Legends are made at the Olympics and this summer shows across the Pushkin network are bringing their unique takes to Olympic stories. This special episode includes excerpts from a few: a Cautionary Tale about underestimating female marathoners, a Jesse Owens story from Revisionist Historys series on Hitlers Olympics, andfrom Whats Your Problemthe new technology thats helping Olympic athletes get stronger. Check out other show feeds as well, the Happiness Lab and A Slight Change of Plans are also...
Jul 26, 2024•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Shannon & The Clams were long time regulars in the Bay Area music scene. The bands two main songwritersShannon Shaw and Cody Blanchard met in college in Oakland, California. They remained there for about a decade until a number of events set them adrift physically and spiritually. The bands new album, The Moon Is In the Wrong Place, is taken from a phrase Shannons fianc, Joe Haener uttered shortly before his passing. Much of the album is anchored around Shannons grief. On today's episode Jus...
Jul 23, 2024•49 min•Ep 119•Transcript available on Metacast Randy Bachman is the Canadian guitarist and songwriter behind a slew of hits with the bands The Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive. Although he was based far from the '60s powerhouse music scenes of Laurel Canyon and Swinging London, Bachman first made a name for himself performing across the Great White North. On todays episode Bruce Headlam talks to Randy who dissects his hits including American Woman and These Eyes. He also explains how he became one of the great guitarists of his generat...
Jul 16, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep 118•Transcript available on Metacast Serj Tankian made his first foray into public life as the idiosyncratic lead singer of the late 90s metal band System Of A Down. After releasing five platinum-selling albums with the band, and establishing himself as one of modern-day musics most outspoken human-rights activists, in 2007, Serj left System to pursue his own artistic pursuits. Since then hes released solo albums, composed symphonies, scored documentaries, and most recently started producing a line of Armenian coffee. In May, Serj ...
Jul 09, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep 117•Transcript available on Metacast Camila Cabello is in the midst of a creative revival. Her brand new album, C,XOXO was recently dubbed hyper-pop by Rolling Stone in the wake of the frenetic first single, I Luv It, featuring Playboi Carti. The track is an entirely new direction for Camila who first rose to fame in 2012 as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony. On her new album Camila is racing into uncharted territory with her sound. She enlisted producers Jasper Harris and El Guincho, whos known for his work with Rosalia. To...
Jun 25, 2024•55 min•Ep 116•Transcript available on Metacast John Leventhal is a bit of a secret weapon in music. Though he started out as a session musician in the '80s, he quickly found writing and producing music for other artists was his true calling. That gift has led to six Grammy Award wins and songs like Sunny Came Home by Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohns Walk Through the World and Crossing to Jerusalem by his wife Rosanne Cash. John and Rosanne have been married for almost 30 years and over the course of their union have become great collaborators. Bruce...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep 115•Transcript available on Metacast "Genesis" the new work from RAYE discussed in this episode is out now: https://raye.orcd.co/genesis RAYE is an English pop singer/songwriter whose debut album, My 21st Century Blues , snagged Album Of the Year at this years Brit Awards. One of a historic six wins that evening. For a 26 year old artist who's already survived a tumultuous ride through the music industry, the ceremony was a coup. On todays episode Justin Richmond talks to RAYE about how a quote from Nina Simone gave her the courage...
Jun 11, 2024•50 min•Ep 114•Transcript available on Metacast Michael McDonalds husky baritone is one of the most instantly recognizable voices from the 70s and 80s. As a member of The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, and a hitmaking solo artist, Michael McDonalds career is one for the books. Enter Paul Reiserthe comedic actor and writer behind New York Times best-selling books, popular movies and TV shows. Before the start of the pandemic, Paul met Mike McDonald at a party and the two became fast friends. Listening to Michaels incredible stories, Paul found h...
Jun 04, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep 113•Transcript available on Metacast Sarah Jarosz is a singer/songwriter who also happens to be a killer banjo, guitar, and mandolin player. The Wimberly, Texas-native's latest album, Polaroid Lovers, was produced by former Broken Record guest Daniel Tashian. Its her seventh album and so far the best at highlighting the power of Sarahs songwriting over her virtuosity. In this episode youll hear Sarah Jarosz tell Bruce Headlam about the Friday night bluegrass jams that shaped her playing, and why shes turned down co-writing songs wi...
May 28, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep 112•Transcript available on Metacast DJ Premier is one of the most celebrated producers in hip-hop history. Known as the architect of hip-hops venerated boom-bap sound, Preemo first caught peoples attention with Guru in Gang Starr in the late 80s. Gurus lyrical precision over Premier's jazzy, sample-based beats made Gang Starr one of the most influential rap duos of the next decade. Outside of Gang Starr, DJ Premier has produced classic records for a long list of hip-hop luminaries including New Yorks big threeBiggie, Jay-Z, and Na...
