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Have you ever wanted to write a great song, but thought "there's no way I can"? Me too! But today's guest, Dar Williams, says you in fact can write a song that matters. Dar's new book, called "How to Write a Song That Matters" is an extensive overview of how tap into your creative side and be your true authentic self while writing a song.  Dar has hosted writing workshops in person for years, but this book is the first time she put all those key nuggets of her class in book form.

It's a great dive into the creative process and how to demystify it.  Dar zoomed in from her house on the Hudson to talk all about the new book, her creative process, Mickey Mantle (yes you read that right) and much much more! Really fun and insightful chat, do it up! 

https://www.darwilliams.com/

https://www.darwilliams.com/product/f/Books/753

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The uber talented Anastasia Elliot returns to the podcast to discuss her new full length album, "La Petit Mort"! We go through the album, track by track to discuss her creative process for putting the album together. It's my favorite record so far in 2023! Listen along to the album as we discuss the tracks in-depth.

Anastasia's Website: https://www.anastasiaelliot.com/

Anastasia's YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnastasiaElliot

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We're headed to San Francisco today to chat with the Singer/Songwriter Tom Heyman about his new release, 24th Street Blues. Tom's Mission District neighborhood is the subject of the album, and it's a great reflection on the changes in his neighborhood over the last 25 years. do it up!

Tom's website: https://www.tomheymanmusic.net/

My new True Crime podcast with my evil twin, Alex Greenwood: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-to-killing-city/id1692581081

Episode 126 takes us to Georgia to visit with Collective Soul's bassist Will Turpin.  Collective Soul released their 11th studio alum this summer named Vibrating and hit the road for a major tour.  Will and I discuss this, what it's like to have brothers in the band, what he likes to do for fun when he tours, why Kings X is kick ass, and why our fathers had such an impact on our lives musically.   A really fun chat, do it up!

Collective Soul Website: https://collectivesoul.com/

Will Turpins' studio: https://reel-life.net/

Trading Fours Podcast website: https://tradingfourskc.com/

What do you have lying around in storage? Well, if you're the Smithereens guitarist Jim Babjak, you have an entire album recorded back in 1992.  The "Lost Album" is being released this month and that's really good news for Smithereens fans!

Jim zoomed in from his home in New Jersey to talk all about the album, what CBGB's was REALLY like in the 1970's, how life is for the living, and what makes a great guitar riff a great guitar riff.  Super nice guy - super fun chat - do it up!

https://www.officialsmithereens.com/

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Episode 125 is a fun one has we head back home to Kansas City to talk to Ha Ha Tonka's Brett Anderson! H H T is back in KC this Wednesday at the Record Bar for their 12th annual Thanksgiving Eve show!  We discuss that, the new upcoming album, whether I should try to learn the mandolin, and how it was hanging out with the late, great Anthony Bourdain for an entire day. Great chat, do it up!

Ha Ha Tonka Website: 

https://www.hahatonkamusic.com/

Buy tickets to see H H T at the Record Bar!:

https://www.therecordbar.com/

Watch when the band was on Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations:

https://fb.watch/gSjXhmERRZ/

The brothers Jesse and Luke Miller zoomed in from Denver and Philadelphia to discuss their bands new album "Bloom & Recede".  We discuss the new album, the power of improvisation during live shows, how they collaborate as brothers, and much more! Great chat, do it up!

Lotus Website: https://lotusvibes.com/

Trading Fours Podcast Website: https://tradingfourskc.com/

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One of the guitarists on my Mount Rushmore of Guitarists stopped by to chat about his TWO new albums.  The phenomenal Eric Johnson zoomed in from his home in Austin Texas to discuss 'The Book of Making' and 'Yesterday Meets Today'.  These 2 new albums feature 9 tracks each and will be released on July 29.  Johnson utilized his Covid quarantine time wisely to go back into the vault and look at all sorts of various projects he had worked on the past to reimagine as part of this release.  Plus he worked up some new tunes.

Eric arrived on my radar way back in 1986 with the release of Tones (I'm still freaking on the outro solo of 'Zap') and over the decades he's won a Grammy, toured the world and collaborated with a ton of amazing artists.

