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The Indie Music Room is a showcase for artists to share their original songs, explain the thoughts behind their music, and play their most recent recordings. Hosted by Heather Kelly, she knows what it's like to be an Independent artist and all the things that go on behind-the-scenes to create an alb…

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    • May 4, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 35m AVG DURATION
    • 64 EPISODES


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    Indie Music Room - # 64 Brandon Bing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 22:32


    Indie Music Room with Special Guest Brandon Bing. Songs include Set Me Free, Rat Race, and To the Bone.

    Indie Music Room - # 63 The Subtheory

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 36:03


    Indie Music Room with Special Guest Andy Hill from The Subtheory. Songs include Crown of Thorns, Cut to Black, and The Sicilian Defense.

    Indie Music Room - # 62 The Exact Opposite

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 50:32


    Indie Music Room with Special Guest Nigel Powell from the duo The Exact Opposite. Songs include FFS, You Work For Us Now, and Look at Him Go.

    Indie Music Room - # 61 Willy Kuo

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 41:56


    Indie Music Room with Special Guest Willy Kuo, born and raised in Taiwain and living in New York City. Songs include Falling Rain, Lifelong Journey, and Take It Easy.

    Indie Music Room - # 60 Drew Danburry

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 54:28


    Heather Kelly talks with Drew Danburry from the band Icarus Phoenix. Songs include The Things You Never Told Me, Doctor Doctor, and When It's Time to Go.

    Indie Music Room - # 59 Crystal Starr

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 37:34


    Heather Kelly talks with Crystal Starr. Songs include Good Times, Don't Waste the Night, and Too Late.

    Indie Music Room - # 58 Kono

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 60:22


    Heather Kelly talks with "Kono" Konopasek from Fort Dodge, Iowa and special guest Kirk Kaufman. Songs include Hit the Road, Through the Night, and Next Up. Songs include Hit the Road, Through the Night, and Next Up.

    Indie Music Room - # 57 Nathalie Miranda

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 31:41


    Heather Kelly talks Nathalie Miranda who is an Independent Artist from London. Songs include Back To Life, Echoes, and Terremoto.

    Indie Music Room - # 56 Jeremy Frey

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 26:58


    Heather Kelly talks with Jeremy Frey. Songs include The Thoughts, Turtle, and The Future In Reverse.

    Indie Music Room - # 55 Homeless Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 34:17


    Heather Kelly talks with Andrew Yampolskyi from Homeless Radio, an independent band from Ukraine. Songs include About You, I Don't Care, and Submarine.

    Indie Music Room - # 54 Graice Kay

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 45:23


    Heather Kelly talks with Graice Kay. Songs include Waiting for Love to Come Back Around, Spoilers, Til Death Do Us Part.

    Indie Music Room - # 53 Weary Ramblers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024 38:15


    Heather Kelly talks with Kathryn Severing Fox and Chad Elliott from the Weary Ramblers. Songs include Medicine Creek, Sweet Hazel Green, and Tall Virginia Tree.

    Indie Music Room - # 52 Iris Pope

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 38:44


    Heather Kelly talks with Iris Pope. Songs include Far From Holy, Back to Today, and 7 AM.

    Indie Music Room - # 51 The Parker Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 40:17


    Heather Kelly talks with Anastasia and Parker from The Parker Story. Songs include FYBF, Tonite, and Airplanes Go.

    Indie Music Room - # 50 Owen Hamlin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 44:18


    Heather Kelly talks with Owen Hamlin from Los Angeles. Songs include Old Things, And It Was Gone, and Swimming In Your Sea.

    Indie Music Room - # 49 Henry Mansfield

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 36:29


    Heather Kelly talks with Henry Mansfield from Seattle. Songs include Gumball, Let's Make a Movie, and String Theory.

    Indie Music Room - # 48 Carlos Rising

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 37:17


    Heather Kelly talks with Carlos Rising, a past contestant from The Voice. Songs include Simply in Love, Peacemaker, and Money.

    Indie Music Room - # 47 Tim Stout

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 32:22


    Heather Kelly talks with Tim Stout. Songs include Live To Serve, Speak Up, and Make Me Wanna Move.

    Indie Music Room - # 46 Feez Da Popstar

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 41:24


    Heather Kelly talks with Feez Da Popstar. Songs include Hard Candy, All I Need Is, Down For You (Party Get Lit), and It's The Summer.

