13th Floor MusicTalk

Julie Christensen has sung with Leonard Cohen and was a member of Divine Horsemen. Here she is with a new solo album titled The Price We Pay For Love.

Marty Duda spoke to Julie who was home in New Mexico. For this record, Julie teamed up with bassist and string arranger Terry Lee Burns to record songs by Joni Mitchell, Wendy Waldman and Jimmy Webb, among others.

Jake Ybarra has just released his debut album, Something In The Water, today. Here he is to introduce himself and his music to you.

Marty Duda spoke to Jake on the eve of the release of Something In The Water. The 25-year-old was in his adopted home of Nashville where he discusses songwriting, religious imagery and baseball.

Lonnie Holley has seen a lot in his 73 years. The American artist and musician is the seventh of 27 children and spent a significant part of his childhood at the Alabama Industrial School For Children during the 1950s and 60s.

His new album is titled Oh Me Oh My and features guest appearances by Michael Stipe, Sharon Van Etten and Bon Iver. Produced by Jacknife Lee, Oh Me Oh Me is a record only Lonnie Holley could make.

Doug Paisley has just released his new album, Say What You Like. We found Doug home in Toronto keen to chat about sorting through over 250 songs to make this new record.

Marty Duda spoke to Doug about like in Toronto and the Canadian singer/songwriting legacy that includes the likes of Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Ian Tyson.

Lauren Morrow has just released her new solo album, People Talk. Lauren and hubby Jason have just moved to Nashville, which is where we find her ready to talk about People Talk. 

Marty Duda spoke to Lauren just after another brutal school shooting took place in Nashville. The Atlanta-raised artist has been living in Nashville since 2017 and she and Jason have teamed up with produced Parker Cason to make the extraordinary new record that matches Lauren's distinctive voice with her 90s rock influences (Britpop/Tori/NIN) creating something truly unique.

A Certain Ratio are back with a new album titled 1982. Despite the title, the veteran post-punk band are not wallowing in nostalgia. In fact percussionist Donald Johnson notes they are bringing in young talent.

Marty Duda spoke to Donald who was in Stockport, England, just seven miles southeast of Manchester when ARC were part of that infamous Factory Records scene. As you will see and hear, Donald, Martin and Jez are as creative and curious as ever as they pay musical tribute to JB, Chaka, Bootsy, Prince and even themselves!

The New Pornographers release their 9th album, Continue As A Guest, their first for Merge Records. Here is bandleader A.C. Newman with the answers to all of our questions.

Marty Duda spoke to Carl, who was at home in Woodstock, New York. Sit back and watch as he reveals how The Act Of Creativity can be its own reward, The Cosmic Overtures of Continuing as A Guest and his pathological drive to write.

Ripe is a band from Boston now based in LA. They've just released their second album, Bright Blues and here is front man Robbie Wulfsohn to tell us how it all came to be.

Lynn Miles releases her 16th album, Tumbleweedy World. Here she is, direct from Ottawa, Canada to tell us how it all came together.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Lynn about making Tumbleweedy World and why she found herself swearing at robots. 

Foley is the Kiwi pop duo of Ash Wallace and Gabriel Everett. The dynamic duo are in Austin, Texas to perform at SXSW. Here is Gabe with a few thoughts to share.