Always starting the day with a wee bit of Irish in the coffee, every day
is a red letter day, in a good way- especially if you've had the
pleasure of chatting it up St.Louis artist singer songwriter Steve
Shaw. Well Lucy did- imagine this, a quarter Irish, this fella really
knows how to fill your ears with melodic wisdom. Along with that, he's
working on some projects to give a little something back to the
community and the veterans.
"I see your hard hat and I'll raise you a pair of shoes... " With both shoes at either end of the spectrum between writing fiction and being a performing musician, this fellow has really got a lot on the perpetual teeter-totter. Admirably, the one thing he shares is that he loves to play rock&roll. When he's not playing guitar he's writing sci-fi-horror fiction. At play, he's bettin' that it doesn't really matter if it pays, as long as he gets to play...poker that is.
Dave Draeger is one of The Hounds of Finn, who specialize in celtic and early American music. The Hounds have a new album out called Breakfast in Belfast.
Dave is also a damn good tipper! Or rather, he makes them. If that didn't make any sense to you, then you aren't a bodhran fan. He makes custom beaters for players all over the world. You can acquire one for yourself from besttippers.com.
Grammy-nominated John Byrne of Dublin talks with us about playing gigs, drinking whiskey, and listening to the classics. Mostly inspired by singer/songwriters, John feels the best song is “a simple, brilliant song, written well”.
Lucy Kannan, Susan Kate, and Bill Sharpe with Lou Conrad
Melissa Nolan is a fabulous stage and film actress based in Dublin, Ireland. She has been performing since she was a child. She went to a stage school owned by Jill Doyle and Eamonn Farrell (Colin Farrell's brother).
Geoff Koch (pronounced: Cook) joins us today from Los Angeles. He has been producing a lot, lately, for his wife, Kellie Coffey, who was Academy of Country Music’s Top New Female in 2003. Geoff stays quite busy not only as a producer, but also as a...
In this episode, Calvin Cockrell speaks of the changes in attitudes and messages presented throughout the last few decades of what he refers to as 'the Bastard Child' of the music industry, rap and hip-hop music. Merely an introduction to the many aspects of the culture, he also briefly touches on the murders of several artists that still remain unsolved. As underground as the language within the culture, Cockrell's expertise comes from his own experiences in radio, and later as a producer and performer in gospel and R&B...
