Joshua Hedley mines a traditional sound, but all but one song on his new “Mr. Jukebox” album on Third Man Records is an original.
Category: Podcast
Podcast #11 Tim Easton and “Paco & the Melodic Polaroids”
Tim Easton has an intriguing new album called “Paco and the Melodic Polaroids,” a celebration of his black Gibson J-45 acoustic guitar, christened “Paco” by a Deadhead in Paris.
Show #8: Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane; Kyle Frederick
Jorma Kaukonen has had a rich career as a founding member of Jefferson Airplane add Hot Tuna, and as an accomplished solo artist. He’s ready to tell his life story in a new memoir called “Been So Long.”
Show #7: Mary Gauthier on “Rifles and Rosary Beads”
Mary Gauthier has just released a truly special album of her performing songs she wrote with veterans and their families. “Rifles and Rosary Beads” is a moving collection, drawn from “Songwriting:withSoldiers” sessions. We had the pleasure of hearing more about this important project in a conversation with Mary at the Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City.
Show #3 Chip Taylor and his new release “Fix Your Words”
There’s a good case to make that Chip Taylor is a godfather of Americana music. His ’70 albums – particularly “Chip Taylor’s Last Chance” – foreshadowed the genre to come. Chip has had an astonishing career as a Hall of Fame songwriter (“Wild Thing,” “Angel of the Morning”), as a partner with Carrie Rodriguez and as a solo artist of great integrity. In this conversation on Grammys weekend in New York, Chip tells us about his latest album “Fix Your Words.”
Show #2 Band of Heathens and the inspiration of Ray Charles
Episode 2 of the Americana Music News podcast featuring Gordy Quist of the Band of Heathens. Recorded on board Sandy Beaches cruise 2018. Subscribe on iTunes.
Podcast 1 Raul Malo of the Mavericks
A conversation on board the Sandy Beaches Cruise with Raul Malo of the Mavericks about the band’s new label and projects.