It was my treat to talk to him all about the new albums, his quarantine YouTube guitar lessons, recording and touring with Mike Stern, and many others items.  

Eric's Website 

Eric's YouTube page-  where you can watch all 29 mini-lessons

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The BoDeans Kurt Neumann joins me to talk about their new album, "The Last Time."  Kurt played all the instruments on the album and also produced it.  The album comes out on June 24.

We also discuss his insightful podcast "Staring at the world". He's had guests like Miles Copeland, Kenny Arnoff and Steve Vai.  This is a deep dive into the creative process - a very interesting chat for sure!

BoDeans website 

Staring At the World Podcast

Please join us in a good cause to honor the magnificent life of Molly Hammer. There is a benefit in her honor this Sunday June 12 at the Black Box

Molly Singing Both Sides Now 

We're back in Kansas City today to chat with the super talented singer/songwriter Amanda Hughey! A native of California, Amanda has called Kansas City home for the past 15 years. We discuss her new single, "Flowers in Hell", how writing music can be intensely personal, the current live music scene in Kansas City, why it's ok to play in and be a fan of cover bands, and her own mental health journey.

A great, insightful and honest chat! Do it up!

https://www.amandahughey.com/

Trading Fours website: https://tradingfourskc.com/

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"Folk February" rolls on as I chat with the super fun and talented Henry Girls! They traveled all the way to Kansas City from Donegal, Ireland to be part of the Folk Alliance Conference.  We chat all about that, what it's like to play in a band with your siblings, what preconceived notions they had about Kansas City, and how to find vegetarian and vegan friendly restaurants while you're on the road.  Oh, and all about their music! They're great, do it up!

The Henry Girls Website: http://www.thehenrygirls.com/

Trading Fours Website: https://tradingfourskc.com/

Week 2 of the Folk Alliance rolls on as I interview the Scottish trio, Talisk. They traveled all the way from Glasgow to Kansas City to be a part of this year's Folk Alliance.  We chat all about the conference, what to call their music, travel tips and much more.  Lots of laughter during this one.  Do it up!

https://www.taliskmusic.com/

Talisk live at BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUjghK_wTiI

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Happy Thanksgiving people! Kansas City's own Emma Jo dropped by the house to talk ALL about her new album "Girl Bandit"! We discussed all about that, our mutual love of travel, the power of 12 step meetings and much more -great chat, do it up!

Emma Jo's website: https://emmajo.rocks/

Emma Jo's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/voxprincess

I headed to downtown Kansas City to the beautiful Midland Theater to interview Pistols at Dawn before the performance. They were on the bill that night with Mammoth WVH and Alter Bridge. I climbed aboard their tour RV to chat all things Pistols at Dawn.

Guitarist Will James, guitarist Devin White and bassist Sean Benham chatted with me after their soundcheck but before their performance. We discussed life on the road, their TWO top 40 rock hits, what it's like being on the same bill with a Van Halen, and so much more! These guys were super friendly and funny - and then I went inside to watch them blow the doors of the venue. Great band - great chat, do it up!

Pistols at Dawn Website: https://www.pistolsatdawnband.com/

YouTuber Anthony Cheray's channel, where I utilize the audio of the beginning of the show (Thanks Anthony!): https://www.youtube.com/@anthonycheray

Collier Cash's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@colliercash9488/videos

Singer/songwriter, guitarist and all-around good egg Lincoln Barr is this week's guest.  He's going to be in Kansas City playing live at the Mini-Bar on March 9. Buy your tickets here: https://www.minibarkc.com/tickets

Lincoln grew up in Cape Girardeu, Missouri, Cameron, MO,  Arkansas and in Mississippi, but called Seattle home for a number of years, leading his band Red Jacket Mine, but he's calling South Carolina home these days.

Lincoln released his 3rd solo album, Forfeit the Prize, in October.  We talk all about the album, growing up around Memphis, Big Star and their effect on Lincoln, Ian Moore, Jason Falkner and much more! Very meaningful chat, do it up!

http://lincolnbarrmusic.com/

Trading Fours Podcast Website: https://tradingfourskc.com/

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The amazing guitarist, vocalist, interviewer, teacher and all around good egg Andy Aledort is back on the podcast to discuss his NEW release, 'In a Dream."

