We recently had the pleasure of talking with Drew Holcomb about his new album, Strangers No More released in early June. We caught up about Memphis, forming a band, meeting and marrying his wife Ellie, his highly successful music festival Moon River Festival and of course his amazing new album. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Amy Wright chats with Ryan Young, the fiddle player from the festival favorite band from Duluth Minnesota, Trampled By Turtles. He told us about the bands recording process, and what it took to make their new album, Alpenglow. He also talked about working with Wilco front man, Jeff Tweedy, and what he added as Alpenglow’s producer. If you are a Trampled by Turtles fan then you will love the new album, and if this is your first introduction to the band, you will become an instant fan. Part of Pan...
Amy Wright talks with Justin Kreutzman about his new documentary film, Let There Be Drums! As the son of legendary Grateful Dead drummer, Bill Kreutzman, Justin provided us unique insight into the rock drumming world through his own experience as well as through the eyes of the children of rock drummers and the drummers themselves. Part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Amy Wright chats with Glen Phillips about his new album, There is So Much Here, the origin of Toad the Wet Sprocket, life challenges and ultimate triumphs. We appreciate him sharing his life story with so much honesty. Part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Amy Wright catches up with Kevn Kinney about his 1st solo album in 10 years, and his first vinyl release since the 1990’s Think About It. Kevn always inspires us with his creative drive, and his prolific ability to produce amazing solo projects while still making new albums with his Dryvin and Cryin bandmates. He also tells us the real story about the life of a working musician. Part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We’re excited to have Ryan Dusick on the show. Ryan’s the former drummer and was a founding member of the band Maroon 5, one of the most popular groups in the world. Dusick was even part of the band that preceded Maroon 5, Kara's Flowers, which he and Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, and Mickey Madden founded in 1994, while they were still in high school. Today, Ryan’s an Associate Marriage & Family Therapist, a mental health professional focusing on anxiety and sobriety. He’s also a published...
Amy Wright connects on a call with Dropkick Murphys founder Ken Casey to learn about their new album, released September 30th via the band’s label Dummy Luck Music, This Machine Still Kills Fascists, in which they bring Woody Guthrie's lyrics to life. This album is like nothing they’ve done before, and in 10 songs, they've harnessed all of their energy to show how powerful an acoustic album can be. Ken shares all about the making of the album, how it was inspired by Woody Guthrie's daughter Nora...
Amy Wright catches up with veteran bluesman and endearing artist Charlie Musselwhite. A Mississippi native born in the 40s, he came of age in Memphis, TN, right as rock and roll was clawing its way into existence and latching onto the hearts of young teenagers around the country, but it was the blues of Chicago that called Charlie’s name. On today’s show, Charlie and Amy look at the achievements and legacy that he’s built over the last 60 plus years, including his latest album for Alligator Reco...
Amy Wright conversates with David Lovering, Paz Lenchantin, and Joey Santiago of the iconic band the Pixies, a group that's influenced more bands and fans than most groups in the alt-rock world can claim. They just released their 8th studio album, Doggerel, on September 30th via BMG. The band sees this album as a reflection of growth, a mature collection of songs that's bolder than anything they've done before. We dig into the making of the album in this conversation and what it was like reinvig...
Amy Wright chats with Compass Records act The Brother Brothers, formed by twin brothers Adam and David Moss. They’re here today to discuss their brand-new album Cover to Cover, a covers project with selections from Tom T. Hall, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Robert Earl Keen, and several others included. They also share on their origins of being raised in Peoria, IL, where they grew up on a steady diet of The Everly Brothers, The Beach Boys, The Beatles and more. These two are music scholars who ...
Amy Wright chats with multi-Grammy award-winners Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, who have just released a brand new 28-song album in collaboration with Tom Paxton that features world-class recordings of songs ranging bluegrass, folk, Country and various other flavors of American roots music. Tom Paxton is a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, considered a voice of his generation with an important perspective on modern culture and civil rights, and Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer are a one-of-a-ki...
