13th Floor MusicTalk

Elijah Johnston has just released his new album, Stupid Soul. Now based in Atlantic, Elijah returned to Athens to record these 12 tracks of sundrenched power pop.

Marty Duda caught up with Elijah in Atlanta and talked to him about his new approach to songwriting and, what he did last summer and covering Bruce Springsteen.

Grayson Hugh has released Save Your Love For Me…the new album was five years in the making, but, as you’ll hear, it was well worth the wait.

Marty Duda spoke to Grayson about making Save Your Love For Me and how session cats like Pete Kennedy and Tony Garnier helped him put some twang in his soul.

Blues-infused hard rockers, The Dead Daises pay tribute to greats like Robert Johnson and John Lee Hooker with a new collection of old standards called Lookin’ For Trouble that will rock your socks off. 

Marty Duda spoke to Dead Daisies vocalist John Corabi about the band’s pilgrimage to Muscle Shoals and their take on classics like Crossroads and Born Under A Bad Sign.

Heavenly were, and are again, an indiepop band from England who have just released their first new single in 29 years.

Marty Duda spoke to bandmembers Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey about their new song Portland Town, the reissue of their 1996 album Operation Heavenly and another new song by offshoot band, Swansea Sound, called Oasis v Blur. 

Love Party is Kate Yesberg and Dayle Jellyman. Married for 10 years, they’ve only just formed a band and released their debut album, Wow!

Marty Duda spoke to Kate and Dayle who were home in Wellington and found out how this self-described “recovering lawyer” and in-demand musician formed a punk band and wrote and recorded 8 songs that make up a “time-stamped document of everything we’ve learned about love so far, from the romantic, to the ridiculous, to the universal.”

David Lowery is the chief songwriter and frontman for both Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker, his new 'musical autobiography' is a 3-LP set titled Fathers, Sons and Brothers.

Marty Duda spoke to David at length about this impressive project, his personal and musical past and Kim Dotcom and Napster (who he successfully sued). Be sure to stay with this one as David has some valuable advice for artists working in the age of streaming. 

What do you get when you mix a Bangle and a Cowsill? Listen to Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill’s new album and you’ll find it’s a little bit country and a little bit rock & roll.

 Marty Duda spoke to Vicki and John, who are married and living in California where they made Long After The Fire, an album of songs written by John’s brothers, Barry and Bill Cowsill. The project began at Sun Studios in Memphis and took off from there.

Auckland-based alt.folk singer/songwriter Greta O'Leary talks to us about her long-awaited debut album, River Dark and why she calls it "spook folk".

Marty Duda spoke to Greta shortly after she was forced to cancel a concert due to illness. Greta's feeling better now and so are we after listen to these nine new songs produced by a team that includes producer Jol Mulholland and ace players such as Cass Basil, Alastair Deverick, Callum Passells and Anita Clark.

West Tennessee native Valerie June has released her sixth studio album. Owls, Omens and Oracles is produced by M. Ward and is "a radical statement to break skepticism, surveillance, and doom scrolling.

Marty Duda spoke to Valerie who was in Memphis Tennessee preparing to take these songs of positivity and  inclusiveness on the road.

The Minus 5, formed in 1993 by Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows) and Peter Buck (R.E.M.) are about to release Oar On, Penelope!, their first album in five years.

Marty Duda spoke to Scott about all the important subjects…the glory that is Mott The Hoople, the under-rated Marianne Faithfull and Michael Hurley, recovering from a stroke and why the Bird is still the Word!