Lost Together with Matt Wardlaw

We're happy to be knee deep in the blues this week with The Reverend Shawn Amos who stops by to discuss his latest album.

Toad the Wet Sprocket's Glen Phillips is on the podcast this week to talk about the 25th anniversary of Fear and his upcoming solo album.

Singer/songwriter Ben Arthur is our guest this week on the podcast. He plays a couple of songs live and tells us all about his new album.

Singer-songwriter John Hampson of Nine Days joins us to talk about the band's new album, Snapshots, which is being released July 8.

This week our guest is Vicki Peterson of the Bangles. Vicki joins us to talk about the new archival release, Ladies and Gentlemen...The Bangles!, which is being released by Omnivore Recordings on June 24. The 16 track collection pulls together a hefty stack of rarities from the '80s, including the band's first single, early demo recordings, live tracks and all of the songs from their self-titled debut EP, marking the first time that it has been available on physical media since its release on vinyl in 1982. As Peterson told us during the conversation, the group's archives were, as she put it with a laugh, "far-flung." "We had to dig up a lot of this stuff," she says. "Luckily, my brother, who is an audiophile and a recording engineer/masterer, he had a lot of the early versions, because he actually recorded some of the early demos with us. For instance, the 'Bitchen Summer' track, he was a teenager, I think, at the time. So he helped us track down a lot of stuff we had. Bill Inglot [also] helped, you know, we literally had to find the original masters of the EP." It was that EP that provided a good amount of the inspiration for putting this collection together. "It sort of sparked from a long-seeded desire to have the EP available again. In my heart, I just wanted it available in a physical form," she says. "We just wanted to sort of reintroduce it to the world, because we’re proud of it and it was really the birth of the Bangles in a lot of ways. It just kind of encapsulates some of the things that brought of us together initially musically and it has been recently something we’ve been playing. We’ve been dipping into this collection for our live shows in the last year or so, just because it’s so much fun to play. It expanded from there and we looked into what exists of our archives and found some other examples of ‘baby Bangles’ stuff.” We discuss those early beginnings during today's interview and Peterson also shares what she's got on tap musically, both with the Bangles and in her own work outside of the group and towards the end of our chat, there's a great story about how the Bangles' version of "Hazy Shade of Winter" came together with an interesting twist that might surprise you. The Bangles will be playing shows later this summer and as Peterson tells us, they've got some other things in the works as well that folks can look forward to. Fans can stay in tune via the band's official website and Facebook page to find out more details as things are announced. The Lost Together website has an archive of all of the episodes to date and you can also find links to subscribe via RSS and iTunes. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks as always for listening! Lost Together with Matt Wardlaw, Episode 20: Vicki Peterson Photo Credit: Karen Filter

'80s synth pioneer Howard Jones is our guest this week to talk about touring with Barenaked Ladies and OMD this summer as well as the new music that he's got in the works. He also shares his memories of late keyboard legend Keith Emerson.

We talk with legendary guitarist Steve Lukather about Toto's upcoming summer tour and the band's plans for their 40th anniversary.

Singer-songwriter and author Bill See joins us to talk about his book 33 Days and the brand new Divine Weeks reunion album.

Actor Kiefer Sutherland adds "singer/songwriter" to his official resume with the upcoming release of his debut solo album. We spoke with Sutherland to talk about the album and the tour and what people can expect.

Singer/songwriter Mark Mulcahy joins us to talk about the new Miracle Legion reissues and the band's plans for upcoming reunion shows.

Singer/songwriter John Waite joins us to talk about his upcoming acoustic tour and a few nuggets from his colorful career.

Chicago-based singer/songwriter Michael McDermott is celebrating 25 years as an artist. He drops by the podcast to talk about Six On The Out, the new album from his band, The Westies.

The great Dan Baird has been blasting out some of rock and roll's finest jams for more than 30 years. He joins us to talk about his new album and current U.S. tour dates with Homemade Sin.

Ian Astbury takes us inside the career of the Cult and Hidden City, their latest album.

This week we welcome Rick Springfield to the podcast. We spoke about the Stripped Down show he’s going to be playing here in Cleveland on Valentine’s Day and also his new album, Rocket Science. The album finds Rick experimenting with some country sounds and instrumentation and features collaborations with Tad Kubler of the Hold Steady and Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts on a couple of songs. Rick wrote the bulk of the album with longtime collaborator Matt Bissonette and as you’ll hear in the interview, he tells us, “It’s still a pop album, what I’ve recorded. But there’s a lot of layers and there’s some very cool things, pedal steel and banjo and some fiddle stuff. You know, the guitars are still a dominant thing, but there’s some interesting textures that the [other instruments] add.” Rocket Science is another solid entry into Rick’s catalog and he’s made some great albums over the past decade, going back to his Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance album in 2004, all of the way through Songs for the End of the World, which was released in 2012. The new album will be released on February 19 and Rick will be previewing songs from the record (we still call 'em "records" here) along with his hits during a Yahoo! live broadcast of his concert on February 12. He’s doing a few in-store performances leading up to the album release, where he’ll be playing a few songs and also signing albums. Cleveland gets one of those in-store dates, which will happen on February 14 at the Exchange in Parma Heights prior to his show at the Hard Rock Rocksino that same night. Fans will be able to buy the new album early at those in-store performances before it goes on sale officially on the regular release date. It's always a pleasure to speak with Rick and talk music. As I mentioned during the podcast, I've interviewed him a few times. Here's a link to our 2013 chat and also the story/interview that I wrote in 2014. Visit Lost Together on Twitter and Facebook or subscribe to our show feeds via the Lost Together website. Thanks for listening! Photo Credit: KJM PR

Alex Dezen of the Damnwells stops by the podcast to talk about his new self-titled solo album which comes out on February 12.

Steve Poltz spent some time with us on the podcast to talk about his current tour with Grant-Lee Phillips, his new album, opening for the Ramones and lots more!

We dip into the interview archives this week for a previously unheard chat from June of last year with '90s alternative veteran Matthew Sweet

Director Steven Flynn stops by the podcast to talk about his new film which explores the career of singer/songwriter David Wilcox.

Legendary producer Tony Visconti talks about his upcoming The Man Who Sold The World tour with Woody Woodmansey's Holy Holy and his work with David Bowie, both past and present, including the forthcoming Blackstar album.

Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies drops by to discuss Notes Falling Slow, the band’s new box set, their return to touring and the early days of the group.

Two of our favorite singer/songwriters stop by to talk about their latest albums and play a few songs live.

Jason Bonham checks in with the podcast to talk about working with Phil Collins, Sammy Hagar, the 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion and his current tour with Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience.