Episodes
Interview with Binnie Klein of In These Trees and Tartie In These Trees is an alternative indie music project led by Binnie Klein. Klein's lyrical stories are suffused with human longing and memory, and pair gracefully with soulful melodies from the artists who perform her work. With her extensive background in music as a radio DJ and a career in writing, Klein seeks to elevate her words through collaboration with rising artists. "Orchard" is her premier single inspired by her audio memoir,...
Published 11/20/24
Published 11/20/24
Interview with Arlen Roth 2024 Arlen Roth is a true guitar legend; part of the list of who he's recorded and toured with contains folks like Simon & Garfunkel (together and individually), John Prine, Phoebe Snow, Bob Dylan, Bee Gees, Don McLean, Levon Helm, Ry Cooder, Duane Eddy, Danny Gatton, Janis Ian, Dusty Springfield, John Sebastian, Johnny Winter and countless more. He also appeared with Ramblin' Jack Elliot and Patti Smith in the Martin Scorcese Rolling Thunder film, created the...
Published 11/13/24
Interview with Jeff Lang 2024 Australian guitarist-songwriter-vocalist-producer, Jeff Lang has built a reputation for making startling music that is accomplished, intricate, gutsy, melodic and loaded with soul. Often taking unexpected turns, he has consistently inspired his audiences by creating a stylistically diverse catalog of over 25 albums. Jeff has mischievously called his music ‘Disturbed Folk.’ One writer referred to him as a “quiet achiever.” But the overall impression one has from...
Published 11/06/24
Robin Hyperius Blake of Hyperius Blake and The Sound Experiment  Talk about operation DOOMSday a tribute show to the legendary MF DOOM    Event description  Friday November 8th Hyperius Blake and The Sound Experiment joined by local MC's Maddstarr being one of them.  Hit the stage at The Crobar A3244 St Clair Ave, Cleveland, OH, United States, 44114    To pay tribute to the legendary MF DOOM !!!
Published 10/30/24
 Interview with Eric Earley of Blitzen Trapper 2024   Launched roughly two decades ago in Portland, OR, Blitzen Trapper garnered early attention with a series of self-released albums before breaking out internationally with a pair of critically acclaimed LPs (2007’s Wild Mountain Nation and 2008’s Furr) that would cement their status at the forefront of the modern indie folk revival. Rolling Stone hailed the band’s “hazy, psychedelic Americana,” while NPR praised their “explosive live...
Published 10/17/24
Interview with saxophonist Chris Greene For saxophonist Chris Greene, turning 50 was a double milestone. It inspired him to look back on his career and the strides he has made as an independent jazz artist. It also inspired him to reflect on his life as a husband, father and family man. Little did he know how happily those two worlds would collide.   Greene was working at home on music for his excellent new album, Conversance, when his attentive 12-year-old son Alex, a talented pianist and...
Published 10/09/24
  PULSARS mark the end of that era. Leader Dave Trumfio (vocals, guitar, synths production andmost anything else) and his younger brother Harry (drums) grew up playing music in a suburban Chicago basement.  While still in his teens, Dave abandoned college-level music production and engineering studies to focus on songwriting and artist endeavors; his native talents soon found him an apprenticeship at Seagrape Studios working with talents as disparate as house music pioneer Mr Fingers, British...
Published 10/02/24
Dave Hill is a comedian, writer, musician, actor, radio host, and man-about-town originally from Cleveland, Ohio but now living in New York City in a totally sweet apartment with a party deck and everything. Hot chicks come over to hang out and eat cheese plates and stuff with him all the time and it’s awesome.   Anyway, on the show business front, Dave has appeared on Netflix’s The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Adult Swim's Joe Pera Talks with You Amazon’s The Tick, Peacock...
Published 09/25/24
The Frans are a public transit-inspired rock band from Cleveland, USA. Their self-titled record was released on March 2nd, 2024. For more information and to become a "Franiac", check us out on social media and other instruments of addiction: https://linktr.ee/thefrans   SEP 19TH Gabriel Xavier & The Neon Saints (Album Release Show) Cleveland OHLink https://www.facebook.com/share/yTKk1L6V2Zuid2Zm/  C-Level Frans cross over track link (To Be Here when finished )
Published 09/17/24
Interview with Evan Taylor  Bernie Worrell Orchestra bandleader. Evan Taylor whose latest production is the posthumous Bernie Worrell: Wave From The WOOniverse about this release and some of his other diverse musical endeavors.   Bernie Worrell: Wave From The WOOniverse is a double album concocted in fourteen cities, issued on 12” LP vinyl a day after Bernie's birthday, (April 19) on Record Store Day 2024 by Org Music in conjunction with Loantaka Records as a Record Store Day “exclusive.” As...
Published 09/04/24
Hailing from New Jersey, singer/songwriter SAMMY KAY has lived the kind of romantic life that can only be found in song. With the highest of highs, and the lowest of lows, KAY returned to his home state after years in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, as well as traveling the world playing in and working for a myriad of bands (Gaslight Anthem and Bouncing Souls among them).   The Kilograms  Joe Gittleman of The Mighty Might Boss tones and  Sammy Kay have formed a new band together called The...
Published 08/28/24
Pamela McNeill knew from an early age that music would be her life. She joined her first rock band at 16 and learned quickly how to connect with her audience. A native of Winona, Minnesota, Pamela resides in Minneapolis. Her career has taken her all over the world including four years in the UK as a backing singer for Rick Astley, performing with him at Royal Albert Hall and The London Palladium for the Royal Family and appearing on many television shows such as BBC’s “Top of the Pops”. As a...
