podcast for our first ever cross-over episode! CapCity Presents Podcast is a show that digs into the world of Puget Sound region musicians and beyond, from the lens of Andy's background as a promoter of live entertainment. We discuss life in Olympia, hip-hop, live shows, obsure music and what pickled dishes we'll be trying on our next episode.CapCity Presents Podcast on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1ALd4Mc4SS7lo4ss4q0nLYCapCity Presents Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/capcitypresents/CapCity...
2021-01-251h 01
CapCity Presents PodcastEpisode #16 - Cross-Over Episode with Markly Morrison of Low ProfileOn this weeks episode, we team up with Markly Morrison at The Low Profile Podcast for yet, another cross-over episode! The Low Profile Podcast is a show about the discovery of music that wouldn't be heard in the mainstream. We discuss life in Olympia, hip-hop, live shows, obscure music and what pickled dishes we'll be trying on our next episode.
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2021-01-251h 01
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonBonus Holiday Episode 2 (w/ Gretchen Christopher)
For this second holiday 2020 bonus episode, Low Profile brings you a high-profile artist. She has won multiple gold records and is in the Vocal Group Hall of fame. Her name is Gretchen Christopher, and she is one of the founders of 1950s-1960s pop sensations the Fleetwoods, who began their career here in Olympia, Washington. She will be featured in an upcoming episode about the Fleetwoods next season, but today I’m presenting our conversation about her newest single, “Christmas Is You,” after nearly 40 years in the making. Gretchen tells the story behind the song, along with the story of how we...
2020-12-1415 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonBonus Holiday Episode (w/ Steve Hindalong)
Happy holidays everybody! It’s Markly, and I’m happy to bring you this little bonus piece in between seasons. Here’s what’s up: I had the idea to make a special mixtape of non-traditional Christmas music to share with the show’s Patreon supporters, with songs performed by artists who’ve been featured on Low Profile over the past few years. I figured out that almost half of the people who’ve been on this show had something I could include, like Amps For Christ, Nick Krgovich, Klaus Nomi, Bob Dorough, and Ashley Eriksson. Gary Wilson, Swamp Dogg and Heatwarmer...
2020-12-0812 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison34. Lavender Country
SEASON THREE FINALE!This episode is a feature on the band Lavender Country, whose eponymous 1973 album was the world’s first gay-themed country record. Back then, if you weren’t part of the gay community, it was highly unlikely you would be hip to this record, but it was a game-changer for the initiated, and has since been archived in the Country Music Hall of Fame. The songs were culled from suggestions of members of the Stonewall movement, petitioning the band to sing about the issues that mattered most to them, as their band leader Patrick Haggerty told me:“Write a song...
2020-11-191h 02
Low Profile with Markly Morrison33. Oval
Berlin denizen Markus Popp has been creating music under the name Oval since the early 1990s. His earlier albums brought a new sound to the world of electronic music that would come to be known as "glitch." On first listen, one might think they had a damaged copy of the album before eventually falling under its lilting trance. He designed his own audio software called "ovalprocess" that was accessible only at installations at a few galleries in the early aughties. Popp never made pop music, but his style became a part of that landscape around the turn of the century...
2020-11-0556 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison32. The Music Tapes
Welcome to the 32nd episode of Low Profile with Markly Morrison, the show that stands at least six feet away from popular music. My guest today, Julian Koster, is a master of the singing saw, a prominent member of cult heroes Neutral Milk Hotel, and the founder of his own group The Music Tapes, both part of the storied Elephant Six Collective in Athens Georgia. He is also the creator of a lavish scripted podcast from WNYC called “The Orbiting Human Circus,” which is in production on its third season. His music is created using an eclectic variety of antiquated reco...
