Interviews
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Episode 880: Tanya Donelly – Interview, Part 1
We talk with Tanya Donelly (indie rock pioneer of Throwing Muses, Breeders, Belly and a long solo career) via Zoom about her new covers album with the Parkington Sisters. She also talks about her pandemic home recording project on Bandcamp. (In Part 2 tomorrow, she also talks about Belly and Throwing Muses.)
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Episode 868: Running a Record Pressing Plant
Day Two of our visit to Furnace Record Pressing in Alexandria VA. We sit down with president and CEO Eric Astor, who talks about how he went from getting his first 7-inch made as a teenager to opening a 50,000-square-foot, state-of-the art plant.
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Episode 867: Touring a Record Pressing Plant
Jim & Patrick got to take a tour of Furnace Record Pressing in Alexandria VA, with Eric Astor, president and CEO, as their guide. Enjoy this journey of the mind and learn something about how music gets to your ears.
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Episode 866: Jesse Dayton’s Badass Interview, Part 2
Part two of our latest interview with Jesse Dayton. He talks about filling in for Billy Zoom in X, working on his book, his upcoming record “Gulf Coast Sessions,” thrash metal, Waylan Jennings and more.
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Episode 865: Jesse Dayton’s Badass Interview, Part 1
We check in with listener favorite Jesse Dayton, an outlaw country musician from Austin TX. We talk about meditation, his birthday livestream show on Facebook (8 pm ET Wed. May 27), his Gimme Country radio show, the Rolling Stones, Little Richard and a night out with Lemmy.
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Episode 812: Interview – Aspen Jacobsen
For listener Keith Jacobsen’s patron episode, he invites his 15-year-old niece, Aspen Jacobsen, to join the Skype conversation. Aspen is a singer-songwriter from Michigan whose latest album, “Love Each Other Right,” was produced by Dominic John Davis, long-time bassist for Jack White.
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Episode 789: Interview – Heather Valley
It’s a very special patron episode! Listener Scott Parks set up an interview with singer-songwriter Heather Valley of Hamilton, Ontario.
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Episode 714: Interview – Kid Brother, Part 2
Part 2 of our interview with indie band Kid Brother, from the Wilson Tiki Bar. In this installment, they talk about finding an audience in the world of streaming, developing a “cult” of fans in Virginia and writing a song in tribute to the “big sister.”
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Episode 713: Interview – Kid Brother, Part 1
From the Wilson Tiki Bar … we interview up-and-coming Virginia indie band Kid Brother. They talk about stage wear, their album “Baltimore Street Rat” and the importance of eclectic musical tastes.
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Episode 710: Interview – Jesse Dayton, Part 2
In part 2 of our interview with roots rocker Jesse Dayton, we talk about his social-justice song “Charlottesville,” his movie work with Rob Zombie and his radio show on Gimme Country.