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Don Dixon, Pt. 1
Season 1 Episode 135
Don Dixon already had spent 13 years playing, singing and writing with the North Carolina indie band Arrogance when he joined Mitch Easter to co-prod…
2 years ago
William Bell
Season 1 Episode 134
William Bell is a soul legend who scored an early hit for Memphis’s Stax Records with 1961’s “You Don’t Miss Your Water” and wrote and sang such much…
2 years ago
Steve Albini, 1962-2024
Season 1 Episode 133
We were devastated to hear of Steve Albini’s death at age 61 of a heart attack. He was a titanic figure in the music world and a mensch among musicia…
2 years, 1 month ago
Grant Achatz
Season 1 Episode 132
I spoke with Grant Achatz, one of the world's most talented, creative and thoughtful chefs, as his 50th birthday and his Chicago restaurant Alinea's …
2 years, 1 month ago
Madeleine Peyroux
Season 1 Episode 131
Madeleine Peyroux started her career busking on the streets of Paris and earned comparisons to such heroes as Billie Holliday and Bessie Smith as she…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bruce Botnick (The Doors)
Season 1 Episode 130
Bruce Botnick engineered the first five Doors studio albums and produced the last one that featured Jim Morrison, L.A. Woman. He also co-produced For…
2 years, 1 month ago
Niko Kapetan (Friko)
Season 1 Episode 129
Many Caropop guests are looking back on amazing careers, but Niko Kapetan of Friko is on the cusp of one. His Chicago-based band’s debut album, Where…
2 years, 2 months ago
Bruce Sudano (Donna Summer)
Season 1 Episode 128
Bruce Sudano had co-written the Tommy James & the Shondells 1969 hit “Ball of Fire” and played keyboards in the bands Alive ‘N Kickin’ and Brooklyn D…
2 years, 2 months ago
Cicely Balston
Season 1 Episode 127
Cicely Balston won the 2023 Music Producer’s Guild’s Mastering Engineer of the Year Award, and when you hear the music she has mastered—and the smart…
2 years, 2 months ago
Greg Calbi
Season 1 Episode 126
If you love music, you have loved recordings mastered by Greg Calbi. Ever hear that Bruce Springsteen album Born To Run? He mastered that and has tho…
2 years, 2 months ago