Podcast appearances and mentions of Van Morrison

Have you ever carried a family secret so heavy that the only way to heal was to bring it into the open? On this week's episode of Love University, we sat down with Richard K. Lowy—international event producer, creative director, and now author of Kalman & Leopold: Surviving Mengele's Auschwitz (Jan 2025). Through deep, painstaking interviews with his father, Leopold, and his father's childhood friend, Kalman, Richard uncovers how two Hungarian-Jewish boys—friends by circumstance—survived Josef Mengele's experiments, served SS guards, endured unspeakable horror, and ultimately reunited more than five decades later. Here are a few highlights from our conversation: From stages to testimony. Richard had a successful career producing events for icons like Van Morrison and thought leaders such as Malcolm Gladwell, but says he reached a tipping point: the weight of his father's unwritten history was greater than the draw of any concert or summit. The bridge between film and book. His documentary, Leo's Journey, became the foundation for deeper psychological layers in the memoir—exploring post-traumatic growth, social support as a buffer, gallows humor, and how friendship can serve as a lifeline in extreme trauma. Friendship as survival, and the science behind it. In the camps, Kalman and Leopold became a “protective pair.” Psychological research supports the concept that in trauma zones, strong dyadic bonds (pairs) lower mortality risk. Richard also explores reciprocal altruism (mutual giving and protection between two people) and how it plays out in survival—each risking for the other, not out of obligation, but from shared trust. Humor, grief, and truth. The memoir includes moments of gallows humor—dark laughter amid horror. Richard says that while the book risks jarring readers, it was essential to preserve the emotional authenticity of his father's voice. Tragedy as a platform for inspiration. With his media appearances and public speaking, Richard's mission is to turn sacred memory into living purpose—raising witnesses, protectors, and storytellers to resist forgetting the unforgettable. Always remember Richard's lesson we need to learn: suffering doesn't just require remembrance—it demands witness, action, and connection.

