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  • Thumbnail for Episode 883: Jayhawks – Interview, Part 2

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    Episode 883: Jayhawks – Interview, Part 2

    Part 2 of our interview with the Jayhawks: Gary Louris, Karen Grotberg, Marc Perlman and Tim O’Reagan. They talk about the band’s legacy and its lack of acceptance into any “scene.” Plus, more on the upcoming album “XOXO” and a couple of questions from listeners.

  • Thumbnail for Episode 882: Jayhawks – Interview, Part 1

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    Episode 882: Jayhawks – Interview, Part 1

    We talked, via Zoom, with the Jayhawks: Gary Louris, Karen Grotberg, Marc Perlman and Tim O’Reagan. Their 11th album, “XOXO,” is a more collaborative project for this acclaimed and beloved band. It comes out July 10.

  • Thumbnail for Episode 881: Tanya Donelly – Interview, Part 2

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    Episode 881: Tanya Donelly – Interview, Part 2

    Part 2 of our interview with Tanya Donelly. In this part, we discuss (via Zoom) the more difficult covers on her upcoming album with the Parkington Sisters. Plus, some Belly and Throwing Muses talk.

  • Thumbnail for Episode 880: Tanya Donelly – Interview, Part 1

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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.)

  • Thumbnail for Episode 868: Running a Record Pressing Plant

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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.

  • Thumbnail for Episode 867: Touring a Record Pressing 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.

  • Thumbnail for Episode 866: Jesse Dayton’s Badass Interview, Part 2

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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.

  • Thumbnail for Episode 865: Jesse Dayton’s Badass Interview, Part 1

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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.

  • Thumbnail for Episode 812: Interview – Aspen Jacobsen

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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.

  • Thumbnail for Episode 714: Interview – Kid Brother, Part 2

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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.”