2020-10-2256 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison31. Swamp Dogg
This episode’s featured guest is Jerry Williams Jr., better known as Swamp Dogg, who has been a force in the music world since 1954. His many credits include the song “She’s All I’ve Got” made popular by Freddie North and Johnny Paycheck, and the honor of having the second-worst album cover of all time with “Rat On!” He speaks to me from his home studio in L.A. about his early days as a child prodigy R&B entertainer, his career as a songwriter, recording artist and producer in multiple genres, and his recent resurgence – not a comeback – working with Joyfu...
2020-10-0858 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison30. The Julies
The Julies were a band formed in the early 90s in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The band had already broken up by the time their EP “Lovelife” was released on the indie Christian label Flying Tart, but the small amount of music they created made an impact on me, a guy I recently met named Jason, and countless dozens on top of that. “Lovelife” has recently been reissued on vinyl by Lost in Ohio, among with a digital and limited cassette release of the band’s demo “January.” I spoke with the band’s lead singer and song writer, Chris Newkirk, about his time in this...
2020-09-2430 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison29. Karl Blau
This episode picks up where the last one left off, with another singular auteur of Anacortes, WA music: my good friend Karl Blau. We talk 4-tracking vs computer, indie labels vs self-releasing albums, our times together in the studio and on tour, his relocation to Germantown, PA and his latest album "Children of All Ages."
2020-09-1056 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison28. The Microphones' Phil Elverum
My guest today is Phil Elverum. Phil has been making music under the moniker Mount Eerie, named for a mountain in Washington, since 2003. Prior to that, he made music as The Microphones. We’ll get to the origin of that band name later. I first met Phil in the mid-2000s in his hometown of Anacortes, WA, a small town where for years he helped organize What The Heck Fest, a music festival that drew acts and audience members from the world over. In the last 25 years he has been taking his music all over this earth and has released and...
2020-08-2754 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison27. Jib Kidder
This week’s guest is Sean Schuster-Craig who performs under the moniker Jib Kidder. Sean describes his music as “ADHD Psychedelia.” He grew up in the south and is currently based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Jib Kidder first made a splash when his song “Windowdipper” was featured on the TV show “So You Think You Can Dance.” Since then, he’s primarily made sample-based music and incorporated that into his singer-songwriter collage style. We spoke on his process and influences, fruit flies, comic books, poetry, burgers, and his forthcoming album called “Jump The Gun,” which you can hear a sneak preview of on today’...
2020-08-2058 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison26. David Grubbs
Over the course of the last four decades, Kentucky-born David Grubbs’ musical activity has ranged from hardcore punk to the fine arts. In addition to his work as a solo artist, David is noted for his groundbreaking avant-pop group Gastr Del Sol and his collaborative efforts with a diverse group of influential musicians including The Red Krayola, Pauline Oliveros, Will Oldham, Tony Conrad, Royal Trux and John Fahey. In the 1980s Lousville KY punk scene he was a founding member of the band Squirrel Bait (look for their new jeans). David has also published three books in the past decade: “Recor...
2020-08-1359 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison25. Donnie and Joe Emerson
Today on the twenty-fifth episode, I’m bringing you the goods: the definitive article on the sleeper underground pop duo Donnie and Joe Emerson. The two oldest siblings of their family, Donnie and Joe made the leap from agriculture to popular culture with their 1979 album “Dreamin’ Wild.” The strange thing is that it took over three decades for their music to catch on. Talk about being ahead of their time! And now there’s even a major feature film in the works about their story, which you’ll hear more about later.The song that put them on the map is called “B...
2020-08-0559 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison24. The Holy Modal Rounders
Season 2 finale. Band members Peter Stampfel and Robin Remailly recall the ups and downs of the Holy Modal Rounders, and remember their recently deceased band mate Steve Weber. Special guest introduction by musician and artist Jeffrey Lewis! Season three coming sooner than you think...