Welcome to RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Manager at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society.   In this episode, Justin interviews James Swanke, Lecturer in Risk and Insurance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Wisconsin School of Business. He currently serves as Director of the Risk Management and Insurance MBA program. Justin and Jim talk about his 42 years of experience in Risk Consulting with Willis Towers Watson, and his specialties there, particularly with captives. They discuss the University of Wisconsin-Madison Risk Management and Insurance MBA program, what the students learn, and the competitions they have won in the last year, and they look forward to winning this year. Also, Jim tells of disc jockeying in college, from Classic Rock to Polka.   Listen to learn about captive design, how to prepare for emerging trends, and who wrote the best music of the '70s.   Key Takeaways: [:01] About RIMS and RIMScast. [:17] About this episode of RIMScast. This is our special International Podcast Day episode because it's released on September 30th. We will be joined by Jim Swanke. He's a lecturer in the Risk Management Program of the University of Wisconsin. [:46] Jim started his career in broadcasting, and he still has the voice. We've got a lot to talk about today! [:54] RIMS-CRMP Prep Workshops! The next RIMS CRMP Prep Workshops will be held on October 29th and 30th and led by John Button. [1:06] The next RIMS-CRMP-FED Virtual Workshop will be held on November 11th and 12th and led by Joseph Mayo. Links to these courses can be found through the Certifications page of RIMS.org and through this episode's show notes. [1:23] RIMS Virtual Workshops! RIMS has launched a new course, “Intro to ERM for Senior Leaders.” It will be held again on November 4th and 5th and will be led by Elise Farnham. [1:39] On November 11th and 12th, Chris Hansen will lead “Fundamentals of Insurance”. It features everything you've always wanted to know about insurance but were afraid to ask. Fear not; ask Chris Hansen! RIMS members always enjoy deep discounts on virtual workshops! [1:58] The full schedule of virtual workshops can be found on the RIMS.org/education and RIMS.org/education/online-learning pages. A link is also in this episode's notes. [2:09] Several RIMS Webinars are being hosted this Fall. On October 9th, Global Risk Consultants returns to deliver “Natural Hazards: A Data-Driven Guide to Improving Resilience and Risk Financing Outcomes”. [2:22] On October 16th, Zurich returns to deliver “Jury Dynamics: How Juries Shape Today's Legal Landscape”. On October 30th, Swiss Re will present “Parametric Insurance: Providing Financial Certainty in Uncertain Times”. [2:39] On November 6th, HUB will present “Geopolitical Whiplash — Building Resilient Global Risk Programs in an Unstable World”. Register at RIMS.org/Webinars. [2:51] We're very excited that today is International Podcast Day! Before we celebrate, I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge and mourn the passing of Todd Cochrane. Todd was a podcast pioneer. [3:06] I've linked in this episode's show notes to a wonderful obituary from Podnews®, about his career, starting with his time in the Navy up to launching his own podcast, and writing Podcasting: The Do It Yourself Guide, from Wiley Publishing in 2005. [3:25] Over the last couple of months, I've had the pleasure of communicating with Todd over email for the Podcast Awards, and it was only last week that I saw the unfortunate news of his passing, which occurred suddenly on September 8th. [3:30] Our condolences go out to his family, friends, and the greater podcasting industry. [3:47] On with the show! This is our special International Podcast Day episode, and I am delighted to be joined by James Swanke, the Director of the Risk Management and Insurance MBA Program at the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [4:06] Jim spent four decades at WTW, specializing in financial and strategic planning issues, as well as captive insurance company design. [4:18] Jim was recently quoted in a new professional report, available on the RIMS Risk Knowledge page, and sponsored by LineSlip Solutions, titled “The Future of Captive Insurance: Governance, Technology, and Performance Optimization.” [4:32] Jim got his start at the University of Wisconsin in broadcasting. We're going to talk about his career path and how being a disc jockey led him to where he is today, educating the next generation of risk professionals. Let's get to it! [4:50] Interview! Jim Swanke, welcome to RIMScast! [5:38] When Jim was in high school, he competed in forensics, in extemporaneous speaking. He did very well. He did well at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and it got put in the newspaper. WLDY, in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, saw it in the newspaper and contacted him. [6:03] They were looking for a radio jock to “spin vinyls,” do some DJing, and read sports and news. That job helped Jim get into the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [6:21] Jim studied actuarial science and risk management. He went into the Bachelor's program, the MBA program, and the graduate program in risk management, insurance, and corporate finance. [6:40] Jim was hired by the Wyatt Company and did lots of feasibility studies. After 42 years at Willis Towers Watson, he retired. Now he teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [6:57] Broadcasting set Jim on his path. He says that everything about what we do in the captive and risk management area is about communication. If you're not communicating, listening, helping out, and building stuff, you're not going to be a success. [7:28] When Jim was a DJ at WLDY, they played different kinds of music. On Sundays, he played polka music. On Saturdays, it was country western, and Monday through Friday, it was rock music. Rock music is what he enjoys. At the top of every hour, he did the news and weather. [8:13] Justin recalls his own career. He was just waiting for podcasting to be invented, then he was able to make it all work out. [8:31] Jim worked with captives at Willis Towers Watson. He is quoted in a new LineSlip paper, “The Future of Captive Insurance: Governance, Technology, and Performance Optimization.” Justin saw his name there and thought it would be good to have him on RIMScast. [8:53] Jim described captives as a lifeline during extreme market conditions, comparing today's hard market to the turbulence of the 1980s. Jim tells what makes captives effective under hard conditions. Captives allow organizations to control their own destiny. [9:20] When you're in a hard market, having a captive allows you to take premiums that you normally pay to a commercial insurance carrier and put them into your captive insurance company. A captive is a subsidiary of the captive owner. [9:41] Most of the Fortune 500 companies in the United States have a captive. It allows them to arbitrage whatever's going on in the insurance marketplace. When we're having a difficult market, they put more of their premiums into the captive and rely on the captive more. [9:58] When the market softens, carriers may provide insurance at premiums that are lower than the expected losses. Organizations will buy commercial insurance all the time when the premiums are less than their projected losses. [10:14] Depending on where it is in the market, a captive has a role in an organization's risk management program. [10:27] Jim says a lot of organizations have looked to captives since 2020. We were in the midst of the pandemic, with all kinds of economic hardship. The insurance industry was in despair, as well. A lot of insurance companies cut back on the limits they were willing to offer. [10:49] Insurance companies put additional exclusions onto their insurance, so organizations had to rely on their own sophisticated ways of financing their losses. If they hadn't set up a captive, they set up a captive. If they had a captive in the past, they re-engineered it to do more. [11:15] They also used their captives to access the reinsurance marketplace. Reinsurance is insurance for insurance companies. A captive can be used as a platform to access reinsurers. [11:37] Even in difficult markets, having reinsurers involved created more competition, provided more limits, and there was more flexibility in the coverage terms. [11:48] That was when the pandemic was going on, which triggered the hardening of the market and the lack of availability of insurance. Organizations with captives relied on them and did more. Organizations without captives had captive feasibility studies done and formed captives. [12:09] Jim says the CEO of a captive should be a senior person who will monitor what's going on, fairly senior in the organization. It's not a full-time position. It takes three or four hours a month, plus board meetings. [12:46] A captive is required to have a captive manager, who is an accountant. They keep the books and interface for the captive with the regulator. The President or CEO of the captive relies on the captive manager to do a lot of the daily work. [13:09] Jim says you need a senior person involved so people take the captive seriously. The senior person is going to be the driver in reducing the severity of loss through loss prevention and loss reduction. Having a senior person is so important to the success of the captive. [13:40] There are lots of considerations when you're looking to make changes to your captive. Changes could include adding emerging types of risks, like cyber risk. If you're a hospital, a lot of medical malpractice captives have been hugely successful and have grown surplus. [14:08] Healthcare institutions are passing on some of their capitated risk exposures into their captives because they've done quite well with their medical malpractice. These risks are not correlated with each other, so there is a diversification benefit. [14:22] As you look to make these changes, you need to look at increasing risk assumptions, different attachment points on reinsurance, and changing your investment policy. You have lots of levers, and if you make changes, you need to analyze what the impact will be on your captive. [14:52] Jim talks about leaning into technology. Before 9/11, we didn't have the sophisticated software we've created in the last few years. [15:06] To look at covering all the possibilities and changing your captives, from adding new coverages to reinsurance reattachment points, was a monumental amount of actuarial work to figure out how to optimize your captive. [15:19] Recently developed software looks at all the possibilities in terms of changing your captive to optimize what you're doing. 20 years ago, Jim would spend months doing the actuarial work, working with an investment bank and charging them heavy fees. [15:39] Now, with new software, what took Jim months and months to do can be done in a matter of two to three days. The productivity today, in terms of optimizing your captive, is far greater than it was 20 years ago, because of the software that has been developed. [15:55] Jim likes that the software looks at all the risks and how these risks interact with one another. Looking at risks in a captive holistically is very important because many of these risks are hardly correlated with one another. [16:15] Looking at risks holistically, you can figure out the diversification benefit of having all of these risks within your captive, which has a major impact on the amount of economic capital that your captive will need to maintain. This software has been a game-changer. [16:34] RIMS Events! On October 1st through the 3rd, the RIMS Western Regional Conference will be held in North San Jose at the Santa Clara Marriott. The agenda is live. It looks fantastic! Visit RIMSWesternRegional.com and register today! [16:55] On November 17th and 18th, join us in Seattle, Washington, for the RIMS ERM Conference 2025. The agenda is live. Check out Episode 357 for Justin's dialogue with ERM Conference Keynote Presenter Dan Chuparkoff on AI and the future of risk. [17:14] Visit the Events page of RIMS.org to register. [17:17] RISKWORLD 2026 will be in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 3rd through May 6th. RIMS members can now lock in the 2025 rate for a full conference pass to RISKWORLD 2026 when you register by September 30th! [17:32] This also lets you enjoy earlier access to the RISKWORLD hotel block. Register by September 30th, and you will also be entered to win a $500 raffle! Do not miss out on this chance to plan and score some of these extra perks! [17:46] The members-only registration link is on this episode's show notes. If you are not yet a member, this is the time to join us! Visit RIMS.org/Membership and build your network with us here at RIMS! [17:56] If you are listening to RIMScast on our broadcast day, that means today is September 30th. It is last call for registration at the Earlybird rate! [18:08] In the spirit of it being September 30th, which