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Beaudoin@kmuw.org (Jedd Beaudoin)
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Into Music
Into Music: Vicki Randle
Vicki Randle is a multi-instrumentalist based in Oakland, California who has performed and/or recorded with Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples, Wayne Shorter, Todd Rundgren, Laura Nyro, and Herbie Hancock among others.
2025-03-06
31 min
Into Music
Into Music: Seán Barna
Seán Barna is the creative force behind recordings such as Sissy, An Evening at Macri Park, and Margaret Thatcher of the Lower East Side.
2025-02-28
15 min
Into Music
Into Music: James Cook
James Cook is a Portland, Oregon-based singer-songwriter whose new album, under the Captain’s Audio Project moniker, is titled Waiting for the Moon.
2025-02-27
24 min
Into Music
Into Music: Mary Bue
Mary Bue is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based singer-songwriter whose latest release is The Wildness of Living and Dying.
2025-02-21
25 min
Into Music
Into Music: Chris Greene
Chris 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.
2025-02-20
33 min
Into Music
Into Music: John McCutcheon
John McCutcheon’s latest release is the album Field of Stars, a project he intended to record in 2020.
2025-02-13
30 min
Into Music
Into Music: Holly Lovell
Holly 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.
2025-02-06
25 min
Into Music
Into Music: Grant Mullen
In 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.
2025-01-31
16 min
Into Music
Into Music: Soph Nathan
In 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.
2025-01-30
21 min
Into Music
Into Music: Chloe & Asy Saavedra
For 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.
2025-01-24
39 min
Into Music
Into Music: Johnny Leitera
In 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.
2025-01-23
29 min
Into Music
Into Music: Avery Mandeville
In 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.
2025-01-17
15 min
Into Music
Into Music: Raia Was
On this episode of Into Music, Raia Was discusses the recording of the EP as well as her views on how compositions evolve and more.
2025-01-16
22 min
Into Music
Into Music: Perla Batalla
In 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.
2025-01-09
33 min
Into Music
Into Music: Mike Montrey
In 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.
2025-01-02
27 min
Into Music
Into Music: Pamela McNeill
In 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.
2024-12-26
31 min
Into Music
Into Music: Slaw
In 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.
2024-12-23
16 min
Into Music
Into Music: Kyle Alexander
In 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.
2024-12-20
21 min
Into Music
Into Music: Timothy Den
In 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.
2024-12-19
45 min
Into Music
Into Music: Maura Pond
In 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.
2024-12-12
25 min
Into Music
Into Music: Daniel House
Daniel 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.
2024-12-10
44 min
Into Music
Into Music: James Petralli
In 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.
2024-12-05
36 min
Into Music
Into Music: Binnie Klein
In this conversation, Binnie Klein sheds some light on the project "The Quiver" while also discussing creativity itself.
2024-11-28
29 min
Into Music
Into Music: Peter Zaremba
Peter 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).
2024-11-21
27 min
Into Music
Into Music: Dave Trumfio
On this episode, Dave Trumfio recalls the early days of The Pulsars and discusses the future of the project as well.
2024-11-14
28 min
Into Music
Into Music: Django Haskins
Speaking 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.
2024-11-07
19 min
Into Music
Into Music: Iain Matthews
In this conversation, Iain Matthews discusses his writing process, how reading keeps him engaged in creativity and much more.
2024-10-31
22 min
Into Music
Into Music: Paula Boggs
In 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.
2024-10-24
34 min
Into Music
Into Music: Andrew Choi
In 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.
2024-10-21
36 min
Into Music
Into Music: Matt Hunter
In this conversation, Matt Hunter discusses his early musical development, collaborations and the process of writing Reindeer Soul.
2024-10-18
22 min
Into Music
Into Music: Billy Sheehan
In 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.
2024-10-17
25 min
Into Music
Into 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.
2024-10-11
29 min
Into Music
Into Music: Hamish Anderson
In 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.
2024-10-10
25 min
Into Music
Into Music: Monica Aben
In 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.
2024-10-03
29 min
Into Music
Into Music: Matt Rollings
In this conversation, Jedd Beaudoin talks to Matt Rollings, a Grammy Award-winning American composer, keyboardist, record producer and educator.
2024-09-26
54 min
Into Music
Into Music: Melt-Banana
In this conversation, Yasuko Onuki and Ichiro Agata discuss 3+5, live performance, and the Melt-Banana’s early days.
2024-09-20
10 min
Into Music
Into Music: Nick Thorburn
In 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.
2024-09-19
33 min
Into Music
Into Music: James Baluyut
In 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.
2024-09-12
29 min
Into Music
Into Music: Steve Wynn
In 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.
2024-09-05
39 min
Into Music
Into Music: Evan Taylor
Our guest on this episode is Evan Taylor. Taylor is former bandleader with the Bernie Worrell Orchestra.
2024-08-30
26 min
Into Music
Into Music: Shawn Magill
In this conversation, Shawn Magill discusses her classical training, learning to improvise, and how song hooks reveal themselves to her.
2024-08-29
25 min
Into Music
Into Music: Malka Spigel
In addition to being a founding member of the band Minimal Compact, Malka Spigel is one half of the duo Immersion with Colin Newman.
2024-08-23
20 min
Into Music
Into Music: Colin Newman
In this conversation, Colin Newman speaks with us from his home base in Brighton, England.
