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  • 436 - Davina & the Vagabonds - Latest album, Shoot For the Moon, and Tour

    436 - Davina & the Vagabonds - Latest album, Shoot For the Moon, and Tour
    Jul 11 2025
    Davina & the Vagabonds take early 20th century jazz and blues as the foundation - then add soulful vocals, pop sensibilities and a touch of sassiness to come up with a sound uniquely their own. Led by powerhouse Davina Sowers, the band has been wowing audiences with their fantastic live shows for two decades now.

    They’ve also issued some fine studio albums - most recently, Shoot For the Moon, which came out in 2024. The album stretches the boundaries of what the group had previously done - adding layered vocals, interesting percussion, and some clever covers to the mix.

    The band is currently on the road, with stops in the Midwest, and even overseas.
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    28 Min.
  • 435 - Jock Bartley of Firefall, New Album, Friends & Family 2

    435 - Jock Bartley of Firefall, New Album, Friends & Family 2
    Jun 25 2025
    Firefall formed in 1974 in Boulder, Colorado - scoring hit songs with “You Are the Woman,” “Just Remember I Love You,” and “Strange Way.” The band paid tribute to some of their favorite artists with the release of Friends & Family in 2023.

    Now, Firefall is back with Friends & Family 2, using the same blueprint - grabbing songs that some of the Firefall members played on, including the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, and Dan Fogelberg. In addition, they pick songs from bands that they toured with back in the day, including Fleetwood Mac, Pure Prairie League, America, Eddie Money, and others. The group is joined by some very special guests, including Wynonna Judd and Richie Furay of Poco and Buffalo Springfield.

    What we get is a dozen classic tunes done with a Firefall twist - with great guitar solos and harmonies. We welcome back founding member, Jock Bartley.
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    28 Min.
  • 434 - Peter Holsapple - New Album, The Face of 68, produced by Don Dixon

    434 - Peter Holsapple - New Album, The Face of 68, produced by Don Dixon
    Jun 4 2025
    Peter Holsapple was a founding member of the influential power pop band, the dB’s, whose quirky, hook-laden songs garnered critical acclaim, but little commercial success. Yet, now the band’s albums are considered classics. Holsapple also spent time in the alternative supergroup, the Continental Drifters, and was a touring musician for both R.E.M. and Hootie & the Blowfish during their 90’s heydays.

    Lately, he’s been playing lead guitar in The Paranoid Style - and perhaps as a result, his latest solo album is the most rockin’ thing he’s ever done - The Face of 68 sees Holsapple fronting a power trio, with Robert Sledge of Ben Folds Five on bass, and Rob Ladd of the Connells on drums. He’s also joined by old friend Don Dixon, who produced the album.
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    30 Min.
  • 433 - Seth Walker - New Album, Why the Worry

    433 - Seth Walker - New Album, Why the Worry
    May 21 2025
    Why the Worry, the 12th album from Seth Walker, arrives at a time rife with political and economic uncertainty - it seems like daily all we do IS worry. Add to it the fact that Walker’s hometown of Asheville, North Carolina was recently devastated by Hurricane Helene. What gave him hope was a quote from Willie Nelson - “I’ve never seen worry accomplish anything… so I decided not to do it.”

    Hanging on to that, Walker has crafted an album that’s a mix of originals and reinterpreted covers, all wrapped in that signature, Seth Walker groove. He’s heading on the road to support the new record as well.

    We chat the stories behind his originals, and the reason he chose songs by Bill Withers, JJ Cale, and Al Green.
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    31 Min.
  • 432 - Josh Joplin Group - First new album in 10 years, Gp Yr

    432 - Josh Joplin Group - First new album in 10 years, Gp Yr
    Apr 4 2025
    The Josh Joplin Group, fronted by its namesake, had a #1 hit on Triple A radio with “Camera One” in 2001. Another one of Joplin’s songs, “Blue Skies Again,” was recorded by Jessica Lea Mayfield on her critically-acclaimed album, Tell Me. Joplin has released several solo albums and films as well.

    His new record, Gp Yr (pronounced Gap Year), is his first under his own moniker since 2013. Among the many highlights is "Before the Light Takes Us," which features Joplin's daughter on guitar and vocals.

    We also talk about his time away from touring as a stay at home dad, and how that pausing his career helped give a new perspective for this next chapter.
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    29 Min.
  • 431 - Susan Cowsill of the Cowsills - Reissued Global Album is Power Pop Masterpiece

    431 - Susan Cowsill of the Cowsills - Reissued Global Album is Power Pop Masterpiece
    Jan 3 2025
    Resilient is the best word that describes the Cowsills. The six sibling band hit in 1967 with "The Rain, the Park and Other Things," then with "Hair" in 1969. But, their career quickly derailed (chronciled in the excellent documentary Family Band). The group triumphantly returned with the excellent Rhythm of the World album in 2022.

    But, there's more to the story. The group recorded an album in 1992 that never saw a proper release. Part of the reason....involves the FBI!

    Now, over 30 years later, Omnivore Recordings has issued the album, Global, and it's fantastic. A power pop masterpiece. If you're a fan of artists like Matthew Sweet or the Gin Blossoms, you will definitely dig it.

    We chat once again with Susan Cowsill, who talks about the crazy circumstances surrounding Global. Plus, she reveals plans for new Cowsill projects, and the annual Happy Together tour, coming to a city near you in the summer of 2025.
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    32 Min.
  • 430 - Iain Matthews - New Album, How Much Is Enough

    430 - Iain Matthews - New Album, How Much Is Enough
    Nov 15 2024
    Iain Matthews fronted the influential British band, Fairport Convention for their first three albums before embarking on a solo career that’s lasted almost 60 years. With Matthews Southern Comfort he scored a hit cover version of Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock” in 1970, had a solo hit in 1979 with “Shake It,” and the Eagles’ borrowed his arrangement of the Steve Young song, “Seven Bridges Road” for their live album.

    After saying he was done making solo albums, here he is with How Much is Enough, on Sunset Boulevard Records. Whether this is his last, who knows? But it’s damn good to hear him again.
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    31 Min.
  • 429 - Peter Holsapple of the dB's - Reissue of their debut album, Stands For Decibels

    429 - Peter Holsapple of the dB's - Reissue of their debut album, Stands For Decibels
    Jul 11 2024
    The dB’s, originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, issued a pair of albums in the early Eighties that were at times both jangly and melodic, and quirky and inventive. Unfortunately, neither album saw a release in America at the time - instead getting issued by the UK label Albion.

    Now, over 40 years later, they’re issuing the dB’s debut record, Stands for Decibels, on Propeller Sound Recordings, streaming, CD, and for the first time ever in the US, vinyl. From the band, we chat with singer/guitarist Peter Holsapple, who talks about what went into reissuing this lost classic, recorded on a shoe-string budget over 4 decades ago, and the clever packaging of the CD. He also reveals plans for their second album, Repercussion, to get reissued as well.

    Holsapple toured with R.E.M. as a multi instrumentalist in the 1990's. He talks about watching the band's interview on CBS Sunday Morning, commemorating their induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
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    27 Min.