    Indie Music Room - # 45 Unfamiliar Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 33:54


    Heather Kelly talks with Matt Levy from Unfamiliar Things. Songs include Alternate Worlds, Most People, and North Wind.

    Indie Music Room - # 44 Gain Altitude

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 39:12


    Heather Kelly talks with members of the group Gain Altitude, a London based indie band from Italy. Songs include Ms Routine, To The Moon, and Animal City.

    Indie Music Room - # 43 Talkradio

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 32:18


    Heather Kelly talks with Australian artist Talkradio. Songs include No Replay, Down, and My Time.

    Indie Music Room - # 42 Blame It On Cain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 27:44


    Heather Kelly talks with Sam and Steve from the band Blame It On Cain. Songs include Blush, Atuna, and Your Freedom.

    Indie Music Room - # 41 The High Crest

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022 50:43


    Heather Kelly talks with Aaron and Kat Short from the band The High Crest. Songs include All the Time in the World, Belong, and Something in the Wind.

    Indie Music Room - # 40 Chlsy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 35:24


    Heather Kelly talks with Chelsea Gilliland from the band Chlsy. Songs include 555, No (Hard) Feelings, and Vancouver.

    Indie Music Room - # 39 Mikee Cusack (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 40:50


    Heather Kelly talks with Mikee Cusack about his career in music in the first of a 2 part interview. Songs include Take a Likin' to Me and Neanderthal Beauty..

    Indie Music Room - # 38 The Phat Jammerz

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 37:36


    Heather Kelly talks with Amarun Johal from The Phat Jammerz. Songs include Mr Free, Senorita, and Inside My Dreams.

    Indie Music Room - # 37 Saturday Saints

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2022 34:32


    Heather Kelly talks with members of Saturday Saints from Yonkers, New York. Songs include Coffin, You, and Crash.

    Indie Music Room - # 36 Neil Anders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2022 40:29


    Heather Kelly talks with Neil Anders, a singer songwriter from northwest Iowa. Songs include Fruitdrop, Crooked Homes, and I Know.

    Indie Music Room - # 35 Jason Waggoner

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 37:27


    Heather Kelly talks with Flint, Michigan singer songwriter Jason Waggoner. Songs include Best Week Ever, Lovely To Say, and Laughing All The Time.

    Indie Music Room - # 34 Michael Rockert

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 36:07


    Heather Kelly talks with Kankakee native Michael Rockert. Songs include Colorblind, For A Time Like This, and God Save Me.

    Indie Music Room - # 33 Bryon Dudley

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 43:44


    Heather Kelly talks with Bryon Dudley from the band Strong Like Bear. Songs include Days Gone Sour, Three Wizards, and Alone At Sea.

    Indie Music Room - # 32 Lauryn Peacock

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 38:24


    Heather Kelly talks with singer/songwriter Lauryn Peacock from Nashville. Songs include Camus Blues, Anything Once, and John Prine's Ghost.

    Indie Music Room - # 31 Jeremy Ober

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 31:21


    Heather Kelly talks with Jeremy Ober from Fort Dodge, Iowa. Heather and Jeremy talk about his career as a local performer and song writer. Songs include East Side Window, We're Going to Hell, and Broken Crown.

    Indie Music Room - # 30 Townsend

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 32:50


    Heather Kelly talks with songwriter and performer Townsend about recording in Nashville. Townsend talks about the process of writing and recording her music in the studio with seasoned musicians and producers. Songs include Stay, Whisper, and Sunrise.

    Indie Music Room - # 29 Krozover

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2021 32:55


    Heather Kelly talks with members of Krozover, a US/Canada Indie Band that does all their recording virtually. Band members Nyx and Andy Shredz tell how they create and record via the Internet. Songs include A Thousand Times, Stranger, and The World We Live.

    Indie Music Room - # 28 Gabe Kubanda

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 40:16


    Heather Kelly talks with Gabe Kubanda. Gabe talks about growing up and listening to classic rock radio stations, and his time on VH1 Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp. Songs include Back on Track, Dancing On The Edge, and Let's Ride.

    Indie Music Room - # 27 Emma Elsbecker

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 32:42


    Heather Kelly talks with Emma Elsbecker, a songwriter and performer from Algona, Iowa. Emma talks about her songwriting style and process. Songs include Pick Me Up, Over Dramatic, and Never Really Truly.

