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Episodes
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Hailing from Hammond, Louisiana, is guitarist/ vocalist Will Vance of Will Vance and the Kinfolk. His style is best described as Americana with rock roots and Southern soul foundations. Family get togethers always featured musical contributions from elders, and his desire to create came early. His many years and miles as a musician and a human being are lain out in a thought provoking manner here, as we are all treated to the privilege of his truth-telling proclamations. We are also treated to a live acoustic solo of some unreleased music! Join us!
Will Vance and the Kinfolk - https://www.facebook.com/wvtk21
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Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Reconvening for part two, Jason Pilgrim of Flesh Parade reveals the details of their current Repercussions Tour which will include Maryland Death Fest. He reflects on finding his voice in Flesh Parade thirty years ago and how then current black metal standards just wouldn't do. We discuss new merch and possible tour expansion, as well as self-care for a vocalist while on tour. Join us!
Flesh Parade Official Site:
www.mainstay-entertainment.com
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Sunday Mar 09, 2025
Sunday Mar 09, 2025
Jason Pilgrim is the vocalist for New Orleans grindcore band Flesh Parade. They recently embarked on a national tour that kicked off at Poor Boys as part of a thirty band, two day event called Mardi Grind. Along the way, they will meet up and perform with Exhorder and Eyehategod, and from there possibly extend the tour up through Canada and overseas. In part 1, we discuss his beginnings in music and initial influences and end with his quest to do something different with Flesh Parade that no one has ever done before. The band is also celebrating THIRTY FIVE YEARS in existence!
Flesh Parade Official Site:
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Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Originally from Mobile Alabama and now a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, solo artist Bret Crooker (aka Bret Heart) blends sampling, guitar playing, and vocals with composition and arrangement on a digital audio workstation. He's been writing longer than he has been a published artist. But any personal apprehension concerning his commitment is slowly being overshadowed by the reception his music has received. Laying down his own version of sonic commentary on the issues plaguing his life, he is both evolving as a person and becoming more relatable to his growing fanbase. His expressions pulse through the veins of pop punk, hip hop, metalcore and emo. And for the first time, in this episode we listen to several of his tracks allowing him to discuss the meanings as well as his writing methods. Join us and get to know this fast rising musician!
We were just selected by FeedSpot as one of the Top 50 New Orleans Podcasts! We are also on their Top 5 Louisiana Music Podcasts and Top 15 Louisiana Art Podcasts on the web.
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Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Lenny Zenith has been many things throughout the course of his life; a student at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), a label executive, a vocalist, a pianist, and a guitarist. Discouragement from guidance councilors and classmates, falling short of secondary educational standards, and existing in a close-minded, homogeneous world coerced Lenny, first, toward punk music and the anti ethos and, secondly, into mercurial genre perspectives. In the beginning, there was RZA, enabling Lenny to open for Iggy Pop, and bands like XTC, Ian Hunter, U2, The Gun Club, Marshal Crenshaw and more. He would go onto form and play in other bands like Jenifer Convertible, Tenterhooks, Minor Planets, and Pop Comb. He's been in New York since '91, but he's coming home soon to stay. He will be performing at Tipitina's April 5th!
https://lennyzenith.bandcamp.com/
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Sunday Jan 19, 2025
Sunday Jan 19, 2025
Guitarist and vocalist Byron Daniel founded and currently plays in Byron Daniel and the Five Dead Dogs. Being a hired gun on guitar and bass, he shares his reliance upon improvisation and versatility. For his own band, he stresses the importance of jam sessions not only for warming up, but for explorations in discovering new material. By many, he is received as southern rock. As for his own perspective, he notes a departure from stoner/ doom metal, a folk and singer/ songwriter influence, and a fusion between Drive-By Truckers and Black Sabbath. With three albums and two singles in his current band's catalog, I encourage one and all to have a listen and enjoy the gift of talent that Byron brings to the world.
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Sunday Jan 05, 2025
Sunday Jan 05, 2025
A jack of all trades, Anthony Daniels (aka Moose Harris) is a multi-instrumentalist, a podcast and syndicated radio host, an event facilitator, a music producer, a DJ, a poet, a concert producer, and a music journalist. Hailing from New Iberia, his perspective on the impact of music and culture in our state has always run deep. As a child he would record radio songs to tape, volunteering music facts, weather, and other radio dj-like contributions. Listen as we speak about the transitions in his life from one professional music occupation to the next and rejoice in his place in life as a eternal enthusiast of the groove.
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Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
Heavy metal vocalist Philip Dussor, currently active in Aggrofate, Lyrics For Liam, and Raise the Death Toll sat down with me for this interview at his home in Westwego, Louisiana. We began with the musical influence his friends and family had on him in his formative years. He explained how Cypress Hall and a hand-full of other all ages venues made a big impact on him. We also delved into his perspective on what it means to be a musician active in the scene. He broke down how his current bands came about, drawing inspiration from things like horror movies and even the desire to create a G-rated legacy for his son. Join us and step back in time to understand who he is here and now.
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Thursday Nov 14, 2024
Thursday Nov 14, 2024
Mike IX Williams is best known for his work as a vocalist in EYEHATEGOD, a band flaunting mixtures of punk and slowed, doomy metal that he and guitarist Jimmy Bower founded in 1988. Since then they have toured the world countless times over, having built a truly unmatched cult-like following. We sit and talk about his life of imbalance as a child, his thirst for new experiences, his published works of music and poetry, and his current tour. Listen in to this in-depth interview!
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Monday Oct 21, 2024
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Guitarist/ vocalist Chris Rico has been a staple in the Louisiana music scene for countless years. Throughout New Orleans, Metairie, and the gulf south, he has continually brought his own style of blues-rock, even delving into rap lyrics and incorporating drum machines. In his youth, the Beatles and Sabbath ushered him into the world of music while exploration lead him through bands like The Ramones and The Dead Kennedies. Picking up a guitar at eleven years of age, tab books and a little help from friends began his journey to present day. Having recently released Vanity Project with his band, Mr. Misled, we discuss the music video making process and where his musical direction is headed.
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