Podcasts about Tucker Martine

In this episode, we get to meet singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Basia Bulat. Basia just released a brand new album - the lovely Basia's Palace - in February, and in this conversation, we go deep into it. The process of making it (which included a mostly-remote workflow with producer Tucker Martine), the themes, the desires for this project, and more. We also take a dive into the world of video games, especially old games and their beautiful midi soundtracks, which were a surprising touchstone for Bulat on this LP. (Paging fans of Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, and the like!) We take time to mention U.S. Girls, too, a band that Bulat has been associated with for years. It's a fun, free-flowing conversation, full of gratitude and love and good vibes, if I do say so myself. Thank you for listening.

Israel Nebecker is the the creative force behind this influential acoustic band from Astoria, OR.  He stops by the show to discuss living in a tree house in their early years, recording with Tucker Martine, and finding inspiration after a significant hiatus between albums.

Episode 282: For twenty years, Duluth, MN troubadour Charlie Parr has been touring every corner of the nation, sleeping in his van and living lean, to bring his unique take on the country blues to the people. Reserved, cerebral and devoted entirely to his own vision, he's one of our finest folk artists and a lyricist well worthy of a certain other Minnesota songwriter who so famously blended poetry and the blues. He took a new tack with his latest album on Smithsonian Folkways, tapping producer Tucker Martine and his studio friends for a contemplative and immersive album of ruminations, pictorials, and stories. For someone who's not comfortable in interviews, he spent a convivial hour at my studio and left behind a remarkable conversation.  

On today's episode we talk about the production process for Rachel Baiman's latest record: Common Nation of Sorrow. We are joined by Rachel Baiman, tracking engineer Sean Sullivan, and mixing engineer Tucker Martine.  This podcast is produced out of Coupe Studios by Music Maker Publications For more, visit recordingmag.com

In this podcast episode, acclaimed singer, songwriter, and producer Layng Martine Jr. joins Rhett to talk about the process behind his latest album “Music Man”, a long-time dream project instigated by his son Tucker Martine, who is a producer. Layng and Rhett discuss the incredible lineup of musicians who participated in the making of the record and Layng shares stories behind the songs, which cover a 50-year period of his career. Layng dives into his songwriting process, explains how his life has changed as he's gotten older, and the two talk about the importance of not turning your back on your art.Layng Martine's songwriting prowess is exemplified by his impressive catalog of hits, which have been recorded by some of the biggest names in the business. From country legends like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Reba McEntire to pop icons such as The Pointer Sisters and Barry Manilow, his songs have touched the hearts of millions worldwide.Listen to music from Layng's new album here.Rhettmiller.comRhett on IG @rhettmillerWheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe in partnership with Nick Ruffini. Editing by Matt Dwyer. Music by OLD 97's. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils and Mark Dowd. Show logo by Tim Skirven. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also ask Alexa to play it. Please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Revisit previous episodes of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. Find Rhett's podcast #WheelsOff and other music-powered shows on @Osirispod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's more important in securing a band's longevity - hit songs or a classic album? I put this question to Meegan and Allison Closner (the twin sisters that make up two-thirds of Joseph along with their sister Natalie Closner Schepman). Their answer seemed clear enough. For Joseph, it's all about the album. So, is the band's new album The Sun a classic? Only time will tell. Personally, I resisted any notion of hearing the record before its release. My orange ‘sun' vinyl is in the post and I will listen to it just as one should, as the needle drops on side one track one (Waves Crash). I do have faith that Joseph can make a classic however - because they have already done it once before. I first discovered Joseph's music by way of a complete and very happy accident. I had sat down briefly with the head of an indie label, and as I often do, I asked the question “who should I be listening to?”. His reply was both immediate and singular: “Joseph”. Okay then - easy to remember at least. I later fired up Spotify and typed the word Joseph into the search bar and there they were. Joseph - an Americana band of three sisters from Joseph, Oregon. I'm always surprised when I don't know a band in this genre - and Joseph had just released their third L.P. Good Luck Kid. And the album is a belter. Just fantastic Americana-country-pop. Wholly accessible but ambitious and expansive. It's everything an Americana album should be - if not a concept album, then a start-to-finish cohesive piece of work. Good Luck Kid ended up as my favourite album from 2019 and so the band's fourth album The Sun comes with a sense of high anticipation.Then, Allison & Meegan told me about working with Tucker Martine and recording The Sun in his Flora studios in Portland, which ups the stakes about as high as they can get for a new record to my ears. But, what does it mean to make a classic album in 2023?Rick Rubin is keen to point out that the creation of a record is not a competition, and who are we to argue with the master builder of records? And yet, how can it not be a competitive situation in some ways, with scores of albums - really good ones - released week-in, week-out. The obvious answer is to compete with yourself and let others in as inspiration.As Meegan says:“We've taken in the classic bands we've come across in our adulthood, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac - who would not be influenced by those”. “But [with this album] we keep asking ourselves the question, do we like this? This has to be us. “I hope that we've made an album that lasts through time.”Joseph have already done it once, so what's stopping them doing it again? Every band aspiring to be the real deal deserves their moment in the sun, maybe The Sun will be Joseph's time. (an extended write-up appears on songsommelier.com)Support the showGet more related content at: https://www.songsommelier.com/

Singer, Author and Nashville Songwriter Hall of Famer Layng Martine Jr's compositions have been performed by the likes of soul legends The Pointer Sisters, Featherbed frontman Barry Mannilow, Bo Diddley, Reba McEntire, Las Vegas regional sensation Elvis Presley, and Philly correspondant Karl Blau.  Now an octogenarian- with over six active decades in the background and just a handful of singles under his own name- 2023 marks Layng's debut album, “Music Man.” The album was produced by his son Tucker Martine, who has brought us records by tons of folks including Bill Frisell, Modest Mouse, Roseanne Cash, Mudhoney, Laura Viers, My Morning Jacket and friend of the show Karl Blau.   Today, the two of them visit Low Profile from Tucker's Portland, OR studio Flora Recording and Playback.  Layng shares stories about doing landscaping for big band leader Benny Goodman, writing songs “in the air”,  accidentally meeting Jerry Lee Lewis, his first attempt at an album that never saw the light of day- produced by Ray Stevens- and how he reacted when he first heard one of his songs recorded by the king of rock and roll, Karl Blau.  And there's even a story about Elvis! Meanwhile, Tucker tells of his development in sound engineering and music, and his side of the story behind his dad's first proper album. Low Profile is supported directly by you through flexible monthly donations at patreon.com/LowProfile Olympia Washington in-kind support thanks to Schwartz's Deli, Rainy Day Records, Old School Pizzeria, San Francisco St Bakery and Scherler Easy Premium Shitty American Lager from Three Magnets Brewing Company.Artists and musicians! Want vinyl records but can't afford to order 1000 and wait 8-12 months? Check out our friends at Lathecuts.com. They will make you vinyl singles in quantities as low as 50 as quickly as 3-4 weeks. All of their pricing is ala carte and they can help pick a package that fits your budget. Email Mike at Lathecuts@yahoo.com and mention Low Profile to get a 10% overrun on your order!

