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ZZ Ward
Season 1 Episode 99
ZZ Ward has a powerful, soulful voice, a great ear for hooks and an old-school blues-rock sensibility fused with hip-hop rhythms, all playing out on …
2 years, 7 months ago
Johnny Hickman (Cracker)
Season 1 Episode 98
Johnny Hickman has provided “bonehead guitar riffs,” memorable songs and a spark-plug energy to Cracker since the band debuted more than 30 years ago…
2 years, 8 months ago
Sally Potter
Season 1 Episode 97
You may know Sally Potter as the groundbreaking English director of such films as Orlando, The Tango Lesson and Yes, but now she also is a recording …
2 years, 8 months ago
Michael Shannon, Live at Space
Season 1 Episode 96
Michael Shannon is an Oscar-, Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor who, the night before this conversation, sang R.E.M. songs at the Chicago club Metro. He…
2 years, 8 months ago
Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Pt. 2
Season 1 Episode 95
Los Lobos was doing its label a favor when it played on what turned out to be a big album: Paul Simon’s Graceland. Why did the band wind up feeling b…
2 years, 8 months ago
Steve Berlin (Los Lobos, The Blasters), Pt. 1
Season 1 Episode 94
Saxophonist/keyboard player/producer Steve Berlin played with the Blasters before joining Los Lobos, and he noticed a stark contrast between how thos…
2 years, 8 months ago
Steve Cropper
Season 1 Episode 93
Booker T. and the M.G.’s were an all-time great band on their own and while playing with such Stax acts as Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Albert King and O…
2 years, 9 months ago
Peter Zaremba (The Fleshtones)
Season 1 Episode 92
It's no wonder that Peter Zaremba was the star of the recent Lenny Kaye-hosted Nuggets all-star concert in Los Angeles: He has been keeping ‘60s psyc…
2 years, 9 months ago
Mike Peters (The Alarm)
Season 1 Episode 91
With Mike Peters belting out anthemic songs such as “Sixty Eight Guns” and “Spirit of ’76,” the Alarm could rouse an audience no matter the size—and …
2 years, 9 months ago
Suzzy Roche (The Roches)
Season 1 Episode 90
When you want to add joy and beauty to your life, listen to the Roches. There’s magic in these three sisters’ harmonies and good humor and heartbreak…
2 years, 9 months ago