Andy zoomed in on his birthday (Happy birthday Andy!) to talk all about the new record and SO much more. Always a fun chat, do it up!

http://andyaledort.com/

Chastity Brown is an amazing singer-songwriter from Minneapolis.  She has a brand new album coming out on June 17, entitled "Sing to Walls".  We discuss the new album, her creative process and have a frank and open discussion about race in America in 2022.

http://chastitybrownmusic.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbYoVAfwh-g&t=1372s

Have you ever wanted to do something for a really long time - but have never pulled the trigger? Well a lot of us have - and today's guest is no different. You probably know Tommy Taylor for being an amazing drummer for Eric Johnson, Christopher Cross and many others. But Tommy has always wanted to create his own music - and at age 66, he has done just that! Tommy's new album is his debut album of his music - where he wrote the songs and sang lead vocals on the tracks. We had an amazing chat about the new music, growing up in Texas, playing with Eric Johnson, hanging out with Stevie Ray Vaughan and much much more!

Tommy's website: https://tommytaylor.com/

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What do you get when you mix together classical music with hiphop ? You get today's guest, BLKBOK.  Born and raised in Detroit to a musical family, BLKBOK's new album "Black Book DLUX" - is a thought provoking and beautiful album that features his piano work along with the poet Lauren Delapenha- 25 tracks in all.  BLKBOK zoomed in from the road in New York City to talk all about the album, his collaboration with Renee Elise Goldberry, going on the road with Rhianna, Justin Timberlake and John Mayer - and much much more!  Really enjoyed this one, do it up!

https://www.blkbok.com/

https://www.instagram.com/blkbok/

Join me on this subscriber only episode as we discuss how a surface asphalt parking lot in downtown Kansas City played a huge part of jazz history.  We start our journey in July 1935 in Kansas City and end it in Harlem in March 1937.  

Here's what today's empty parking lot looked like in the 1930s.

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On our second to last podcast, we return to Nashville to talk to Rizz & The Believerz. The band combineds rock, reggae and hip-hop into their own special sauce of music. Rizz and Troy Luccketta (formerly of Tesla) joined cohosts Jamie Green and Billy decker to talk all about their new music. This one was a lot of fun.

YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@RizzAndTheBelieverz

The super talented John Brodeur zoomed in from London to talk about his project Bird Streets, which has a new album coming out in November.

The new album, entitled "Lagoon" explores divorce, addiction and sobriety and much more.  A beautiful, wistful, heartbreaking album with heavyweights such as Michael Lockwood (previous guest on the podcast) Aimee Mann,Zach Jones, Buddy Judge, Ed Harcourt and many, many more.

Recorded in Brooklyn, Nashville, Memphis and remotely in LA, Lagoon is an incredibly impactive record and we had an amazing chat about it.

https://www.birdstreetsmusic.com/

Trading Fours website:  www.tradingfourskc.com 

Where were you in 1987?  If you were the guitarist/producer extraordinaire Michael Lockwood, you were in a really cool band called Lions & Ghosts! That band put out a great album called "Velvet Kiss, Lick of the Lime." - he's never been released digitally, UNTIL NOW! And not only that, they've recorded a new tune called "Girl I Luv You."  We talk all about that -we talk about being parents during covid, we talk about so much - really fun chat, do it up!

https://www.lionsandghosts.com/

https://www.michaellockwood.com/

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Moe's drummer Vinnie Amico zoomed in from his home in New York to talk about their upcoming show in Lawrence, the bands serious health issues and how they are better now, the influence of his father, and the hapless Buffalo Bills. A great chat, do it up before you see them live in Lawrence!

Buy your Moe tickets here: https://moe.org/tour

The Trials of Cato are a folk trio from the UK (Wales and Yorkshire) and they will be performing this year at the International Folk Alliance here in Kansas City. They joined me and my new co-host Billy Decker. Billy is a Nashville recording engineer who has mixed 16 number 1 hits!