The MHOD crew are at it again. Mark, Jessie, and Robert Cooper review The Sword's Used Future album on Metal Hammer of Doom.  Used Future is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band The Sword. Recorded in late 2017 at Flora Recording & Playback in Portland, Oregon, it was produced by Tucker Martine and was released on March 23, 2018 by Razor & Tie. Disclaimer: The following may contain offensive language, adult humor, and/or content that some viewers may find offensive – The views and opinions expressed by any one speaker does not explicitly or necessarily reflect or represent those of Mark Radulich or W2M Network.   Mark Radulich and his wacky podcast on all the things: https://linktr.ee/markkind76 also snapchat: markkind76 FB Messenger: Mark Radulich LCSW Tiktok: @markradulich twitter: @MarkRadulich  

Having helped pave the way, Alela remains at the heart of a very strong current movement for female troubadours - a scene driven by the success of the likes of Sharon Van Etten, Angel Oslen, Julien Baker and even Phoebe Bridgers - but harking back to Joni Mitchell. It was Cat Power that proved an inspiration to Alela herself when she first started out making The Pirate's Gospel, then aged 19. It's taken almost five years for Alela to create another record since Cusp. Between raising her two young daughters (making a lot of snacks), renovating her Portland home and like all of us - getting through the global pandemic - it has taken time, graft and discipline to craft songs to a standard she has set for herself. But once she got into the studio (not just any studio but Tucker Martine's ‘Flora' in Northeast Portland, Oregon) the songs were recorded quickly. The new album Looking Glass processes the themes of domesticity, love & loss and how to face these dark times. In Alela's words the record is about:“Feeling the lightness and the darkness of the world at large. How do you get through your day-to-day life? How do we create a sweet, peaceful world for your children when there's a lot of chaos out there”.No doubt the record will act as a tonic to the blurry gloom outside your window. I would highly recommend you drink it down. Find the longer article at https://www.songsommelier.com/Support the show

In this episode, we get to meet Laura Veirs. Laura is a singer-songwriter based in Portland, OR, and she's just released her newest record, Found Light. In this chat, Laura and I talk a lot about this new album, unpacking themes, examining specific songs, and talking about the writing and production - which was her first time ever coproducing her own album. We talk about the tumultuous period of her life that inspired it and its predecessor, My Echo, which included her divorce from longtime partner & collaborator Tucker Martine. We talk about some other odds & ends too, and it was a really nice talk. Thank you for listening.

You can support the show with monthly contributions through our Patreon site at: https://www.patreon.com/MakersAndShakersWelcome back to Season 6! This week I'm joined by the amazing songwriter, singer, and guitarist Aoife O'Donovan. We get into all kinds of things about her spectacular new record “Age of Apathy” - how she approached songwriting and layering guitar parts, working with producer Joe Henry and remotely with musicians during the pandemic. We also talked about her history recording with Tucker Martine, and her other group I'm With Her. Whether performing solo, part of a collaboration with the likes of Chris Thile, Jerry Douglas, or I'm With Her, to her earlier band Crooked Still, Aoife has always pushed the boundaries of melody and song framework, and her voice is always spectacular. Enjoy, share and please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!Listen to the accompanying playlist for this episode here, which features the artist's own music, plus many of the songs that were discussed during the show.Info on Aoife's records, merch and tour dates can be found at www.aoifeodonovan.comThis episode is brought to you by Izotope - check out their amazing recording software at www.izotope.comYour fearless host, Steve Dawson can be found at: www.stevedawson.ca

This Austin Texas music legend and stalwart of the American folk music scene stops by the show to talk about his rigorous, daily writing practice and his new album produced by Tucker Martine.

While in Europe, Broderick met and worked with a wide variety of composers, singers, and songwriters including Nils Frahm, Greg Haines, Laura Gibson, Yann Tiersen, Olafur Arnalds, and Lubomyr Melnyk.Broderick was by this time an in-demand session player, engineer, and producer, but kept up a steady stream of his own work on EPs, singles, and film scores, and he accepted composition commissions for dance and the theater. Broderick provided half of many split recordings, including 2009's Blank Grey Canvas Sky with Machinefabriek, 2010's Apple Bobbing At ___ with Penelope Joy, and 2011's Glimmer with Takumi Uesaka. In 2010, Bella Union released his full-length How They Are. From 2010, Broderick's level of activity was matched only by the number of requests for his time from other artists. He contributed to 19 recordings in 2010, 12 in 2011 (including Oliveray's Wonders, one of his projects with Frahm), and ten more in 2012. He and Frahm also completed and released the first album of a three-year undertaking entitled http://www.itstartshear.com. (Interestingly, the artist withdrew from having any kind of social media account.) Broderick also issued the EP Two Songs for Banjo and Voice and the single "I Will Play This Song Once Again" b/w "These Walls of Mine" that year.Broderick was equally prolific in 2013. Among the ten recordings he contributed to were Mark Kozelek and Jimmy Lavalle's Perils from the Sea, Melnyk's Corollaries, and Nadja's Flipper. He also issued the Broderick & Broderick EP and the full-length Float: 2013 Addendum, and he scored director Rodney Evans' award-winning film The Happy Sad. The following year saw the artist move back to Portland for a time and play on recordings by Portland Cello Project, Aidan Baker, Sharon Van Etten, and Sean Flinn & the Royal We. Erased Tapes issued the Broderick and Haines split dub offering Greg Gives Peter Space, The Album Leaf (Featuring Peter Broderick) was self-released, and the eponymous Peter Broderick + Gabriel Saloman was issued by Beacon Sound.While Broderick played on over a dozen records by other artists in 2015, his own recording and touring activities were equally intense. He collaborated with French artist Félicia Atkinson as La Nuit to release Desert Television and issued the EPs X Luzern and COTN RMXD and the acclaimed full-length Colours of the Night. In 2016, Broderick cut the stripped-down piano-and-voice album Partners with Tucker Martine. (Inspired by John Cage's writings, it featured a reading of the composer's "In a Landscape.") He also produced Brigid Mae Power's acclaimed self-titled Tompkins Square debut album. The pair were married shortly thereafter and moved to Ireland. Broderick continued his productive work rate into 2017 with the release of All Together Again, which collected his commissioned works from the previous decade.https://www.peterbroderick.net/  New Music from East Forest! -"Possible" - the latest album  from East Forest - LISTEN ON YOUR FAVORITE STREAMING PLATFORM: Spotify / ApplePre-order the album on vinyl - limited edition - and check out the new Possible clothing: http://eastforest.org *** Support this free podcast by joining the East Forest COUNCIL on Patreon.  Monthly Zoom Council, Podcast exclusives, private Patreon live-stream ceremony, and more.  Check it out and a great way to support the podcast and directly support the work of East Forest! - http://patreon.com/eastforest *****Please rate Ten Laws w/East Forest on iTunes.  It helps us get the guests you want to hear.  ***Catch East Forest LIVE - Pledge your interest in the upcoming East Forest Ceremony Concert events this Spring/Summer 2021.  More info and join us at eastforest.org/tour Join the newsletter and be part of the East Forest Community. Listen to East Forest guided meditations on Spotify & Apple Check out the East Forest x Ram Dass album on (Spotify & Apple) + East Forest's Music For Mushrooms: A Soundtrack For The Psychedelic Practitioner 5hr album (Spotify & Apple). Stay in the East Forest flow:Mothership:  http://eastforest.org/IG:  https://www.instagram.com/eastforest/FB:  https://www.facebook.com/EastForestMusic/TW:  https://twitter.com/eastforestmusicPATREON: http://patreon.com/eastforest