May 21, 2024•57 min•Ep 111•Transcript available on Metacast Corinne Bailey Rae independently released one of our favorite albums of 2023: Black Rainbows . Justin Richmond spoke to Corinne over Zoom at the end of the year about the place that inspired the album, the Stony Island Arts Bank in Chicago. And then when she came to Los Angeles around Grammy time they decided to meet up to discuss Reflections / Refractions At the Stony Island Arts Bank , a beautiful new book Corinne put together to catalogue the items that inspired her new music and creative awa...
May 14, 2024•58 min•Ep 110•Transcript available on Metacast Ann Wilson is the powerhouse lead singer of the band Heart, whose celebrated classic debut album, Dreamboat Annie, came out nearly 50 years ago. Last week we featured an interview with her sister and longtime bandmate Nancy Wilson, so make sure to check that out if you havent already. Today well hear from Ann, whos responsible for belting out and co-writing some of Hearts most iconic early hits, like Magic Man, Barracuda, and Crazy On You. Four years older than Nancy, Ann was the first Wilson si...
May 07, 2024•52 min•Ep 109•Transcript available on Metacast Guitarist and songwriter Nancy Wilson is one half of the rock band Heart, along with her older sister Ann Wilson. Nancy and Ann have been the face of the band since the mid-70s. Hearts first album, Dreamboat Annie, was released in 1976 right as the band was making traction opening for big acts like Rod Stewart and The Bee Gees. Soon their songs, like Magic Man and Crazy On You, started to take off in the States, and Heart quickly became a headlining act. Nearly 50 years since their debut album, ...
Apr 30, 2024•50 min•Ep 108•Transcript available on Metacast Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament are two of the Seattle scenes most foundational musicians from the 80s and 90s. Stone and Jeff started playing together in 1984 as members of Green River, which eventually dissolved, leading singer Mark Arm to form Mudhoney. Later, Jeff played bass and Stone played guitar in Mother Love Bone until their lead singer Andrew Wood died of an overdose just days before their major label debut in March of 1990. Reeling from Andys death, Jeff and Stone started recording with...
Apr 23, 2024•58 min•Ep 107•Transcript available on Metacast 16 years have passed since The Black Crowes released an album of new material. The world has changed a lot since thenand so have the Robinson brothers. Chris and Rich Robinson are, of course, the backbone of the band. They started playing together back in Georgia in 1984 as Mr. Crowes Garden before moving to NYC, signing to Def American, and changing their name to The Black Crowes. The bands debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, set them up as the torchbearers of Southern rock for the '90s and be...
Apr 16, 2024•42 min•Ep 106•Transcript available on Metacast Famed drummer for the Police and composer Stewart Copeland has one of the more fascinating bios in modern music. His father was a founding member of the CIA and his mom worked in British Intelligence. After playing in the successful UK prog rock band Curved Air in the mid 70s, Stewart started a new band called the Police with bassist and lead singer, Stingand eventually guitarist Andy Summers. Over the next decade the Police would go on to become one of the top-selling rock bands of all time, se...
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep 105•Transcript available on Metacast Justin Timberlake is one of the most high achieving pop phenomenons of the past three decades. In 1993 he helped relaunch the Mickey Mouse Club where he sang and danced alongside Rylan Gosling and other now luminaries. Then he broke records and sold over 70 million albums worldwide with *NSYNC. And if that werent enough, he launched an incredibly successful solo career in the early aughts where he found a musical soulmate in Timbaland who Justin's worked with in some capacity over the course of ...
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep 104•Transcript available on Metacast Brandi Carliles knack for uplifting the musicians she loves is exemplary. After her own hard-earned ascent to fame over the course of seven studio albums, Brandi started to turn her sights to producing albums for artists she deeply admires, including Tanya Tucker who shes been on Broken Record with in the past but also Brandy Clark. Then theres Joni Mitchellwho, thanks to Brandis encouragementhas recently made a glorious return to performing live. Brandis passion for the projects she works on is...
Mar 26, 2024•56 min•Ep 103•Transcript available on Metacast Natalia Lafourcade is a force. As youll hear when she sings during our conversation today she has a gorgeous voice. But shes also a deft songwriter whos able to weave together traditions that feel both modern and old at once. And shes also a beautiful interpreter of songtake for instance the phenomenon that was the song Remember Me from Pixars film Coco . Or take the many instances where shes recorded some of the classic songs from across Latin Americaperforming on songs by greats like Violetta ...
Mar 19, 2024•52 min•Ep 102•Transcript available on Metacast In recognition of this month's World Happiness Day, we are presenting one of our favorite episodes from last year with Janelle Mone and her longtime collaborator, Nate Wonder. Janelle's latest album, The Age Of Pleasure, was created in part as a celebration of black love and community. And as Nate Wonder shares in this interview with Justin Richmond, one of his guiding principles when making the album was to make Janelle smile. As part of Pushkin Industries' network-wide celebration of World Hap...