    Indie Music Room - # 26 J Jeffrey Messerole

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2021 45:47


    Heather Kelly talks with multi-award winning songwriter J. Jeffrey Messerole. Heather and J. Jeffrey talk about his recording experiences, and how he composes over 200 songs a year. Songs include Henrietta Queen of the Highway, Rumble Strips, Post Show Blues, and Stock-in-trade.

    Indie Music Room - # 25 Andrew Chris

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 37:08


    Heather Kelly talks with singer/songwriter Andrew Chris. Andrew describes his full creative process from writing, recording, and producing his music. Songs include Bike, Daydream, and The Groove.

    Indie Music Room - # 24 Hold For Swank

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 37:07


    Heather Kelly talks with Eric Nelson from Hold For Swank, a 90's styled pop rock band. Eric talks about his early musical influences, including country music. Songs include Tip of My Tongue, Little Chi Girl, and This Old Honky Tonk.

    Indie Music Room - # 23 August Ubeda

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 27:50


    Heather Kelly talks with August Ubeda from Norway. August talks about how he got started writing and recording his hip hop-influenced pop music, inspired by everything and anything. Songs include Dutchie, Down On Our Luck, and Run It Back.

    Indie Music Room - # 22 Kimble Crane

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 34:47


    Heather Kelly talks with Kimble Crane from Georgia with his brother Michael. Kimble talks about his process for writing, recording, and how they distribute their music. Songs include In The Gray, Self Aware, and Vigilante.

    Indie Music Room - # 21 Connor Frost

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 32:20


    Heather Kelly talks with Connor Frost from the New York based power pop band Dizzy Bats. Connor and Heather talk about writing, recording, and performing in the age of COVID-19. Songs include Alone, Cut Me Loose, and That Night.

    Indie Music Room - # 20 Shadric Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 38:40


    Heather Kelly talks with singer/songwriter Shadric Smith. Shadric tells about writing and recording his style of music which includes Country-swing, folk, and blues. Songs include Diamonds Don't Mean a Thing, Yankee Cowboy, Rollin' Down That Lincoln Highway, and a bonus song, Underneath the Lilac Tree, featuring Heather Kelly.

    Indie Music Room - # 19 Brandon Scott Sellner

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 34:11


    Heather Kelly talks with guitarist and songwriter Brandon Scott Sellner. Brandon talks about the early days of his career and describes his home studio, and how recording at home differs from laying down tracks at a contract studio. Songs include The Journey, Still Dreaming, and Everlasting Lullaby.

    Indie Music Room - # 18 Annual Christmas Show 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 37:57


    It's Heather Kelly's annual Christmas show, featuring holiday music by Scott Dorman, Melvin James, Brandon Scott Sellner, Kirk Kaufman, Jack Gallup, Dave Hearn, and Tim Kelly.

    Indie Music Room - # 17 Scott Dorman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 30:13


    Heather Kelly talks with Nashville songwriter Scott Dorman about his career in music. Scott talks about all the things he's done, from jingle writing to writing and performing in Nashville. Songs include One Thing, The Rest of My Life, and Trampoline.

    Indie Music Room - # 16 Joshua Sinclair

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 38:49


    Heather Kelly talks with Joshua Sinclair about how his career has evolved over the past 20 years. Joshua talks about signing multiple record deals to the music biz in general, and all the things that go along with it. Songs include Hank, Silicone and Wine, She's Got It All, and Stitches.

    Indie Music Room - # 15 Podcasting and Indie Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 35:15


    Heather Kelly talks with Bill Grady about the early days of podcasting and it's connection with independent artists and their music. Bill tells how Podcasters used to connect with independent artists through Adam Curry's PodShow PodSafe Music Network. Songs include Summertime by Brother Love, Say What You Will by Chance, and Dear Cheri by Road Trip. Music provided from the PodShow Podsafe Music Network.

    Indie Music Room - # 14 Tim Kelly

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 26:51


    Heather Kelly’s guest is her biggest musical influence, her father Tim Kelly. Tim talks about his journey as teen in starting a band, to a weekend musician with a family, and now writing and recording in his home studio. From appearing on KVFD’s Barn Dance as a teen to being inducted into the Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Music Hall of Fame, Tim has done it all. Songs include South 22nd Street Bar, On My Way, and Ain’t Gonna Be the Blame.

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