After 20+ years of traveling as a Tour Manager and FOH Sound Engineer, Paul Dalen retired from touring in the ‘90s and worked for Bill Graham Presents in San Francisco as production manager at The Fillmore, The Warfield and a number of other bay area venues.In 2001, he moved to New York and spent the next 5 years at David Whitehead’s highly respected firm Maine Road Management. At the time of his departure, the music roster included David Bowie, David Byrne, Luna, Joe Henry, Beth Orton, Helmet, Dean and Britta, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Air, Jim White, Laura Cantrell and Joe Ely; and the producer roster featured Kevin Killen, Ryan Freeland, Tucker Martine and others.Paul returned to full time touring and festival production in 2012 and he remains enthusiastic about traveling the world utilizing his skills in Artist Management to great effect in his current roles as Tour Manager / Production Manager / FOH mixer.FESTIVALS (PRODUCTION MANAGER / STAGE MANAGER)Bonnaroo 2011–2015 (stage manager)Firefly Music Festival 2012–2015 (stage manager) 2018 (overnight head of production)Googamooga Festival 2012 (stage manager, main stage)Governors Ball NYC 2012–2014 + 2019 (stage manager)Life Is Beautiful 2018 (stage manager)Lockn' Festival 2014–2015 (stage manager, both stages)Outside Lands Festival 2011–2014 + 2017- 2018 (stage manager)Rock the Bells 2012 SF / LA / NYC (stage manager for Nas)TOURS (VARIOUSLY AS TM / PM / FOH)** 1970’SRobin Trower / 1979Styx / Paradise Theatre World Tour / 1979** 1980’SBarry White / 1988 Full strings, over 70 inputsChicago / 1989–1990David Sanborn  / 1986–1994, 2001–2003Psychedelic Furs  / 1986–1987** 1990’SAimee Mann  / 1999–2001Barry Manilow  / 1991–1995Fiona Apple / 1996–1998, 2007–2008, 2010Joe Henry / TM 1999–2016Chris Isaak / 1994–1997Lisa Stansfield / 1990–1992, Hong Kong 199710,000 Maniacs / 1992–1993** 2000’SChristopher Cross / 2001–2012Cowboy Junkies / 2007–2010** MORE RECENTLYAnimal Collective /  2012–2017Bonnie Raitt / 2014–2021Fiona Apple / 2007–2008, 2010Jim James / 2018 - 2019”Live From Here” NPR Radio Show 2019 - 2020Luna / 2001- 2018Marc Cohn / 2013–2015 + 2019My Morning Jacket / TM 2019 - 2021Nick Swardson / 2014Nickel Creek / 2020Punch Brothers / 2019 - 2020The Decemberists / 2020The Wallflowers /2012–2013The Jayhawks / 2010 / 2018 / 2019 / 2020ONE-OFFS AND MINI-TOURS, VARIOUSLY AS TM / PM / FOHJames Taylor (assistant TM) / Juana Molina / Rosanne Cash / Bruce Hornsby  / Tune-Yards / Suzanne Vega / Al Jarreau / Ella Fitzgerald / NAS / Joan Baez / Calexico / Nick Lowe / Luther VandrossMember of Event Safety Alliance since 2014 Board Of Directors / JusticeAid.orghttps://www.reverse-thread.com/Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9JCBNUCRNRVKY&source=url)

Recorded June 29th, 2020, this conversation with Tucker Martine covers Modest Mouse, John Zorn, Mudhoney, The Decemberists, Death Cab For Cutie, Avett Brothers, First Aid Kit and so much more!

After working on My Morning Jacket's Circuital and Jim James' Regions of Light and Sound of God, Tucker Martine once again joined the band to helm sessions that would become 2005's The Waterfall and 2020's The Waterfall II. Geoff Stanfield caught up with Jim and Tucker on a pandemic appropriate three-way call from Seattle, Louisville and Portland to talk about their history, the influence of a location and the recording of this epic collection of songs. Enjoy! Sponsored by Overstayer http://overstayeraudio.com

Laura Veirs calls her latest album, 'My Echo,' her “my songs knew I was getting divorced before I did" album. Her now ex-husband, Tucker Martine, was her producer of 20 years and produced the record. Veirs talks about how artist couples handle parenting, going through a divorce, her renewed sense of self and juggling music and motherhood during a pandemic. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Es un privilegio saludaros otra vez. Y es imprescindible agradeceros vuestra cercanía y vuestro apoyo a lo largo de todo este tiempo. Los oyentes, vosotros, nunca habéis sido, ni sois, ni seréis, “clientes”. A la vez que sumamos nuevos aliados, queremos mantener el respeto por los que siempre estáis ahí y sois los cimientos más sólidos de esta radio pública. Sois “los nuestros”, con los que tenemos empatía y complicidad. Vaya, como siempre, nuestro respeto y nuestro cariño por todos y cada uno de vosotros. Según la leyenda, el lobo aúlla a la luna para que le devuelva su sombra. Esta es la nuestra. Comenzamos nuestra temporada número 48 de TOMA UNO, que supondrá además la número 30 en la sintonía de Radio 3. Aquí llegamos en 1991, con 18 años de andadura. La radio siempre nos ha brindado hospitalidad y cariño. Hoy volvemos a acomodarnos en su porche, con unas vistas incomparables, un horizonte amplio y sugestivo, además de una compañía impagable. Y nos volvemos a sentir en casa. Por eso queremos compartirlo contigo cada fin de semana. TOMA UNO siempre ha querido ser un motivo de celebración, por eso “Take It Easy” de los Eagles vuelve a ser la canción de apertura. Fue la canción con la que comenzamos la primera temporada de TOMA UNO allá por 1973 y es la que hoy escuchamos para abrir la número 48 del programa. Algún tiempo antes de que se convirtieran en personajes fundamentales de lo que hoy conocemos como Americana, Jackson Browne y Glenn Frey vivían en el mismo bloque de apartamentos de Los Ángeles. Browne le enseñó a Frey un primer esbozo de una canción que no podía terminar y que impactó en el músico de Detroit, de tal forma que se dispuso a colaborar en terminarla. El resultado fue “Take It Easy”, la canción de apertura del primer álbum de los Eagles. Era un acercamiento vital del rock a las raíces y viceversa. En 1976, los Eagles la interpretaron de esta forma en el Forum de Inglewood, en el condado de Los Ángeles. No volvieron a hacerlo en aquel lugar hasta los días 12, 14 y 15 de septiembre de 2018, 42 años después y, tristemente sin Glenn Frey. Los tres días de conciertos se han resumido ahora en Live From The Forum MMXVIII que se editará el 16 de octubre en varios formatos. Los Eagles siguen siendo una banda de referencia para la música de raíces norteamericana y “Hotel California” se mantiene como una de las canciones emblemáticas que marcaron el devenir del grupo. La música fue una idea de Don Felder y la banda trabajó con esa especie de “reggae eléctrico mexicano” que hizo que el título de trabajo fuera precisamente "Mexican Reggae" antes de culminar la composición de la letra, que tiene una referencia oculta a Steely Dan, según confesó Glenn Frey. “Hotel California” sigue siendo una canción con tintes cinematográficos. Incluso los Eagles pensaban en la serie de televisión The Twilight Zone, que triunfó en la primera mitad de los 60. Con la incorporación de Vince Gill y Deacon Frey, hijo de Glenn, la mítica banda californiana suena ahora así, en este anticipo de su nuevo álbum en directo, el primero en 20 años, Live From The Forum MMXVIII. La reedición ampliada de Wildflowers era el proyecto en el que Tom Petty estuvo trabajando meses antes de su fallecimiento. Su intención era publicar las 10 canciones que no se incluyeron en el disco, y que él llamaba All the Rest. En la cuádruple edición de lujo y dentro de las Home Recordings, con 15 cortes, de los que 12 son versiones nunca editadas y 3 son canciones inéditas, vamos a encontrar esta maqueta del tema central, “Wildflowers”, grabada en su estudio casero. El próximo 16 de octubre aparecerá, por fin, Wildflowers & All The Rest, el proyecto más personal en el que Tom Petty estuvo centrado tras la publicación en 2014 de su último álbum con los Heartbreakers, Hypnotic Eye. El músico de Gainsville nunca olvidó que aquel segundo de sus álbumes en solitario de 1994 debía haber sido un disco doble, y fue dejando algunas muestras en distintas publicaciones posteriores. Tras su muerte, todos los planes de reedición se pospusieron hasta que se resolvió una demanda entre las hijas de Petty, Adria y Annakim, y su viuda Dana, el pasado año. De esta forma podremos escuchar canciones tan sutiles como “There Goes Angela (Dream Away)”, otra muestra de sus maquetas caseras. Para la grabación del nuevo disco de Chris Stapleton, el músico de Kentucky ha contado con dos miembros de los Heartbreakers de Tom Petty como son el guitarrista Mike Campbell y el guitarrista Benmont Tench. Reunido con su mujer, Morgane, y viejos y nuevos colaboradores en el RCA Studio A de Nashville el resultado es Starting Over, al que da nombre esta canción compuesta junto a su viejo amigo Mike Henderson. Un tema perfecto desde su título, Comenzar de nuevo, para un día como el de hoy. "Y no me importa / Dondequiera que estemos es donde quiero estar”. "Y cariño, por una vez en nuestra vida / Vamos a arriesgarnos y lanzar los dados / Puedo ser tu centavo de la suerte, tú puedes ser mi trébol de cuatro hojas”. Starting Over es una colección de 14 canciones en la que encontraremos también versiones de "Joy of My Life" de John Fogerty y a dos temas de Guy Clark, "Worry B Gone" y "Old Friends". El disco se publicará a mitad de noviembre, pero ya podemos compartirlo en TOMA UNO. Seguimos anticipando nuevas grabaciones de buenos amigos, como son en este caso The Band of Heathens, que el 25 de este mes publicarán Stranger, el más ecléctico de sus álbumes después de tres años desde que Duende nos dejó boquiabiertos por su exquisitez. La banda, que hasta la llegada de la pandemia estaba asentada en Austin, ha sido una de las más activas en estos tiempos de aislamiento y ha utilizado todos los medios a su alcance para mantener el contacto con sus seguidores desde sus respectivos hogares en California, Texas, Carolina del Norte y Tennessee. Han transmitido en vivo conciertos y han popularizado sus imperdibles Remote Transmission y el Good Time Supper Club. Grabado en Portland, Oregon, con el productor Tucker Martine, Strange, debe su título al clásico del californiano Robert Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land y a la novela de Albert Camus L'Étranger, pero conecta directamente con los seguidores del grupo, esas personas leales que han echado abajo los muros del aislamiento para mantener ese contacto vital. Dentro del semanal Good Time Supper Club hemos podido disfrutar de como The Band of Heathens, con Todd Snider como invitado, rememoraba de esta manera "L.A, Freeway", una de las canciones mágicas de Guy Clark que el artista tejano compuso hace 45 años tras discutir con su casero en Los Ángeles, lo que provocó su marcha a Nashville. La familia, los amigos, la empatía… todo ello va tejiendo un tapiz con el que nos vamos arropando en estos tiempos de incertidumbre. Y la banda sonora de estos momentos inesperados calma cierta ansiedad cuando nos acogemos a nuestros sonidos más reconocibles. Eso ha hecho, por ejemplo, Tennessee Jet que en su nuevo álbum, The Country, que ayer mismo se publicó, ha contado con el apoyo vocal de Cody Jinks, Paul Cauthen y Elizabeth Cook, además de la armónica de Mickey Raphael y Brian Newman, trompetista habitual de Lady Gaga, para devolver al presente el clásico de Townes Van Zandt “Pancho And Lefty”, la historia de Pancho, un bandido mexicano, y su amistad con Lefty, el hombre que finalmente lo traiciona. Pudiera tener que ver con el propio Pancho Villa… o no. Al fin y al cabo son leyendas del lejano Oeste. Dicen que Colter Wall es un cantante retro. Bien al contrario, el músico canadiense de Saskatchewan tiene la capacidad de recuperar las esencias de la música popular y traerlas al presente, ante la triste uniformidad de la industria. Es posible que, en este sentido, esté tomando el relevo generacional de Michael Martin Murphey en su lucha por preservar la tradición. Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs sigue ahondando en el viejo Oeste y en la música de las praderas polvorientas con una pala instrumental casi minimalista que arropa a una voz imponente, casi impropia de un tipo que Ha cumplido 25 años a finales de junio. Entre las canciones elegidas que no le son propias está "Big Iron", compuesta e interpretada por Marty Robbins en 1959 en el álbum Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs. Cuenta la historia de un duelo en el que un Ranger de Arizona mata a Texas Red, un popular forajido de 24 años, en el pueblo de Agua Fría. Colter Wall ha querido que su versión sea un tributo a Grady Martin tanto como a Marty Robbins. El guitarrista de Tennessee, miembro del Nashville A-Team, fue uno de los instrumentistas más reconocidos de la escena del country y el rockabilly. Estos son buenos tiempos para refugiarse en la tradición y son muchos los ejemplos que están ocupando las nuevas ediciones discográficas. Josh Turner acaba de publicar Country State of Mind como un saludo a sus héroes musicales, que empiezan en Hank Williams y Johnny Cash, continuando por Kris Kristofferson, John Anderson, Keith Whitley o Randy Travis. Cuando Randy apareció, Josh Turner supo que había encontrado un espíritu afín. Por eso uno de los temas a incluir en este proyecto era "Forever and Ever, Amen", que el artista de North Carolina había llevado a la cima de las listas en 1987 como ejemplo del espíritu de los “nuevos tradicionalistas” de los 80, una década formativa para muchos. En esta versión, ha querido que fuera el propio Randy, que continúa en proceso de recuperación de su cardiomiopatía viral diagnosticada en 2013, quien pusiera el broche final. La despedida por hoy del tiempo de TOMA UNO nos lleva a Old Road New Again, el primer disco original de los legendarios Dillards desde 1991, hace 29 años. Junto a Rodney Dillard, el único superviviente de la formación original, que lidera un quinteto en el que están Beverly Cotten-Dillard, Gary Smith, Tony Wray y George Giddens, el álbum cuenta con las apariciones estelares de Ricky Skaggs, Sharon y Cheryl White, Sam Bush o Tim Crouch, además de Don Henley, Herb Pedersen y Bernie Leadon. Estos tres últimos intervienen de manera especial en el tema que da título al registro, “Old Road New Again”. Esa canción con la que hoy cerramos el tiempo de TOMA UNO y nos citamos para mañana en la sintonía de Radio 3, resume la historia legendaria de los Dillards y su relación con los Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, los Kentucky Colonels, la Nitty Gritty Dirt Band o los Eagles. Fue Rodney Dillard, por ejemplo, quien convenció a Don Henley de dejar Texas y buscar fortuna en California. El estribillo es perfecto "Cuando alguien cuenta la historia, este viejo camino es nuevo otra vez". Así es como las viejas carreteras se convierten en autopistas. Escuchar audio