Our guest this hour is acclaimed singer-songwriter and Old 97's bandleader Rhett Miller, who's here to discuss his latest solo album The Misfits. This is the Texas-bred singer-songwriter’s 9th album, and it’s another clear indication of his strong ability to craft earworms that go deeper than your average pop song. Miller collaborated on the album with Sam Cohen, known as a producer for works by Kevin Morby, Danger Mouse and many more. Sam and Rhett got together daily to write songs, creating a ...
Today, you’ll get to sit in on Amy Wright’s recent conversation with Kentucky native and acclaimed singer-songwriter, S.G. Goodman. Goodman’s new album Teeth Marks was released in June of this year via verve Forecast, and it sees the artist exploring the traumas of unrequited love, and her experiences as a queer woman coming up in rural Kentucky as part of a strict churchgoing family. Goodman’s critically acclaimed, Jim James-produced debut album Old Time Feeling put her on the map, and Teeth Ma...
Today we have the pleasure of presenting a conversation between Amy Wright and Yola, the six-time Grammy nominee who recently made her acting debut in the Baz Luhrmann-directed hit movie, Elvis, in which Yola powerfully portrays Sister Rosetta Tharpe, an elder of gospel music and arguably the true originator of rock and roll. While she’s been a singer since four years old, inspired by greats like Tina Turner and Mary J. Blige, this is Yola’s first acting role, and what an incredible opportunity ...
Amy Wright talks with Andrew Farriss, co-founder and primary songwriter for INXS, a band that's sold over 50 million records worldwide. In 2016, Andrew Farriss was inducted into the Australian Songwriter Hall of Fame for his contribution to the music industry. He has been performing and writing for more than 40 years. He likes to split his time between Australia and Nashville, where you can find him performing in famous spots like the Bluebird Café. He’s here today to chat with Amy about his rec...
Amy Wright connects in conversation with Freedy Johnston, a visionary singer-songwriter who, for over 30 years, has been embraced equally by fans, critics, and most of all, his songwriting peers. Johnston just released his 9th studio album via Forty Below Records, titled Back on the Road to You, and this hour he breaks down the inspiration behind the songs, as well as a great deal of information about his life and his connection to music. Johnston recorded the album in Los Angeles with producer ...
Amy Wright connects with Elizabeth Cook in conversation, covering her Florida roots, her music career as a woman in country, and much more. We’ve connected with Elizabeth a couple of times already, once in Nashville at The Purple Building and once at our studios in Memphis for the DittyTV Concert Series, so we’re glad to catch up again. This year marks the 15th anniversary of Cook’s career-defining LP Balls, an 11-song collection produced by Rodney Crowell. She’s also currently a radio host on S...
Amy Wright connects with O.N.E The Duo, an emerging mother/daughter duo formed by Tekitha and Prana Supreme — and their story is rooted in Hip-Hop royalty. Tekitha is the female lead on the Wu-Tang Clan albums and Prana is the daughter of RZA, the founder and de facto leader of Wu-Tang Clan. Together they are pioneers, becoming the first artists to journey from Hip-Hop to Country. They talk today about their move to Nashville, their own stripped-down hybrid of Country and Americana, and the upco...
Amy Wright sits down with Jed Hilly, Executive Director of the Americana Music Association, which, since 1999, has helped American roots music assume an elevated place in the world. Hilly’s career has included work for Orbison Records (as in Roy Orbison), Sony Music Entertainment, and various other notable organizations. Following the 9/11 disaster in 2001, Jed relocated his family from New York to Nashville, Tennessee, and in the spring of 2007, he accepted the position as Executive Director of...
We're excited to have G. Love of G. Love and Special Sauce on the show, chatting with Amy Wright about his latest studio album, an album heavy on collaboration with some of Delta Blues and hip-hop's most well-respected artists, Philadelphia Mississippi. Joined by players like Christone Kingfish Ingram, Jontavious Willis, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Chuck Treece, Schoolly D, and many more, Philadelphia Mississippi is an important record for G. love, as it connects his hometown of Philadelphia, PA, dow...
Amy Wright chats with members of internationally acclaimed American roots music group the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, including founding member Jeff Hanna. The primary focus for today’s talk is the group’s newest studio album, Dirt Does Dylan, in which they cover an excellent collection of Bob Dylan tunes. There's been perhaps no one more influential for Jeff Hanna than Bob Dylan, so the creation of this album is very fitting. They also talk about the band’s history and what has inspired them along ...