is International Podcast Day, let's return to our interview with Jim Swanke! [18:22] Jim is the Director of the Risk Management and Insurance MBA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The curriculum includes technology, AI, and automation. In his classes, Jim is using the new software he discussed earlier. [18:46] Jim taught a class the day before on the principles of risk management. He talked about how risks are interrelated with each other and how you need to analyze them holistically, figuring out how they are correlated, not in siloes. [19:13] The holistic view will give you the best answer in terms of the economic capital that will be required to put into your captive. If you're analyzing risks silo by silo for each risk, that will lead you to having more economic capital in your captive than you need. [19:35] Jim has learned, in 42 years of consulting, that the CFOs in these organizations don't want to trap cash in their captives. Teaching this software to this new generation of students, they will be able to step into the roles of captive managers that the industry will need. [20:07] We're at the tip of the iceberg with AI. We're still learning in Academia what the power of AI is going to be. Jim foresees AI being very important in handling claims and in underwriting. [20:30] AI will allow commercial insurance companies to have a better way of doing their pricing and making decisions on whether or not risks should be accepted. It will also be beneficial to captives. [20:43] Jim thinks AI will advance the technology far ahead. We're just beginning to touch on some of the advantages within the insurance industry and within captives. [21:05] Jim started teaching in 2011. When University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Dan Anderson retired, Jim was chosen to teach a class on sustainability that was started by Professor Anderson. He has taught it since 2011. [21:41] At the time, some students did not think anything was going on with climate change. A couple of students stood up in class and said all of this was just made up. It was a fantasy. [22:03] Today, when Jim goes into class, students are there a half-hour early and stay late. They are very connected and working together to figure out how to reduce CO2 emissions to slow down the heating of the planet and the extreme weather events that are coming more often. [22:24] The class has evolved over the years, and the students are more engaged than they ever have been. [22:33] The students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison were the winners of the Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge at RISKWORLD 2025 in Chicago. Jim knows all of those students and had a couple of them in his class yesterday. [23:04] The students won with the Huntington, West Virginia case study, a six-month project. Huntington is on the Ohio River, and with extreme weather events, flooding has become a big issue in that community. They competed with students around the world to solve the issue. [23:49] Each school's team came up with things that could be done and conducted an analysis on what they thought was the best way of handling it. The University of Wisconsin-Madison's team focused on resiliency with levees and dikes to hold back the flooding. [24:27] The four Wisconsin students presented their paper and won, out of 61 schools competing. The University of Wisconsin-Madison received $10K. The second-place university, DePaul, received $7.5K, and the third-place school, IIRM Hyderabad (past year winner), got $5K. [25:04] The University of Wisconsin-Madison team entered two other contests last year and won them both. The CICA Captive competition involved case studies around Kaneka captives. It required an essay and a PowerPoint deck. [25:52] The MBA students entered the A.M. Best competition for insurance solutions to a global issue. The students used a combination of parametric and indemnity triggers to provide insurance to the disadvantaged in the Caribbean and Latin America. [26:23] If there was hurricane damage, it would trigger a parametric to allow an amount of money to be paid immediately to these disadvantaged families. Then there would be the indemnity insurance that would look at the actual losses and true them up to the loss amount. [26:49] It involved the combination of parametrics and conventional indemnity insurance, which was noteworthy and probably pushed the team over the top. [27:11] The professor who was the advisor in the Spencer Challenge is Carl Barlett. Carl is an attorney by training, and he has the energy to work with bachelor's students. He's graduated hundreds of people out of his program over the last four or five years. [27:59] The University has Career Fairs where 60 or 70 companies will come to meet with students. That's a credit to Carl. Not a lot of companies will come to a university to meet with students. Because of the program he put together, lots of organizations want to hire students. [28:21] The University of Wisconsin-Madison business school is typically ranked number 1. [28:31] A Final Break! The Spencer Educational Foundation's goal to help build a talent pipeline of risk management and insurance professionals is achieved, in part, by its collaboration with risk management and insurance educators across the U.S. and Canada. [28:50] Since 1999, Spencer has awarded over $2.9 million to create more than 570 Risk Management Internships. The Internship Grants application process is now open through October 15th, 2025. [29:06] To be eligible, risk managers must be based in the U.S., Canada, or Bermuda. A link to the Internship Grants page is in this episode's show notes. You can always visit SpencerEd.org, as well. [29:19] Let's Get Back to Our Interview with Jim Swanke of the University of Wisconsin-Madison! [29:46] Jim tells his students that we don't know today what the emerging risks are going to be. What we need to do is design our risk management program and keep our eyes and ears open to what is going to happen next. [30:04] Jim cites The Black Swan, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. It gets into what we need to do as people of risk management and societies to try to identify the emerging risks that will impact us going forward. [30:21] In risk management, we look at the past to try to project what's going to happen in the future. We were caught by the pandemic. Very little business interruption insurance was offered. If we had been forward-thinking, we would have thought about coverages for the emerging risks. [31:19] An emerging risk after 9/11 was that insurance companies put exclusions on their insurance policies, excluding terrorism. The Federal Government passed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) and offered it as a backstop to insurance companies. [31:55] Anybody with a captive could access that reinsurance through the U.S. Treasury, using their captive insurance company. [32:23] Jim sees more employee benefits going into captives. The advantages you have in the P&C area are also in place for employee benefits. Organizations with large workers' compensation self-insurance programs are putting excess workers' compensation into captives. [32:57] Jim says you need to be nimble and on your toes. Emerging risks are going to come out over the next 10 to 15 or 20 years. Keep your eyes and ears open so when they emerge, you can deal with them to reduce the frequency and severity of loss and see how to finance them. [33:19] Jim highly recommends reading The Black Swan. It's a good way to begin to think about how you should think about emerging risks. [33:42] Jim says school is going really well. One thing he noticed this year is the diverse nature of his students. There are more disciplines within the risk management area that people are interested in. [33:56] In class recently, Jim had a group that was in the investment banking area, a group that was in HR, and a couple of students from China. There was a broad diversity in the class. [34:16] It enriches the conversation to have people coming from different places with different backgrounds and different educational experiences. It shows the power of having diversity in the classroom. It's exciting. [34:32] The class will write papers on Enterprise Risk Management and talk about captives, and more. They'll compete in the CICA Captive Competition again, to maintain their number one rating there! They're off to a great start! It's nice to see students so highly energized! [34:53] Jim says the future is bright with the students graduating from the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [35:22] Justin and others have liked Jim's broadcasting voice. Jim thanks Justin for commenting on it. [35:55] Jim's time as a DJ was 50 years ago. He recalls two or three instances of hot mikes, when some of the FCC's seven deadly words may have been spoken. He says nobody wants that, but it was a real learning experience. [36:29] Jim recalls when the studio tower was hit by lightning. Jim was alone in the radio station when it happened. Lightning bolts were flying around the building after the tower got hit. The station went off the air, and Jim had to figure out a way to put it back on the air. [36:58] Jim highly recommends to young people, if you get an opportunity to get involved with radio or TV, give it a shot, because it's a lot of fun! Justin ties it to podcasting and video blogging. [37:42] Jim likes all the music of 1976 and didn't have a favorite album. He likes Deep Purple and Bob Seger. He says there's no better songwriter than Bob Seger. There was a diversity of good music going out at that time. It was a wonderful time to be working in a radio station. [38:47] Justin is a father of two young people under 12 who like to listen to classic rock. “Dancing in the Moonlight,” by King Harvest, is a greatest hit in the family. They love Van Morrison. [39:56] On the subject of podcasting, Jim thinks there is an opportunity to develop content that helps the everyday American with their personal insurances, like homeowners, auto, health, life, and how they buy their insurances. [40:45] In class recently, the MBA students, the brightest and best, designing plans for New York investment banks and worldwide financial institutions, told Jim that they had questions about what to buy in auto policies and homeowners policies. [41:07] Jim states that an insurance podcast for the everyday American is something the industry needs to be doing. Justin suggests that members of the global RIMScast audience could pick up the baton and get to work! [41:27] Maybe it becomes part of the coursework for a class like Jim's. It could be part of a challenge, like the Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge. [41:48] Jim says being able to talk about this with graduate students gives them some familiarity with what risk is, in terms of the instability of results. They can relate to it because they need to buy an auto policy or a homeowners policy. [42:03] While these coverages don't match up perfectly with what's going on in the commercial insurance marketplace, learning about them gives students a sense of what insurance is about, what risk management is about, and how to reduce the frequency and severity of losses. [42:22] Jim, it has been such a pleasure to speak with you and to pick your brain on risk management education, broadcasting, and music! Thank you so much for joining us here on RIMScast! [42:33] Good luck to you and your students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as you look to the 2026 competitions. I can only imagine they're going to do great things! [42:58] Special thanks again to Jim Swanke for joining us here on RIMScast! For more information, check out the links in this episode's show notes. [43:06] Remember to check out “The Future of Captive Insurance: Governance, Technology, and Performance Optimization”, a Professional Report sponsored by LineSlip. It is available through the Risk Knowledge Page of RIMS.org. That link is also in this episode's show notes. [43:22] The paper features a lot of Jim's fascinating perspective and insights on captives. [43:28] Plug Time! You can sponsor a RIMScast episode for this, our weekly show, or a dedicated episode. Links to sponsored episodes are in the show notes. [43:56] RIMScast has a global audience of risk and insurance professionals, legal professionals, students, business leaders, C-Suite executives, and more. Let's collaborate and help you reach them! Contact pd@rims.org for more information. 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It's an ULTRA EFFICIENT recap episode! We talk more SNL cast maneuverings, Sly and the Family Stone's "There's A Riot Goin' On", Recently Discovered Top 40 Albums, Van Morrison's new LP "Remembering Now", "Major League" (in honor of Beave's Guardians Fever), the Cubs' playoff clinching, and the suddenly white-hot Guardians back from the dead! (And they assiduously avoid discussion of the Bears and Browns' respective 0-2 starts). Tune in for the last recap!!!

