Hello friends! Nashville-based singer/songwriter, Langhorne Slim is my guest for episode 1043! His gorgeous new album, Strawberry Mansion is available now wherever you stream or download your jams. Go to langhorneslimmusic.com for music, videos and more. We have a great conversation about writing and recording Strawberry Mansion during a pandemic, getting sober and finding his voice as a songwriter, being open to collaboration, loving music from an early age, his year off of touring, life under quarantine and much more! I had a great time getting to know Langhorne Slim. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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Hello friends! New York based, Black Americana artist, Queen Esther is my guest for episode 1042! Her latest album, the gorgeous, "Gild The Black Lily" is available now wherever you stream or download your jams. Go to queen-esther.com for links to the album and more. We have a great conversation about her journey as an artist, growing up in South Carolina, going to University of Texas, getting started at Esther's Follies and Rotel & The Hot Tomatoes, discovering a connection with Americana music, giving TedTalks about country music and bluegrass, The Black Rock Coalition and much more. I had a great time getting to know Queen Esther. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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Happy Friday! Pittsburg-born, Austin-based singer/songwriter, Danny Golden is my guest for episode 1042! His shoegaze-y new album, produced by fellow singer/songwriter, David Ramirez and John Michael Landon, Changes drops on April 23rd and he's celebrating with a release show on April 24th at Vinyl Ritchie Records. Go to dannygolden.com for music, videos, show info and more.  We have a great talk about growing up in Pittsburg, playing bluegrass banjo in Colorado, living in Brooklyn and ending up in Austin, making Changes and much more! i had  agreat time getting to know Danny. I know you will too. Let's get down!

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Hello friends! Singer/songwriter, Ben Jones from Beat Root Revival is my guest for episode 1040! He's just released a home-made solo album, Going Nowhere Fast, written, recorded and performed by Ben himself. Go to his Bandcamp Page to buy the album or stream it wherever you stream or download your jams. We have a great conversation about making Going Nowhere Fast during the pandemic, what touring means now, live stream tributes, his old band, The Love Days re-releasing music, Beat Root Revival and much more! Plus, Brannen Temple stops by to talk about his upcoming Southeast, "New Dawn Tour" with his band, Temple Underground kicking off THIS Sunday, 4/11 at Antone's and more. Get your tickets HERE. Great conversations. Enjoy!

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Happy Friday! Former Shy Beast front woman that now goes under the name, Lady Heartwing, Mariclaire Glaeser returns to the show for episode 1039! Lady Heartwing is a space goddess existing somewhere out there in the vast expanse of the multiverse; bewitching minds, enacting revenge and chasing unrequited love. Her latest single, "Afterglow" is available now along with the single, "Secret" wherever you stream or download your jams. Mariclaire and I have a great IN-PERSON conversation about, inventing Lady Heartwing and the multiverse from which she comes, building a house out in the country, writing as different characters, working with her husband on creative things, working with different producers for different parts of the big story and much more! I had a blast catching up with Mariclaire. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

Hola amigos! American indie rock artist and guitarist Zach Person is my guest for episode 1038! Zach's self-titled, full-length album drops this Friday, April 2nd and he'll be playing a release show that same night at Empire Garage. Go to zachperson.com for more info, music, videos and more. We have a great conversation about getting his start in the blues scene in Houston, moving up to Austin and doing the 6th Street scene, being an American Idol contestant in 2016, being co-owner of his record label, playing live as a two-piece and much more! I had a great tome getting to know Zach. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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Hello friends! Austin Music Awards "Best Photographer" winner and a guy who's shot everyone that plays music in Austin, Ismael Quintanilla III is my guest for episode 1037! Ismael has taken the time during the pandemic to document the Austin music scene under quarantine in his gorgeous new portrait book, "I Am Here All Day" available now in hardback or digitally at iq3photo.com/iamhereallday. "I AM Here All Day" showcases the state of the Austin music community through images of artists and their  stories — written between March and August of 2020 — about their experiences during the rapid onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The narratives offer distinctly different emotional perspectives, which, threaded together, dictate the flow of the book. This anthology proves how, even as we all take our own paths at different paces, our community is inevitably united in its determination to proliferate creativity. This is a story of resilience, of Austin musicians rising to the challenge of making impactful art against all odds. 118 portraits including Jackie Venson, Walker Lukens, Riders Against The Storm, Audrey Campbell of Pleasure Venom, ME and many, many more. Proceeds from the sales go to HAAM, SIMS Foundation, DAWA, Banding Together ATX, Free Lunch, Niñas Arriba. Great conversation with this very wonderful and talented man. Enjoy! Let's get down!

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Hello friends! Austin, global folk fusion group, Ley Line, return to the show for episode 1036! Their latest album, the gorgeous and dreamy, multi-lingual We Saw Blue is available now wherever you stream or download your jams. They'll also be dropping a video for their song, "En Busca Del Agua", a visual album, and hitting the road and playing shows in Colorado in May. Go to leylinesound.com for music, videos, tour dates and more. We have a great conversation about making We Saw Blue, their podcast about the making of We Saw Blue, singing in English, getting back on the road, their year without travel and much more! I love talking to Ley Line and I adore their music. Enjoy! Let's get down!

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Hello friends! Piera Klein and Micah Pilssner better known asLos Angeles-based synth-pop duo, PIERA are my guests on the show today! Their self-titled debut is available now wherever you stream or download your jams. Go to pieramusic.net for music, videos and more. We have a great conversation about their musical journeys that started as kids, amazing architects, how they came together, Piera's eye for design, their writing process, life under quarantine and much more! I had a great time getting to know Micah and Piera. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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