I’m joined by Ryan Smith & Pony Hixon-Smith of Ryan & Pony on this episode. They tell me about their paths into music. Pony’s in particular is very unique. She also tells me how she got the nickname, Pony. Ryan remembers it well. And Ryan’s been writing m

This show expands on my continuing fascination with Swans. I’m joined by Jarboe. She was one of the longest tenured members of Swans outside of founder Michael Gira. But she also has a prolific solo career that extends beyond music. Jarboe shares some tru

This show features Garry Pitcairn. He’s a DIY singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist from Italy. His latest release is called The Gospel and was produced by Alain Johannes. Garry tells me why he won’t sing in Italian, how his prior band sabotaged itself,

We’re thrilled to have Mark Bingham on the show! He’s had quite a career in the music industry. He got his start writing songs for Elektra Records in the 60’s. In fact The Everly Brothers recorded one! He was there while The Doors were putting together Th

This show came from the brain of Jared Artaud of The Vacant Lots. The idea began as a roundtable of 5 questions each from me and my guests, Jared Artaud & Brian MacFadyan from The Vacant Lots and Leah Shapiro & Peter Hayes of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

Steve Hackett joins us today. He’s got a great live album coming out. But before we get into that, he tells me all about how he got started in music; it wasn’t the guitar either. His time in Genesis is well documented (including in his own book, A Genesis

In this episode, we welcome Lucy Kruger of Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys and Medicine Boy into the Performance Anxiety family. Lucy tells us about growing up and becoming a musician in South Africa and why she and bandmate Andre Leo moved to Berlin. She tal

We are lucky enough to spend an evening with producer and chef, Ted Niceley. Ted talks about issues flying, working with artists like Tommy Keene, Fugazi, Shudder To Think, Girls Against Boys, The Dead Milkmen, & so many more. He also tells us about some

Our guest this episode is Autumn Hawk Percival. Her band, The Hawk Percival and Friends is navigating some strange times for unsigned artists. We talk about the pandemic and how being in lockdown has helped her. We also discuss our mutual love of Neil You

We have to thank former guest John Agnello for this show. He introduced us to our guest, Jackie McLean of Roan Yellowthorn. She tells us about her road to becoming a recording artist. It’s a little different from most and a lot of it is Jackie’s pure det