O espaço intitulado “Atacama Blues” vai, como o nome sugere, ocupar o território musical dos blues e os seus afluentes. Todas as semanas uma nova sugestão. Com André Gonçalves

The Trombone Corner Podcast is brought to you by Bob Reeves Brass and The Brass Ark.  Join hosts Noah and John as they interview Tom "Bones" Malone.   About Tom : Tom “Bones” Malone, trombonist, multi-instrumentalist, arranger & producer is best known for his work with The Blues Brothers, David Letterman Show and Saturday Night Live. Tom has played on 4,400+ television shows, 3,500+ radio & television commercials, over 1,500 recordings and thousands of live performances throughout the world. Tom has done 3,000 arrangements for television.   Tom plays trombone, tuba, bass trombone, contrabass trombone, euphonium, bass trumpet, trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, flute, piccolo, alto flute and bass flute.   “Tom Bones Malone, a multi-instrumentalist, is perhaps the most successful musician in the history of film, live television and sound recording production.” - Ray Hair, president, American Federation of Musicians   Tom has performed, recorded and/or arranged for Ray Charles, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Gil Evans, Yes, Miles Davis, Beck, Aretha Franklin, Spyro Gyra, Jimmy Cliff, Frank Zappa, Stuff, The Temptations, The Supremes, Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, J Giels Band, Blood Sweat & Tears, The Band, Levon Helm, Phil Collins, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Ben E. King, The BeeGees, Meco, The Coasters, Bon Jovie, Carly Simon, Dr. John, Olivia Newton-John, Joe Cocker, The Meters, The Neville Brothers, Leo Sayer, Boz Skaggs, Chuck Berry, Robert Plant, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Gypsy Kings, Willie Nelson, Clint Black, Dolly Parton, George Benson, B B King, Vince Gill, John Mayer, Steve Winwood, The Killers, Blues Traveler, The Stylistics, Busta Rhymes, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Al Green, Gloria Estefan, Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, Eddie Harris, Cyndi Lauper, David Bowie, ‘N Sync, Coolio, Snoop Dog, 50 Cent, Solomon Burke, Steely Dan, Aerosmith, Tony Bennett, Mary J. Blige, Peter Frampton, Lyle Lovett, Etta James, Jon Secada, Joe Cocker, Sinead O'Conner, Toni Braxton, Harry Connick, Jr., Randy Newman, Little Richard, Pointer Sisters, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Marvin Gaye, Whitney Houston, Chaka Kahn, Four Tops, Elephant's Memory, Eddie Floyd, Count Basie, The Spinners, The Stylistics, Barry Manilow, Jose Feliciano, Woody Herman, Tom Petty, Macy Grey, Van Morrison, Frankie Valli, Hanson, Peggy Lee, Brenda Lee, Liza Minelli, Cab Calloway, The O'Jay's, Nancy Wilson, Shirley Bassey, Billy Joel, Bonnie Tyler, Lou Reed, Baja Men, Dr. Buzzard's Savannah Band, Joss Stone, Dionne Warwick, Meatloaf, Ashford & Simpson, Pat Metheny, David Sanborn, Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass, Glen Campbell, Malo, Vicki Sue Robinson, Mandrill, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Diana Ross, Average White Band, Dreamgirls, Van McCoy, Mongo Santamaria, Instant Funk, Stephanie Mills, Herbie Mann, Paul Simon, Gloria Gayner, Plácido Domingo, Village People, Bobby Blue Bland, Pink Floyd, Hubert Laws, Tina Turner, Joe Jackson, Chuck Mangione, Lou Rawls, David Byrne, Phil Woods, James Ingram, Hank Crawford, Carmen McRae, Bette Midler, Phoebe Snow, Rupert Holmes, BJ Thomas, Samantha Sang, Al Jarreau, Sheena Easton, Johnny Taylor, Little Milton, Stanley Clark, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Joe Pesche, Ron Carter, Buddy Rich, Les Elgart, Larry Elgart, Billy Cobham, Louis Bellson, Stanley Turrentine, Gato Barbieri, Ringo Starr, Lady Gaga, Bob Geldoff, Debbie Harry, Run DMC, Ricky Martin, John Mellencamp, Eurythmics, Rufus Thomas, Debby Harry, Run DMC, Ricky Martin, Shaggy, John Mellencamp, Chris Montez, Joey Dee, Dusty Springfield, The Blues Brothers, Hanson and many others.

Your weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. In this week's action-packed episode of The Price of Music: a bunch of extremely interesting music biz questions are answered by our intrepid duo...Stu's Big Number is 30,000 and relates to the number of AI-generated songs… but why so many songs and where are they going?Why are Radiohead's fans getting angry about tickets (“that don't exist”)?The Great TPOM Record-Filing Debate continues: do you file Van Morrison under ‘V' or ‘M'? And where does a record by the band 86TVs go?Why has Spotify given paying users lossless music for free (and is ‘Lossless' a long-lost My Bloody Valentine album?Did Steve and Stu cause Morrissey to get so many offers for his Smiths songs that he deleted his email address?How did King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard fill the entire Top 30 album chart on Bandcamp (and why)?What is the (depressing) reason that Bad Bunny has chosen not to tour in the mainland USA?How much is Bjork's VR album re-master?And in the special post-show lock-in section just for our Patreon Superfans, Steve and Stuart prop themselves at the bar to chat about:The UK's Mercury Prize shortlist has been announced – what do Steve and Stu think of the finalists and why is Steve “flabbergasted” by one specific missing nominee?Steve and Stu's true feelings about lossless audio - is it actually worth it?What is the sole record on Steve's Discogs Want List, and why does he regret not buying it when it came up for sale recently?What is Stu's ideal Christmas gift? And could it possibly be connected to The Black Crowes, much to Steve's amusement?Can you guess Steve's response to Stu saying “I should now give you a lecture on The Black Crowes' ‘Amorica' album”?What is the best song about the fans of The Smiths?As ever, we welcome your feedback, emails and – in particular – any questions you might have about how the music biz works!Email us: ⁠⁠thepriceofmusicpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠See you next week!Steve and Stuart======Support The Price of Music on Patreon:⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/ThePriceofMusic⁠⁠Follow Steve on X - @steve_lamacqFollow Stuart on X - @stuartdredgeFollow The Price of Music on X - @PriceofMusicpodFor sponsorship, email - ⁠⁠joe@musically.com

Esta semana, en nuestras Islas de Noche, clásicos de primera fila. Entre 1973 y 1975, suenan: STEELY DAN - "KING OF THE WORLD" ("COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY", 1973) / BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND - "INCIDENT ON 57TH STREET" ("THE WILD, THE INNOCENT AND THE E STREET SHUFFLE", 1973) / ANDY PRATT - "ALL THE KING'S WEIGHT" ("ANDY PRATT", 1973) / VAN MORRISON - "THE GREAT DECEPTION" ("HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY", 1973) / BOB DYLAN - "HAZEL" ("PLANET WAVES", 1974) / RANDY NEWMAN - "REDNECKS" ("GOOD OLD BOYS", 1974) / TOM WAITS - "VIRGINIA AVENUE" ("CLOSING TIME", 1973) / JONI MITCHELL - "PEOPLE'S PARTIES + SAME SITUATION" ("COURT AND SPARK", 1974) / PAUL SIMON - "SOMETHING SO RIGHT" ("THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON", 1973) / TERRY CALLIER - "DANCING GIRL" ("WHAT COLOR IS LOVE?", 1973) /Escuchar audio

Rockshow Episode 217 Van MorrisonThis week on The Rockshow, we dive deep into the life and music of the legendary Van Morrison. From his early days with Them, belting out garage rock staples like “Gloria”, to his solo masterpieces such as “Astral Weeks”, “Moondance”, and “Into the Mystic”, Morrison has created some of the most soulful and poetic music in rock history. Known as the Belfast Cowboy, Van has always followed his own path—blending blues, jazz, folk, Celtic, and rock into something uniquely his own.Join us as we celebrate his legacy, explore his influence, and revisit the songs that continue to move hearts and inspire musicians across generations.

This week on Reelin'... The mini theme is Loose Change: Songs titles that mention a type of coin... Plus, a song that Pete Townshend wrote in a mosquito-ridden swamp somewhere in Florida... What is stream of consciousness writing & how it inspired a Van Morrison song... Big Head Todd & The Monsters gives us a fresh take on a hit from 1972... That time when Boz Scaggs attempted to steal a song from a Blues Legend... Deep cuts from Peter Wolf, Al Kooper & Stephen Stills, The Doobies, Mumford & Sons, Alvin Lee & Mylon Lefevre, and much more! For more information on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

