13th Floor MusicTalk

George Ducas was born in Galveston, Texas and now lives in Southern California. We found him in Nashville, Tennessee, waiting for the release of his latest album, appropriately titled, Long Way From Home.

Marty Duda spoke to George just before release day and found a man very excited about his new record, recording with producer Pete Anderson and making Honky Tonk Music in 2024.

The Austin-based trio Fastball has been together for over 30 years and today they release their new album, Sonic Ranch. Like Abbey Road, this is a record named after the studio it was recorded at.

Marty Duda spoke to Fastball vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Miles Zuniga about what brought them out to remote West Texas to record at Sonic Ranch and how he and his two bandmates have held it together for over three decades. 

Jenny Don't and The Spurs are in the middle of a coast to coast tour promoting their new album, Broken Hearted Blue. We caught up with them in...New Jersey.

Marty Duda spoke to Jenny and Kelly Halliburton  as they spread the good news about their new album, Broken Hearted Blue. Marty was thrilled to see Kelly sporting a House Of Guitars T-Shirt as he worked at the Rochester, NY music landmark for many years before making his way to New Zealand. 

Madeline Hawthorne has just released, what she calls, “the perfect road trip record”. It’s called Tales From Late Nights and Long Drives.

Marty Duda found Madeline at home in Bozeman, Montana where she and her husband set up housekeeping after their own long drive together.  Madeline tells us about making this, her second long player, and why she has a soft spot for Pittsburgh, of all places.

The Hollywood Stars formed in 1973 thanks to rock 'n roll Svengali Kim Fowley. Kim is long gone, but the band is back and with a new album titled Starstruck. Here are Scott Phares and Jeff Jourard to get us up to speed.

Marty Duda spoke to original lead singer Scott Phares and former Motels and Tom Petty guitarist Jeff Jourard about their long and winding history...from working with Kim and Kiss to writing a major hit for The Motels. Not bad for a band that started out as the "West Coast's answer to The New York Dolls".

John Grant is about to release his new album, conspicuously titled The Art Of The Lie. Here he is, an American in Iceland commenting and singing about the state of the union of both his native country and his own family.

Marty Duda spoke to John about making The Art Of The Lie and about what happens when he goes back "home" after living abroad for some many years.

Jesse Dayton follows his critically acclaimed album with Samantha Fish with a set of hard rocking tunes produced by Shooter Jennings called The Hard Way Blues.

Marty Duda found Jesse in Austin, Texas where he was more than willing to talk about Shooter, Waylon, Boyd, ZZ Top, Uriah Heep and a certain newly-convicted felon.

Logan Lynn is something of a modern-day renaissance man...a  musician, writer, producer, filmmaker, television personality, mental health advocate, and LGBT activist. His new album, SOFTCORE, has just ben released along with an accompanying film.

Marty Duda spoke to the Portland, Oregon resident who we found down the road apiece in Boise, Idaho. Speaking to us on the eve of the release of SOFTCORE, Logan explains why he uses music as therapy so that he feels he's 'not just taking up space".

Bonny Light Horseman is Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman. Together they have made a double album titled Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free. 

Marty Duda spoke to Anaïs and Josh about how and why they recorded this collection of new songs in an old pub in Ireland.

Pissed Jeans have just released their first album in seven years. Its called Half Divorced and direct from Philadelphia, PA, here is frontman Matt Korvette to tell us what took so long.

Marty Duda spoke to Matt about the new reality of post-COVID touring along with the quality of food on the road. Roadkill aside, Matt and his band have created a record that makes up for lost time.