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Oct 26

In the Studio

Joe Bouchard Talks Don’t Fear The Reaper, Cowbells, Strange Legends, & Covering The Kinks

Former Blue Oyster Cult bassist Joe Bouchard speaks with Kyle Meredith about his new solo album, Strange Legends, which finds the songwriter embodying several strange characters throughout the LP. Bouchard discusses the lost art of the rock instrumental, covering The Kinks, and his ability to make happy songs sound dark. He also discusses Don’t Fear the Reaper as an anthem for the apocalypse, it’s use in Stephen King’s The Stand, and the Cowbell Edition of this new LP. Listen to the interview above and then check out the videos below.

By Kyle Meredith

Oct 26

In the Studio

Joe Bouchard Talks Don’t Fear The Reaper, Cowbells, Strange Legends, & Covering The Kinks

By Kyle Meredith

Oct 26

In the Studio

G.E. Smith: “Instead of getting mad at each other because you don’t believe the same thing, just relax & let the sun shine in.”

Legendary guitarist and side-man, G.E. Smith speaks with Kyle Meredith about Stony Hill, his new album with Leroy Bell. Smith takes us through how he met Bell and what prompted the album, writing music with a message, and the pair’s concern for our country. The former Saturday Night Live band leader also talks about playing […]

By Kyle Meredith

Oct 26

In the Studio

G.E. Smith: “Instead of getting mad at each other because you don’t believe the same thing, just relax & let the sun shine in.”

By Kyle Meredith

Oct 22

In the Studio

The Front Bottoms: “You don’t want to be too devastating and bum people out.”

The Front Bottoms hop on the line to talk with Kyle Meredith about In Sickness & In Flames, an album that finds the duo thinking about getting older, maturing, while still making sure to laugh at themselves. Brian Sella and Mat Uychich discuss the need for a song to change along with the listener’s experience, […]

By Kyle Meredith

Oct 22

In the Studio

The Front Bottoms: “You don’t want to be too devastating and bum people out.”

By Kyle Meredith

Oct 15

In the Studio

Suzanne Vega Talks New York Diners, The Loss of Community, and Lou Reed

Suzanne Vega speaks with Kyle Meredith about her new live album, An Evening of New York Stories and Songs, recording it in the legendary Cafe Carlile, and why she chose to do a set of songs about the city she’s lived most of her life. The “Tom’s Diner” songwriter also discusses the loss of famous […]

By Kyle Meredith

Oct 15

In the Studio

Suzanne Vega Talks New York Diners, The Loss of Community, and Lou Reed

By Kyle Meredith

Oct 14

In the Studio

Jon Anderson: “I think music comes from the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters up in the cosmos.”

Yes co-founder John Anderson gives Kyle Meredith a call to talk about 1000 Hands: Chapter One, a new solo album that’s taken 30 years to finish. Anderson walks us through the origins of the tracks and why it’s taken so long to complete, having Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson as a guest and what their relationship […]

By Kyle Meredith

Oct 14

In the Studio

Jon Anderson: “I think music comes from the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters up in the cosmos.”

By Kyle Meredith

Oct 13

In the Studio

Chicano Batman: “The Black Lives Matter movement questions the hierarchy of race in this country.”

Chicano Batman’s Bardo Martinez catches up with Kyle Meredith to not only dive into the band’s new album, Invisible People, but larger topics such as being Latino during the Black Lives Matter era, challenging racial identifiers and heritage, immigration, and geographical privilege. Martinez also discusses the importance and impact that Daniel Quinn’s book Ishmael has […]

By Kyle Meredith

Oct 13

In the Studio

Chicano Batman: “The Black Lives Matter movement questions the hierarchy of race in this country.”

By Kyle Meredith

Oct 09

In the Studio

Harry Shearer: “Trump became a very aggressive narcissist & that’s the guy I’m portraying in these songs.”

Comedic legend Harry Shearer gives Kyle Meredith a call to talk about The Many Moods of Donald Trump, a new album that finds the Simpsons voice talent getting into character as our current president. Shearer discusses how he chose to parody which events, singing about Jared Kushner, the hurricane map, and the Very Stable Genius […]

By Kyle Meredith

Oct 09

In the Studio

Harry Shearer: “Trump became a very aggressive narcissist & that’s the guy I’m portraying in these songs.”

By Kyle Meredith