Episode 37: White Denim (Steve Terebecki & Austin Jenkins)

this one's for Geno...
my guests for episode 37 are, austin and steve from white denim. the guys came by the apartment. i had never met them and they turned out to be really sweet and genuine guys. real musicians that make gorgeous, melodic and complex music.  their newest album, "D" is incredible, they've played all the big british music festivals, they're going out on a west coast tour next week opening for wilco, if you live in austin and want to see them before the tour, they're playing two sets tomorrow, friday, january, 13th 2012 at hotel vegas 1500 e. 6th street austin, tx. i'm glad i got to meet them and sit down and talk. i'm a new fan! i hope you enjoy my conversation with steve and austin. i did.
ciao! -jg

Episode 403: Ocean Of Stars

hello friends! i hope you're all braving the extreme heat that is upon us. i'm doing well. just working on some music, booking a live podcast for sept. 9th (details coming soon), prepping for 3 podcasts i'm doing tomorrow etc. so, i listened to the american top 50 chart on spotify this morning while i was running. i probably heard about 15 to 20 songs on shuffle. i wasn't very moved by anything which made me kind of sad. then i realized that there is so much non-mainstream music out there, so much of it comes through this show. i'm really lucky to be in the position to have so much music coming through and getting turned on to so much stuff. it gives me hope. go find some new music. it feels good.my guest for episode 403 is ocean of stars leader, danny grochow! this is danny's second time on the show. he was on a couple of years ago talking about some solo material he was releasing and now he's back with with a new e.p. from his band, ocean of stars. danny is a great guy who is out there playing bass and guitar as a sideman but still makes the time to write, record and perform his original instrumental-prog-rock. we have a great conversation about four track cassette recording, the rpm challenge, finding musicians, writing complex instrumental music, answering want ads and much, much more. i i hope you enjoy our conversation. i sure did. let's get down!ciao! -jg