2024-08-22
40 min
Into Music
Into Music: Matt Scannell
In 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.
2024-08-21
43 min
Into Music
Into Music: Shawna Virago
Shawna 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.
2024-08-15
30 min
Into Music
Into Music: David Nagler
In 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.
2024-08-08
47 min
Into Music
Into Music: Troy Luccketta and Rizz
In 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.
2024-08-02
22 min
Into Music
Into Music: Karen Haglof
In this conversation, Karen Haglof discusses her music career, art, and her passion for horses.
2024-08-01
31 min
Into Music
Into Music: Steve Dawson
In this conversation, Steve Dawson discusses how positivity has impacted his creativity, his approach to teaching, and his early days as a recording artist.
2024-07-25
33 min
Into Music
Into Music: Matthew Mayfield
In this conversation, Matthew Mayfield discusses his formative music experiences, his creative process, and the support that his parents have provided throughout his career.
2024-07-18
26 min
Into Music
Into Music: Andy McKee
In 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.
2024-07-11
36 min
Into Music
Into Music: Matt Dowling
In 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.
2024-07-04
26 min
Into Music
Into Music: Chelsea Nenni
In 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.
2024-06-27
26 min
Into Music
Into Music: Jerry Roe
In 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.
2024-06-20
20 min
Into Music
Into Music: Liz Brasher
In 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.
2024-06-13
21 min
Into Music
Into Music: Peter Holsapple and Will Rigby
In 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.
2024-06-06
42 min
Into Music
Into Music: Robert Poss
In 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.
2024-05-30
54 min
Into Music
Into Music: Alex Tebeleff
In 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.
2024-05-23
27 min
Into Music
Into Music: Tim Easton
On 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.
2024-05-16
30 min
Into Music
Into Music: John Sneider
In 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.
2024-05-09
28 min
Into Music
Into Music: Stephanie Sammons
In 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.
2024-05-02
28 min
Into Music
Into Music: Larry Goldings
On 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.
2024-04-25
32 min
Into Music
Into Music: Thalia Zedek
In 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.
2024-04-18
47 min
Into Music
Into Music: JM Stevens
In 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.
2024-04-11
24 min
Into Music
Into Music: Tim Hinck
In 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.
2024-04-04
34 min
Into Music
Into Music: Buick Audra
In 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.
2024-03-28
31 min
Into Music
Into Music: Stu Cook
Our 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.
2024-03-21
39 min
Into Music
Into 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.
2024-03-14
41 min
Into Music
Into Music: Adrian Sutherland
In 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.
2024-03-07
25 min
Into Music
Into Music: Frankie Sunswept
In 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.
2024-02-29
28 min
Into Music
Into Music: Johnny Iguana
In 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.
2024-02-22
32 min
Into Music
Into Music: Jon Regen
On 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.
2024-02-15
27 min
Into Music
Into Music: Peter Jesperson
On 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.
2024-02-08
29 min
Into Music
Into Music: Dustin Arbuckle
In 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.
2024-02-01
23 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Peter Verwimp
Peter 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.”
2021-03-12
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Jerry Leger
Jerry 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.
2021-02-26
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Markus Reuter
Markus 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 .
2021-02-12
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Jason Smith
Jason 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.
2021-01-15
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Dan Dixon
Dan 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...
2021-01-01
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Andre LaFosse
Andre 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 .
2020-10-09
00 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Chris Schlarb
Chris 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.
2020-09-25
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Chris Opperman
Chris Opperman is a New Jersey-based musician and composer.
2020-09-11
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Renée LoBue
Renée 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...
2020-08-28
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Jon Regen
Jon Regen is a New York City-based singer-songwriter whose latest album, Higher Ground, was released in 2019.
2020-07-31
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Candice Sullivan
Candice 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.
2020-03-27
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Keo
Keo is a Wichita-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. She is a member of the band Keo and Them.
2020-03-13
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Sontia Ware
Sontia Ware is a Wichita-based singer-songwriter and gospel vocalist.
2020-02-28
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Dan Overholt
Dan Overholt is a Wichita-based musician and educator.
2020-02-14
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Colby Dean Runyan
Colby Dean Runyan performs under the name Moon Lagoon. His at work on a new album, This Results In Escapism.
2020-01-31
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Drew J. Howard
Drew 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.
2020-01-17
03 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Logan Bush
Logan 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...
2020-01-03
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Candice Sullivan
Candice 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.
2019-12-20
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Michael Peltzer
Michael 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.
2019-12-06
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Jade Hopkins
Jade 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...
2019-11-22
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Cody Cloud
Cody 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.
2019-11-08
03 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Joe Simpson
Joe 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...
2019-10-25
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Grant Boesen
Grant 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...
2019-10-11
03 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Doug Horacio Holguin Lynn
This 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...
2019-08-30
02 min
A Musical Life
A Musical Life: Max Abood
Max 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.
2019-08-16
02 min
Catch a Pocket Podcast
Episode 8 - Jedd Beaudoin - Journalism
Hi 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: twitter - https://twitter.com/jeddbeaudoin?lang=en&lang=en&lang=en facebook - https://www.facebook.com/strangecurrencyict KMUW - https://www.kmuw.org/people/jedd-beaudoin https://www.kmuw.org/programs/strange-currency If you have questions, comments or ideas for future episod...
2019-03-13
59 min