13th Floor MusicTalk

Amy Rigby has just release a new studio album. Its titled Hang In There With Me and it was made with her husband Wreckless Eric.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Amy about making music post-covid, aging, Dylan, bangs and baseball. All the pressing topics of the day!

At age 75, Jerry Phillips has just released his debut album. Jerry is the son of Sun Records founder Sam Phillips and his album, For The Universe, captures the feel of rock & roll as it was born, because Jerry was there at the beginning.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Jerry Phillips about making his album with the help of his daughter Holley and the inspiration from his father, Sam and brother Knox. And Jerry's got plenty of stories to tell, from having breakfast with Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison to producing John Prine's classic rockabilly album, Pink Cadillac.

The Brant Bjork Trio have just released their debut album titled Once Upon A Time In The Desert. Here is Brant, direct from California, to tell us how he and his new bandmates...who are also old friends...made this thing happen.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Brant about making this new music with bass player Mario Lalli and drummer Ryan Güt. Brant also ruminates on his time spent touring in New Zealand and how the Kyuss co-founder now feels about the state of Desert Rock. 

Steve Forbert has just released Daylight Savings Time an album that touches on the changing of the seasons. "It's all about time" Steve tells us.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Steve Forbert just ahead of the release of Daylight Savings Time. We found Steve on the Jersey Shore where he was happy to share his insights into the songs that make up this latest in a long line of beautifully-crafted records. 

Blues-rocker Colin James has just released his new album, Chasing The Sun, for Stoney Plain Records. We caught up with Colin last month just as he was about to celebrate a birthday and a release day.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found Colin James at home in Vancouver, British Columbia, having just finished a string of live dates before releasing Chasing The Sun which was recorded in Nashville a features gust appearances from Lucinda Williams and Charlie Musselwhite. 

The Dip is a six-piece neo-soul/funk band based in Seattle, Washington. They've just released their 4 album, titled Love Direction, and here is horn man Levi Gillis to give us the inside scoop.

Marty Duda spoke to Levi a couple of months after Love Direction was released and wanted to know, among other things, how the response has been to their unique brand of Soul/Funk/Jazz.

The Crash Test Dummies are coming to New Zealand, finally. The Canadian band top the NZ album charts back in 1993 but its taken until now for them to book a show in Auckland.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to lead singer Brad Roberts about the reason that led to their 30+ year delay. Along the way we find out the truth about Talking Head Jerry Harrison's role as producer of God Shuffled His Feet. 

The Jesus Lizard surprised everyone, including themselves, by releasing a new album 23 years after their previous record. Here is front man David Yow to try and explain just how this happened.

Marty Duda spoke to David Yow just days before Rack, The Jesus Lizard’s 7th studio album, was released. David explains why it took 23 years to make the record and lets us know just what the band has left to prove.

Tony Levin is one of the most recorded musicians in recent history having played on over 500 albums for the likes of John Lennon, King Crimson, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Lou Reed and Peter Gabriel. Tony has found time in his busy schedule to release a new album of his own, titled Bringing It Down To The Bass.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda was lucky to manage to share some time with Tony to talk about making this new record with friends like Robert Fripp, Steve Gadd, Steve Hunter and Earl Slick. Both Marty and Tony were living in Rochester, New York in the 1970s so the conversation begins there...

Ruthie Foster has just released her new album titled Mileage. Its her 10th studio album and her first for Sun Records, the Memphis-based label that put Elvis on the map.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Ruthie, who happened to be in Memphis and had just recorded at the legendary Sun Studio. Here she is to tell us how this collection of 10 songs came to be.