I am with Tucker Martine, one of the world’s best producers and recording engineers. I could read you the list of the people he’s worked with but it would take the rest of the podcast, and that’s only slightly exaggerating. Here are just a few, Roseanne Cash, My Morning Jacket, The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, Don Henley, the Avett Brothers. I could go on but you get the picture. One of his most beloved collaborators is Bill Frisell who comes to Portland to record right here at Flora Recordings and Playback. He’s also a musician and like everyone else right now doing everything he can to keep afloat until we get back to something that resembles normal. Bill Frisell is one of my favorite musicians and so excuse me if I talk too much about him. It’s my podcast. Here’s Tucker Martine.

Engineer and producer Tucker Martine joins me on the show this week. Tucker has been operating out of a couple of incarnations of his own studio, Flora Recording and Playback, for quite a few years now. He has recorded and/or produced acclaimed records for a diverse cast of characters like The Decemberists, Bill Frisell, My Morning Jacket, Wayne Horvitz, Neko Case, Laura Veirs and many more. Tucker has an amazing sense of depth and tone that comes through in his recordings, which is a reflection of how much he cares for the art of recording itself. I wanted to have Tucker on the show to talk about some of his experiences making those records, as well as building his studio and some of the joys and trials of that process. We had a great time digging deep, and I hope you enjoy it! We’re coming to you bi-weekly now during the virus, and welcome your calls to talk about what’s keeping you busy and creative during this time. Leave a message at 615-375-6318 or steve@thehenhousestudio.com - our new website is now up at www.makersandshakerspodcast.com

RadioFree Olga continues with a Podcast featuring the music created and recorded by local musicians living in the San Juan Islands....And also visiting musicians to the San Juans...This week, I'm playing new music recorded in the Olgabowl...Hear tunes by Bruce Harvie, Doc Rierden, Jimi Mudd, Bill Wallis, Twang Factor 4, Laura Viers, Jim Bredouw, Tucker Martine and Mike Simmons...Enjoy!!