Our guest on the show this hour is Micah Nelson, aka the Particle Kid, whose latest LP, Time Capsule, is an experimental, genre-bending work we highly recommend you hear. The album features contributions from from Margo Price, J Mascis, Jim James, Sean Ono Lennon, and Willie Nelson. As one of Willie’s sons, Micah grew up surrounded by music – but the sounds he creates are as much inspired by punk, freak-folk, or avant-garde sentiments as the country and Americana music the Nelson name is known f...
Amy Wright connects on a call with Joshua Fleming, founding member of one of Texas’ most notable country punk bands, the Vandoliers. Vandoliers are known for distilling the Lone Star State’s diverse musical identity into a raucous, breakneck vibe that’s all their own. After spending much of the last three years furiously writing and recording music, this Dallas-Fort Worth six-piece is back with The Vandoliers, a new album that proves they’re tighter than ever. In this interview, Fleming breaks d...
Amy Wright sits down for a one-on-one conversation with Nashville-based artist Joshua Hedley. A recent signee to New West Records, Hedley is an ace fiddle player, guitarist, and country music singer-songwriter. He’s devoted his entire life to the study of country and western music, really, a life which he and Amy discuss in detail this hour. They also chat a great deal about his debut album for New West, Neon Blue, a record with 90s Country influences but a discernably tasteful and modern produc...
Amy Wright catches up with Jody Whelan, the oldest son of the late and legendary singer-songwriter John Prine. Jody also runs the label that Prine co-founded, Oh Boy Records, the ins-and-outs of which he discusses in detail with Amy this hour. In fact, a lot today’s talk revolves around John – how he grew up, his career, what lead him to start Oh Boy, the growth of artist owned & indie labels, as well as the various artists that have been signed to Oh Boy, including Kelsey Waldon, Tre Burt, ...
Amy Wright sits down with acclaimed singer-songwriter, much-admired activist, and champion of civil rights and progressive thought, Mary Gauthier. Mary made a breathtaking collection of songs that she recently released as a studio album titled, Dark Enough to See the Stars, and you’ll get to hear all about the inspiration behind and making of the record today. It’s her eleventh album, the follow-up to the profound, Rifles & Rosary Beads, her 2018 collaborative work with wounded Iraq war vete...
Amy Wright sits down with Kam Franklin, powerhouse vocalist, fashionable frontwoman, and beloved bandleader of The Suffers, one of Houston, TX greatest contemporary bands. The Suffers just released a new full-length studio album titled It Starts with Love, their third and arguably best LP to date. If you’re drawn to the groove like we are, particularly in the R&B and Latin funk stylings, then this is a record you can’t overlook. Amy and Kam talk through the inspiration behind and making of I...
Amy Wright chats with brothers Michael and Kevin Bacon, aka The Bacon Brothers, all about their brand-new five-song EP, Erato. As multi-faceted artists with a ton of creativity in their DNA, Michael and Kevin have been actively creating music together, well, since they were just kids. They call the genre-bending sound they make “Forosoco” - a blend of folk, rock, soul, and country influences. And that makes sense, considering it's the continuation of sounds heard long ago in Philadelphia, where ...
Today Amy Wright gets to chat with Bill Payne, the Waco, Texas native who, along with Lowell George, co-founded the legendary and incomparable rock band Little Feat. When it comes to piano and organ work and the mix of genres that are rock, blues, funk and jazz, no one does it quite like Bill Payne. Outside of Little Feat, Payne has also recorded and worked with J.J. Cale, Jimmy Buffett, The Doobie Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Pink Floyd, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt and countless others. A shockin...
Today we’re excited to welcome California native and now Nashville-based singer-songwriter, the always delightful Nicki Bluhm. “My perspective on life and love has made a shift, for the better,” shares Bluhm, the acclaimed artist behind Avondale Drive, her newest studio album out now on Compass Records. Bluhm pointed out in a recent Q&A that one silver lining of the pandemic was that all musicians were grounded at home and had time on their hands and were jonesing to be creative. With no tou...
