Author: RTS
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Episode 552: Guest Shot – Bands with Multiple Singers
For today’s guest episode, BJ Bonin and Laura Poehlman discuss bands with multiple singers.
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Episode 551: Guest Shot – Concert Tees
For today’s guest episode, Ben and Wayne of the “Records Revisited” podcast talk about their experiences buying concert T-shirts.
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Episode 550: Guest Shot – Backing Vocals
Today, guest host Mike Wagner of Houston talks about the art of the backing vocal.
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Episode 549: Guest Shot – Knoxville Rocks!
Jim and Patrick take some time off. Today, Randall Brown, singer and guitarist for Rockin’ the Suburbs house band Quartjar, and Becky talk about cool bands from Knoxville TN, including Ex-Gold and the Holifields, plus some other “musical musings.”
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Episode 548: Interview – Mandolin Orange, Part 3
Part 3 of our interview with Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz of Mandolin Orange. In this concluding segment, we talk about working with independent label Yep Roc, admiration for fiddle players and performing at the famed Ryman Auditorium.
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Episode 547: Interview – Mandolin Orange, Part 2
Part 2 of our interview with Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz of Mandolin Orange. They talk about writing, recording and performing music tied to grief. On a lighter note, Carolina barbecue!
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Episode 546: Interview – Mandolin Orange, Part 1
We met up with Americana duo Mandolin Orange (Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz) backstage before a sold-out show at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC. In part 1 (of 3), we talk about why acoustic music is so popular today, among other topics.
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Episode 545: Movies – ‘Wayne’s World,’ ‘Scott Pilgrim,’ ‘Jubilee’
More movie talk, this time about films tangentially related to music: “Wayne’s World,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” and British cult classic “Jubilee.”
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Episode 544: Movies – Fyre Festival, Mott the Hoople
Because it’s Oscars time, we talk about some music movies we’ve seen recently. Today, it’s documentaries about the infamous Fyre Festival – “Fyre” on Netflix and “Fyre Fraud” on Hulu – and “The Ballad of Mott the Hoople.”
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Episode 543: Book Nook – Creedence Clearwater Revival, Beastie Boys, Eric Clapton and More
Patrick gives many book reports today, including works about Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Beastie Boys, Eric Clapton, Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices, the Circle Jerks and Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant.