About This Episode The Jayhawks and their rootsy sound were definitely swimming against the tide when they emerged from a crowded Minnesota music scene in 1985. Over the course of two decades, 9 albums, countless memorable live shows and enough personal drama to fill a couple of Behind the Music episodes, this beloved band soared to heights few ever achieve while winning the hearts and minds of numerous critics, fans and peers in the process. After releasing two Indie albums in the 80s The Jayhawks signed with American Recordings in 1991 and over the next decade released 5 challenging, at times groundbreaking, albums, toured the world to widespread acclaim and even survived the departure of founding member Mark Olson in 1995. After a hiatus in the mid 2000s, the "classic" 1994 lineup reunited for another new studio album in 2011 and 2 years of solid touring, reacquainting audiences old and new with the band's timeless musical vision. 2014 saw a late 90s version of the band led by Gary Louris hitting the road to support the reissues of the 3 Jayhawks albums released from 1997-2003. This lineup released the band's 9th studio album in 2016, recorded in Portland, OR with producers Peter Buck and Tucker Martine. The band's new studio album, Back Roads And Abandoned Motels, was released in the summer of 2018, featuring Jayhawks versions of songs Gary Louris had previously written with other artists plus 2 new compositions. About Michael Perry Michael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist and radio show host from New Auburn, Wisconsin. Perry’s bestselling memoirs include Population 485, Truck: A Love Story, Coop, and Visiting Tom, and his latest, Montaigne in Barn Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy. His first book for young readers, The Scavengers, was published in 2014 and first novel for adult readers, The Jesus Cow, was published in May of 2015. Raised on a small Midwestern dairy farm, Perry put himself through nursing school while working on a ranch in Wyoming, then wandered into writing. He lives with his wife and two daughters in rural Wisconsin, where he serves on the local volunteer fire and rescue service and is an intermittent pig farmer. He hosts the nationally-syndicated “Tent Show Radio,” performs widely as a humorist, and tours with his band the Long Beds (currently recording their third album for Amble Down Records). He has recorded three live humor albums including Never Stand Behind A Sneezing Cow and The Clodhopper Monologues. Learn more about Michael and where to get his publications at www.sneezingcow.com. Follow Michael Perry www.sneezingcow.com Twitter Facebook Instagram Other Ways to Stream Public Radio Exchange: www.prx.org/tentshowradio Podcast: www.libsyn.com/tentshowradio iTunes: www.itunes/tentshowradio Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/tentshowradio Player.FM: www.player.FM/tentshowradio iHeart Radio: www.iheart.com

Peter Broderick is a prolific, genre-defying American musician, composer, and producer. He is known internationally for a diverse range of solo projects, collaborations, and compositions for cinema and dance. A gifted multi-instrumentalist who is equally versed in a wide range of styles, Broderick's extensive discography -- on a range of labels including Bella Union, Erased Tapes, Staalplaat, and Beacon Sound -- is appended by a massive list of credits that reads like a who's who of 21st century independent, classical, and experimental music.Growing up in a musical household in Portland, Oregon, Broderick learned to play several instruments. After graduating high school, he became a session musician, contributing violin, banjo, musical saw, mandolin, and other instruments to recordings by M. Ward, Zooey Deschanel, Dolorean, and Norfolk & Western, among others. His self-released debut EP, 4 Track Songs, appeared in 2006. Via his MySpace page, he befriended Danish band Efterklang, and in mid-2007 he moved to Copenhagen to work with the group. That same year, Docile, his first album of solo piano pieces, was issued by Kning Disk. Float (Erased Tapes) and Hope (Bella Union) followed in 2008. While in Europe, Broderick met and worked with a wide variety of composers, singers, and songwriters including Nils Frahm, Greg Haines, Laura Gibson, Yann Tiersen, Olafur Arnalds, and Lubomyr Melnyk.Broderick was by this time an in-demand session player, engineer, and producer, but kept up a steady stream of his own work on EPs, singles, and film scores, and he accepted composition commissions for dance and the theater. Broderick provided half of many split recordings, including 2009's Blank Grey Canvas Sky with Machinefabriek, 2010's Apple Bobbing At ___ with Penelope Joy, and 2011's Glimmer with Takumi Uesaka. In 2010, Bella Union released his full-length How They Are. From 2010, Broderick's level of activity was matched only by the number of requests for his time from other artists. He contributed to 19 recordings in 2010, 12 in 2011 (including Oliveray's Wonders, one of his projects with Frahm), and ten more in 2012. He and Frahm also completed and released the first album of a three-year undertaking entitled http://www.itstartshear.com. (Interestingly, the artist withdrew from having any kind of social media account.) Broderick also issued the EP Two Songs for Banjo and Voice and the single "I Will Play This Song Once Again" b/w "These Walls of Mine" that year.Broderick was equally prolific in 2013. Among the ten recordings he contributed to were Mark Kozelek and Jimmy Lavalle's Perils from the Sea, Melnyk's Corollaries, and Nadja's Flipper. He also issued the Broderick & Broderick EP and the full-length Float: 2013 Addendum, and he scored director Rodney Evans' award-winning film The Happy Sad. The following year saw the artist move back to Portland for a time and play on recordings by Portland Cello Project, Aidan Baker, Sharon Van Etten, and Sean Flinn & the Royal We. Erased Tapes issued the Broderick and Haines split dub offering Greg Gives Peter Space, The Album Leaf (Featuring Peter Broderick) was self-released, and the eponymous Peter Broderick + Gabriel Saloman was issued by Beacon Sound.While Broderick played on over a dozen records by other artists in 2015, his own recording and touring activities were equally intense. He collaborated with French artist Félicia Atkinson as La Nuit to release Desert Television and issued the EPs X Luzern and COTN RMXD and the acclaimed full-length Colours of the Night. In 2016, Broderick cut the stripped-down piano-and-voice album Partners with Tucker Martine. (Inspired by John Cage's writings, it featured a reading of the composer's "In a Landscape.") He also produced Brigid Mae Power's acclaimed self-titled Tompkins Square debut album. The pair were married shortly thereafter and moved to Ireland. Broderick continued his productive work rate into 2017 with the release of All Together Again, which collected his commissioned works from the previous decade. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi PeterBroderick.net

This week, Matt The Electrician - a kind hearted songwriter and cunning craftsman of smile-inducing folk songs that retain the one thing we might need most in our jackknifed new century: hope. While the artist not known as Matt Sever may still be able to fix the sparking wires behind your walls with his nimble bare hands, he found a line of work even more daring, dangerous, and financially precarious to set his sites on back in the 1990s: being a roving folk singer. Matt's been at this a while, he looks more like your cool tatted shop teacher than the next big arena money maker for the major labels -so letting the people who have put him up in their houses and cooked him a warm meal on the road support the music their own way? It's kind of beautiful. In fact, his sturdy fanbase just lovingly funded his next record, in which he'll be working on with a producer for the very first time, and that producer is none other than Tucker Martine. He'll be heading up to Tucker's studio in Portland Oregon to start the project in October.

Jenn Grant talks about her new album Love, Inevitable, working with Tucker Martine, balancing being a musician with being a new mom, navigating social media, and much more! Supported by CFRU 93.3 FM, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts.

Working Class Audio #233 with Beau Sorenson!!! Beau Sorenson is a freelance audio professional (producer/mixer/ engineer) based in California. He also writes, records, and remixes music as Beaunoise. As producer/engineer, He's worked on multiple albums for Death Cab for Cutie, Bob Mould, and Superchunk, as well as albums for Tune-yards, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Mac McCaughan, Mike Krol, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, The Dodos, Sparklehorse, Field Report, Jars of Clay, Yellow Ostrich, Camera Obscura, and many more. I’ve engineered sessions for Chris Walla, Merrill Garbus, Tucker Martine, Butch Vig, John Vanderslice, Dangermouse, Ryan Hewitt, and Al Weatherhead. While studio recording is Beau's primary focus, He's also composed and recorded soundtracks for films and podcasts mastered music for release, worked as a studio tech, taught audio engineering, and consulted on studio construction and design. Beau spent six years as a staff engineer at Smart Studios in Madison, WI before leaving to work freelance. He is currently a staff engineer at John Vanderslice’s Tiny Telephone studios but he also works at other studios as well. About this interview: Beau joins me for coffee to discuss hardware stores, being kind, respect for studio owners, having patience, and getting out of town to record. Enjoy! -Matt Links and Show Notes: Beau's Site: www.beaunoise.com https://www.workingclassaudio.com/wca-119-with-tucker-martine/ https://www.workingclassaudio.com/wca-220-with-butch-vig/ https://www.workingclassaudio.com/wca-047-with-john-vanderslice/ https://www.workingclassaudio.com/wca-156-with-justin-perkins/ Current sponsors & promos: https://bit.ly/2WmKbFw Working Class Audio Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus Credits:Host: Matt Boudreau Guest: Beau SorensonWCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell Announcer: Chuck SmithEditing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt BoudreauAdditional Music: The License Lab

This week, Jenn Grant releases her stunning new record, Love, Inevitable, produced by the Grammy-nominated producer and engineer Tucker Martine. Jenn talks to Terry about motherhood, what its like to work with a new producer after making four consecutive records with her husband Daniel Ledwell, and gives us the stories behind songs on the records.  The podcast includes four tracks from Love, Inevitable: "Favourite Daughter," "Keep A Light On," "Magic and Mistakes," and "Raven."

