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An interview with Jock Bartley of Firefall about their May, 2025, album release "Friends & Family 2." He discusses re-creating the songs, the musical influences on the group, the next Firefall album, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with voiceover artist and radio personality Jeff Davis. He talks about the business of providing voiceover work to radio stations; memorable production in his nearly three decades working with I-94 radio in Eau Claire, WI; keeping his voice in shape; and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nathan and Noah East talk about their 2025 album "Father & Son." They discuss the ordering of the song, creating the arrangements, the sound of the recording and using EastWest Studios, the sessions each wishes the other had attended, and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview about the 2025 Drew Cagle & The Reputation album "Bad Attitude." He talks about the origin of the song, what Tracii Guns of L.A. Guns brings to the song, the fan favorite from the album, the energy of his material, working with Nashville session players, upcoming performances, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Stephanie Mills. She talks about her 2025 release of the classic "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," deciding to record new music, the upcoming "The Queens" tour with Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, and Patti LaBelle, plus more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with John Cafferty. He talks about the 2025 John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band album "Sound Of Waves." He chats about writing new songs for the album, the stylistic arrangement of the songs, comparing his writing to early in his career, the Rhode Island music scene, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Rudy Sarzo of Quiet Riot about their 2025 tour, the most underrated Quiet Riot song, him being part of the "Back To The Beginning" final Black Sabbath show in Birmingham, England, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Jessy J about her 2025 album "Terranova." She talks about how the album came together, choosing which covers to include, the essence of Grover Washington Jr., the difference between "east coast" and "west coast" sounds, the best performance on the album, jazz songs and smooth jazz artists, the instruments used on the album, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Matt Schneider of American Nomads about their 2025 song and music video "Wanted Man." He talks about producing the video, the filming location in Pennsylvania, working with Martin Ewens as an actor in the video, writing the song, his songwriting and influences, joining the band, being produced by Joe Vitale, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two interviews with Rick Springfield. The first is from February, 2025, talking about his new releases “Big Hits: Rick Springfield’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2,” single “Lose Myself,” photo book “Burning Film: Rick Springfield Through The Lens,” and coming tour. Then, an interview with him from December, 2013, talking about his "Stripped Down" performance in Eau Claire, WI, his 2014 novel "Magnificent Vibration," getting his star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Bruce Sudano. They discuss his 2024 album "Talkin' Ugly Truth, Tellin' Pretty Lies," notable players on the album, how the song "Navigating The Unforeseen" came about, learning that Dolly Parton had gone to #1 on the country chart with "Starting Over Again," the differences in creating his first solo album compared to his most recent one, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Gino Vannelli about his 2025 album "The Life I Got (To My Most Beloved)." He talks about how the album came together during the time his wife was dealing with an illness that would take her life, how she influenced the music on the album, the music video for "Stormy River," and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Martin Fry of ABC. He talks about his tours with Howard Jones, his favorite song of Jones's to sing, how he first came to know Howard Jones, the reaction to his 2024 autobiography "A Lexicon Of Life," the most underrated ABC song, future plans, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Cassidy Ladden, about her appearance on the OMAD Records Christmas compilation album "Make A Joyful Noise" with John DeNicola. She talks about working with the musician & producer, recording the song "At Christmastime," singing commercial jingles, her new music, her favorite Christmas song, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Peter Orullian about the Symphony North album "The Bell Ringer." He talks about the story through the album, the most important song to the story, fan favorites, the meaning of the holiday season, progressive rock, influences, the upcoming novel version of "The Bell Ringer," and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Arwen Lewis. She talks about her contributions to the 2024 Omad Records holiday compilation "Make A Joyful Noise!," her 2023 EP "Under The Stars," her musicianship, influences from her father, Peter Lewis, space, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Mark Farner about his 2024 solo album “Closer To My Home.” He talks about connecting with Mark Slaughter to create the album, the melodicism of the music, the significance of “I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home)” and the new version of the song, working with Detroit musicians on “The Prisoner,” and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Yes guitarist Steve Howe about his 2024 solo album “Guitarscape.” He talks about the “Spring” songs on the project, the arranging of keyboard, guitar and drum, the song that really stands out on the album, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Rob Baker of The Tragically Hip about the box set release of their debut album "Up To Here." He talks about the legacy of the music, recording the album, reactions to the new band documentary on Prime Video ("The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal"), and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Joan Osborne about her 2023 album "Nobody Owns You." They discuss a recent performance in Viroqua, Wisconsin, as well as the most popular song(s) from the album, putting together the list of cities in "Great American Cities," future projects, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two interviews back-to-back, with Robert LaRoche (known for his works with The Sighs) about his 2023 album "Forevermore;" and its producer, John DeNicola (and also discussion about the latter's 2024 tribute song to Tim Lawless).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Gilbert O'Sullivan about his 2024 album "Songbook."  He talks about his choice of venue for the project and recording the songs, working with guitarist Bill Shanley, choosing which songs of his to include on the album, the new song on the project, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Tony Levin about his 2024 album "Bringing It Down To The Bass" and his 2024 tour with "BEAT – Performing The Music Of '80s King Crimson."  He talks about the reunion of Peter Gabriel musicians on "Me And My Axe," the special nature of playing his instruments on the album, including drummers in "On The Drums," the music video for the title track, the tour, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with John Corabi, lead singer of The Dead Daisies, ahead of the release of their 2024 album "Light 'Em Up."  He talks about the songwriting process, tweaking lyrics in the studio, working with producer Marti Frederiksen, recording at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, doing the music video for "I'm Gonna Ride," and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with keyboardist Corey Schenck of Pangaea about their 2024 album, "Beowulf."  