Gaza – The Gates of HellLast Saturday millions across the world, including here in Belfast, participated in one of the biggest ever solidarity events as part of a Global Day of Action in support of the Palestinian people. At the same time dozens of boats, and hundreds of human rights activists, are taking part in the largest civilian freedom flotilla. Among them are three senior Sinn Féin representatives; Lynn Boylan MEP, Seanadoir Chris Andrews and Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh TD. They are all on their way to the Gaza Strip in a courageous effort to break Israel's illegal blockade. Their aim is to deliver much needed food and medicine to the people of that besieged territory.Next month will mark two years since the commencement of the Israeli genocide assault against the Palestinian people, following the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023. The statistics of death and destruction are horrendous. To date almost 65,000 Palestinians have been confirmed as killed with many thousands more buried under the rubble of Gaza.  Almost 20,000 children have been murdered and tens of thousands have suffered serious injuries, many of them life changing.UNICEF has described the situation in Gaza City as catastrophic with starvation now an integral part of Israel's genocidal war against civilians. Eight Palestinian children die every day from starvation. The Israeli forces kill 28 children every day. Over 350 children are daily being admitted to the limited U.N. facilities still operating within the Gaza Strip, suffering from acute malnutrition. Many will not survive and those who do will suffer from health problems for the rest of their lives because of this experience.The Voice of Hind RajabMovies can uplift and depress, frighten and inspire, and occasionally make us laugh. The Irish experience, through films like Hunger, which tells the story of Bobby Sands; In the Name of the Father which recounts the miscarriage of Justice experienced by the Guildford Four; of Michael Collins; Bloody Sunday and others is evidence of this. These movies focussed on important political or historical events while successfully and emotionally impacting on audiences.Last week ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab' received the longest ever standing ovation at the Venice film festival and won the Silver Lion prize. It is a drama based on true events – the killing by Israel of a five-year-old Palestinian child, Hind Rajab, in Gaza in January 2024.Hind was in a car with her Aunt and Uncle and four cousins trying to flee Israeli forces. Their car was struck by a shell and the adults and three children were killed. An Israeli tank fired consistently into the trapped vehicle. The fourth cousin was later killed. Hind was alone, surrounded by the bodies of her relatives. She spent hours on a mobile phone with the Palestine Red Crescent Society. She was terrified. She pleaded for help. “Come take me. You will come and take me? … I'm so scared, please come. Please call someone to come and take me.” Desperately the Red Crescent sought clearance from the Israeli Army to send an ambulance. They never got it.Van The ManA very happy 80th birthday to Van Morrison. This column is a big fan of Van the Mans music. It is great that he is still so creative. His   latest offering Remembering Now is a gem. It is reflective and musically very very positive and uplifting. Not bad for a man who started in the sixties . Still going strong. Chieftan's Walk - Martin McGuinness Peace Foundation14th September, 1pm Derry City: https://register.enthuse.com/ps/event/ChieftainsWalk20251CEARTA Dublin Rally: 20th September, Parnell Square 1:30pm: National Irish Language & Gaeltacht March. 

It can be done! With the help of our good friends Chris Van Gompel, DJ Hostettler and Dixie Jacobs, we actually succeeded in "Separating The Art" from some of our favorite artists who for whatever reason are total jerks, creepers or worse, but we can still enjoy their music, if we work at it. Picks 5-1 are featured here, with some truly bad behavior being overcome by great art. If you missed all the tomfoolery we got up to in Part 1,, including picks 10-6, go back:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-684-top-ten-separate-the-art-artists-part-1-w/id573735994?i=1000724375462Please be enjoying the official Top Ten "Separate The Art" Artists playlist, featuring 15 out of the 17 songs heard in Parts 1 & 2:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6DFMZPwUP36SAtNPQr7nog?si=8a13fc2d89764cf3These guys are always busy with the rocking out and such. Go listen to and see IfIHadAHiFi and Body Futures live when they're in your area. Follow them on the 'gram' for more info:https://www.instagram.com/ifihadahifimke/https://www.instagram.com/bodyfutures/We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. Ryan Stockstad returned for his second EP attempt, and there was much rejoicing! Check out Volume 19 out September 1st. Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetoptenWe're having a blast chatting it up about music over on the ATTT Facebook Group. Join us and start a conversation about music!https://www.facebook.com/groups/940749894391295

"Turn up your radio and let me hear the songSwitch on your electric lightTurn it up, turn it up, little bit higher, radioTurn it up, that's enough, so you know it's got soulRadio, radio turn it up, humLa, la, la, la..."Please join us on this week's Musical Caravan, Super Sounds Of The 70's and turn it up higher. Joining us are David Bowie, Blodwyn Pig, Seatrain, Three Dog Night, Wilson Pickett, Fleetwood Mac, Jean Luc Ponty, Boston, Manfred Mann, Free, Michael Murphy, Chicago, The Doors, Hollies, Gypsy, Foreigner, Savoy Brown, Bob Dylan,Lynyrd Skynyrd and Van Morrison"

Tom Hambridge is a Four-time Grammy™- winning producer, songwriter, & drummer for his production work on three of blues legend Buddy Guy's most critically acclaimed albums: ‘Living Proof' (2011) , “Born to Play Guitar' (2016), ‘The Blues is Alive and Well' (2018), and for his work on Christone “Kingfish” Ingram's Album ‘662' (2022). Tom has also produced 9 other Grammy nominated albums. He has won numerous Blues Music Awards and W.C. Handy Awards, eight Boston Music Awards and several ASCAP Country Music Awards. He's the recipient of the prestigious KBA (Keeping the Blues Alive) Award in Memphis and has been inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. The list of artist collaborators includes: Gary Clark Jr., Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, B.B. King, Gregg Allman, Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, Kid Rock, Billy Gibbons, Johnny Winter, George Thorogood and Susan Tedeschi, among many others. In this episode, Tom talks about: His formative years in Boston and why he left Figuring out Nashville Creating the perfect drum part on the spot Learning from the masters like Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and Buddy Guy The power of listening Drumming and producing Buddy Guy ⁠Here's our Patreon⁠ ⁠Here's our Youtube⁠ ⁠Here's our Homepage

"Don't it always seem to goThat you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?They paved paradisePut up a parking lot"Sage words on this holiday weekend, please join me on this weeks musical journey back to the 70's. Joining us are David Bowie, Patti Smith, Spirit, The Faces, Meat Loaf, Ian Hunter, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Todd Rundgren, Van Morrison, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Stooges, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead, Rolling Stones, Norman Greenbaum, Bruce Springsteen, The Faces, Al Stewart, 10CC, David Essex, The Rascals and Joni Mitchell.

Orlik Armon ist der neue Schwingerkönig am ESAF 2025 in Mollis, EU-Stromabkommen und Mindestpreis-Garantie für Solarstrom, Treffen der Shanghaier Organisation für Zusammenarbeit in China, Van Morrison wird 80

(2024) National Trail Mix day.  Entertainment from 1961. First US bank robbery, First woman to wear a split-skirt, Jack the Rippers first victim found.  Todays birthdays - Buddy Hackett, James Coburn, Van Morrison, Richard Gere, Rick Roberts, Debbie Gibson, Chris Tucker.  Princess Diana died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard   https://defleppard.com/Trail mix song - we don't know who sent it to usWooden Heart - Joe DowellTender Years - George JonesBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent    https://www.50cent.com/Brown eyed girl - Van MorrisonYou are the woman - FirefallShake your love - Debbie GibsonCandle in the wind/Englands rose - Elton JohnExit - Its not love - Dokken     https://www.dokken.net/Follow Jeff Stampka on facebook and cooolmedia.com

Let’s celebrate the 80th birthday of Van Morrison with covers of and by this incredible singer/songwriter! (60 minutes) Brought to you by GigSalad: Book more gigs and grow your audience!

Let’s celebrate the 80th birthday of Van Morrison with covers of and by this incredible singer/songwriter! (60 minutes) Brought to you by GigSalad: Book more gigs and grow your audience!

On the occasion of the great mans 80th birthday on 31st of August we have a remix of an interview with Van Morrison from 2016

00:00 – 26:52 – JMV begins the show by reacting the moves the Colts have made so far as they trim down to the 53-man roster. He also reacts to the news that IndyCar will release a video game in 2026, as well as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce getting engaged. 26:53 – 39:53 - JMV continues to react to the Colts roster cuts, discusses Arch Manning and if people are anointing him too early, and more! 39:54 – 44:47 – JMV expands on his hate for the song “Moondance” by Van Morrison, and talks about Caitlin Clark’s new signature shoe deal with Nike! 44:48 – 1:12:14 – Greg Rakestraw from the ISC Sports Network and also the Colts Fifth Quarter Huddle joins JMV as the final roster cuts wrap up! Greg and JMV react to the lack of drama with this year’s cuts, and give their thoughts on the Colts roster. They also recap the previous weekend of high school football! 1:12:15 – 1:22:39 – JMV takes a call from a Colts fan! 1:22:40 – 1:27:26 – JMV wraps up the 2nd hour of the show! 1:27:27 – 1:53:31 – Joel Erickson of the IndyStar joins the show! Joel and JMV discuss the news that the Colts have waived cornerback JuJu Brents, and Indy native who has struggled with injury issues. They also discuss Jelani Woods being cut as well. 1:53:32 – 2:08:26 – JMV reacts more to the Colts roster moves and reads some comments from listeners! 2:08:27 – 2:13:03 – The Colts have also cut CB Samuel Womack III and JMV reacts as the show closes! Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/the-ride-with-jmv/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ahead of Van Morrison's 80th birthday, broadcaster and Van superfan Marty Whelan talks about Van's 60+ year career, meeting and interviewing him over the years and what he thinks is his best-ever song.

