This local band should be an inspiration to all those musicians stuck in their basement. While these guys...well...are still there, their aspirations should soon help them rise them above it. These 11 and 12 year olds are just starting out. Finn, Graham, Peter and Aiden play all original music and are working hard on their chops and songwriting. Ron and I thought it would be interesting to see how these fine young men tick, approach their music, their influences and plans for the future. Check o...
Mar 23, 2017•28 min•Ep. 30
After 9 years of successfully running Musicfest NW in Portland, OR, Trevor moved to Boston to work with Crash Line Productions to manage booking for the Boston Calling Music Festival. Now in his third year, he continues to work with Musicfest NW as well as the Eaux Claire festival in Wisconsin. The 2017 Boston Calling lineup is amazingly impressive with the likes of Tool, Mumford and Sons, and Chance the Rapper as well as Bon Iver, Sigur Rós, The XX, Run the Jewels, Solange, Weezer, Cage the Ele...
Mar 16, 2017•42 min•Ep. 29
This is a very self indulgent episode - Ronnie and I have talked about our band The Butler Frogs and the fact that we have an album coming out Spring 2017. We thought this would be a great time for us to become guests and have our occasional host Mr. Jonathan Beakley talk to the entire band before the release. Joining the conversation is lead guitarist David Moore who you have met before in episode 011, bassist Tim Fiehler who is an institution around these parts and drummer Greg Mara who also p...
Mar 09, 2017•45 min•Ep. 28
Drummer Jerome Deupree played in The Humans which toured with Squeeze and opened for legends like Patti Smith and Iggy Pop. He was also with Bourbon Princess, Joe Morris, The Coots and the then jazz group Either Orchestra. In the late 1980’s he joined Mark Sandman and Dana Colley to form the great low rock band Morphine and he currently plays once again with Dana Colley and Jeremy Lyons with the band Vapors of Morphine.
Mar 02, 2017•48 min•Ep. 27
For over 20 years guitarist, drummer and singer-songwriter Chad Hollister has headlined all over New England and has also opened for Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Tom Petty and has shared the stage with Phish, Warren Haynes and Blues Traveler to name a few.
Feb 09, 2017•47 min•Ep. 26
An in-demand bass player, composer and teacher, Greg fronts his own indie band Lowman and jazz trio Sinistral as well as being a member of the phenomenal 'Gypsy Jazz' group Rhythm Future Quartet, Roving Soul and ManOnLand and performs with many others including John Funkhouser, Britt Conners and Bourbon Renewal and The Sonic Explorers.
Jan 26, 2017•48 min•Ep. 25
Musician, teacher and the founder of Consenses, the artistic game of telephone that aims to form what she terms 'interpretive chains' that links all 5 senses. Music has been a chain in Sally’s own life, spending several years on the road with hundreds of shows highlighting her strong and thoughtful writing style and voice.
Jan 12, 2017•54 min•Ep. 24
Boston based MB Padfield has the presence of a rocker and the grace of a singer-songwriter with an honest story to tell. She is a road warrior and not just because of her bedazzled Harley. We expect big things from her in the coming years.
Jan 06, 2017•39 min•Ep. 23
Bonnie is the Songwriting Chair at Berklee College of Music in addition to her own work in bands and as a solo artist. She wrote Have A Heart that was on Bonnie Raitt's muti-platinum and grammy winning album Nick of Time. She has also written for the likes of Cher, Adam Ant, Bette Midler and David Crosby. This is Part Two.
Dec 28, 2016•36 min•Ep. 22
Bonnie is the Songwriting Chair at Berklee College of Music in addition to her own work in bands and as a solo artist. She wrote Have A Heart that was on Bonnie Raitt's muti-platinum and grammy winning album Nick of Time. She has also written for the likes of Cher, Adam Ant, Bette Midler and David Crosby. Also she is awesome. This is part one of a two part episode.
Dec 21, 2016•37 min•Ep. 21
Singer, songwriter and guitarist with The Adam Ezra Group, Adam's songs and live performances are amazing. But equally impressive is his nonprofit organization RallySound, whose mission is to inspire communities, grassroots activism and civic engagement by helping create and organize socially conscious live music events.
Dec 08, 2016•53 min•Ep. 20
This is a short SOTC with hosts Chuck Clough and Ronnie Hirschberg.
Dec 03, 2016•9 min•Ep. 19
Speech and Language Pathologist by day, Carla Ryder sings with The Mudhens, Miriam, The Carla Ryder Band and also has her solo project. With numerous songwriting accolades and 6 albums under her belt, she has toured extensively and developed a loyal and enthusiastic following from New England to the Pacific Northwest.
Dec 01, 2016•51 min•Ep. 18
A graduate of Berklee College of Music's Music Production and Engineering program, Matt is the founder and Executive Director of New England’s first professional nonprofit recording studio The Record Co. whose goal is to build a sustainable, nationally recognized music scene in Boston.
Nov 17, 2016•49 min•Ep. 17
Boston-based singer/songwriter, a former busker with a powerful voice and great guitar chops, Katrin made her way to share the global stage with Chris Isaak, John Sebastian, Boz Scaggs, Huey Lewis, John Mayall and Joan Armatrading.
Nov 10, 2016•53 min•Ep. 16
Fiddle player and psychologist, for over 30 years Bob Childs has been making violins and is the namesake for the world class ensemble Childsplay – where every fiddle player in the group plays a Bob Childs violin.
Nov 03, 2016•57 min•Ep. 15
Dalton Sim began his career in Somerville, MA managing Guster out of their apartment back in 1995. He has gone on to manage many other talented artists including Dispatch, Father John Misty, fun., Alexi Murdoch, Ben Kweller and others with Nettwerk Music Group.
