When my ears heard the first moments of the song “Rivers” by Daisychain, everything stopped. It was one of those moments. I knew we were in “nextfavband” land. A deeper dive in to their catalog reveled countless bangers – all tracks stay true to a core dripping with psych rock blues, but they often take…
We have such a wonderful treat for everyone this week – we are honored to bring you a fantastic chat with the world renowned cuatrista Fabiola Méndez! This brilliant musician picked up the cuatro (a classic folk guitar of Puerto Rico) at 6 years old and hasn’t put it down since. She learned to play…
We were so honored to be able to host the venerable Dr Dog on our show and loved our time with keyboardist Zach Miller. He took us through his early inspirations and then on in to the band – even experiencing some of the “chaotic and unhinged” live performances the provide along with us. We…
This was such a special conversation, and went differently than any prior episode – hence the “Part 1” shown here. We’ll have Lia back for a dive in to her personal journey and inspirations, but this one started in the asbstract and Lia, Galen and I decided to stay there. We played Lia’s brand new…
We were able to get the full band together at Adamsplatz to hear each of their backstories, and their personal perspective on the journey this band is on. Standing at the edge of the precipice of releasing brand new music that is huge in many ways: the length of time they’ve been working on…
The journey that Kahone Concept takes you on is a thrill ride that you never know where its about to take you – he brings you in with clever wit and ridiculous visuals, then wins you over with pop hooks and infectious grooves, but then shows you the soft, vulnerable side of raw emotion and…
Fresh off dazzling and wowing us and all of Musikfest on opening night, Barney Cortez kicks off our first interview post-fest as we get back in to our regular programming. And we are honored to bring his sound on the show, as it’s right up our alley, and we think you’ll love it too. In…
Musikfest Magic! We’ve learned that all 5 members of Gadan will be joining us today at Godfrey Daniels during their time here for the festival. Gadan is Irish music with American flavor and Italian seasoning – a storming new band blending the drive of Irish trad and bluegrass with the soul of folk and Appalachian…
Musikfest Exordium – your guide the best 10 days of the year! Highlights from the Daily Livestreams from Godfrey Daniels An incredible week of Daily Livestreams from Godfrey Daniels during Musikfest again this year! Thank you again to Godfrey Daniels for letting us use the club as home base for this each year. Can’t…
Here’s another compilation episode that includes the next batch of exclusive performances from previous appearance of #nextfavbands! This collection is from this time last year (late July and early August 2024) and all connect to Musikfest – either the episode right before with one of the magical free stage acts, or from the Daily LIvestreams…
This week we’ll spend time with Pooja, Noah and Wallace – the trio known as Koyal (like “Royal” but with a “K”) who are generating incredible tracks and cookin with gasoline. Now LA-based, Koyal is an indie pop-rock trio from ATL on the rise, composed of lead vocalist Pooja Prabakaran, guitarist/producer Noah Weinstein, and drummer…
The ease at which Wilby produces music that is both familiar and brand new; as well as incredibly catchy and addictive is a joy to experience. From the suburbs of Philadelphia, songwriter and performer Maria Crawford has been paving her way in the Nashville independent music scene since 2014. Formerly known as the folk artist…