Fingerstyle guitarist William Tyler joins us on the Fretboard Journal Podcast to talk about his new album, 'Goes West' (Merge Records) and a lot more. Tyler's been making his mark in the American-primitive space since his 2010 release 'Behold The Spirit' and has broadened his sonic and compositional palette with each succeeding release. It's our opinion that he's just getting started and we were thrilled to have the FJ's Ryan Richter interview him for this episode.    'Goes West' enjoys a stellar personnel including guitarist Meg Duffy, bassist and producer Brad Cook, drummer Griffin Goldsmith, keyboardist James Wallace, engineer Tucker Martine, and even a guest appearance by Bill Frisell. 

This week on the Mulligan Stew podcast, we throw back to warmer days when Jenn Grant was in Alberta performing at the 2018 Edmonton Folk Music Festival. Jenn joined Terry at CKUA’s festival broadcast tent to share live renditions of songs from her latest album ‘Paradise,’ backed by her husband and musical collaborator Daniel Ledwell. Plus, Jenn shared a few details on her forthcoming album, produced by Portland’s own Tucker Martine.

In 2002 we interviewed Tucker Martine, then a resident of Seattle and making some cool records with people like Bill Frisell and Danny Barnes. A few years later he moved down to Portland, Oregon, working initially out of my Jackpot! Recording Studio, but soon moving his home studio Flora Recording And Playback into commercial digs. He's worked with The Decemberists, REM, My Morning Jacket, Neko Case, Mudhoney, Grandaddy, Mavis Staples, K.D. Lang, She and Him, and also his songwriting wife Laura Veirs. Tucker was preparing to move into a new studio building so I thought we should check in and see what was up with him. Enjoy! Sponsored by Neumann Berlin https://en-de.neumann.com

Seth and Rob sit down with Mimi Naja of Fruition at the Electric Forest Festival in Michigan and initially talk about what it's like to be playing traditional instruments at a primarily electronic music festival. Mimi ends up explaining the thinking behind the band's decision to bring into the studio the rock feel of their live shows and their decision to go with producer Tucker Martine. Martine taught the band many things, helped them add layers to their sound and he is the chief reason that Mimi decided to play some baritone guitar on the record. The result is by far their greatest record to day, "Watching It All Fall Apart." The trio also discuss how the band's breakup songs contain elements of hope and accountability. We hear a bit about Mimi's days as a Georgia youth and explains her decision to leave Georgia and go to school in Portland. She would leave school and then clicking with a group of musicians while playing Marley and Sublime tunes. These folks would end up becoming Fruition. We learn about the band's the early days, and some of the antics that went on as the band grew (like "song-bombing" Vince Herman). She also talks about how she used to leave pronouns out of her songwriting because of all of the homophobia in the world, but that she has more recently eschewed this approach and been forthcoming with her sexuality. Mimi also explains specific reasons why Atlanta-based musician Janelle Monelle is an inspiration to her, and the fluid nature of sexuality in the music world. Speaking of inspirations, the discussion most certainly gets to stories about Greensky Bluegrass, Elephant Revival, The Infamous Stringdusters and other of Fruition's "Crazy Uncles and Aunts." She also expresses love for her own band's fans, which she calls the "Fruit'y Freaks." Seth and Rob then wrap up the show catching up the listeners on show news during one of the few times they were together last month. Speaking from a coffee shop in Black Mountain, NC they also discuss North Carolina in general, and specifically their day together there. The show ends with more Fruition music including Mimi and band mates Jay Cobb Anderson and Kellen Asebroek sitting in with Railroad Earth and performing Fruition's "Mountain Annie" at the idyllic Red Rocks. wTnS is Produced by Rob Turner and Engineered by Josh Thane of Wonder Dog Sounds Studio. www.joshthaneproductions.com www.wonderdogsounds.com All social media management, promotion and website maintenance/building done by Harris Sullivan. wTnS is a proud partner of the Osiris Podcast Network. Osiris is a global community connecting passionate music fans with podcasts about music, artists, and culture; currently consisting of 15 link-minded podcasts and more can be found at www.osirispod.com wTnS Sponsors: Polay + Clark 21st Century Accounting (Don't wait till April and get screwed, get Polayed) www.polayclark.com Inside Out w/ Turner and Seth: insideoutwtns.com Twitter: @InsideoutWTNS Instagram: www.instagram.com/insideoutwtns Facebook: www.facebook.com/insideoutwTnS See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sarah & Daniel on working with Tucker Martine, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie, John Congleton & Richard Swift. Music: Pnar, Lenistwo, Organism, Carbinax, Polyidus, Metre, Blear Moon.Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/pdxpod)

The MHOD crew are at it again. Mark, Jessie, and Robert Cooper review The Sword's Used Future album on Metal Hammer of Doom. Used Future is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band The Sword. Recorded in late 2017 at Flora Recording & Playback in Portland, Oregon, it was produced by Tucker Martine and was released on March 23, 2018 by Razor & Tie.

And now, a conversation and sing-a-long with First Aid Kit!It's been just about six years since First Aid Kit knocked me out with the duo's performance at the Tiny Desk. The two Swedish sisters, Klara and Johanna Söderberg, make remarkable, American country-flavored music. Their latest songs can be found on their album Ruins. That record includes performances by Wilco percussionist Glenn Kotche and former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, and it was produced by Tucker Martine, known for his work with The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket, Spoon and many others.In this conversation, the two sisters talk about working with Tucker Martine in Portland, Ore. and how his participation helped broaden and empower their sound.But what was so much fun about this guest DJ show were the Swedish songs they brought in and the sing-a-long that seemed to spontaneously happen for every tune they played.

Fruition has gone through tremendous change since it’s early days as an acoustic based string outfit in 2008, to a full fledged rock band. Maybe that’s why they enlisted noted producer Tucker Martine to help their sonic shifting moods for their fifth release. We caught up with Kellen Asebroek while on tour, to talk about the band’s metamorphosis and what the future holds. For tour dates, cool merch and more on Fruition check out frutionband.com. First Song: 00:14 - There She Was Interview Begins: 04:36 Extro Song: 23:06 - I’ll Never Sing Your Name See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on "State of Wonder," we remember the life and legacy of the ground-breaking writer Ursula K. Le Guin, and then we talk with Oregon's three Grammy nominees: Portugal. The Man, The Decemberists' side project Offa Rex, and Randy Porter and Nancy King.Remembering Ursula K Le GuinPortland lost a living legend this week. Ursula K. Le Guin passed away on Monday at the age of 88 in her Northwest home. Her writing not only spanned genres, it tore down the barriers that separated them, helping to elevate science fiction and fantasy into "literature" — to say nothing of opening up fiction to women writers and women protagonists. The worlds Le Guin created were places of refuge for those who felt like outsiders and places that challenged readers to think differently and expand their imaginations.In this segment, we listen to: 2:04 - A remembrance from April Baer 5:50 - A conversation with Le Guin at Wordstock in 2015, shortly after the release of a new version of her guide to writing, “Steering the Craft,” in which she spoke about her writing process and what it means to “push back” as a woman writer. 13:57 - A conversation with Le Guin's eldest child, Elisabeth Le Guin, a professor of musicology at UCLA, about the inspiration that is her mother, and what it was like to sit around the dinner table with such a fierce woman. You can listen to the full interview here. 22:38 - A conversation with Molly Gloss, the author of numerous books including "The Hearts of Horses" and "Wild Life," who met Le Guin in 1981 and has been a close friend and writing peer since. You can find the full conversation on Think Out Loud.Portugal. The Man's "Feel It Still" Is Up for Best Pop Group Performance - 29:17“Feel It Still,” the first single from Portugal. The Man’s newest album, “Woodstock,” set new records at the top of multiple charts, becoming the biggest crossover hit since Gotye’s “Somebody that I Used to Know.” Now the song has snagged Portugal. The Man a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Last summer, the band played an exclusive live set at the OPB studio and sat down to talk about the album. You can watch videos of their opbmusic session here.The Decemberists' Collaboration with Olivia Chaney Gets Nominated for Best Folk Album - 35:57The Decemberists may have finally met their match. The band teamed up with British singer Olivia Chaney under the name Offa Rex — a reference to an Anglo-Saxon king. The album, produced by local whiz Tucker Martine, is called “The Queen of Hearts,” and it's up for the Grammy for Best Folk Album. We invited Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy into the studio, and got Chaney on the line from England, to talk about how this dream team came to be. Randy Porter and Nancy King Contend for Best Jazz Vocal Album with "Porter Plays Porter" - 44:32Last but not least in the trio of Oregon Grammy contenders is the jazz pianist Randy Porter. Porter was first exposed to the music of his namesake, Cole Porter, at age 20, when he worked on a revue of the great American composer’s work. Randy Porter has since become a successful pianist known for his impeccable technique, and now his trio has teamed up with one of the region’s jazz treasures, vocalist Nancy King, on the record “Porter Plays Porter with Nancy King.” It’s up for the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

