So stoked to have our Brother, Danny Evans of This Old Engine Designs, on No Simple Road this week! Danny is a multidisciplinary designer that specializes in brand development, designing-for-print media, illustration & merchandise design. The studio blurs the lines between the traditional design styles and uses a collection of skills to create pieces that retain a high value of utility and longevity. Danny softly blends his illustration skills and his use of other classic design styles to...

We're back with another Artist's Spotlight featuring SPAFFORD! Back on December 30th Spafford was on the 2nd night of their 3 night New Years Eve run here in Portland, Oregon at The Get Down. We had the chance to catch up with the guys before the show and had one hell of a conversation. Pre-show chats like these are our favorites! We talk talk about why Portland was the choice for their NYE run, humble beginnings, locking in during the jam, being okay with losing a recording (or not), and a...

Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! We produce these episodes in collaboration with The Edible Beats out of Denver, Colorado. Do yourself a favor and head over to their website to find out more! This week on the No Simple Road Weekly Rewind we have our friends Joe Izzo and Willow Grace in the studio with us to talk about Panspermia, Tardigrades,...

We are so excited to have the legendary Bobby Vegas with us as our guest on No Simple Road this week! Bobby began his professional career at age 15 with Bo Diddley, but he achieved wide attention at age 16 for his distinctive picked and muted bassline on Sly Stone’s “I Get High On You” (from Sly’s 1975 album High On You ). Since then he has contributed his soulful feel and incredibly dynamic playing to a long list of world-class artists including: Billy Preston, Booker T., Paul Butterfield,...

We're back with another Artist's Spotlight featuring Michelle Pietrafitta of Banshee Tree and Dave Dernovsek of Yak Attack! Portland's own Yak Attack combine technical chops, live looping, and vesatility to create a all of danceable sound far beyond the capabitlities of most three-piece bands! Banshee Tree is a band that has a sound as eclectic as its own members, spanning the dimensions of music in a brave new way. The quartet’s style is unique in how it crosses the boundaries of rock, punk,...

Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! We produce these episodes in collaboration with The Edible Beats out of Denver, Colorado. Do yourself a favor and head over to their website to find out more! This week on the No Simple Road Weekly Rewind we get into one of the most sensitive subjects around the house... our diets. We've embarked on a 30 day...

This is an important episode for the No Simple Road community. This week on the show we have Charles Patti of My Self Wellness on the show. My Self Wellness empowers you on your health & wellness journey by combining the healing benefits of ketamine with new lifestyle practices for a full mental reset.  It was not until Charles began to incorporate psychedelics in a therapeutic way that he began to see a transformation taking place within himself. There is a connection to healing trauma...

Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! We produce these episodes in collaboration with The Edible Beats out of Denver, Colorado. Do yourself a favor and head over to their website to find out more! We are back!!!! We missed you all so much last week! If you didn't see the saga unfolding on Instagram, or even if you did, after this week's rewind you'll...

This week we are so stoked to spend some time with Adam November of Karina Rykman's band! Adam November is a creative technologist and musician living in Brooklyn, New York. Adam combines electronics, code, sound, and light to create new experiences and products, often centering on music technology and LED art. Currently he is Director of Physical Technology at NYC-based innovation lab Future Colossal, and tours with bassist Karina Rykman on guitar and electronics. We talk with Adam about: -...

Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! We produce these episodes in collaboration with The Edible Beats out of Denver, Colorado. Do yourself a favor and head over to their website to find out more! Take a trip with us this week as we discuss the recent events that took place in Miami, Florida. Was it 11 foot translucent aliens? Was it a group of...

We're so stoked to have Caleb Lee Hutchinson as our guest on No Simple Road this week! For as long as Caleb Lee Hutchinson has been making music, he has rooted his creative process in the brutal honesty and rich storytelling tradition of country music’s roots. Hutchinson’s voice and wit inspired important collaborations on his 2019 self-titled debut EP, produced by Grammy winner Kristian Bush, and 2021 follow-up, “Slot Machine Syndrome,” produced by Grammy-nominated Americana stalwart, Brent...

Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! We produce these episodes in collaboration with MELT PREMIUM MUSHROOM CHOCOLATES. Follow them on Instagram @meltmushrooms. DM them for info and let them know we sent you. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024! Take a trip with us this week as we recap a couple of the moments that made 2023 one of the best years ever for the No...

It's the last episode of 2023 for the No Simple Road Family and it had become a tradition for us to have Erin & Liz, creators of The Grateful Dead Tarot deck, on the show to do a reading for the year ahead. We draw a card for each month and discuss what the cards are laying out for us in the months to come. This coming year has some warnings on the map ahead as well as some incredible growth and insights. Having a reading by the actual creators of the deck itself gives such an incredible...

Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! We produce these episodes in collaboration with MELT PREMIUM MUSHROOM CHOCOLATES. Follow them on Instagram @meltmushrooms. DM them for info and let them know we sent you. DISCLAIMER: WE ALREADY DON'T MEAN ANY OF WHAT WE SAID IN THIS EPISODE. Would you join a cult just to see how it works? Have Jesus as your savior...

We are so stoked to have Sean Badders and Jimmy Russel of The Quick & Easy Boys in the studio with us this week The Quick & Easy Boys are a power-trio out of Portland, Oregon who creates their own blend of rock and roll. Imagine the Minutemen, the Police, and Band of Gypsy’s rolled into one.​ Formed in 2005, The Quick & Easy Boys quickly made a name for themselves in Eugene, Oregon before relocating to Portland and becoming a renown nationally touring act. Their shows are an...

Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! We produce these episodes in collaboration with MELT PREMIUM MUSHROOM CHOCOLATES. Follow them on Instagram @meltmushrooms. DM them for info and let them know we sent you. This week on the No Simple Road Weekly Rewind we talk a bit about the superhuman ability to push past your limits and still continue on doing...

We are so excited to have returning guests Patrick Sanders & Gabe Gebremedhin of Lone Tree back on No Simple Road this week! Lone Tree, based in Nairobi, Kenya, is a group of 5 expat teens formed 6 years ago to create a high energy, powerful sound that is contemporary yet firmly rooted in their influences from rock, blues, funk, reggae, and the legacy of great, live music. The band was originally named Refuge which represented what they are all about: escaping from shallow, inauthentic...

Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! We produce these episodes in collaboration with MELT PREMIUM MUSHROOM CHOCOLATES. Follow them on Instagram @meltmushrooms. DM them for info and let them know we sent you. This week on the No Simple Road Weekly Rewind we recap the last week's festivities, The NSR HolidayGet Down, meeting Matt from Perpetual Groove,...

We're so stoked to have comedian, fellow podcaster, and No Simple Road Family member Cam Herdt as our guest on the show this week! Cam has taken over social media with his hilarious takes on all walks of life inside the Jam Scene, he hosts his very own Osiris Media podcast the Best Show Ever and co-hosts the Family Reunion show, and he does weekly stand-up comedy and improv out in L.A. We sat Cam this past Spring at the Phish Hollywood Bowl shows and it's been a love affair of mutual...

Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! We produce these episodes in collaboration with The Edible Beats out of Denver, Colorado. Do yourself a favor and head over to their website to find out more! This week on the No Simple Road Weekly Rewind we are taking back the meaning of 'The Holidays'! We each decide what holiday we would create if we had...

We are so excited to have Avram Brown of 'The Wheel' as our guest on No Simple Road this week! Combining his melodic vocal-driven songcraft with lush kaleidoscopic production and guitar textures, The Wheel spins open an interdimensional portal that weaves indie folk-rock into psychedelic dreamscapes on his debut self-titled album. It’s no coincidence that Avram Brown named his new musical project The Wheel. In many ways, the singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist has come back...

Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! We produce these episodes in collaboration with The Edible Beats out of Denver, Colorado. Do yourself a favor and head over to their website to find out more! This week on the No Simple Road Weekly Rewind we are joined by Jack McGrane of Bodhi Mojo for a conversation about what the holidays mean for us and a...

We are so excited to have Hayley Jane as our guest this week on No Simple Road! Hayley Jane’s performance is layered with raw intensity + linguistic prowess.   She has a deeply emotive + highly magnetizing presence that’s generating a buzz in the industry.   Hayley pulls inspiration from a variety of styles, including 60s + 70s rock + pop, musical theater, folk, blues, soul,  psychedelic, funk + bluegrass.  Just as varied, are the many ways she can captivate an audience.  Whether the...

We are back with another Artist Spotlight with Louis Smith & Ryan Wood of Kendall Street Company! Virginia's Kendall Street Company are no strnagers to having a wild time. The genre-fluid, eclectic rock ensemble has drawn varied comparisons to the dynamic jams of Umphrey's McGee and Widespread Panic, songwriting prowess of John Prine, experimental psychedelia of Pink Floyd, progressive jazz-infused rock of Frank Zappa, and off-color humor of Ween and They Might Be Giants. Including...

Catch up with the No Simple Road crew as they discuss everything from the music scene, family life, show recaps & reviews, spirituality, psychedelics, and everything in-between! We produce these episodes in collaboration with The Edible Beats out of Denver, Colorado. Do yourself a favor and head over to their website to find out more! This week on the No Simple Road Weekly Rewind we get our gratitude on! We're not talking about the trite idea of being grateful. We're talking about the...