Click here to listen to the interview with Dayan Kai (time = 47:00) I think Dayan Kai just beat out Antsy McClain of The Trailer Park Troubadours as the most frequent guest on this podcast. A brilliant musician and a good […]
Songs and Stories #161: Recent Radio Part Two – More New Tunes
Click here to listen to Michael’s interview and a few of his new songs (time = 33:20) I’ve done quite a bit of local radio this year. It’s always fun, and it’s always a blast turning the interviewer in me around […]
Songs and Stories #160: Scott Cooper on “Batik in Blue”
Click here to listen to the interview with Scott Cooper (time = 58:22) I continually find myself amazed and amused at what a small world this music tribe is. Scott Cooper and I go back aways. I was recently cleaning off […]
Songs and Stories #159: “Cafe Musique Ebbs and Flows”
Click here to listen to the interview with Cafe Musique (time = 47:58) You really need to hear this band. Cafe Musique has a self described mix of “gypsy jazz tango swing and wild classical” continues to wow audiences just as much as it […]
Songs and Stories #158: “Recent Radio – And My Red Skelton Story”
Click here to listen to Michael’s recent radio appearances (time = 28:55) As much as I love interviewing other songwriters, every now and then it’s fun to virtually flip the mic around and send out a bit of info on […]
Songs and Stories #157: Michelle Chappel – “Call Me Crazy”
Click here to listen to the interview with Michelle Chappel (time = 1:01:15) Lots of people have left a full-time day job to pursue their music careers. But having a PhD in psychology and leaving a professorship to play and […]
Songs and Stories #156: Blackie Farrell’s “Cold Country Blues”
Click here to listen to the interview with Blackie Farrell (time = 40:15) Dave Alvin says “Blackie Farrell is absolutely one of America’s great undiscovered national treasures.” Gurf Morlix calls Blackie’s long-awaited debut record, “Cold Country Blues”, a “master class […]
Songs and Stories #155: Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen
Click here to listen to the interview with Dan and Laurel (time = 1:04:07) Lots of people meet on the Internet. In the case of Canadian-born Dan Frechette and Monterey Bay native Laurel Thomsen, magic happened. Dan’s a monster songwriter […]