For this latest episode of Beyond The Album Cover I had the pleasure to interview Juliette Hagerman. She was a dancer on Soul Train from the mid 80's til the early 90's. We talk about her roots in Chicago, getting on Soul Train(Watch her I Was A Soul Train Dancer piece on Soul Train's YouTube page to get a little bit of familiarity prior to this podcast), time on the show, Don Cornelius, hip hop, American Soul, and everything else in between.  You can bet your last money that this interview is gonna be a stone gas honey!!!!(RIP Don Cornelius)  You can catch this interview on all streaming platforms (Just search Beyond The Album Cover) and subscribe to YouTube.com/BeyondTheAlbumCover along with the Facebook show page at Facebook.com/BeyondTheAlbumCover for more details!!!!

On this episode of Beyond The Album Cover I had the pleasure of interviewing my good friends Mario Washington and LeTroy Gardner from GOB Network. They talk about their beginnings at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC and their days in college radio. How Good Old Boys Network began and we share our experiences in radio, changing landscape of radio in the age of podcasting, and everything else in between. It's a fun interview so be sure to follow the show on all streaming platforms and the Facebook show page at Facebook.com/BeyondTheAlbumCover.

An exclusive that you can only get right here at Beyond The Album Cover. We have Jeremy Jordan singing songs that he has co-written with his songwriting partner Sam Ross. So after you listen to the enjoy check out a medley of some the material they have been working on!!!!

For the first episode of Beyond The Album Cover for 2021 I had the pleasure of interviewing New Jersey rapper Nocturnal. We talk about his beginnings in hip hop, how his demo landed into the hands of PMD of EPMD, golden era hip-hop, and so much more. This is an interview you don't want to miss. Catch Beyond The Album Cover available on all streaming platforms and follow the Facebook show page at Facebook.com/BeyondTheAlbumCover for show updates and Youtube.com/BeyondTheAlbumCover.

Part 3 of my interview with Mike E.

In this segment he discusses the huge influence gospel music had on his sound and how it lead him to working with Teddy Riley. He also discusses how his latest project, will not be compartmentalized to a specific genre or sound, while still remaining organic and true to his faith. TAP IN!..

Part 2 of my interview with Michael Etheridge (Mike E) Mike discusses growing up around Virginia music legends Timbaland, Missy, Pharrell, Chad Hugo, No Malice and Pusha T. He details how all of these Virginia legends were great, even before they became famous!!! Video version of the interview is available on Youtube.com/BeyondTheAlbumCover!!!!! Subscribe to the Facebook show page at Facebook.com/BeyondTheAlbumCover for show updates!!!!

Mike discusses the start of the 757 (Virginia) music scene in Virginia Beach, his start with Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo in The Neptunes, and how they eventually met Teddy Riley. He also gives us a gem, on the origin of the Teddy Riley produced hit record Rump Shaker! Tap in... Go to Facebook.com/BeyondTheAlbumCover for more podcast info

For this episode of Beyond The Album Cover I had the pleasure of interviewing Rodney Benford from R&B group Troop. We talk about Troop's formation, choreography, making of their classic albums, New Edition, his nephew producer Hit Boy and his beginnings, Cali life, and everything else in between. Business partner Keith B joined in in spots to give his take on Troop and so much more. This is an interview you do not want to miss. Audio version of the podcast is available on all streaming platforms and video version is available on my Youtube channel at Youtube.com/BeyondTheAlbumCover.

For this episode of Beyond The Album Cover I interview Andrez Harriott member of the 90's UK R&B boy group Damage and founder for TLG (Organization working with at risk youth in the UK). We talk about UK R&B, Take That, formation of Damage, Their appearance on The Big Reunion, Spice Girls, his work with youth in the UK, differences in the US and UK music market and so much more. If you love 90's UK R&B/Pop then you are not wanting to miss this interview!!!! Follow the show page on Facebook.com/Beyond The Album Cover. Podcast is available on all streaming platforms and video content is available on my Youtube channel at Youtube.com/j85.

For this episode of Beyond The Album Cover I had the pleasure of interviewing a person who played a part in my hometown when it comes to education. Mr. Caleb Dolan co-founder of KIPP GCP and I go back since he taught at my middle school. We discuss education in today's landscape due to COVID-19, his beginnings in education, what lead to him and Ms. Tammi Sutton to find GCP (Gaston College Preparatory which morphed into KIPP), how can the education system be fixed to prep students from rural areas for college, and more. It is a great interview you don't want to miss!!! Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcast and follow the Facebook show page Facebook.com/Beyond The Album Cover for show updates!!! Youtube.com/j85 is where you can find  video content from Beyond The Album Cover!!!!