Podcast Episodes

Gene Simmons

Season 6 Episode 178

What was meant to be an hour-long interview with Gene Simmons turned into one of the stranger conversations we’ve had on Broken Record.

As co-founder, bassist, and co-frontman of KISS alongside Paul …

Published on 11 hours ago

Loudon Wainwright III

Season 6 Episode 177

In 2022, at 75 years-old, Loudon Wainwright III released Lifetime Achievement—an aptly titled album from a songwriter whose debut came more than fifty years earlier.

Over the decades, Loudon has buil…

Published on 1 week ago

Infinity Song: Live From Tribeca Festival

Season 6 Episode 176

Great musical chemistry often starts at home. Think of family bands like Sly and the Family Stone, The Beach Boys, the Bee Gees, Haim, Oasis, AC/DC, and The Jacksons. Infinity Song, our guests today,…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Margo Price

Season 6 Episode 175

Margo Price’s new album, Hard Headed Woman, was recorded in the heart of Nashville at the legendary RCA Studio A—the very place where the “Nashville Sound” was born, and where greats like Merle Hagga…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Annahstasia

Season 6 Episode 174

Soaring, lush and steeped in soul, Annahstasia has a voice that feels distant and intimate all at once. She was scouted in high school for a career in pop music but after some strange dealings set ou…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Spellling

Season 6 Episode 173

Chrystia Cabral is the experimental, often mystically-inclined Oakland artist who records as Spellling. Since her 2019 debut, she’s built a reputation for richly imaginative music that defies easy ca…

Published on 1 month ago

Daron Malakian

Season 6 Episode 172

Daron Malakian first made his name as the enigmatic guitarist and songwriter behind System of a Down. Between 1998 and 2005, the band released five albums—three of which debuted at number one on the …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Introducing Charlie’s Place: A Cultural Haven That Brought People Together Through Music

Season 6

Here’s a preview from a new podcast, Charlie’s Place. How did a Black man in 1940s Jim Crow South open a club where Black and white people danced together? Charlie’s Place was revolutionary, and that…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bilal

Season 6 Episode 171

Today, we’re joined by one of the most inventive and electrifying vocalists in modern soul music: Bilal. 

Since the release of his debut album 1st Born Second in 2001, Bilal has defied categorization…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mike Shinoda

Season 6 Episode 170

Mike Shinoda took a bold step last fall when he reintroduced Linkin Park with a new lineup featuring drummer Colin Brittain and singer Emily Armstrong as lead vocalist—taking on the role once held by…

Published on 2 months ago