2020-06-2155 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonOld Time Relijun's Arrington DeDionyso (2019)Rewinding to a little over a year ago we present the interview with Arrington of the trance-punk band Old Time Relijun from summer of 2019, with a fresh catching-up chat. This was recorded at TCTV's studio in Olympia, WA with guest panelist Jeremy Schwartz and guest engineer Andrew Ebright.
2020-05-2356 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonGary WilsonThis is a new edit of last year's interview with Gary Wilson, in tandem with his new LP "Tormented." Gary is one of the wildest songwriters this earth has known, and has been making sleek, sexy jazz-tinged pop music since the 1960s. He talks to our panel (Tim, Susan, Andrew, Miles and Markly) about his youth in Endicott, NY and his "resurrection" in the 21st century.
2020-05-1356 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonSoul-Junk (repost)Low Profile is going on hiatus for the rest of the month and replaying some old favorites. Today I’m sharing my interview with Glen Galaxy recorded in San Diego last summer. Glen is the creative force behind an experimental gospel group called Soul-Junk. He got his start in the seminal noise rock band Trumans Water, and in the years since has fronted bands such as Methuselah, OctaGrape, and Summatraban. His latest project is called Parallel Stereo. In this episode Glen and I discuss all things Soul-Junk. Low Profile appreciates your support. Tell people online and offline, rate an...
2020-05-0656 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison23. Ashley Eriksson
An interview with friend of the show Ashley Eriksson of the band LAKE (who has a new album called "Roundelay"). We discuss her early musical output, her new disco project, animation and much more!
2020-04-3058 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison22. Dr. Eugene Chadbourne
If you want to know what Thelonious Monk, George Jones and the electric rake have in common, you need not look further than Eugene Chadbourne. He has been surprising audiences for over four decades with his alarming hybrid of free jazz and country music. He has an unfathomable catalog of collaborative and solo efforts. Musician and co-host Arrington de Dionyso joined me at the local Quality Inn to spend some quality time with the good doctor. Co-produced by Miles Rozatti, featuring bumper music by Warren Lee. Support the Low Income Housing Institute at lihi.org, and support this podcast by...
2020-04-2253 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison21. C.W. Stoneking
Here is a musical storyteller from Australia whose music is a vibrant collage of country, blues, hokum, calypso, rock and jazz that hearkens back to the early 20th century. His singing evokes imagery of carnival barkers and medicine men, singing tunes full of adventurous whimsy. I went with Miles Rozatti (who also produced this episode) to catch him on tour in Tacoma back in February 2020 and got to have a lovely chat together. If you'd like to support Low Profile, you can do so by doing any of the following: Subscribing,Sharing with friends online and IRL,Five Star Reviews, Giv...
2020-04-1559 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison20. Washington Phillips (with historian Michael Corcoran)
Washington Phillips was a jackleg preacher and a gospel singer in the early 20th century. He invented a one-of-a-kind instrument he called the Manzarene which sounded as celestial as the heavens. Little was known about him until music writer Michael Corcoran started knocking on doors and looking for clues, striking gold again and again. He compiled his findings into a book that is included with a CD called "Washington Phillips and his Manzerene Dreams." Markly and Miles spoke with Michael about his research on Phillips and other early gospel blues greats for this insightful feature-length interview. If you enjoy this p...
2020-04-101h 40
Low Profile with Markly Morrison19. Cornershop
Cornershop have been making catchy and original music since 1993. Their sound includes elements of punk, disco, Bollywood, glam rock, and funk, always upbeat, no black keys used on the piano. Their lyrics often address issues of ethics, racism and politics. I spoke with Tjinder Singh in London about the group's evolution and their new LP on Ample Play, "England Is A Garden." Please support this show by rating and reviewing it on Apple Podcasts, subscribing, and making a recurring donation of any ammount by visiting patreon.com/lowprofile.This episode was mastered by Miles Rozatti, as usual!
