{"id":6658,"date":"2017-01-02T14:20:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T19:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=6658"},"modified":"2017-01-02T14:20:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T19:20:53","slug":"songs-and-stories-166-jonathan-foster-and-miracle-mile-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-166-jonathan-foster-and-miracle-mile-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #166: &#8220;Jonathan Foster and Miracle Mile Records&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5539\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6658-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories166.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories166.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories166.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories166.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=6658-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories166.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories166.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories166.mp3\">Click here to listen to the interview with Jonathan Foster<\/a>\u00a0(time = 32:37)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/jf.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/jf-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"jf\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/jf-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/jf-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/jf-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/jf.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m kicking off 2017 with a brand new podcast featuring Redding songwriter <a href=\"http:\/\/jfmusic.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Foster<\/a>. A definite kindred spirit, Jonthan has been touring in support of his latest release <a href=\"http:\/\/jfmusic.net\/album\/261672\/help-me-run?autostart=true\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Help Me Run&#8221;<\/a>, a collection of Americana stories which features more than a little inspiration from the northwest area he calls home. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miracle-mile-records.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miracle-mile-records-150x150.png\" alt=\"miracle-mile-records\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6661\" \/><\/a>Jonathan  also runs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miraclemilerecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Miracle Mile Records<\/a>, an independent label comprised mainly of Redding-area songwriters. He added me to their roster last fall, just before I headed north and split a bill with Jonathan and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miraclemilerecords.com\/jim-dyar-band.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Dyar<\/a> (another stellar writer from up north). The latest release from Miracle Mile Records is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/miraclemilerecords\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Kids, Dogs, and Pollywogs&#8221;<\/a>, a children&#8217;s record featuring songs written entirely by Miracle Mile artists. <\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k2U3gPebUTQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Fun fact:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/music\/#starlite\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night&#8221;<\/a> was the title of my last full CD. When I learned that the Miracle Mile label was named for &#8220;The Miracle Mile,&#8221; an area of Redding where their *own* Starlite Drive-In was once located, I knew I had to join forces with these folks.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/gaither_foster_012117.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/gaither_foster_012117-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"gaither_foster_012117\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6662\" \/><\/a>In this episode, Jonathan and I talk after our Redding gig last October. We&#8217;ll recap &#8220;Help Me Run,&#8221; learn about what drove him to create Miracle Mile Records, and find out plans for the label in the future. And if you want to see Jonathan and me perform down my way, he and I are splitting a bill at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/shows\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bay of Pines restaurant on Sunday, January 15th at 5pm<\/a>. Great organic food, a fun early evening of Americana songs and stories, and no cover.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have comments on this episode?<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019d love to hear from you. Call and leave a message at <strong>(831) 288-2226<\/strong>, and I\u2019ll play your comments on-air during the next show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewPodcast%253Fid%253D216646993\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/subscribe-with-itunes.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Fsongs-and-stories-166-jonathan-foster-and-miracle-mile-records%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;&amp;width=800&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:800px;height:30px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to listen to the interview with Jonathan Foster\u00a0(time = 32:37) I&#8217;m kicking off 2017 with a brand new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,20,29,3,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-critters","category-dogs","category-podcast","category-starlite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6658"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6669,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6658\/revisions\/6669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}