Welcome back to the Road Trip Playlists Podcast and our first episode of 2023. On this episode, host Thomas Darro is joined by Swedish singer-songwriter Freja the Dragon. Freja is fresh off the release of her new EP Midnight Feelings. The four-track EP features previously released singles We're Changing and Closer where she collaborated with Peter, Bjorn, and John. In our conversation, Freja talks about how she accidentally started touring with Peter, Bjorn, and John and how that led from her...

This week on the Road Trip Playlists Podcast we are joined by Alt-Pops rising stars DWLLRS. The California based duo have been lifelong acquaintances that became best friends after rooming together in college. Through a mutual bond of overthinking, music, and gaming fueled by Raising Canes, Joey Spurgeon and Bren Eisman found creative outlets through their music project DWLLRS. The two joined us in studio for an interview and photo shoot where we talked about how they came to start the band,...

We have our first bonus episode of The Road Trip Playlists Podcast with our second interview of the week being with Blake Rose. Blake, I believe is going to be one of the biggest names in music. Today he released his newest single 'In Your Arms' which is from his forthcoming EP ‘You'll Get It When You're Older,’ which is slated for a February 24 release date. You can pre-save the EP here. It was a pleasure to talk with Blake about 'In Your Arms' as well as his path to music. He has an...

This week on the Road Trip Playlists Podcast, Thomas is joined by one of musics rising stars Stacey Ryan! You may know Stacey from her ultra-viral TikTok, where she issued an open verse challenge for her unreleased song 'Don't Text Me When You're Drunk.' The video was one of the biggest TikTok trends of the year. Even Jimmy Fallon participated with a verse of his own to the challenge. From there, Stacey signed a record deal and released the full version of 'Don't Text Me When You're Drunk,'...

Super excited to share this week's episode with the rising star in the alt-pop world Kings Elliot. Kings is currently on tour opening for Macklemore and Imagine Dragons on their US stadium tour. We had the chance recently to see her live at Brooklyn's Baby's All Right venue and she was a wonderful artist to see live. Kings Elliot just released her newest single Cry, Baby, Cry, which she calls a letter to her 14-year-old self encouraging her to embrace her emotions. Through her songwriting I...

Welcome back to The Road Trip Playlists Podcast. This week we are joined by one of alt-rock's rising stars joe p. Joe started his music career with his high school friends in the popular band Deal Casino. Around the start of the pandemic the band broke up and in isolation joe p found himself writing music in his basement. Joe shared the writing process to his TikTok page and quickly amassed millions of views and over 300 thousand followers in a matter of months. Fans anxiously awaited the...

This week on The Road Trip Playlists Podcast, I am excited to introduce Cole and Dawson from the pop trio almost monday. The group started together in San Diego as high schoolers in a garage band, and they tell the story of a cold email to Mark Needham, who has produced for The Killers and Fleetwood Mac, found them introduced to frequent collaborator Simon Oscroft (The Naked and Famous, DREAMERS) and the groups 2020 debut EP don’t say you’re ordinary was born. The band has quickly amassed...

Welcome back! We are super excited to introduce this week's episode with BabyJake. BabyJake quickly jumped into the music scene with his gold-selling 2019 release of “Cigarettes on Patios,” the track has garnered over 100 million streams to date. Now, BabyJake has promised that he is “bringing back rock ‘n’ roll”. We got to see Jake perform at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta in a special performance that he brought his dad on stage and sang next to him. We talk about that performance, his...

Welcome back! We are super excited to share this episode with the exciting young band Flipturn.  Flipturn started together in a Florida garage as high schoolers and have quickly found themselves on some of the biggest stages including sets at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, Bonnaroo, and Lollapalooza. Now the band is preparing for the release of their debut album and it was really funny to talk to them about that, their impressive live set, meeting in high school and naming an EP 'Citrona'...

This week on the Road Trip Playlists Podcast we talk with indie royalty and the Australian band Boy & Bear. Host Thomas Darro is joined by Tim Hart (Drums) and Dave Symes (Bass) on this episode of the podcast. Thomas shares with Tim that he was the first concert that he saw when he moved to New York City and he opened as a solo act for friend of the show Stu Larsen and the special night it was. Boy & Bear have topped the ARIA charts, their debut album 'Moonfire' went double platinum,...

Welcome back to The Road Trip Playlists Podcast! I am very excited to share this week's guest is Sammy Rae, from the amazing Sammy Rae & The Friends. Sammy Rae & The Friends are an eight-piece band that are uniquely talented in several studies of music. From world to jazz to funk, folk and rock, they’ve got all the bases covered. It was a pleasure to talk with Sammy Rae about the start of 'The Friends' and what the community of 'The Friends' is like and about its rapid growth. Sammy...

This week's episode of The Road Trip Playlists podcast is a special one. Stu Larsen is an incredible singer-songwriter from Australia, and he is also the first concert that I ever was assigned to write about. I moved to New York City with no plan and somehow got a shot at music journalism, and the first concert I ever reviewed was a special one all because of Stu Larsen. It was a pleasure to share this story with him. We also talk about his amazing travels, he has been traveling for the last...