First there was the music. Keith Donald was always looking to escape. Music offered the first exit. Then came drink.Keith Donald was abused as a child by his headmistress. He found that jazz had the power to transform his existence.As a teenager he began to play music wherever he could. He played for a band on the Twelfth and toured the country with showbands.On Free State today Keith Donald talks about the music and the mayhem and how he found peace. He speaks about founding Moving Hearts and why even now music has the power to transform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a textHere in Episode 235 of the No Name Music Cast, it is Joy's turn to pick the topic and she chooses to talk about songs featuring eyes!We cover Van Morrison, The Who and Eagles to name only a few.We also cover contact lenses, Callin' Oates and Tim gives a review of the recent David Lee Roth concert in Bristol, VA.Support the showEmail the show: nonamemusiccast@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonamemusiccastpodcast/ https://nonamemusiccast.com/

Here is my radio show featuring the music of The Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia and Dave Grisman, Van Morrison, Warren Zevon and a interview with Augie Ballew about The band Wild Geese of The West show at Boulevard Park in Bellingham, WA. Wednesday August 20 at 6 PM.

Send us a message, so we know what you're thinking!Is a double album a record label cash grab, or a way to deliver great music that can't be contained within the usual confines of a single LP? The double album has been both. This episode, we look at how the double album came to be, and some of the greatest double albums from the 70's.  Most of these albums show career-best work from legendary artists such as The Beatles, The Clash, Bob Dylan, Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Genesis, Elton John, The Who (twice!) - and more! And soon, we'll do an episode on the Greatest Double Albums of the 80's - and there's a stack of those, too!!Our “Album you must hear Before You Die” is the 1973 live album “It's too Late to Stop Now” by Van Morrison.  Neither of us is much of a Morrison fan, despite his passionate, improvisational vocals. Regarded as an energetic, spontaneous live experience, Morrison's vocal mannerisms illustrate why we don't think much of it.  We also found a great documentary on-line called “Keep me in your Heart” about – surprise! - Warren Zevon.  It captured Zevon in the last days before his death & showed why his fans loved him. We think you'll really love this episode!  References: Hot August Night, Neil Diamond, Greek Theatre in LA, Derek and the Dominos, 'Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs', Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Fleetwood Mac, 'Tusk', Lindsey Buckingham, “Lindsay's Folly”, Chilean profanities, "Puta la cagó", Pink Floyd, 'The Wall', Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Bob Ezrin, “One of my Turns”, "In The Flesh”, Elton John, 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', Warren Zevon, “Keep me in your Heart”, “The Wind”, The Beatles, “The White Album”, The Who, “Tommy”, Dylan, “Blonde on Blonde”, Deep Purple, “Made in Japan”, “Pinball Wizard”, Elton John, Keith Moon, Tommy Australian cast - Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, 'Quadrophenia', The Band, 'Rock of Ages', “The Last Waltz”, Bee Gees, 'Saturday Night Fever', Dexter Resurrection, Kiss, 'Alive!', "Rock and Roll All Nite", The Simpsons, “I Wanna rock'n'roll all Nite”, Genesis, 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway', Peter Frampton, 'Frampton Comes Alive!', Jeff Beck, Hordern Pavilion, Led Zeppelin, 'Physical Graffiti', “Kashmir”, Robert Plant, Hipgnosis Record Covers, The Clash, 'London Calling', The Rolling Stones, 'Exile on Main St.', “Happy”, Rolling Stone's List of 500 Greatest Albums of all Time, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Helter Skelter" Links  Playlist      “Keep me in your Heart” - A great documentary about Warren Zevon 

Guests: Steven Lewis, author of Richard Manuel: His Life and Music, from the Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band Richard Manuel was a fearless original. Sweetly soulful as a vocalist and endearingly creative as a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he was a vital part of some of rock 'n' roll's pivotal moments, including Bob Dylan's controversial move to electric music, Woodstock 1969, and the legendary Last Waltz. For the first time, Manuel's compositions and performances are critiqued with expert commentary in a new book by Steven Lewis—alongside new interviews with family, friends, and fellow musicians, including Eric Clapton and Van Morrison. The story traces Manuel's journey from Stratford, Ontario, to Woodstock, New York, and beyond, beginning with his first band, the Revols, then singing the blues with Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Garth Hudson in the Hawks. This group would later become the Band. Manuel's influence was profound, his distinctive vocals infusing songs with emotion and depth. His songwriting flourished in classics like “Tears of Rage,” co-written with Dylan, and “We Can Talk.” His keyboard work added a lovable funkiness to the Band's sound, blending elements of rock, folk, country, and blues into what would become the genesis of Americana. Despite the Band's successes, Manuel struggled with personal demons, battling addiction and inner turmoil. Looking beyond his human frailty, this book celebrates Richard Manuel's immeasurable contributions to music, ensuring that memories of his voice and artistry endure. For more info, check out my review of the book published by NYSMusic.com - https://nysmusic.com/2025/06/06/the-bands-talented-and-troubled-richard-manuel-profiled-in-new-biography/"Reading is Funktamental" is a monthly one-hour show about great books written about music and music-makers. In each episode, host Sal Cataldi speaks to the authors of some of the best reads about rock, jazz, punk, world, experimental music, and much more. From time to time, the host and authors will be joined by notable musicians, writers, and artists who are die-hard fans of the subject matter covered. Expect lively conversation and a playlist of great music to go with it. "Reading Is Funktamental" can be heard the second Wednesday of every month from 10 – 11 AM on Wave Farm: WGXC 90.7 FM and online at wavefarm.org. It can also be found as a podcast on Apple, Spotify and other platforms.

"And I want to rock your gypsy soulJust like way back in the days of oldAnd together we will flow into the mystic"Please join me on this warm Sunday afternoon as we sail into the Mystic musically. Joining us are Billy Cobham, The Youngbloods, Moody Blues, Kinks, Eagles, Steely Dan, Rufus, Boz Scaggs, Yes, Traffic, Spirit, Hall & Oates, Doobie Brothers, Traffic, Lou Reed, Average White, George Harrison, Rolling Stones, Doors, Hollies, Grass Roots, Bee Gees, Association and Van Morrison.

Send us a textHere in Episode 233 of the No Name Music Cast, it is Joy's turn to pick the topic and she chooses to talk about her 'Made for You' Daily Mixes in Spotify.We cover Van Morrison, Right Said Fred, Steve Miller and ELO to name only a few.We also talk about the Mazda Miata, Vogue and Ozzy Osbourne!Support the showEmail the show: nonamemusiccast@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonamemusiccastpodcast/ https://nonamemusiccast.com/

Time for our Tuesday music feature and today we'll be diving deep into one of the most acclaimed records in rock music, Sir Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks'. This was Morrison's seconds studio album, and althought he'd had a huge hit on his debut with 'Brown Eyed Girl', he couldn't have strayed further from his pop roots. To contextualise 'Astral Weeks' and play some of his favourites from the record, it's my pleasure to welcome Samuel Flynn Scott, founding member of the Phoenix Foundation.