The Trials of Cato website: https://www.thetrialsofcato.com/

The Folk Alliance International Conference: https://folk.org/programs/conference/

Billy Decker's website: http://www.billydecker.com/

The amazing guitarist Jock Bartley dialed in to talk all about Firefall's new album "Friends & Family". It's out on September 22nd - and is a homage to Firefall's peers - bands like the Doobie Brothers, Loggins & Messina, Lynyrd Skynrd and more. 13 total tracks on the new release - literaly celebrating their friends and family. Jock was a lot of fun talking about the new album and much more. Do it up!

Preorder the new album: here

Firefall's website: https://firefallofficial.com/

The Byrds famously said "So you want to be a Rock 'n Roll star" and today's guest David Fishof is helping people do just that! David is a premier sports and music agent who created Rock n Roll Fantasy camp back in 1997.  David zoomed in from New York City to discuss the very enjoyable documentary "Rock Camp The Movie" - which you can find just about everywhere.  

We discuss the movie, the camps themselves, why finding passion in life is important, and because I'm a Nebraska boy, the quarterback Vince Ferragamo.  Great chat, do it  up!

https://www.rockcampthemovie.com/ - more about the movie, how to watch and the backstories of the main players

https://www.rockcamp.com/ - how to sign up for an actual rock 'n roll fantasy camp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fishof - David's wikipedia page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Ferragamo - All about my childhood hero, Vince Ferragamo, Quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and Super Bowl QB for the Los Angeles Rams 

Did you ever want to be a singer? Not just singing in the shower, or karoke, but on a stage with people watching? It's daunting, right? For many people, it involves getting voice lessons, and for today's guest, she even studied opera.  But she's not singing opera these days, she's singing her own music with her musical partner Galen Clark here in Kansas City.  Kirstie reached out during the Folk Alliance conference ,so I had her over to talk all about her career, which might remind you a little of early Joni Mitchell.  Kirstie has had a peripatetic life, born in New York, with stops in London, Virginia and Pittsburgh.  Now she calls Kansas City home! She sings, plays guitar, piano, clarinet, saxophone, ukulele, and a lot more! Super fun chat with a very engaging artist. Do it up! 

https://www.kirstielynn.com/home

https://www.instagram.com/kirstietheworsty

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It's Tanya Donelly Day on the podcast! As a Gen Xer, I couldn't have been more excited to talk to Tanya all about her new project, The Loyal Seas.  She zoomed in from the Greater Boston area to discuss the new album, how she handled lockdown, collaborating during COVID, college radio, Julia Child, Thoreau, Jack Kerouc and more! Great chat, do it up!

https://www.alr-music.com/products/loyalseasdebutalbum

https://twitter.com/tanyadonelly

https://twitter.com/TheLoyalSeas

Podcast Website:  tradingfourskc.com 

Come see me this Saturday play in a walking boot for 3 hours!:

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Nicki White is a Kansas City based singer songwriter with a heck of a story! She grew up in a musical family, lived in the famous Muscle Shoals area, and made a splash on a reality Tv show. Great chat with a really fun artist!

https://www.nickiwhite.com/

Tyson Leslie joins me briefly to talk about PurpleJam IV - his tribute concert to Prince that is for a very good cause!

https://www.facebook.com/events/507294314019824

Watch my entire conversation with Tyson here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSi5fWF1cdU

Podcast website:  www.tradingfourskc.com 

The great Andy Timmons joined me for over an hour to talk all about his new album, Light of Love! We also discuss his favorite artists, surviving as a musician in the time of covid, and much much more! Andy first came upon my radar in the late 80s when he was a member of Danger Danger, but that's just small part of his amazing career!  The Andy Timmons Band, The Pawn Kings, Olivia Newton John are just SOME of the projects he's been involved in.  One of my favorite episodes ever! Great guy, do it up!

https://andytimmons.com/

www.tradingfourskc.com

Today's show takes us to Philadelphia, where we chat with guitarist/singer Greg Sover. Greg's got a new album out called "His-story", and it features numerous tracks of new music, plus a couple Jimi Hendrix tunes. Which is made even more interesting because Hendrix's bassist, Billy Cox, played on those two tracks.

Greg talks all about that, being the child of Haitian immigrants, knowing Joe Frazier a bit, crazy good country guitarist and so much more - great chat do it up!

https://www.gregsover.com/

The guitarist Russell Javors -zoomed in from his home in Florida to talk all about his time with Billy Joel, writing and recording with Karen Carpenter, the producer Phil Ramone and much much more!  Russell's current project is 'The Lords of 52nd Street', where is 1/3 of the classic combination of himself, Liberty DeVitto (drums) and Richie Cannata (saxophone and flute).  They, along with the late great Doug Stegmeyer, were the backbone of Billy Joel's band in his heyday - from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s.  The Lords of 52nd street is a celebration of that music with 3 of the guys who there.  Great chat, do i up!

Lords of 52nd Street website 

Clip of Russell sharing lead vocals with Billy on Until the Night live

All Because of You - a song written by Russell recorded by Karen Carpenter, with Russell on Guitar

We are heading down to Austin Texas to talk to the guys who created and run The Purple Bee! WHAT is the Purple Bee you ask? Well, as their website says: "Purple Bee is a new media production company & recording studio. We are concert film makers & curators of magical events – exploring livestreams, the metaverse, & web3 projects"

We had a very fun conversation about how The Purple Bee came to be, what the business is like today AND where they see the music business is headed. Be sure to look at their website and YouTube while listening:

Purple Bee Website: https://purplebee.org/

Purple Bee YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@PurpleBeeTV

How did you pivot when the lockdown started back in 2020? For today's guest, Corey Heuvel, he made the most of his time by switching from performing in bars and clubs to performing on YouTube.  He learned hundreds of new tunes and built a huge following with his weekly livestreams on YouTube.

Corey zoomed in from Canada to talk all about that, Jeff Buckley, Stevie Ray - which Canadian bands you should be listening to AND - most of all - all about his new album that comes out this month!  Oh and we talk a little Buddhism and meditation.  Great chat, do it up!

http://www.coreyheuvel.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCClyi2HUuVSeBJm1150aAcQ

Trading Fours Website:

https://tradingfourskc.com/

The great Andy Aledort is a fave of this podcast, because he's a super cool guy who is also incredibly generous with his time.  He's been on before to talk about his Stevie Ray Vaughan book and to discuss the passing of EVH - but this is the first chance we've gotten to discuss his music!

Andy has an amazing new DOUBLE ALBUM  (yes you read that right) called "Light of Love".  It's a beautiful album that was decades in the making - but well worth the wait.

Andy talks all about the new album, including how he got to utilize the famous Double Trouble rhythm section, knowing Stevie Ray, his thoughts on the passing of Pat Martino, and much much more! Great album, even better dude - do it up! 

Andy Aledort website: http://andyaledort.com/

Trading Fours Podcast website:  www.tradingfourskc.com

Nashville based rock band Lydia's Castle joins us to talk about their new single "Phoenix".  Singer Tonya LeAnne and guitarist Cody Denton talk about how the band was put together, being a married couple in a band and how grief was the impetus for beginning Lydia's Castle.

A very honest and open chat about loss and rebirth. 

https://lydiascastle.com/home

Trading Fours Podcast website: www.tradingfourskc.com

Today's guest is the Kansas City singer Laura Noble.  She's great performer who was born in the Dominican Republic, with a stop in NYC before making Kansas City home.

She combines her homelands music with American pop to make her unique sound!  She's also recorded with Kansas City's own TechN9ne!  Really fun chat, do it up!

https://soundcloud.com/lauranoblemusic

https://www.instagram.com/lauranoblemusic/

Trading Fours website: www.tradingfourskc.com

The monster guitarist Andy TImmons joins me to talk all about his new album, Electric Truth!

Andy has been on my radar since the late 80's when he burst on the scene with Danger Danger- but that's just a small portion of his amazing career.  The Andy Timmons Band, The Pawn Kings, being Olivia Newton John's musical director -he's done it all.

Andy zoomed in from his studio in McKinney Texas to talk all about the new album, how he became a video pro due to the pandemic, great musicians from his home state of Indiana, great guitarists from his adopted state of Texas and MUCH MUCH more.  Truly one of the nicest and most gracious guitarists in the business - this one was a total treat!

https://andytimmons.com/

Buy his new album, Electric Truth:

https://store.andytimmons.com/collections/compact-disc

His Danger Danger days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKxHANTXGAY

Trading Fours Podcast website: www.tradingfourskc.com

The people we know the longest in our lives are our siblings.  And that can be a complicated relationship.  Today's guests, Eleanor and Bonnie Whitmore have had their ups and downs- including a "sibling divorce" at one point.  But lucky for us, they've patched things up and now are collaborating on a new album called Ghost Stories.

We talk all about how the album came to be, how music can be a salve when dealing with grief, and Paul McCartney's bass playing, because, why not? 

https://www.thewhitmoresisters.com/

Podcast website:  www.tradingfourskc.com 

My acoustic duo: www.flatwaterkc.com

The issue of race is a topic that makes many of us squeamish.  But today's guest overcame her trepidation to release the album "A White Album" where she challenges us to talk about race with empathy and grace.  

Rain is an amazing storyteller, not only does she release interesting and intriguing music, she also has a podcast based on her childhood called "Cinderblock Bookshelves" that she originally had written as a play.

We delve into race, her childhood, the podcast and Spotify on this episode. Great chat!

https://www.rainperry.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinderblock-bookshelves/id1574964540

Trading Fours Podcast website: www.tradingfourskc.com

We've hit a milestone! 100 episodes of this podcast, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate than to talk to one of the best bands out there, the Danielle Nicole Band!

I went over to the DNB rehearsal space to talk Danielle (lead vocals, bass) Brandon (guitars, backing vocals) and Go-Go Ray (drums) about new music,  getting ready to get out on the road, and how they spent their time during the lockdown.

Great chat, some of the best musicians and nicest people out there!

Band website: https://daniellenicolemusic.com/

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Who is the most famous person from you high school? For mine, it's either Royals outfielder Alex Gordon or today's guest Matthew Sweet. No offense to Alex, but I was a lot more excited to talk to Matthew! He's had an amazing career of over 3 decades writing and performing rock and pop classics. He dialed in to talk all about his new album Catspaw, surviving the pandemic, moving back home to Nebraska, growing up in Lincoln, his duets with Susanna Hoffs and much more! Really loved this chat, do it up!

https://www.matthewsweet.com/

Welcome back peeps! I'm back from winter break and we start the ball rolling talking Bob Dylan!  Today's guest is the author KG Miles, author of "Bob Dylan in the Big Apple - Troubadour Tales of New York."

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KG Miles: https://twitter.com/barberville

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On this Christmas Day, we welcome in the fabulous singer/songwriter/mutli-instrumentalist John McCutcheon!

John has a new album out, 'Bucket List'.  We discuss meditation - both the standard way, and how music can be meditative.  His Christmas song, Christmas in the Trenches, which explores the impromptu soccer game between British and German troops in the First World War.

We also discuss the amazing Pete Seeger, and how brave he was during the Red Scare. Really enjoyed this one! Be sure to like and subscribe! I'm back on February 1, 2022

https://www.folkmusic.com/

It's Graeme James day on the podcast! He joined me all the way from Amsterdam to discuss his new album, "Seasons".

James is a native of New Zealand, who now calls Europe home.  We discussed this, the new album, becoming a father during Covid, and much more!

graemejamesmusic.com

podcast website: www.tradingfourskc.com

I grabbed my recording gear and headed down to the iconic live music venue here in Kansas City to interview today's guest, Ally Venable! Ally is great guitarist and singer who calls Kilgore Texas home. She let me backstage to sit and chat all about her new album, life on the road, our mutual love of Stevie Ray Vaughan, how cool Buddy Guy is and so much more - great chat! Also stick around for the premier of my new murder mystery podcast- "Going to Killing City"

Ally Venable Band Website: https://allyvenableband.com/

Paola Roots Festival information, where Ally is playing here in August: https://www.rootsfestival.org/music.php

Follow Jamie's new podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-to-killing-city/id1692581081

Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to watch the Beatles write music? Or watch Fleetwood Mac record Rumours? Well if you're Jenny Boyd - you don't have wonder, you lived it! She's today's guest today. She is the author of "Icons of Rock: In their own words." Jenny has interviewed just about everybody in music to explore their creative process. Jenny was married to Mick Fleetwood not once, but twice. She has lived in the world of rock 'n roll for over 50 years, and she's a great interviewer. Great chat, do it up!

https://thejennyboyd.com/

Sherri Chung is my guest today where we delve into the world of soundtrack composing.  Sherri is being honored this very week at NAMM as part of the She Rocks event, but that's only a small portion of the accolades she's getting! She's composed the new Kung Fu reboot, documentaries, movies and much more! Plus she's an accomplished pianist and singer.

