Glad You’re Here

The Alt-Country rising stars out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ladybird, join host Grant Glad on this weeks episode of the show to chat about how they found their sound, politics in music, Bruce Springsteen & Bob Dylan, and really anything else that comes to mind. Ladybird also just won the Virtual Band competition and will be performing at Blue Ox Music Festival on the Backwoods Stage this year. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness. Special shoutout this week to Greenway Recording Studio for Recording and Mixing this conversation.

Duluth Singer/Songwriter/Troubadour Teague Alexy joins host Grant Glad on this weeks episode of the show to talk about his songwriting process, the beauty of music and family and love, keeping old things alive and anything else that comes to mind. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Minneapolis Folk Singer Michael Gay joins host Grant Glad to nerd out about songwriting this week. We get into where he finds inspiration for songs, his experience managing the business end of things for other artists and whatever else pops in our heads. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

This week host Grant Glad is joined by the team of Car Concierge, Andrew, Erik, Dan & Brandon to talk a lot about Toyota Tacoma's. We also discuss the service they offer helping find folks cars so they don't have to waste entire weekends at car dealerships. Car Concierge has been a sponsor of the show from day 1 and we had a blast talking about all the services they are able to offer their customers to help them find a brand new car.   This weeks episode brought to you by Car Concierge (of course), Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Minneapolis Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter Sylvia Dieken joins host Grant Glad to talk about her songwriting process, her love of Paul Simon, and how she went about self producing her debut album set to be released this spring. We also may nerd out about our love for Phoebe Bridgers on this one. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Lisa Hengel the owner of Willow Wood Insurance Agency joins host Grant Glad on the show today to chat about what it's like to see the world through her kids eyes, how much she loves the Minnesota music scene, and of course all things insurance as well! Many thanks to Lisa and Willow Wood Insurance for being a sponsor of the show. This show is also brought to you by our other sponsors Car Concierge, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

This week we take a little detour from the music world as the one and only Cassidy Glad of Pulse Barre & Fitness joins host Grant Glad to chat about all things group fitness. We discuss her journey to becoming a studio owner, the community she is building at Pulse, and what it takes to be a great fitness instructor. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and of course, Pulse Barre & Fitness

The one and only Maddie Thies sits down with host Grant Glad to discuss her new single "Owie" which is about her experience living with chronic pain. We also chat about how she works in a supportive role playing bass for other Minnesota acts like Anni XO, her creative process, and anything else that comes to mind. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Folk Singer/Songwriter (don't call it folkgrass folks) Simon Cropp joins host Grant Glad to solve all the worlds problems on this week episode of the show. We talk about how his upcoming debut album, his experiences climbing the ranks of the music industry by just asking for the gig, how he is learning pedal steel and anything else that comes to mind. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Stained glass artist Laura Geyen of LH Glassworks sits down with host Grant Glad to discuss how she got into stained glass, some of her anti-capitalist pieces, where she gets inspiration for her art, and what it takes to make a living as an artist.   This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Multi-Hyphenate Emmy Award Winning Sound Designer-Music Producer-Engineer Taylor Lewin sits down with host Grant Glad to discuss his career arc, the skillset he has developed to be successful in the creative industry, his thoughts on making a living in the creative industry, how he helps articulate ideas and anything else that pops in their heads. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Girl at the Rock Shows AKA Langen Goldstien sits down with host Grant Glad to talk about her experience promoting the Minnesota music scene by attending 100's of shows every year and writing about them. We talk about how she manages this with a day job, what makes bands stand out for her, and why it's always worth it to get there for the opener. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Alyssa Oursler (author, musician, photographer & music journalist) joins host Grant Glad on this weeks episode to talk about what it's like to write a novel and have to live in that world, how she is influenced by Patti Smith, and anything else that pops in our heads. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Minneapolis Americana/Country phenom Thomas Sticha joins host Grant Glad on the show this week. We talk about his experience coming out from the Christian music world as a backup musician and into his own as a country singer, how him and others have built a community of like minded Americana artists in the Minneapolis music scene, and Thomas shares live performances of his songs “Mississippi Down” and “Bozeman” This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Americana Songsmith Luke LeBlanc joins host Grant Glad this week to cut it up about this music thing. We chat about how he's been playing on stages and writing since he was 12, his Erik Koskinen produced album "Places", where his ideas come from, and Luke and Grant debate the merits of country music radio circa 2010. This episode is brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Sophie Hiroko sits down with host Grant Glad to talk about her new single "Ashes" that came out on March 17th. She shares a few unreleased songs on the show and we talk about WWOOFing, how she uses her other band (C U Next Tuesday) to have 2 outlets for her emotions, and the process she uses to create quality art quickly.   This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Nur-D sits down with host Grant Glad to chat about all of the things and drop 2 freestyles in our lap.  Nur-D shares some wisdom about healthy criticism, being vulnerable in your music, what it means to make it as a musician and also performs 2 freestyles over beats produced by Ghosty of Petrichor Sound. Follow Nur-D on Instagram so you don't miss his new album "Chunkadelic" dropping everywhere on July 23rd, 2025. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Music Producer extraordinaire Hunter Hawthorne of Petrichor Sound sits down with Grant Glad to give us a glimpse behind the curtain of how your favorite music gets made.  Hunter talks about the skill set needed to be a good producer, what a producer does, his favorite produced album of 2024 and more.  This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Jarah Sullivan and Julian Edoff of the band Dellwood sit down with host Grant Glad to share some of their unreleased songs, chat about their experience defining themselves as a young band that does multiple genres with deep bluegrass influences, Grant complains about bands that put more emphasis on their outfits than their music, and Dellwood shares how they developed their sound.   This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Doyle Turner joins host Grant Glad for the second time to chat about his new record "Paper Maps". We chat about his experience working with Sarah Morris who produced the record, songwriting and why the hell aren't people going to shows anymore?   This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound, and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Jason Streitz joins host Grant Glad to talk about his newest album "Light Again". We go in depth on the songs of the record, the themes that inspired it, America and Jason's business Brickyard Pottery that him and his wife run.   This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Grant sits down with Kate and Emma from the Spine Stealers and they talk about getting their start in music back in 2020, smoking cigarettes in graveyards, and anything else that pops in our minds. Learn more about the Spine Stealers on Instagram or their website. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agecy, Petrichor Soundand Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Grant sits down with Gavin St. Clair of Saltydog and the Gavin St. Clair trio. Gavin sheds some light on how hard he works to make music look easy, how he keeps it interesting, and how Saltydog came to be the prominent jam band of Duluth. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Grant is joined by the one and only Charlie Parr. Charlie allows us some insights into his thoughts on the boundaries he has had to draw around making a living as an artist, the history of recorded music, his experience becoming a mentor to fellow Duluthian musician Jon Edwards, and how he discovered all that 1920's blues music while growing up in Austin, MN. Charlie performs a song by Leadbelly and an original tune as well.   This episode brought to you by our sponsors Car Concierge, Petrichor Sound, and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Minneapolis musician/singer/songwriter Anna Devine joins Grant and they talk about the taste gap between our taste in art and the art our abilities allow us to make (credit Ira Glass), Anna's trip to Italy, and where she finds inspiration for her songs. Her new single "Year's End" is available in all of the streaming places, so go listen to that right after this. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge and Petrichor Sound.

We're back! Kicking off this season with the one and only Emma Jeanne, a dual citizen artist of the Twin Ports and the Twin Cities and a dual citizen of her solo project and her band Yonder.. Grant and Emma talk about taking every opportunity that comes your way, the differences between performing with bands versus solo, and whatever else pops in their heads along the way. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge and Petrichor Studios.

Kyle Orla of The Northerly & K.O Stringworks comes back to join host Grant Glad to talk about his love for John Mayer and a few other things along the way. Things like, how him and his wife are building a great music school for students of all ages in Duluth, how he learned about all that old timey music and more. This episode edited by Ross Thorn, who also makes an appearance or two. Brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down with the one and only Jake Manders and they chat about his grunge-folk music, his art, and what it's like working as a high school art teacher. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad talks with Emmy Woods about her whirlwind of the past year racking up awards and accolades as a Minnesota songwriter, her creative process, and what it's like making a life in music. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down with Hattie & Grace of The Penny Peaches to talk about growing up in a music family, blood harmonies, and where their songs come from. This episode brought to you by car concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Glad You're Here podcast host, Grant Glad chats with emerging American-folk artists Maygen & The Birdwatcher around the campfire on-site at the 2024 Blue Ox Music Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.    Singer-songwriters Maygen Lacey and Noah Neumann talk about life on the road this year and pushing the boundaries of their songwriting and musical arrangements, on and off stage. Maygen & The Birdwatcher's Leap Year EP, out on August 2, 2024 is a creative culmination of a quiet time being spent with the songs they have had on their hearts for a while. The Leap Year Tour 2024 rolls on deep into summer with a multitude of show dates, and festival performances in new cities.   This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