Cuarto y último repaso a la primera mitad de 2025 con algunos de nuestros lanzamientos favoritos del año.Playlist; (sintonía) MESSER CHUPS “Margarita for me and my horse”THE FIVE CANNONS “Barkin’”THE UNTAMED YOUTH “Roaches”VINICIUS e SEU CONJUNTO SALVAGEM “Vou roubar o seu corasao”THE SOUND MINDS “She won’t stay for long”MUCK and THE MIRES “Because of you”NASTY RUMOURS “Bury me in my leather jacket”LOS SUMMERS feat ADOLFO AIRBAG “Casi vacaciones”KID GULLIVER “24 hours”ASTEROID B-612 “Park bench Gods”EZEZEZ “Noraezean”SHARP PINS “Everytime I hear”GRINGO STAR “Shallow waves”ROBERT FORSTER “Tell it back to me”MIKE MOK and THE EM-TONES “What a girl”VAN MORRISON “Down to joy”LOS ETERNOS “Vellos camiños”LES GREENE “Not so lonely island”Escuchar audio

This conversation was so captivating and enjoyable that Kyle and I went extra long, thus this being part one of two parts exploring the outside-of-time-capsule that is Veedon Fleece. Kyle Fite is a visionary artist/mystic writer and good friend. His latest book is titled Beyond The Golden Omen. Please do yourself a favor and look him up! spacebuddhaa.comdwelleronthethresholdpod@gmail.com

Click here to send me a text message (include your contact info if you want a reply).My book is out now, Talking to Trees: A Journey into Soul. It chronicles my exploration of the soulful terrain on the far side of conventional religion, where talking to trees, communing with the dead, and summoning our spirit guides is the new normal. To give you a taste of the book, I am sharing with you the chapter from which the book draws its title. Talking to trees, it would seem, is no different from any other form of prayer, especially in the childlike trust required not to doubt. The book is available at all the usual online outlets. But I'm offering you an incentive to buy it from me, either online or in person, before September 30, 2025. If you do, I'll sign it and, if you agree, enter your name in a draw to win: (1) a live house concert of tunes and tales (if you live in Southern Alberta); or (2) a live or online visit with your book club or a gathering of friends, to discuss the themes of the book; or (3) an extended personal conversation with me about your own journey into soul. Visit my website (see the link below) for more information. Thanks so much for your interest and support. The Mystic Cave will reopen in September, with a new focus and a renewed vision. Stay tuned ... Where you can order Talking to Trees: https://www.brianepearson.ca/talking-to-trees. Personal LinksMy web site (where you can sign up for my blog): https://www.brianepearson.caMy email address: mysticcaveman53@gmail.comSeries Music Credit"Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison, performed by Colin James, from the album, Limelight, 2005; licensed under SOCAN 2022

In this weeks Quantum we look at Muslim dogs, British Afghans; Masterchef; the Cold Play concert reveal;  Banning British flags in Brirish schools; Sandi Peggi and the madness of NHS Fife; Israel, Syria and the Druze;  the MP Rachel MAskell; Ricky Gervais on God; Baptisms in Bournemouth; Chariots of Fire; and the Final Word -  Acts 2.  with music from Patti Page, Capercaillie, Coldplay, Steely Dan; Vangelis and Van Morrison. 

In 1986, Ireland staged its own answer to Live Aid – but this time, the crisis was at home. With U2, Van Morrison and Thin Lizzy on stage, Self Aid aimed to tackle mass unemployment with music, but did it inspire change or just create headlines and high notes? ­ Host: Fionnán Sheahan Guests: Tony O'Brien and Tony BolandSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One has been thinking all week about those precious little girls from Camp Mystic. There's also a pastoral situation or two in which sharp suffering seems to have been "imposed" on people I love. Why and How and ... What? I had a kind of visitation late one night this week. It came initially from ... Van Morrison. His song "Into the Mystic", from 1970, started to play inside my mind. Then a phrase came down: And Yet! I was looking at all the tragedy, regression and loss -- really seeing it and feeling it... And Yet. Then something else happened: A 'Republic Picture' from 1949 came across my screen. It was a Western I had never seen before but it stars Marie Windsor, so it had to be... at least... watchable. But then something began to come clear: the movie came to me from, well, Heaven Above (Peter Sellers, even). Seriously, the ending of Republic Pictures' Hellfire (1949) was intended to help us. It was made (back then) to help us (now). It embodied And Yet. The Christian response to darkest tragedy is probably not explanation or interpretation, but rather superimposition. It's impossible to explain away a certain reality, let's say. And yet what happened is not the whole reality. There is another reality. You might almost say, there are two realities. But isn't this true of our life histories, even of our personalities? The Old Creation is alive and potent. The New Creation is eternal and more potent. See what you think. Hope you'll maybe try it on.

American musician and rock star Peter Wolf is best known for being the lead vocalist of The J. Geils Band. Wolf has lived quite an adventurous and exciting life starting at an early age. As a rock star, Wolf had the privilege of crossing paths and rubbing elbows with legendary figures in the world of entertainment and culture. Notably, some of the icons he met include Andy Warhol, Muddy Waters, Van Morrison, Fred Astaire, Aretha Franklin and so many more! To share his incredible stories with the world, Peter Wolf authored a book called, Waiting for the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses. He joined Bradley Jay to share some of those stories!Now you can leave feedback as you listen to WBZ NewsRadio on the FREE iHeart Radio app! Just click on the microphone icon in the app, and be sure to set WBZ NewsRadio as your #1 preset!

Continued conversation with American musician and rock star Peter Wolf, best known for being the lead vocalist of The J. Geils Band. Wolf has lived quite an adventurous and exciting life starting at an early age. As a rock star, Wolf had the privilege of crossing paths and rubbing elbows with legendary figures in the world of entertainment and culture. Notably, some of the icons he met include Andy Warhol, Muddy Waters, Van Morrison, Fred Astaire, Aretha Franklin and so many more! To share his incredible stories with the world, Peter Wolf authored a book called, Waiting for the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses. Now you can leave feedback as you listen to WBZ NewsRadio on the FREE iHeart Radio app! Just click on the microphone icon in the app, and be sure to set WBZ NewsRadio as your #1 preset!

Cerramos el mes de junio seleccionando algunas de las novedades favoritas que hemos presentado a lo largo del mes.Playlist; (sintonía) LOS FRENÉTICOS “Cinerama” GRINGO STAR “Blood moon” VIV and THE SECT “Wake up” ROBERT FORSTER “Good to cry” EZEZEZ “Puntofinal” ASTEROID B-612 “Park bench Gods” MFC CHICKEN “What’d the chicken say” THE FIVE CANNONS “Barkin’” THE UNTAMED YOUTH “What do I get” KEITH STRENG “How pretty is pretty” KID GULLIVER “24 hours” LOS SUMMERS feat ADOLFO AIRBAG “Casi vacaciones” LES GREENE “Not so lonely island” MIKE MOK and THE EM-TONES “What a girl” LOS ETERNOS “Canto eu te amei” VAN MORRISON “Remembering now”Escuchar audio

Menú de novedades que comienza con Neil Young y su "Talking to the trees", el álbum que el canadiense ha grabado al frente de su nueva banda, The Chrome Hearts. Suena una buena andanada de curiosas y dispares versiones localizadas en discos recientes, y te presentamos los últimos trabajos de dos interesantes bandas de Nueva York, Mike Mok and The Em-Tones y The Mooks, que harán gira conjunta por España en los próximos días.Playlist;NEIL YOUNG and THE CHROME HEARTS “Dark mirage” (Talking to the trees)VAN MORRISON “If it wasn’t for Ray” (Remembering now)ROBERT FORSTER “Strawberries” (Strawberries)GRINGO STAR “Little Red Riding Hood” (Sweetheart)KEITH STRENG “I’m a boy, I’m a girl” (The king of queens)PAUL WELLER “I started a joke” (Find El Dorado)THE UNTAMED YOUTH “I’m on fire” (Git up and go)THE BREADMAKERS “Mojo Hannah” (Lonesome sundown)Versión y Original; HENRY LUMPKIN “Mojo Hannah” (1962)EZEZEZ “New York” (Kabakriba)MIKE MOK and THE EM-TONES “What a girl” (What a girl)THE MOOKS “Never go back home” (Just a couple of Mooks)LOS ETERNOS “Canto eu te amei” (San Antonio)Escuchar audio

This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 6/13 and 6/20, including albums by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Slick Rick, HAIM, Wilco (live) and more.  Happy listening, friends!

