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Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Join Jim and Jeremy for their annual ALBUM ROULETTE Show.
We've randomly picked 3 albums (each) from Paste Magazine's Top 50 albums of 2022. We each have listened and reviewed these albums. Did we like them? Did we hate them? Find out.
HORSEGIRL
THE BETHS
KENDRICK LAMAR
BEYONCE
BIG THEIF
SHARON VAN ETTEN
We start the show with a Memoriam segment for 4 musicians we've lost this month, we talk about U2's new re-imagined album "Songs of Surrender" and we compare Rolling Stone's top 10 albums of 2022 to Paste Magazine's top 10 albums of 2022.
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Thank you for listening! - Jim
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Jim and Mike interview Chris Ballew from the great band THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Chris was the founder and lead singer of the 90s band The Presidents of the United States of America. They had the hits "LUMP", "PEACHES" and "KITTY". Their debut album sold over 3 million copies.
The Presidents broke up in 2015 and Chris has since released over 19 albums as Children's Music Artist : CASPER BABYPANTS.
In 2020 Chris started recording solo albums and has released 4 solo albums including his newest album "Bone by Bone" which was released on January 13, 2023.
In this interview:
How Chris almost lit Weird Al's hair on fire
Will the Presidents reunite for the 30th anniversary of their debut album? Find out.
Why the Presidents turned down appearing on SNL!
The time he lived with Beck
Chris is the coolest guy and we had a great time talking to him and you'll have a great time listening to Chris talk about his musical journey!
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KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.
Visit our YouTube Channel where you can see 3 short video segments from our interviews. Just search "know good music".
Thank you for listening! - Jim
COPYRIGHT CLAIM: The songs : "STAR MAP OF THE SOUL" (Chris Ballew), "BABY'S DRIVING A CAR" (Casper Babypants), "LUMP" (Presidents of the United States of America") and "FADE OUT" (Chris Ballew)
Visit his website at: chrisballew.org
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Mike and I had a great time talking to Bill Summers (who was in Herbie Hancock's band The Headhunters)! We talk about various drums, his first meeting with Herbie Hancock, and the famous sound Bill created for one of the best known Jazz songs ever ... called Watermelon Man... Bill even demonstrates for us how the sound was created.
About Bill:
During the 1990s, Summers played with Los Hombres Calientes along with co-leader of the group, trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and Jason Marsalis. However, Summers has a much longer musical career, often working behind the scenes on film scores for various movies such as The Color Purple and the television miniseries Roots with Quincy Jones. He also played with Herbie Hancock during The Headhunters years, and is mentioned in passing by the liner notes of The Headhunters' 2003 release Evolution Revolution as contributing to that recording.
Check out the Headhunters newest album (sections of 4 of the new songs can be heard on our podcast)
THE HEADHUNTERS - Speakers in the House released in November 2022:
Speakers In The House is the legendary jazz-funk ensemble's first new album in 11 years. Co-lead by percussionist Bill Summers and drummer Mike Clark with support from NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison on alto saxophone, The Headhunters latest studio effort arrives just in time to celebrate this American music institution's 50th anniversary in 2023, having formed around Herbie Hancock's classic recording, Head Hunters, in 1973. An eight-track set available on Ropeadope Records, highlights from Speakers In The House include the New Orleans' second-line grooves of "Rocking At The Mole House," the world music-influenced jazz-fusion of "Kongo Square" and a modern post-bop re-imagination of the classic Headhunters' composition "Actual Proof," first released on their 1974 album, Thrust. Joining Summers, Clark and Harrison for the recording are keyboardist Stephen Gordon and bassist Reggie Washington plus special guests Jerry Z on organ, One Drop aka Scott Roberts on drums, Fode Sissoko on Kora and Ashlin Parker on trumpet.
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KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site) Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.
Visit our YouTube Channel where you can see 3 short video segments from our interviews. Just search "know good music".
Thank you for listening! - Jim
COPYRIGHT CLAIM: The songs : "WE CALL IT THE BOX" by Bill Summers & Summer Heat / "OVER THE BAR", "STOOP", "STOP WATCH" and "ROCKIN' IN THE MOLE HOUSE" by The Headhunters used with permsission by Greg Lucas
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
Today Jeremy and I start off the show talking about some new Christmas songs that came out this year from:
Lindsay Sterling
Harry Connick Jr.
David Foster & Katharine McPhee
T Bear
Will Ferrell
Chris Canterbury
Alicia Keys
Joss Stone
Phoebe Bridgers.
Then we delve into one of our favorite "Christmas" movies THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. We talk about the making of the movie, the music, and some film flubs.
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Thank you for listening! - Jim
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
SHOW 37 - HOLIDAY / CHRISTMAS SHOW pt. 1
Jeremy is back with me for our first of two Holiday / Christmas Shows
On todays show we go into detail about the top 10 Christmas songs (picked by the staff at Billboard) and our most memorable Christmas gifts we've received over the years... as kids and as adults. Another fun show!
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Thank you for listening! - Jim
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Mike is back again (for this regular podcast) where we talk about 3 bands that make us (and you) laugh!
We had some audio problems and this was supposed to be a 2 parter but most of part 1 got deleted (lost) so next year we'll do another one with some more bands.
BANDS WE TALK ABOUT:
THE TALKING HEADS
MOJO NIXON
CAKE
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KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.
Be sure to subscribe on apple music / follow on spotify and also you can find us on Instagram (know_good_music) and YouTube (Know Good Music)
Thank you for listening! - Jim
Saturday Nov 19, 2022
Saturday Nov 19, 2022
Mike is back with me (Jim) in the studio for the regular podcast. Today we talk some Music News and New Albums / Artists we've been listening to.
MUSIC NEWS - BIG SKY (TV show) / WEIRD (Weird Al Movie) / Bono's new book SURRENDER / History making Taylor Swift
NEW ALBUMS / ARTISTS:
SAMMY HAGAR
FIRST AID KIT
CRAWLERS
YO-YO MA
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
and more!
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Sunday Nov 13, 2022
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
Mike and I had a great time talking to Soul Jazz Keyboardist Robert Walter about his high school band Daddy Long Legs, his current band: The Greyboy Allstars and what it's like being on tour with Pink Floyd's Roger Waters.
Robert is heading back on tour in March 2023 with Roger's band for the European leg of the tour.
About Robert:
A founding member of the seminal groove band The Greyboy Allstars, organ, keyboard and synth sharp-shooter Robert Walter splits his time between his own 20th Congress, The Greyboy Allstars, and a robust film soundtrack career in Los Angeles.
Initially formed as the backing band for rare groove luminary DJ Greyboy, The Greyboy Allstars became a longterm project for Walter with a string of critically acclaimed albums, world tours. The band quickly became home to some of the most revered players on the modern music scene.
The Greyboy Allstars' success also served as a platform for the band's individual members to launch highly successful and substantially diverse solo careers. To flex his desire to compose in a way that was just outside of Greyboy's wheelhouse, Walter formed 20th Congress and recorded and toured heavily through the late '90s and '00s.
The band featured a rotating crew of brilliant improvisers and genre-bending virtuosos over the years including Stanton Moore, Joe Russo, Will Bernard, and Cochemea Gastelum, Simon Lott, Victor Little, Chris Alford, Scott Metzger, Andy Hess, and John Kimock,
A brilliant improviser with a gift for riveting hooks and unstoppable grooves, Walter set out to create songs that blur the line between the composed and the spontaneous; an album with a narrative arc that isn’t tethered to concrete ideas. He uses a full arsenal of keyboards, synths and electronics and draws together the varied aspects of his career, from his film soundtrack work with Michael Andrews to his free-ranging improvisational excursions with the likes of genre jugglers like Marco Benevento, Skerik and Mike Gordon.
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KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.
Visit our YouTube Channel where you can see 3 short video segments from our interviews. Just search "know good music".
Thank you for listening! - Jim
COPYRIGHT CLAIM: The songs : "OR ELSE", "EXECUTIVE PARTY" and "HELLBOUND" used with permission from Kevin Calabro at Calabro Music Media.
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