Radio NWR: The Voice of byNWR.com

Legendary Baptist preacher Estus W. Pirkle's equally legendary cinematic collaborations with filmmakers Ron and June Ormond are discussed in detail in this exclusive interview with Greg and Ann Pirkle, son and widow of Estus, respectively. byNWR editor Jimmy McDonough and Archival Revival head researcher Brian Rosenquist sat down for this generous session at the Pirkle home in Mississippi in 2019.

The one and only Bettye LaVette, soulful singing legend, interviewed by journalist and byNWR guest editor, RJ Smith, in an exclusive and far-ranging discussion in her adopted hometown of Newark, NJ.

Blues legend Bobby Rush lives up to this podcast's episode title. The living embodiment of a half-century of music and civil rights history is interviewed in his lovely Mississippi home by journalist and byNWR guest editor, RJ Smith.

For this episode of the byNWR.com podcast companion, Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams sits with scribe R.J. Smith for an intimate and lengthy chat, covering the wide-ranging landscape that is Swamp: legendary songwriter, singer, publisher, poet and raconteur.

For 30 years, composer Cliff Martinez has helped reshape the parameters and possibilities of what movie music means, with scores for iconic indie films as well as big budget Hollywood fare. But his journey began well before he put his sonic stamp on the screen. From the parochial Midwest to the dark heart of the LA punk scene, to stints playing and working Captain Beefheart, George Clinton and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Martinez's journey has been a labyrinthine one. In this this special byNWR podcast he looks back on his musical and personal odyssey.

Graeme Whifler was the filmmaker and art designer who directed films with the nefarious anonymous band with eyeballs on their heads, The Residents, from 1978-1982. Archivist Peter Conheim has a chat with this elusive figure of underground art to round out byNWR.com's 3-month punk-centered Volume.

One of the SF Bay Area's very first punk/underground scene bands, The Mutants, is explored in this episode of the byNWR.com podcast companion, hosted by archivist (and now Mutant) Peter Conheim, loaded with unreleased music and an interview with group co-founder, John Gullak.

Bob Mehr, guest editor of bvNWR.com’s third volume (Hillbillies, Hustlers and Fallen Idols) hosts a podcast focusing on the 1967 country music comedy Cottonpickin’ Chickenpickers. A story of “moonshiners and madness” with “more stars than chicken feathers,” this thick slice of cinematic cornpone was filled with a fascinating collection of characters, both on the screen and in real life. Joining Mehr for the discussion are noted film critic Amy Nicholson and author/show business historian Kliph Nesteroff. Recorded by Josh Richmond at Earwolf Studios, Los Angeles Edited by Peter Conheim