She zoomed in LA to talk about how she composes, demystifies the art of conducting, the work on the Keepers with her musical partner Blake Neely, and much more!  Great chat, do it up!

https://www.sherrichung.com/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2901358/

Example of Rocky training scene without music

Rocky scene with soundtrack score

Star Wars without John Williams score 

The uber-talented Beth Bombara phoned in from her home in St. Louis to discuss her brand new album called "It all goes up". It's out August 4 and it's fabulous!

Beth and I chatted about the new album, writing it during covid, growing up in Michigan, and much more! Great chat, do it up!

Beth's website:

https://bethbombara.com/

buy tickets to her Knuckleheads show here on October 8! https://tickets.knuckleheadskc.com/orderticketsarea.asp?p=1779&a=1&src=default

It's Gemini Parks day on the podcast! The creation of Kansas City musician Josh Berwanger, this new band is a genre bending funk punk musical project. Josh zoomed in from his home in Lawrence to talk all about the new album, whether its ok to use backing tracks while playing live, why you shouldn't ask your musician friends to be on their guest list and our shared mutual obsession with our vinyl collections.   Great chat, do it up!

https://linktr.ee/geminiparks

September 10 Lemonade Park show info 

Trading Fours Podcast Website 

At my heart, I'm a HUGE guitar nerd, so I was super stoked to get the chance to talk to the amazing Nili Brosh. She's dropping two brand new singles on May 10! She zoomed in from her home Las Vegas to discuss the new music, being born in Israel, moving to Boston MA at 12, hanging out with the members of Extreme, performing with a guitar that shoots a 30 foot flame out of it, and much much more! Great chat, do it up!

Song for Hope video to premier May 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ru8rb7UmBM

Lavender Mountains video to premier May 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To0YUeQ2eSE

Nili's website: https://www.nilibrosh.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NiliBroshMusic

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nilibrosh/

Today's guest is the second half of my coverage of NAMM 2023, as she was honored at the SheRocks! awards - the amazing Gretchen Menn!

Gretchen can play it all, classical guitar, rock, jazz you name it - she's ridiculously good. But even better, she's a better human - super nice individual! We chatted over an hour about NAMM, Jeff Beck, how to learn to play guitar correctly, Zepperella, our shared love of books, how she flies planes, and her Kansas City connection! One of my favorite chats ever- she's a true erudite and just a really cool human - check it out!

Gretchen Menn at She Rocks! Award: https://www.youtube.com/live/Fth5RocYFvw?feature=share&t=8314

Gretchen Menn's website: https://gretchenmenn.com/

Gretchen Menn's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gretchenmenn/

Gretchen's YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/c/gretchenmenn

Zepparella website: http://zepparella.com/

The super talented Anastasia Elliot joins me today to talk about all sorts of things! Anastasia came onto my radar because she hosted a panel at this year's NAMM conference about wearable technology. You see, Anastasia is not just an amazing vocalist, musician and songwriter- she is a true visual artist as well who often thinks first of the video visuals she wants even BEFORE she writes the song itself.

Anastasia calls Nashville home, and she is ramping up for an entire album release this summer. We chat all about this, and about our white knuckle flying experience, is this super interesting conversation! Do it up!

Anastasia's website: https://www.anastasiaelliot.com/

Anastasia's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnQwEbJc0BbkInay9NIi9vg

Anastasia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anastasiaelliot

Happy holidays everyone! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Today's guest might sound familiar to you - he was on the podcast a few years ago to talk all about his band The Moonkids - but now he's a solo artist, and his new track 'Monday's Rain' is out!

David zoomed in from Edinburgh, Scotland to discuss his solo career, his love of travel, including extensively throughout America, our crazy weather here - and much more! Great chat, do it up!

Links to get to know more about David and follow him: https://linktr.ee/davidabarr