The Decemberists may have finally met their match. The band has been working with British singer Olivia Chaney under the name Offa Rex — a reference to an Anglo-Saxon king. Their album, released on July 14 and produced by local whiz Tucker Martine, is called “The Queen of Hearts.”

A New Collaboration for The Decemberists: Offa RexThe Decemberists may have finally met their match. The band has been collaborating with British singer Olivia Chaney to reinterpret tradition Scottish, Irish and English songs under the name Offa Rex — a reference to an Anglo-Saxon king. The resulting album, “The Queen of Hearts," comes out July 14 and is produced by local whiz Tucker Martine, and you can see Off Rex perform live July 23 at the Aladdin Theater.Kinetic Sculpture Racers Pedal On at Revamped DaVinci Days in Corvallis - 11:37This weekend, Corvallis celebrates the return Da Vinci Days: the festival where art and science mix. It started 29 years ago in the spirit of Leonardo DaVinci — a man as much about math as Mona Lisa. Da Vinci Days includes a full-three day schedule this year filled with live music, lectures, poetry readings, and a competition that may best embody the ingenuity and play at the festival’s heart: the Grand Kinetic Challenge, a race over land and water in handmade vehicles. Gallery 114’s Exhibition, “Human Being,” Centers Work by Incarcerated Artists - 22:04“Human Being,” the art show on view at Gallery 114 in NW Portland, features paintings and drawings and mixed media works by men who are serving life sentences in prison. David Slader, a former attorney who has devoted his retirement years to painting, invited three guest artists, Jerome Sloan, David Drenth, and B. Pat, to show artwork created in their Oregon prison cells alongside his own work.Boone Howard, PNW Rocker and Sound Engineer, Releases Solo Debut - 27:44An accomplished musician and former front man of Portland rock band The We Shared Milk, Boone Howard is also a sought-after live sound engineer. Now’s your chance to check out both his music and sound engineering chops on his solo debut record, “The Other Side of Town.” You can find videos of Howard's opbmusic performance here.Bend Arts Center Opens in a Changing Central Oregon Arts Landscape - 33:20Atelier 6000, a studio dedicated to printmaking and book arts, re-opened this month with a new name signifying a much broader mission: the Bend Art Center. The Center will offer expanded class offerings and a broader range of art exhibitions, but the name change is also a signpost for the restless conversation in Central Oregon art circles about who speaks for art, and what needs to be said. We check in with the folks at the new Bend Arts Center, plus local artists and art advocacy leaders, about possibilities and limitations for art in the region. U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith - 40:01In June, Tracy K. Smith was named 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States. This is just the latest add to an impressive string of titles: in 2012, Smith won a Pulitzer for her poetry collection Life on Mars, she runs the creative writing program at Princeton University, and, this year, published a new memoir. Arts Funding at the Capitol - 45:23 The legislative session just wrapped up, and we kept up on bills and funding packages so you don’t have to. One success for arts advocates: six million dollars in lottery bond money for Main Street Preservation grants. We check in with folks at the Liberty Theater in LaGrande, which will benefit from the bill. Plus, more on legislation that mandates a consideration of regional differences when state arts grants are awarded, and a look at the Oregon Arts Commission, which is facing a 16 percent budget cut.

Karl Blau talks about how it felt to get a pretty unique gift from producer and longtime friend Tucker Martine — and entire album of '70s country soul covers meant to showcase Blau's voice. The result, "Introducing Karl Blau," was one of the best albums of 2016.

Working Class Audio Session #119 with Tucker Martine!!! Tucker Martine is a record producer, musician and composer and the son of singer and songwriter Layng Martine, Jr.,  Tucker grew up in Nashville, Tennessee where he played in bands and tinkered with recording devices before moving to Boulder, Colorado after graduating from high school. In Colorado, Martine was a DJ at a public radio station KGNU. He would frequently play two or more records at once on the air to experiment with creating new sounds. Martine also took courses at the Naropa Institute where he studied sound collage and befriended Harry Smith - the ethnomusicologist, artist and Kabbalist - who made a large impression on Martine. 1993, Martine moved to Seattle, Washington where he began to combine his skills and interests. He joined Wayne Horvitz's chamber group The 4 Plus 1 Ensemble where Martine's instrument was a series of looping and sound manipulating devices which were fed by the groups otherwise acoustic instruments. Martine received a Grammy nomination in 2007 in the "best engineered album" category for the Floratone album with Bill Frisell on Blue Note. He has also released several albums of his field recordings. As a composer and musician Martine has released 2 albums under the recording pseudonym Mount Analog and a 3rd one is on the way. Additionally, Microsoft called upon Martine's creativity when they asked him to help compose the startup and branding sounds for Microsoft's new operating system Vista. Today Martine lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, singer songwriter Laura Veirs and continues to make records in his own studio, Flora Recording & Playback. Tucker has worked with artists such as The Decemberists, R.E.M., My Morning Jacket, Modest Mouse, Beth Orton, Neko Case, Mudhoney, Bill Frisell, Sufjan Stevens, Spoon, Grandaddy, Mavis Staples, Iron And Wine, The Jayhawks, Karl Blau, Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros, Blind Pilot, Camera Obscura, Stephen Malkmus, k.d. lang, She and Him, M Ward, Case/lang/veirs, Jesse Sykes and Laura Veirs.

Episode #37: When recording engineer Larry Crane started Tape Op Magazine in 1996, he printed the first issue on legal paper and Xeroxed 500 copies to send to his friends. Branded as “the creative music recording magazine,” that first issue set Tape Op up to be one of the best resources for new and established engineers, gaining a readership of over 60,000. On this episode of The Future of What, we celebrate Tape Op's 20th anniversary with an extended interview with Crane. We talk about what it takes to sustain an independent (free!) publication, adapting to new technology in recording, and why he has continued to distribute print issues. We also talk to longtime Tape Op admirers and notable producers Tucker Martine and Tyler Stone. Subscribe to The Future of What on iTunes: http://apple.co/1P4Apk0 Follow us: Twitter: http://bit.ly/2gOYMYM Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefutureofwhat/ Instagram: http://bit.ly/1L6T8fl

Call the Jayhawks an Americana band if you must, but singer Gary Louris is more than likely to sling some German noiseniks your way. The band's latest, "Paging Mr. Proust," was recorded with Peter Buck and Tucker Martine, and Louris' detail-rich songs study the twin poles of stillness and movement. We'll hear three acoustic versions of tracks from that new LP: "Leaving the Monsters Behind," "Lovers of the Sun" and "Comeback Kids." Recorded at KDHX in St. Louis on June 27, 2016. Engineered by Jon Valley. 