It's our 2nd interview with the one and only Molly Brandt! She shares her song Mr. Texas and her and Grant commiserate about the state of American politics. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down with Sarah Larson and talks about her project Red Thread. Sarah drops some knowledge about Eastern European folk music, history, and anything else that comes to mind. She shares a live version of a song off her new record "Immigrantke" and another A capella version of an old folk tune! Learn more about Sarah at https://www.redthreadsings.com/ This episode brought to you by Car Concierge. Find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down with Carrie Sue and the Woodburners at a makeshift studio set up outside of a tent during the Blue Ox Music Festival. They talk about their upcoming EP, what it's like in Urbana, Illinois, how they create their tight cohesive sound, and what inspires their beautiful songs. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down with Minnesota songwriter Christopher David Hanson and they nerd out about songwriting, songcraft, and finding the space in a song. Chris is kind enough to share a new song and an old classic along the way too.   This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, go to gocarconcierge.com to learn more.

Host Grant Glad sits down with Singer-Songwriter Austin Castle out of Duluth, MN. They get into the nitty gritty on things like psychadelic drugs, songwriting, and chasing this crazy music dream. Austin shares the song that helped him win the Duluth Dylan Fest Songwriters competition. Learn more at https://www.austincastlemusic.com/ This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, learn more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down with the grown up musical prodigy, Josie Langhorst. Josie shares her songwriting process, what it was like growing up in a musical family, her influences and a few songs written within the past few months! This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down to chat with up and coming musician from the Duluth music scene, Jon Edwards. They chat about what got him into music, meeting his heroes, and he tells some stories about his guitars. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down with Siri Undlin to talk about her musical project Humbird and all the things that go into creating songs that truly sound like an autumn day. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down with comedian James Stanley and they talk about what it's like to make a life in comedy, the process of creating art and anything else that pops in their heads. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Grant Glad sits down with Singer/Songwriter/Producer/Instrumentalist Joey Verskotzi (AKA Verskotzi) and learns about what has allowed him to make a life in music, where he honed his craft, and the inspiration behind his new album "SHIRING" Find out more about Joey at https://www.verskotzi.com/ This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, learn more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down with James Eugene Russell to talk about his upcoming record, his thoughts on songwriting and songwriters, and what he does to stay sane chasing a life in music. Check out James at https://www.jameseugenerussell.com/ This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, learn more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad talks with Brett of the Duluth, MN musical project Dirtbike Boyfriend. They get in the weeds on messaging in songs, consuming media, being a true creative, the throughline between different types of art and castles. You can find out more about Dirtbike Boyfriend at https://www.dirtbikeboyfriend.com/music  This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/  

Host Grant Glad sits down with Cole Diamond and they talk about authenticity in country music, making live performances matter, and where all these songs come from. Follow Cole Diamond at https://colediamondmusic.com/ & This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, learn more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down to talk with Clayton Ryan about how he became a well rounded musician/singer/songwriter, landing in Minneapolis to build a music career, and a few snippets about songwriters that don't play their own instruments. Follow Clayton Ryan at https://www.claytonryan.com/ This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, learn more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad talks with Josie of the musical project Finick. They get in the weeds about songwriting, storytelling, worldbuilding and what it takes to figure out this crazy music thing. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, let them make your next car buying experience an easy one, to learn more check out https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad is joined by Minneapolis rising star Anni XO and we chat about childhood homes, songwriting, inspiration, being authentic to yourself, growing up religious, coming out and really just all of the things. Anni XO shares some of their wonderful songs along the way as well. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Grant sits down with Duluth's rising star Ross Thorn as they go behind the curtain on how Ross creates his songs, his bid to get to Blue Ox Music Festival in Eau Claire, his musical upbringing and more. Follow Ross at Rossthornmusic.com to stay tuned for everything exciting he has coming up!

Tim Fast joins host Grant Glad to talk about his creative process, the songwriting group he is a part of, and shares some stories from his years in the music industry! Not only that, but Tim shows us what he's made of with a few of his songs performed live as well!

Jillian Rae & Eric Martin braved a Minnesota snowstorm to come chat with host Grant Glad about how they create music, what it's like performing with a partner and the great pickle conspiracy in the U.S.A. Of course, Jillian plays a few songs live for us as well!

Flipping the script here! This is a throwback to when our usual host Grant Glad is interviewed by the Happy Trucker AKA Shawn Sullivan on the Happy Trucker Show. The interview that started it all! Grant was promoting his new record at the time, but the interview is a fun blast from the past so we thought we would share it with you all!