hand-picked, road-tested, american music
Beth Lee talks about Lucinda Williams’ and Wanda Jackson’s influence on Beth Lee and the Breakups and the pros and cons of working in Austin.
Plus roots rock from The Del Lords, rockabilly from Wayne Hancock, stringband music from Steel Wheels, folk-rap from Alex Culbreth and the Dead Country Stars, southern rock from Deadstring Brothers, soul music from the Ruff Kutt Blues Band, rock and roll from Javi Garcia.
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Maya Lerman from Maya and the Ruins talks about recording in Lafayette, working as a music archivist, and tying songs together with her voice.
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Carrie Rodriguez talks about working fiddles into her songs, the influence New York had on her music, and channeling Alejandro Escovedo.
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Hannah Thomas talks about Georgia being a “musical mashup,” admiring Steve Earle, and listening to the highway men growing up.
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Steve Dawson of Dolly Varden talks to Rick Cornell about why he moved to Chicago, listening to sad songs in the 70′s and taking his own song writing advice.
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Ryan Bailey of The Riverbreaks talks to Rick Cornell about his time in Chapel Hill, rebelling against country music, and writing songs in the jungle.
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Ben Plaase of The Howlin’ Brothers talks about driving more than playing, playing the upright bass and making New Yorkers dance to bluegrass.
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Alex Culbreth talks about getting rowdy with the Dead Country Stars, who inspires his punchy writing style, and his folk-rap song.
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Amanda Pearcy talks to Rick Cornell about the quintessential Texas small town, her favorite listening room venue, and her tribute to “party dolls.”
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Rachel Brooke talks about what the blues has that modern music doesn’t, her Fats Domino cover, and why she included a xylophone on A Killer’s Dream.
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Steve Storms and Steve Celestini of the Gravy Boys talk about how to make the apocalypse fun and keeping a band together with brutal honesty.
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Michael Rank, Ron Bartholomew, and Marc Smith play songs from In The Weeds and a new song from Michael’s “Valentine’s Day Trifecta.”
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Jon Shain talks about the Piedmont Blues, making slow songs interesting, how Ordinary Cats got electrified, and his ambiguous duet.
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Amanda Cevallos talks to Rick Cornell about singing Tejano music, her Doug Sahm show, playing the Broken Spoke and why she wears a cowboy hat.
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Mary Gauthier talks about the joy of house concerts, the sugar cane industry, hobo kings, and her song about the wheel of eternity.
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Ben Ringel of The Delta Saints talks about his homage to Robert Johnson, his bucket list gig, and playing a gig in a bull fighting stadium. Plus music from Reverend Freakchild, Dukes of Dixieland, Aaron Neville, Mark Robinson, Rob Lutes, Dale Watson, Willie Nelson, and Mary Gauthier.
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Bettye LaVette talks about adlibbing Dylan lyrics; seeing Motown stars broke drunk and naked; and interpreting songs vs and covering them.
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Caleb Caudle talks about writing solo, his “wordiest and most unnecessary song title,” and why he called his latest album Tobacco Town.
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Tokyo Rosenthal talks about writing about jet lag and getting laid off; working with fiddle and pedal steel players; and his Irish roots.
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Rich Mahan talks about why he name checked Bobby Bare on his album, his song to help guys get laid, and getting in trouble in lower Alabama.
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