Published 08/14/24
Interview with Fresh Out Of The Box a NYC based comedy group. Featuring Abigail Stories, Gene Morgan, Igor Reyes, Josh Sorell, and Matt Leazer. Fresh Out Of The Box is playing in Cleveland at Imposters Theater Aug 12th 7:30PM.   SHOW INFO: https://www.thisiscleveland.com/locations/imposters-theater Fresh Out Of The Box INFO https://freshouttheboxcomedy.wordpress.com https://www.instagram.com/freshouttheboxcomedy/?locale=bz-hans&hl=am-et   Fresh out the Box has one of the highest scores...
Published 08/07/24
Interview with Karen Haglof. One Hand Up is a collection of 14 songs that cover widely ranging sonic territory. The writing and production started prior to 2020 and was delayed by the pandemic. Because of a renewed interest in visual art, many of the songs on One Hand Up will be accompanied by visual components: hand-drawn 2D animation, motion graphics and video clips, addin up to a mixed media extravaganza. Prior to her career in medicine, Karen had been an active participant in the...
Published 07/24/24
Mike Dillon is a percussionist, vibraphonist, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and vocalist born in San Antonio Texas. He is a member of Critters Buggins, Les Claypool's Fancy Band, and Garage A Trois. He has performed with many musicians including Ani DiFranco, Galactic, Brave Combo, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Marco Benevento, Clutch, Claude Coleman Jr., and New Orleans musicians Kevin O'Day, Johnny Vidacovich, James  Singleton, and Ricky Lee Jones. Mike Dillon & Punkadelick makes its...
Published 07/17/24
The first podcast ever with Melt-Banana !? Interview with Yako and Agata of Melt Banana.   Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock band that is known for playing extremely fast noise rock and hardcore punk mixed with experimental, electronica and pop-based song structures.   Since forming in 1992 the band has released ten albums and toured worldwide extensively. Besides making their music, MELT-BANANA hopes to empower and encourage their fans and fellow musicians by example. They’ve foregone the...
Published 07/10/24
Boris Pelekh (Boris Peleh′; born Boris Fridrikhovich Pelekh, Russian: Борис Фридрихович Пелех, 17 November 1981) is a singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist, most notable as the guitarist of the Gypsy Punk band Golgol Bordello. He moved to New York City in 1991, at 9, and joined Gogol Bordello in 2015. Aside from his work in Gogol Bordello, he also worked with the Nickoldoenon duo Nat and Alex Wolf from 2008 to 2011. Pelekh is the frontman, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band...
Published 07/03/24
Interview with Charlie Musselwhite. Mississippi-born, Memphis-raised, Grammy Award-winning music legend Charlie Musselwhite doesn’t just sing and play the blues; he is, in every sense of the word, a bluesman. Growing up, he not only learned the music first-hand from many of the genre’s most influential artists, he also absorbed the lifestyle. “It’s an attitude,” Musselwhite says of playing the blues. “A way of living life.” Over the course of his six-decade career, Musselwhite has released...
Published 06/12/24
Interview with Don Rauf of Life In A Blender Don returns to talk about Life In A Blender's new album Bent By The Weather.   DON RAUF loves W.C. Fields, Preston Sturges, and Nikola Tesla. He lives with his lovely beekeeping wife, Monique, and his cartooning, surrealistic son, Leo. He is a writer whose books include Killer Lipstick and Other Spy Gadgets. He is the proud founder of The Blowhole Theater, an annual Brooklyn variety show featuring the Blowhole Theater Players and their characters...
Published 06/05/24
Interview with Steve Dawson 2024. Ghosts is the sixth solo album from Chicago-based musician and songwriter Steve Dawson. It’sbeing released June 7 on venerable Chicago label Pravda Records on CD, 12” LP vinyl, digitaldownload and on streaming platforms. Steve's info  http://www.stevedawsonmusic.com http://www.instagram.com/stevdawso https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveDawsonMusic https://www.facebook.com/steve.dawson1 https://twitter.com/stevejdawson  
Published 05/29/24
Interview with Chelsea Nenni of Late Slip. Late Slip’s ringleader, Chelsea Nenni, was born on the East Coast but grew up in California. Elvis Presley was her first love and Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” her first favorite song. She studied opera in college, but Gwen Stefani gave her the guts to be in a band. Nenni moved to New York City in her mid-20’s to pursue a life onstage. There she weaved through singing Sondheim, 1920’s jazz, and then, during an especially fierce winter, taught herself...
Published 05/22/24
Interview with Angelo Moore, aka Dr. Madd Vibe!   Angelo Moore is an American musician best known for his work as lead singer and saxophonist for the Los Angeles ska and funk metal band Fishbone. Moore also performs and records under the stage name Dr. Madd Vibe.   Angelo's info https://www.drmadvibe.com/shows drmaddvibe   May 19th Cleveland OH, Angelo Moore and C-Level Show Info  https://thewinchestermusictavern.com/tm-event/angelo-moore-of-fishbone/
Published 05/08/24
Interview with David Nagler of As For the Future. As For the Future is a new Brazilian music-inspired group based in NYC. Drawing on avariety of styles – bossa nova, samba, MPB (Música popular brasileira) – andcombining them with rock, jazz, folk, and soul influences, the group mates their distinctive sound with vibrant, original lyrics. As For the Future’s self-titled / self-produced debut album will be released on Friday,June 14 on their own As For the Future Music imprint. The record will...
Published 05/01/24
Interview with Mark Scully of WORLDSUCKS   The world sucks—but it doesn't have to. WORLDSUCKS is a band born from friendship and fueled by frustration. Our songs and shows deal with the injustices of the world, channeling our own fury and seeking out others who feel a similar sense of rage and exasperation. This is activism rock, just one action of many we're trying to take to stand up for the liberation of all people. We are not hopeless—justice is inevitable.  WORLDSUCKS is the ongoing...
Published 04/24/24