2020-04-061h 01
Low Profile with Markly Morrison18. Heatwarmer
Heatwarmer is a jazz-laden pop trio that originated in Seattle. They say their biggest influence is Star Wars, and they have a new EP called "Electric City." Markly chats over face time with Luke Bergman, Aaron Ottheim and Evan Woodle about all things Heatwarmer and how they are riding out the Covid-19 fiasco.
2020-04-0258 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison17. Chumbawamba
Danbert Nobacon spent 28 as a founding member of the anarchist pop group Chumbawamba before the band called it quits in 2010. He shares stories about the group's origins and antics, from his first group Chimp Eats Banana to dousing the Deputy Prime Minister with a bucket of ice water at the Brit Awards. If you thought you knew Chumbawamba based off of "that one song," you'll be surprised. This episode is supported by... you! Please rate and review the podcast, subscribe, and make a small donation at patreon.com/lowprofile to help keep this show afloat.
2020-03-2657 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison16. Nick Krgovich
Nick Krgovich of Vancouver, BC has been writing and recording music since his early teens. His previous bands include Gigi, p:ano, and No Kids. He's been a member of Mount Eerie and Dear Nora. His latest solo release is a concept album about his first experience with heartbreak, entitled "Ouch." Nick and Markly got together at 9am over coffee some 200 miles apart and had this conversation, along with plenty of music clips and some exclusive previews of his upcoming projects. Please subscribe, rate and review this show. You can also support the program financially by visiting patreon.com/lowprofile
2020-03-2256 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison15. Amps For Christ
For the first episode of season two, we travel to Claremont, CA to get to know Henry Barnes, better known as Amps for Christ. Topics include the connotations of having such a band name, homemade instruments and oscillators, and the songs and sounds that shaped him. Recorded on location at the Folk Music Center.
2020-03-1259 min
Low Profile with Markly MorrisonSeason Two PreviewListen in on a mixtape with our panel as we discuss a few of the prospects for the artists we plan to feature this season. We hear from a guru, an inventor, people with superpowers and forgotten garage bands. New episode coming soon!
2020-03-0142 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison14. Terry Cashman
For our season finale, just in time for the end of the world series, we focus on a smattering of songs written for the love of America's pastime and talk to legendary singer/songwriter Terry Cashman.
2019-10-301h 27
Low Profile with Markly Morrison13. Scott Dunbar
Born in 1904, this expert fisherman from Mississippi made his first guitar out of a cigar box and went on the become the most beloved entertainer in his hometown of Lake Mary. He only released one album in his lifetime, but as we found out, there is much more to the story. If you like real home-grown blues, look no further as we go searching through time for Scott Dunbar.
2019-10-1851 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison12. Bobby Frank Brown
A generation before New Edition hit the scene and one of its members went solo with a hit called "My Perogative," there was another recording artist named Bobby Brown who came from a whole different school of thought. For obvious reasons, he now includes his middle name. Bobby Frank Brown, a psychedelic-spiritual one-man band, has garnered praise from the likes of Kenny Loggins, George Winston, Ram Dass, and Allen Ginsberg, and is somebody I never thought I would be able to get in touch with. His debut masterpiece "The Enlightening Beam of Axonda" (1970) is a sonic anomaly that captures the...
2019-09-1755 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison11. Soul-Junk
Meet your new favorite band, Soul-Junk. Founded in 1993, with albums dating back as far as 1950 (we'll explain later), singer/songwriter/producer Glen Galaxy has eluded all preconceptions of gospel music by remaining true to his artistic vision. I met with him at his San Diedo studio, Singing Serpent, and dropped a bunch of songs into the mix. If you've never listened to this band, sit down. You're in for a lot of surprises.
2019-08-0255 min
Low Profile with Markly Morrison10. Susan Cadogan
She first hit the airwaves in the early 70s and never stopped making music. Her voice is like cotton candy or a glass of brandy, singing soulful reggae music perfect for summertime. We chatted her up about her beginnings, family, and the road to her newest album, "The Girl Who Cried."
2019-07-1159 min