Oct 27, 2016•56 min•Ep. 14
Flutist Ona Jonaityte is a fantastic player and teacher and a member of the Vento Chiaro Woodwind Quintet. Currently a piccolo player with the Indian Hill Symphony, she has also performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, New World Symphony, Boston Lyric Opera and Lithuanian Opera.
Oct 19, 2016•47 min•Ep. 13
Singer-songwriter Ali McGuirk has made quite a name for herself this past year or so with her amazing singing voice and fabulous band backing her up. Steve Morse in The Boston Globe named her one of sixteen artists to look forward to hearing in 2016. She just finished her first self-titled EP. See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com . Join us! Learn more at www.patreon.com/abovethebasement ....
Oct 08, 2016•40 min•Ep. 12
Bruce is a New England institution and has been in various bands including Bruce Marshall and The Clue and was a member of the Toy Caldwell Band. He has opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels, The Outlaws, The Beach Boys...the list goes on and on. His current bands include The Bruce Marshall Group as well as The Nor'easters and he is also half of the Montgomery and Marshall acoustic duo with bluesman James Montgomery. See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com . Join us! Learn more a...
Oct 06, 2016•52 min•Ep. 11
David G. Moore, also known across the pond as Malin , is a prolific singer and songwriter and the talented lead guitarist in the band The Butler Frogs . David recently released a new album called High Tide Adventures . Ron and I are proud to call David our friend and we can’t say enough about his talents. We had a nice conversation where we talked about his history and thoughts on recording and we were fortunate to have him play a song at the conclusion of our conversation from his earlier album...
Sep 22, 2016•43 min•Ep. 11
The State of the Conversation with hosts Chuck Clough and Ronnie Hirschberg. We discuss how things are going, what we hope to do and our current projects. See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com . Join us! Learn more at www.patreon.com/abovethebasement .
Sep 15, 2016•15 min
Drummer, guitarist, singer and songwriter extraordinaire Will Davies joins us this time around. Will is currently with the band Big Giant but has been in numerous other bands you may have heard of including New Million Box, The Elderly and Kingsley Flood. Mr. Davies is also a pretty smart guy and he is currently getting his masters in psychotherapy. We had a great conversation with Will and we were also fortunate enough to have singer Andrea Kremer join us. Andrea is also the proprietor of a mus...
Sep 08, 2016•41 min•Ep. 8
Guitarist Perry Bakalos heads The Perry Bakalos Group and is a member of the award winning band Atlas Soul. Perry is also an electrical engineer and has his own recording studio called Erudite Effects. Mr. Bakalos has been a great help to Ronnie and I trying to get our recording rig up to speed but his improvisational skills on the guitar are what really blow us away. You can check out his music and all his other projects at www.perrybakalos.com . You will hear a cut off of his Essential Hazzard...
Aug 24, 2016•45 min•Ep. 7
Britt Connors is a fantastic singer-songwriter and guitarist. She came out with her first solo album in 2010 called The Bad Side of Good . She is now playing with her “yall-ternative” band comprised of some of Boston's most in-demand musicians called Bourbon Renewal. Their most recent album is called Warmer Season and was released to a sold out crowd at the venerable Club Passim. Check her out at www.brittconnors.com. See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com . Join us! Learn more at ww...
Jul 26, 2016•41 min•Ep. 6
Jen is a talented singer-songwriter and pianist who combines funk, jazz, latin and pop. We sat with her to talk about what makes her songwriting come together, her influences, baking skills and mutual affinity for all things bovine... See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com . Join us! Learn more at www.patreon.com/abovethebasement .
Jul 25, 2016•44 min•Ep. 5
Artist and violinist, Siri grew up in an artistic family in Seattle and has played the violin since the age of 7. She has played with the Boston Pops and many other Boston freelance orchestras and has performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center with the American Symphony. Our friend and sometime drummer Jonathan Beakley fills in for Ronnie Hirschberg this time around as Ronnie is in the studio working on a documentary soundtrack. As you will soon hear, we met Siri under somewhat unusual circum...
Jul 14, 2016•42 min•Ep. 4
Radio DJ and Renaissance woman, Sam is a seasoned radio vet and has been on the radio dial all over New England and is currently on WCTK Cat Country at 98.1 FM and also at WATD on the South Shore at 95.9 FM. Chuck Clough and guest host Jonathan Beakley (sitting in for Ronnie Hirschberg) spoke with Sam at Woods Hill Table in Concord Massachusetts to talk about her radio heritage, the state of terrestrial radio and other projects she plans on beginning this year. See more of who we are at www.abov...
Jun 30, 2016•35 min•Ep. 3
Flynn Cohen is an acoustic guitarist from the American folk band Low Lily – formerly called Annalivia. Flynn has performed all over the world with many notable acts in traditional and contemporary acoustic music including legendary Irish accordion player John Whelan , as well as solo and duo shows playing music from his four solo albums. We sat with Flynn at Woods Hill Table in Concord, Massachusetts and discussed how he came to Boston, how he approaches writing and his many musical travels from...
Jun 16, 2016•42 min•Ep. 2
Performer, composer, session bassist and the leader of The Alison Keslow Group, she has shared the stage as well as recording credits with many artists, including Joan Armatrading, Jerry Marotta, Tony Levin, John Sebastian and Mindi Abair. Alison has two solo albums - "Between Earth and Sky" released in 2003 more recently in 2014 "Bass Dharma". Alison is currently on the summer faculty at Berklee College of Music in Boston and is co-owner with her husband of Sudbury School of Music in Sudbury, M...
Jun 15, 2016•43 min•Ep. 1
