In a time without live shows, we look back at the highlights of lifetimes of concert-going, with Brittany Spanos, Rob Sheffield, and Andy Greene joining host Brian Hiatt (plus special guests Brendan Benson and Brian Fallon) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 21, 2020•44 min
We play an unheard interview with Bill Withers by Andy Greene and look back on John Prine's singular career, with Patrick Doyle joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 13, 2020•43 min
From Fountains of Wayne to "That Thing You Do" and beyond, Alan Sepinwall and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt pay tribute to a great songwriter, gone too soon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 07, 2020•45 min
We discuss songs of solace in our current crisis, with some very special guests – including Taylor Swift – joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 27, 2020•47 min
We go deep on an unprecedented challenge for the music industry in the face of COV-19, with reporters Amy X. Wang, Samantha Hissong and Ethan Millman joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 23, 2020•39 min
Isbell, one of the greatest songwriters of his generation, talks about his upcoming album, Reunions, A Star is Born, and his entire career with host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 18, 2020•47 min
We look at the triumph of BTS, and how they fit in with the long history of boy bands, with Jezebel senior writer Maria Sherman (author of an upcoming boy-band history) joining Brittany Spanos, Rob Sheffield and host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 11, 2020•43 min
Brian and Eddie Holland, who co-wrote Motown hits from "Heat Wave" to "Stop! In the Name of Love" – and authors of a new memoir – share tales from a pop golden age Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 05, 2020•46 min
Rob Sheffield and Andy Greene join host Brian Hiatt to discuss the highs and lows of classic live albums. Plus, engineer Bob Pridden shares the story of The Who’s ‘Live at Leeds’ on its 50th anniversary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 19, 2020•41 min
In a revealing conversation with host Brian Hiatt, Sheryl Crow discusses her final album, her early days and much more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 11, 2020•48 min
From Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish to Aerosmith and beyond, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt to dig deep into Music's Oddest Night Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 03, 2020•45 min
Trent Reznor talks about Nine Inch Nails' Hall of Fame induction with Andy Greene; plus, Doobie Brothers history with founding member Patrick Simmons and a look at the RRHOF's future with host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 28, 2020•45 min
In 2015 interview audio, Rush's late drummer and lyricist reflects on the pains and pleasures of his work. Plus, Hank Shteamer and Andy Greene join host Brian Hiatt to look back on Peart's legacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 21, 2020•43 min
Rob Sheffield and Brittany Spanos join host Brian Hiatt for an in-depth look at 2019's musical highlights Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 16, 2020•38 min
Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney sit down with Rolling Stone's Patrick Doyle to discuss their new album and their entire career Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 08, 2020•39 min
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie discuss their career and Harry's new book with host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 26, 2019•35 min
In early December, Juice Wrld died not long after his 21st birthday. Brendan Klinkenberg and Simon Vozick-Levinson join host Brian Hiatt to look back at the rapper's genre-hopping, too-short career Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 18, 2019•41 min
Billie Eilish doesn't know Van Halen – which is totally fine. Andy Greene, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt to talk about two acts who couldn't be more different, and yet somehow surprisingly similar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 11, 2019•42 min
Holly George-Warren, author of Janis: Her Life and Music, joins host Brian Hiatt to offer fresh perspective on a rock legend Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 27, 2019•42 min
Former Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman, author of a new memoir, tells host Brian Hiatt the harrowing, occasionally hilarious story of his former band's self-destructive tendencies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 19, 2019•46 min
Brittany Spanos and Andy Greene join host Brian Hiatt to discuss the just-announced reunions of Rage Against the Machine, My Chemical Romance and the Black Crowes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 12, 2019•39 min
Brendan Klinkenberg joins host Brian Hiatt to discuss 'Jesus is King' how Kanye West's musical path headed towards gospel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 06, 2019•36 min
Longtime Springsteen collaborator Thom Zimny, who co-directed 'Western Stars,' joins host Brian Hiatt to go behind the scenes of the acclaimed documentary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 29, 2019•33 min
From hanging with the Sex Pistols at their first gigs to his own roller-coaster career, Billy Idol tells all to host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 22, 2019•41 min
The Pixies (Black Francis, Paz Lenchantin, David Lovering, Joey Santiago) sit down with Andy Greene to discuss their new album Beneath the Eyrie and their whole career Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 16, 2019•37 min
Jeff Tweedy joins host Brian Hiatt to discuss the making of Wilco's new album, 'Ode to Joy,' and much more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 09, 2019•36 min
The quirky musical path of the Cars frontman, with host Brian Hiatt and David Browne. Plus: Remembering Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 02, 2019•35 min
In the wake of Rolling Stone's cover story, host Brian Hiatt, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield go track by track on Swift's new album Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 25, 2019•39 min
Longtime manager Peter Asher joins host Brian Hiatt explains how Ronstadt became a '70s superstar; David Browne and Angie Martoccio tell the rest of her story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 17, 2019•37 min
Rob Sheffield, author of Rolling Stone's Harry Styles cover story, joins Brittany Spanos and host Brian Hiatt to give an up-close look at one of the most singular stars in modern music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 10, 2019•39 min