Mar 14, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast At 70 years-old, Kim Gordonthe former bassist and founding member of Sonic Youthis just now making the most abrasive music of her career. She just dropped her second solo album, The Collective, with producer Justin Raisen, whos previously worked with artists like Drake, Lil Yachty, and Charli XCX. Kims spoken-word-like vocals on The Collective are the perfect accompaniment to Justins distorted trap-style beats. On todays episode Leah Rose talks to Kim Gordon about her latest solo album, as well ...
Mar 12, 2024•44 min•Ep 101•Transcript available on Metacast To kick off our month-long celebration of Women's History Month, today we're featuring an interview with Polly Jean Harvey, a.k.a. PJ Harvey, who is without question one of the most gifted songwriters of our time. Her debut album, Dry, came out in 1992 and was what the LA Times called a near instant classic. The same with her sophomore release, Rid of Mewhich became an inspiration for Nirvanas last album: In Utero. Ten albums later and Polly continues to be not only a remarkable songwriter on he...
Mar 05, 2024•46 min•Ep 100•Transcript available on Metacast For the last installment of our Thursday Black History Month drops, how could we not revisit our episode with the incomparable Sonny Rollins? Listening to Sonny is like history coming right off the page. Hes living, breathing black history and one of the greatest tenor players of all time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 02, 2024•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast The last couple of years have been huge for Jason Isbell. The Alabama-born singer-songwriters latest album Weathervanes won the Grammy for Best Americana album this year. He also snagged a role in Martin Scorsese's film, Killers Of The Flower Moon, which is up for Best Picture at this years Oscars. There was also a critically acclaimed HBO documentary released last year about the making of Isbells previous album with the 400 Unit, Reunions, that put his personal life on full display. On todays e...
Feb 27, 2024•54 min•Ep 99•Transcript available on Metacast Were halfway through Black History month and although we didnt intend to rerun some of our older conversations to celebrate the month, after realizing we needed to do something to mark Ushers Super Bowl performance and the release of the new Bob Marley biopic One Love, we figured we might as well keep going and celebrate the whole month longbecause now we have a country album from Beyonce on the way. Beyonce released two songs from her upcoming album the night of the Super Bowl16 Carriages and T...
Feb 22, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Since releasing their critically acclaimed debut album, Brutalism, in 2017, the British band IDLES have dropped four other albums in quick succession. The bands bombastic sound brilliantly balances joy, chaos, and an often critical take on the powers that be. IDLES latest album, TANGK, was produced by the band's guitarist Mark Bowen, Kenny Beats, and Radiohead producer, Nigel Godrich. On todays episode Justin Richmond talks to Joe Talbot and Mark Bowen from the greenroom of the Tonight Show with...
Feb 20, 2024•48 min•Ep 98•Transcript available on Metacast Last week we revisited our conversation with Usher to celebrate his Super Bowl performance and the incredible career resurgence hes had over the last couple of years. In thinking about our catalog, I thought there was another conversation worth revisiting - Malcolm Gladwell speaking with Ziggy Marley about the cultural influence the tiny country of Jamaica and Ziggys dad, Bob Marley, have had over the last half a century. The Bob Marley biopic One Love was released in theaters yesterday. I hope ...
Feb 15, 2024•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the minds of many rock fans, Duff McKagan will forever be known first and foremost as the bassist for Guns N' Roses. The bands white-hot reign in the late '80s through the early '90s is the stuff of hedonistic, hard rock legend. And for anyone interested in reading a detailed account of that wild ride, check out Duffs memoir, Its So Easy and Other Lies. After turning 30, Duff got sober, eventually left GNR, and then went on to play stints in Alice In Chains and Janes Addictionand he helped fo...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep 97•Transcript available on Metacast Four decades into his career, Usher is at the peak of his powers. In the year since he was on Broken Record, Usher became the king of the Las Vegas strip. According to Billboard, he grossed over $100 million dollars during his beloved Vegas residency. To celebrate his much anticipated halftime performance at this year's Super Bowl, along with his upcoming arena tour, and the release of his new album Coming Home, here's Justin Richmond's conversation with the one and only, Usher. See omnystudio.c...
Feb 08, 2024•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Countless decisions, large and small, aided The Beatles ascent to the top of popular culture. The release of their debut single, Love Me Do, in the UK in the fall of 1962 was one of those decisions. Their debut on American television was another. In this first episode of season two, Paul McCartney and Paul Muldoon discuss the early evolution of The Beatles. Season Two of McCartney: A Life in Lyrics comes out weekly starting February 7th, and features the stories behind songs like Yesterday, Band...
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