He discusses music influences, the origin of the album, how the band creates songs, the most difficult album on the song for his students to play, the songs on the album, future plans, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with concert promoter Peter Jest about his 2024 biography "We Had Fun And Nobody Died: Adventures Of A Milwaukee Music Promoter."  He talks about his macaw, the title of the book, paying attention to detail for artists, his favorite show he's put on in Eau Claire, how his life could have been different based on a story from the book involving a Warren Zevon concert, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli talks about the 2024 biopic about the duo: “Girl You Know It's True.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with "Weird Al" Yankovic about his 2024 release "Polkamania!"  He walks about determining which song is best to place after the jazz breakdown, why "mania" was used for this medley's title, acts he would include in a polka medley of his favorite musicians, the nature of the animations in the "anijam," how the process of recording his polka songs has changed over the decades, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Col. Jack Fischer of Intuitive Machines, a former NASA astronaut and the recipient of the 2024 Platinum Astronaut Rock Star Award.  He talks about the event at an O.A.R. concert on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, his favorite concert and album, the landing of the IM-1 mission earlier this year, and looking ahead to IM-2 and the future of Intuitive Machines.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Chris Stein of Blondie about his 2024 book "Under A Rock: A Memoir."  He talks about interesting parts to include in the book, the core sound of Blondie, the New York music scene, how he is being creative today, and his dogs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Pete Battistini, author of two comprehensive books about the 1970s and 1980s era of "American Top 40." He chats about his first meeting with Casey Kasem, when the program was sounding the best, the different Casey Kasem "eras" on the show, his most-special piece of AT40 memorabilia that is in the books, and how he came up with the idea to create AT40 mugs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Leslie Mandoki about his 2024 Mandoki Soulmates album "A Memory Of Our Future."  He discusses how he got certain musicians to be part of the project, the approach to recording entirely in analog, writing the music and lyrics for the album, the song choice for the first music video off the project, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Lee Ritenour about his May, 2024, album with Dave Grusin:  "Brasil."  He talks about the collaborators on the album, choosing particular songs for the project, new arrangements of these songs, new compositions included in the collection, the essence of the music of Brazil, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Don McLean about his 2024 album "American Boys."  He discusses composing the title track, programming the album, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Rickey Medlocke of Lynyrd Skynyrd about his 2024 single "Never Run Out Of Road." He talks about how the song was written, how it got connected with the issue of MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women), efforts to raise awareness about the issue, an Eau Claire connection to the song, AI with regard to musicians, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Brett Newski ahead of a performance in Eau Claire, WI, in May of 2024. He talks about growing up in Eau Claire, different types venues where he's performed, performing in South Africa, his side project VANITY METRICS, his latest single “U Don't Get To Pick Who U Fall For,” his book, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Liberty DeVitto, drummer for The Slim Kings, about their new song, "Better Than This," a tribute to the music of The Rascals.  He talks about his favorite Rascals music, the influence of drummer Dino Danelli, how The Slim Kings decided to do this new project, how his playing has evolved, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Jim Messina ahead of his 2024 tour.  He talks about the music he will perform, how he arranges his setlist, his upcoming live release, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Uli Jon Roth about his "Interstellar Sky Guitar World Tour 2024," including how he wrote his book “In Search of the Alpha Law,” how music can change people, the Sky Guitar, the evolution of his music, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Peter Lewis of Moby Grape about his 2023 album “Imagination.” He talks about connecting with songwriter John DeNicola, creating music, the music scenes in San Francisco & Los Angeles in the 1960s, song imagery, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Steve Hackett about his 2024 album "The Circus And The Nightwhale." He talks about collaborating on the creation of the music and lyrics, when the songs came together, the balance of autobiography and fantasy, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Jay King of Club Nouveau about their 2024 single “It's Alright.” He talks about the new members of the group and their style, the remixes of the song, knowing when he's written a good song for release, recent musical influences, how his producing has changed over the decades, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Laurence Juber (formerly of Wings) on the day of the release of his 2024 album "A Day In My Life."  He talks about choosing keys for the arrangements of these Beatles songs, recording in Studio 2 in Abbey Road, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Danny Hutton of Three Dog Night ahead of a performance by the band in Eau Claire, WI, in February, 2024. They talk about underrated songs from the group's discography, touring, how his voice has evolved, new music, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Lee Rocker, bassist in The Stray Cats. He talks about his solo tour, playing the upright bass, the way he makes music, his favorite solo and Stray Cats songs, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Steve Augeri, former lead singer of Journey, ahead of a concert in January, 2024, at Treasure Island Resort & Casino in Minnesota.  He talks about the one-year anniversary of his solo album "Seven Ways 'Til Sunday," co-writes with Journey members Jonathan Cain & Neil Schon, singing the songs written by the members of Journey, and his live show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Mayte Garcia about happenings with Live 4 Love Charities, including a December, 2023, event in Minneapolis, as well as how to determine charities for awards, what charitable needs exist today, how younger people can establish their artistic careers, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Gene Potts, lead vocalist of Colossal Street Jam, about their upcoming album “No Way To Live.” He talks about the creating title track and its music video, the influences on the band members, the '70s rock scene in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Lincoln Bloomfield of Kelakos, about their 2023 album "Hurtling Towards Extinction." He talks about the music of the band, how they create music, how the band would have been different if they had a commercial breakthrough in the 1970s, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Master Gee, Executive Director of The National Hip-Hop Museum. He talks about mementos from upcoming inductees into its Hall Of Fame, the "holy grail" item from his time in The Sugarhill Gang, an overlooked act from their era in the spotlight, the future of the museum, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Tommy Davidson about his smooth jazz project, including musical influences likes Earth, Wind & Fire, how he came to work with the likes of Dave Koz, his dream collaborators, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.