The Jake Feinberg Show

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jake-feinberg/subscribe On The Jake Feinberg Show (radio) and in Facebook Lives, Jake Feinberg has now conducted over 2,000 interviews with “The Cats”—popular musicians across the spectrum from rock to jazz, R&B to folk, pop to country, bluegrass to fusion. Jake’s unique interviewing style puts musicians at their ease and inspires them to reflect candidly on topics familiar or unexpected. The Cats tell little stories, muse about life, uncover aspects of the music business, dig deep into overcoming adversity, revel in camaraderie, and open their souls. You will never see musicians in the same light again....

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Episodes

The Theo Saunders Interview

Brilliant and versatile pianist talks about life on the bandstand.

Apr 14, 2025•59 min

The Alex Cline Interview Set IV

Continued transmission about the creation of music with masters like Julius Hemphill and Horace Tapscott.

Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 4 min

The Bill Bruford Interview

English drummer talks about time displacement and how he created seminal beats for psych rock outfits like Yes and King Crimson.

Apr 09, 2025•41 min

The Ilaya Malaya Interview Set II

Divine Healer talks about the relative imbalance that exists between the divine feminine and divine masculine within all of us and how she has learned to transcend that through a variety of different modalities.

Apr 08, 2025•1 hr

The Vinny Golia Interview

Multi-dimensional artist talks about painting album covers for Chick Corea. Joe Henderson and Dave Holland and being encouraged by Bobby Bradford and John Carter to become a musician.

Apr 02, 2025•1 hr 8 min

The Lew Tabackin Interview

Summer tour 2011 was similar to the '84 GD. At times erratic with work coming in prolific streaks followed by sustained periods of hibernation. Still the periods of hibernation sowed the seeds of dreams which were than executed and made believable. My first guest upon returning to the Monsoon Laden desert was Lew Tabackin. Lew T grew up in the underprivileged side of Philadelphia. When in high school during a small band competition Lew was trying to sound like Trane while others were copying the...

Mar 28, 2025•54 min

The Ilaya Malaya Interview

Divine songstress and healer talks about her humble upbringing in rural Philippines and bringing that knowledge, wisdom and grace to her life in America.

Mar 22, 2025•59 min

The Noa Chait Interview

Young singer and seeker talk's about her relentless pursuit of learning from her elders, peers and on the bandstand.

Mar 18, 2025•1 hr

The Sam Welch Interview

Massachusetts based rehab counselor and budding musician talks about his infatuation with The Band and noticeable vibe overlap between Morningside Heights and The Hudson River Valley when he was at Columbia.

Mar 14, 2025•46 min

The Dani Battat Interview

Ebullient keyboardist for Eggy talks about the drive for sonic expansion with his brothers.

Mar 12, 2025•56 min

The Georg Wadenius Interview Set II

Prolific Swedish musician talks about finding unconditional love in his life when he needed it the most and overcoming physical dis-ease on the bandstand.

Mar 08, 2025•43 min

The Nicole Jones Interview

Singer and actress talks about leaving Tucson to pursue her artistic dreams in NYC.

Mar 08, 2025•1 hr 14 min

The Lyrical Chris Interview

Rapper who has accessed God-Consciousness through The Fifth-Dimension talks about bringing positivity to inner city folk music and building a coalition of sentient artists by raising positive frequencies through messaging.

Mar 06, 2025•42 min

The Leah Dibut Interview

Singer and performer from the Yoruba tradition talks about her experiences in the music industry and why she decided to carve her own career path with the help of her closest companion - her mom.

Mar 05, 2025•39 min

The Georg Wadenius Interview

Swedish guitarist talks about his early prog bands like Made In Sweden and Solar Plexus and how he joined Blood Sweat & Tears.

Mar 04, 2025•51 min

The Al Anderson Interview Set II

Decorated musician talks about playing with English bands Free and Traffic which ultimately led him to England, Island Records and Bob Marley.

Mar 01, 2025•1 hr 3 min

The Flow $trow Interview

Poet and lyricist talks about the tours he has been on and how he wants to make an impact through his music.

Feb 28, 2025•37 min

The Al Anderson Interview

Guitarist with Bob Marley talks about his relationship with Bill Graham as a teenager causing havoc at the Fillmore West and being taught slide guitar by Duane Allman and Johnny Winter.

Feb 20, 2025•1 hr 1 min

The Jerry Pompili Interview

"Rock Medicine"Bill had this amazing ability to pick people. As long as I knew him he always chose people for specific things they were able to do.He would always say, "don't ever think we're in show business. We're not in show business, we're in the business of public assembly. We put asses into seats, and we do it better than anybody."I was really good at dealing with people, especially crowds. I also had this ability to anticipate problems before they arose. I had a good "shit hit the fan"' m...

Feb 20, 2025•49 min

The Bee Getz Interview

Examining the Upful Life with a decorated music journalist.

Feb 19, 2025•50 min

The Babatunde Lea Interview

Legendary drummer and percussionist talks about the rhythms of diaspora brought to the west by his ancestors and how he has continued to ingrain those patterns in his own musical communities.

Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 22 min

The Eric Nakanishi Interview

Stellar alto saxophonist talks about how he learned to hear music and what his Tucson jazz experience has been like. Safe travels in your next journey.

Feb 14, 2025•11 min

The Wreckless Interview

Frontman Fritz Fayman talks about his band and how they are evolving in an ever-changing musical landscape.

Feb 14, 2025•48 min

The Blacq Prodigal Interview

Astounding rapper and instrumentalist talks about his early introduction to the blues from his grandma and how his time in solitary confinement helped bring him closer to God.

Feb 13, 2025•37 min

The Rango Keshavan Interview

Iconic taper of the Grateful Dead talks about his experiences at Frost Ampitheatre '82, Greek Theatre (Berkeley) '83 and Marin Vets '84. Long strange trip....

Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 2 min

The Pete Levin Interview

Venerable musician who plays a myriad of keyboards and synths talks about his early leanings towards Julius Watkins and Oscar Pettiford, moving to New York playing banjo in Dixieland Bands and finding his groove with the Gil Evans Orchestra. Older brother of Tony.

Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 23 min

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