Lunes de novedades y mucho sabor a soul. Aunque comenzamos con el primer álbum en solitario que lanza Keith Streng, guitarra y fundador de los legendarios Fleshtones, que tras 50 años de trayectoria musical debuta a su nombre con “The King of Queens”.Playlist;KEITH STRENG “Rock and Roll is at it again”KEITH STRENG “How pretty is pretty”KEITH STRENG “Beautiful collision”VAN MORRISON “Remembering now”PAUL WELLER “Lawdy Rolla”LES GREENE “Not so lonely island”LUCINDA WILLIAMS “Man without a soul”DIAMOND DOGS and CHRIS SPEEDING “Shake a hand”Versión y original; FAYE ADAMS “Shake a hand”THE CUBICAL “Hey hey”NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS “Prechin’ blues”SLY and THE FAMILY STONE “If you want me to stay”Escuchar audio

Singer songwriter Brian Kennedy choses five songs that tell the story of his life. He talked to Dearbhail about growing up in Belfast during the troubles, busking on the streets of London before playing with Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, and Joni Mitchell. His music includes ABBA, U2, and Kate Bush

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06-10-25 - Hot Releases - Trainwreck Astroworld - Cocaine Air - Titan The Oceangate Disaster - Virgins TLC - Call Her Alex - Buckcherry - Dierks Bentley - Neil Young - The Cure - Van MorrisonSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Facing down the leg spinners of rock and roll news while trying to wallop the odd shot across the pavilion roof. On the scoreboard this week … … has there ever been a rock feud as bitter as Trump v Musk? … what Ray Charles, Taylor Swift and Dave Clark have in common. … the 30-year golden age music video. … things Van Morrison can't forget. … how some songs about lying in hammocks necking cocktails ended up worth $275m.   … Beyoncé, Stetsons, pink Cadillacs and how all visiting American acts bring with them the aura of America. … the greatest and most influential video ever made. … the song Carly Simon wrote about Cat Stevens. … “Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.)” … Nick Mason's menagerie: things your teenage self never imagined would happen. … Kraft Cheese slices, Kylie videos, the cut above David Beckham's eye and other things labelled ‘iconic'. … and Birthday guest Paul Thompson's night at the Music Video Preservation Society!Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Starting with humble working class background, Al Gorgoni has been a major force in the music business in the middle 60's. He has worked with Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Evie Sands, Barry Man and has had his song recorded by Frank Sinatra and others. He arranged many of the advertising commercials we've all heard. 

In this episode of Set Lessing Bruce, host Jesse Jackson and guest Scott Shea delve into Bruce Springsteen's unreleased albums, the recently announced box set 'Tracks 2', and specific tracks like 'Raining the River'. They explore Springsteen's prolific songwriting, the excitement of discovering new works, and anticipated surprises in the collection. The discussion further transitions to Van Morrison's journey post-'Brown Eyed Girl' and his relationship with the song. The episode wraps up with Scott Shea sharing insights on his current projects, including a Waylon Jennings book and an article on Wolfman Jack. 00:00 Welcome to Set Lessing Bruce 00:44 Excitement Over Bruce Springsteen's Unreleased Albums 02:45 Discussing the New Song 'Raining the River' 03:18 Comparing Unreleased Tracks and WWE Matches 08:58 Van Morrison's Musical Journey 09:49 The Story Behind 'Brown Eyed Girl' 14:25 Van Morrison's Live Performances 22:56 Day Job and Upcoming Projects 25:08 Conclusion and Farewell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Set Lusting Bruce, host Jesse Jackson and guest Scott Shea delve into Bruce Springsteen's unreleased albums, the recently announced box set 'Tracks 2', and specific tracks like 'Raining the River'. They explore Springsteen's prolific songwriting, the excitement of discovering new works, and anticipated surprises in the collection. The discussion further transitions to Van Morrison's journey post-'Brown Eyed Girl' and his relationship with the song. The episode wraps up with Scott Shea sharing insights on his current projects, including a Waylon Jennings book and an article on Wolfman Jack. 00:44 Excitement Over Bruce Springsteen's Unreleased Albums 02:45 Discussing the New Song 'Raining the River' 03:18 Comparing Unreleased Tracks and WWE Matches 08:58 Van Morrison's Musical Journey 09:49 The Story Behind 'Brown Eyed Girl' 14:25 Van Morrison's Live Performances 22:56 Day Job and Upcoming Projects 25:08 Conclusion and Farewell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is an Encore Presentation of my July 2024 ROCK PHOTOGRAPHER SUMMIT. It features five of the greatest rock n' roll photographers of the era and the subjects they are known for: Ebet Roberts - Downtown NYC punk and New Wave scene. Television, Talking Heads, Blondie, Miles Davis.Bob Gruen - John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, NY Dolls, The Clash, The Ramones.Jay Blakesberg - The Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, U2, Santana.Elliott Landy - Album covers: Bob Dylan's “Nashville Skyline”, The Band's “Music From Big Pink”, Van Morrison's “Moondance”. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton.Gered Mankowitz - Album Covers by The Rolling Stones: “Out Of Our Heads”, “Between The Buttons”, “Got Live If You Want It”. Elton John, Traffic, Yardbirds.                                      ---------------------------------------------The Follow Your Dream Podcast:Top 1% of all podcasts with Listeners in 200 countries!For more information and other episodes of the podcast click here. To subscribe to the podcast click here.To subscribe to our weekly Follow Your Dream Podcast email click here.To Rate and Review the podcast click here.“Dream With Robert”. Click here.—----------------------------------------Ebet Robertswww.ebetroberts.comBob Gruenwww.bobgruen.comElliott Landywww.elliottlandy.comJay Blakesbergwww.rockoutbooks.comGered Mankowitzwww.mankowitz.com—---------------------------------------ROBERT'S RECENT SINGLES:“MOON SHOT” is Robert's latest single, reflecting his Jazz Rock Fusion roots. The track features Special Guest Mark Lettieri, 5x Grammy winning guitarist who plays with Snarky Puppy and The Fearless Flyers. The track has been called “Firey, Passionate and Smokin!”CLICK HERE FOR THE OFFICIAL VIDEOCLICK HERE FOR ALL LINKS____________________“ROUGH RIDER” has got a Cool, ‘60s, “Spaghetti Western”, Guitar-driven, Tremolo sounding, Ventures/Link Wray kind of vibe!CLICK HERE FOR THE OFFICIAL VIDEOCLICK HERE FOR ALL LINKS—--------------------------------“LOVELY GIRLIE” is a fun, Old School, rock/pop tune with 3-part harmony. It's been called “Supremely excellent!”, “Another Homerun for Robert!”, and “Love that Lovely Girlie!”Click HERE for All Links—----------------------------------“THE RICH ONES ALL STARS” is Robert's single featuring the following 8 World Class musicians: Billy Cobham (Drums), Randy Brecker (Flugelhorn), John Helliwell (Sax), Pat Coil (Piano), Peter Tiehuis (Guitar), Antonio Farao (Keys), Elliott Randall (Guitar) and David Amram (Pennywhistle).Click HERE for the Official VideoClick HERE for All Links—----------------------------------------“SOSTICE” is Robert's single with a rockin' Old School vibe. Called “Stunning!”, “A Gem!”, “Magnificent!” and “5 Stars!”.Click HERE for all links.—---------------------------------“THE GIFT” is Robert's ballad arranged by Grammy winning arranger Michael Abene and turned into a horn-driven Samba. Praised by David Amram, John Helliwell, Joe La Barbera, Tony Carey, Fay Claassen, Antonio Farao, Danny Gottlieb and Leslie Mandoki.Click HERE for all links.—-------------------------------------“LOU'S BLUES”. Robert's Jazz Fusion “Tone Poem”. Called “Fantastic! Great playing and production!” (Mark Egan - Pat Metheny Group/Elements) and “Digging it!” (Peter Erskine - Weather Report)!Click HERE for all links.—----------------------------------------Audio production:Jimmy RavenscroftKymera Films Connect with the Follow Your Dream Podcast:Website - www.followyourdreampodcast.comEmail Robert - robert@followyourdreampodcast.com Follow Robert's band, Project Grand Slam, and his music:Website - www.projectgrandslam.comYouTubeSpotify MusicApple MusicEmail - pgs@projectgrandslam.com