Producer Lee Townsend is my guest on the show this week. Lee is a producer in the truest sense of the word. He’s not a performing musician, never has been, but has always been deeply into music and he brings a philosophy and easy going nature to sessions that make people rally around and perform their best. Lee is best known for his decades-long relationship in the studio and as manager for Bill Frisell, with whom he has made many records, earned Grammy Awards and countless other accolades, but he has also made some amazing records for artists as diverse as Dave Holland, Viktor Krauss, John Scofield, Charlie Hunter, Louden Wainwright, Carrie Rodriguez, and many more. He is an artistic member of the group Floratone, which is an experimental collaboration with Frisell, Matt Chamberlain, Tucker Martine, and Lee. He has also worked as VP of A&R for Verve/Polygram and as General Manager of of ECM Records in the USA. I thought Lee would be a great addition to the series here as someone who brings an intense love and passion for music to the table and has a long history of great records under his belt. He is a true Music Maker and Soul Shaker!

Episode #41: We know that producers are integral to the recording process, but even some in the industry are still confused as to exactly what producers do. While the scope of their role can vary, every music producer has their own approach. Renowned engineer, artist and educator Sylvia Massy prides herself on her unconventional production techniques. Massy has worked with artists from Prince to Tool, always bringing her unique perspective and creativity to producing. On this episode, we put the spotlight on Massy and her new book, Recording Unhinged: Creative and Unconventional Music Recording. We also talk to Grammy-nominated producer Tucker Martine about his methods. And stay tuned for our special interview with Libera Awards nominee Hugues Payen of Caravan Palace! GUESTS: Sylvia Massy (Producer / Author / Illustrator) Tucker Martine (Producer / Engineer) Hugues Payen (Caravan Palace) MUSIC: Panther “Latitudes for Centuries” Thao & the Get Down Stay Down “When We Swam” Shy Child “Drop the Phone” Delta 5 "Mind Your Own Business"

When recording engineer Larry Crane started Tape Op Magazine in 1996, he printed the first issue on legal paper and Xeroxed 500 copies to send to his friends. Branded as “the creative music recording magazine,” that first issue set Tape Op up to be one of the best resources for new and established engineers, gaining a readership of over 60,000. On this episode of The Future of What, we celebrate Tape Op's 20th anniversary with an extended interview with Crane. We talk about what it takes to sustain an independent (free!) publication, adapting to new technology in recording, and why he has continued to distribute print issues. We also talk to longtime Tape Op admirers and notable producers Tucker Martine, Tyler Stone, and Dave Gross. Featuring music recorded at Jackpot! by: The Corin Tucker Band The Thermals Witchypoo

This week, a tasty sound sandwich consisting of two ingredients:1) We've got advance coverage of the Seattle Art Fair with a Think Out Loud discussion on the Pacific Northwest's foray into the high-end art fair market. If you're just tuning in, art fairs have become a driving force in how artists and gallerists move new work. Seattle dealers are trying to connect with high-level patrons with their own four-day event. We hear from Portland gallerist Elizabeth Leach and art critic Jen Graves of The Stranger.2) Also we revisit a special show guest-curated by KMHD's program director Matt Fleeger, one of our favorite guys in the building. While he shapes the sound of Portland's jazz radio station, he's actually somewhat of a reluctant jazz guy. He'll share some top spins on his radar this year, talk about artists he thinks are breaking boundaries and show us some new ways to think about a traditional American form. • 13:35 - We talk about jazz past, present and future with bassist and composer Chuck Israels, drummer Chris Brown, and drummer and writer Tim DuRoche. • 35:58 - Matt shares some of the bands he's most excited about right now, including Coco Columbia, Grammies, 1939 Ensemble and Roberto Rodriguez. • 41:48 - Record producer Tucker Martine talks about the sonic qualities of jazz recordings, and how he incorporates them into the seminal indie pop records he’s produced as well as Grammy-nominated records for Bill Frissell.

In talking with this week's guest curator, Matt Fleeger, we got to thinking about the pervasive influence of jazz on other genres. Sometimes it manifests in unexpected ways. Matt suggested we get in touch with record producer Tucker Martine. He's worked with dozens of indie pop icons. Through his work with guitarist Bill Frisell and his own music, Martine also shows a progressive jazz sensibility. We caught up with him at his Portland studio, Flora.

This week: it's Confessions of the Reluctant Jazz Guy.Our pal Matt Fleeger of KMHD Jazz Radio turns us on to some new artists and talks about how jazz as a meta-genre — a way to better understand many forms of music.11:10 - We’ll talk about jazz past, present and future with bassist Chuck Israels, drummer Chris Brown and drummer Tim DuRoche.24:40 - Matt shares some of the bands he's most excited about right now, including Coco Columbia and Grammies.30:30 - Record producer Tucker Martine talks about the sonic qualities of jazz recordings, and how he incorporates them into the seminal indie pop records he’s produced as well as Grammy-nominated records for Bill Frissell.39:25 - Plus Matt shares some picks for the upcoming PDX Jazz Festival.Matt is one of our favorite guys. In addition to his knowledge of jazz, he's an avid advocate for visual arts. Fun fact: he knows a ton about skateboard film. And he's got a broad view of how music works in industry and culture.

El guitarrista Bill Frisell y el baterista Matt Chamberlain se reúnen por segunda vez con los productores Lee Townsend y Tucker Martine en Floratone II. Con ellos colaboran Mike Elizondo (b), Jon Brion (tcl), Ron Miles (tp) y Eyvind Kang (viola). Es una de las propuestas de la edición de "Club de Jazz" del 12 de septiembre de 2012 en la que la excusa de un viaje palestino nos trae la música de Anouar Brahem ("The astounding eyes of Rita"), Robert Wyatt, Gilad Atzmon y Ros Stephen ("... for the ghosts within") y Avishai Cohen con Nitai Hershkovits ("Duende"). El "Jazz Porteño" de Alberto Varela recupera un trabajo de 1996 del guitarrista brasileño Guinga bajo el título de "Cheio de dedos". "desde mi cadiera" Jesús Moreno repasa la última edición del Festival de Uzeste y el tributo que rindieron al pianista Jef Gilson. Lo ilustra con su "Suite pour San Remo" grabada en 1966. Anxo encuentra en los "Éxitos secretos" de Ángel Petisme los "Ritmos Latinos". Y además, junto a Luis Díaz García en el "Tren Azul", le cantamos cumpleaños feliz a Sonny Rollins con música de su "Vol.2" para Blue Note de 1957, Toda la información y derechos: http://www.elclubdejazz.com

El guitarrista Bill Frisell y el baterista Matt Chamberlain se reúnen por segunda vez con los productores Lee Townsend y Tucker Martine en Floratone II. Con ellos colaboran Mike Elizondo (b), Jon Brion (tcl), Ron Miles (tp) y Eyvind Kang (viola). Es una de las propuestas de la edición de "Club de Jazz" del 12 de septiembre de 2012 en la que la excusa de un viaje palestino nos trae la música de Anouar Brahem ("The astounding eyes of Rita"), Robert Wyatt, Gilad Atzmon y Ros Stephen ("... for the ghosts within") y Avishai Cohen con Nitai Hershkovits ("Duende"). El "Jazz Porteño" de Alberto Varela recupera un trabajo de 1996 del guitarrista brasileño Guinga bajo el título de "Cheio de dedos". "desde mi cadiera" Jesús Moreno repasa la última edición del Festival de Uzeste y el tributo que rindieron al pianista Jef Gilson. Lo ilustra con su "Suite pour San Remo" grabada en 1966. Anxo encuentra en los "Éxitos secretos" de Ángel Petisme los "Ritmos Latinos". Y además, junto a Luis Díaz García en el "Tren Azul", le cantamos cumpleaños feliz a Sonny Rollins con música de su "Vol.2" para Blue Note de 1957, Toda la información y derechos: http://www.elclubdejazz.com