This week's guest on The Road Trip Playlists Podcast is Noah Kahan. Noah is one of my favorite musicians. His two newest projects, with his EP 'Cape Elizabeth' released in 2020 and his sophomore album 'I Was / I Am' released in 2021, are two releases that I can't stop listening to. The releases add to his already impressive catalog that has logged over a billion streams with Certified Gold tracks like 'Hurt Somebody' featuring Julia Michaels. He has also collaborated with artists like Chelsea...

Welcome back to The Road Trip Playlists Podcast and to season two of The Road Trip Playlists Podcast. This week I'm joined by Parker Kelly. Parker has shared the stage with Elton John, opened for Jason Isbell and performed on Conan. His album ‘The Very Last Day’ was nominated for the Americana Music Association's album of the year. He is currently on tour promoting his newest album ‘Be Here Instead’ and will be at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom Saturday night. Check out the new album and buy...

Jaret Reddick the lead singer of Bowling For Soup joins the show this week. Jaret is one of the funniest guests we have had on the podcast and he told some incredible stories from his 27 years in Bowling For Soup. He tells about how he almost missed his audition for Disney Channel's 'Phineas and Ferb' because he was hung over, how Bowling For Soup went from a Texas bar band to being grammy nominated and still together 27 years later, how opening up about his mental health has been...

This week on The Road Trip Playlist Podcast I cross someone off my interview bucket list. Kishi Bashi joins the show. We talk about his recently released 'Emigrant' EP, as well as his Omoiyari project with the album and upcoming song film release, he talks about getting his start on tour with Regina Spektor, flunking out of Cornell, and more.  Kishi Bashi is the pseudonym for violin virtuoso K Ishibashi. Having recorded, toured, and collaborated with diverse artists such as Regina Spektor,...

This week on the Road Trip Playlists Podcast we are joined by Max Rainer. Max is the frontman of the folk/rock band Wilderado. Wilderado recently released their newest single 'Head Right' which is the debut of their upcoming LP. The band has made it onto many of the top playlists on Spotify, Apple Music, and Sirius FM. We talk about the new single, how the band came together, and more. All on this episode of The Road Trip Playlists Podcast.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The...

This week on the Road Trip Playlists Podcast, I'm joined by the super talented James TW! James TW is a young British singer/songwriter that has already had incredible success. The artist for his career has over 2 Billion Streams on his songs, and a certified platinum track with 'When You Love Someone.' James recently released an excellent new single, 'Butterflies'. We talk about his new single, being discovered on YouTube, playing basketball against Shawn Mendes, and more on this week's...

This week on The Road Trip Playlists Podcast, we are joined by guest Devan, who just released her debut solo EP 'Pink Noise.' This is one of my favorite releases of the year so far. Devan is 1/3 of the band Wild Rivers, where the band's 2019 release of "I Do" scored Devan the top prize of an International Song Writing competition in front of judges like Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Tom Waits, and Bebe Rexha. Devan has one of the best voices you will hear. Please stream the newest release with 'Pink...

Lostboycrow returns for his second appearance on The Road Trip Playlists Podcast to talk about his new eight track EP 'Valleyheart.' We also talk about how his other project 1990nowhere started, and played a Gilmore Girls Inspired game Gil-More or Gil-less. All of this and more in the newest episode of The Road Trip Playlists Podcast.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome back to another episode of the road trip playlists podcast. My name is Thomas Darro, and I am your host. In this week’s episode, I am joined by Cian Godfrey of Somebody’s Child. I discovered Somebody’s Child while mindlessly scrolling Instagram one day and seeing their performance on the late late show. I went right to Spotify and listened to their music and fell in love with it. I’m excited to share both his music and this podcast with you. Known for having a unique voice and...

This week on The Road Trip Playlists Podcast, my guest is Bailey Bryan! Bailey has been praised by just about every outlet, including Rolling Stone, Billboard, the New York Times, and more. This year she was named to People Magazine's Emerging artists in 2021 list. I loved our conversation! We talked about how a viral TikTok has helped her song "play w/ me" climb the charts, break-ups, her upcoming 'Fresh Start' EP, and more!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to...

This week on The Road Trip Playlists Podcast my guest is WIlla Amai. Willa is an incredibly talented singer-songwriter. At just the age of 16, Willa has already performed with the likes of Brandi Carlile, Dolly Parton, appeared on Ellen, and more. Willa is an artist that I know you will love. Listen to her on Spotify or Apple Music.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Australian Singer-Songwriter Riley Pearce joins The Road Trip Playlist Podcast. Riley recently released a new EP titled 'Maybe I Can Sleep It Off.' We talk with Riley about busking in Australia and how he hustled booking gigs as an up and coming artist. We talk about Riley's recent releases and what he has coming up.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app