Greatest Interviews

An interview with keyboardist Corey Schenck of Pangaea about their 2024 album, "Beowulf."  He discusses music influences, the origin of the album, how the band creates songs, the most difficult album on the song for his students to play, the songs on the album, future plans, and more.

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An interview with concert promoter Peter Jest about his 2024 biography "We Had Fun And Nobody Died: Adventures Of A Milwaukee Music Promoter."  He talks about his macaw, the title of the book, paying attention to detail for artists, his favorite show he's put on in Eau Claire, how his life could have been different based on a story from the book involving a Warren Zevon concert, and more.

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Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli talks about the 2024 biopic about the duo: “Girl You Know It’s True.”

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An interview with "Weird Al" Yankovic about his 2024 release "Polkamania!"  He walks about determining which song is best to place after the jazz breakdown, why "mania" was used for this medley's title, acts he would include in a polka medley of his favorite musicians, the nature of the animations in the "anijam," how the process of recording his polka songs has changed over the decades, and more.

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An interview with Col. Jack Fischer of Intuitive Machines, a former NASA astronaut and the recipient of the 2024 Platinum Astronaut Rock Star Award.  He talks about the event at an O.A.R. concert on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, his favorite concert and album, the landing of the IM-1 mission earlier this year, and looking ahead to IM-2 and the future of Intuitive Machines.

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An interview with Chris Stein of Blondie about his 2024 book "Under A Rock: A Memoir."  He talks about interesting parts to include in the book, the core sound of Blondie, the New York music scene, how he is being creative today, and his dogs.

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An interview with Pete Battistini, author of two comprehensive books about the 1970s and 1980s era of "American Top 40." He chats about his first meeting with Casey Kasem, when the program was sounding the best, the different Casey Kasem "eras" on the show, his most-special piece of AT40 memorabilia that is in the books, and how he came up with the idea to create AT40 mugs.

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An interview with Leslie Mandoki about his 2024 Mandoki Soulmates album "A Memory Of Our Future."  He discusses how he got certain musicians to be part of the project, the approach to recording entirely in analog, writing the music and lyrics for the album, the song choice for the first music video off the project, and more.

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An interview with Lee Ritenour about his May, 2024, album with Dave Grusin:  "Brasil."  He talks about the collaborators on the album, choosing particular songs for the project, new arrangements of these songs, new compositions included in the collection, the essence of the music of Brazil, and more.

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An interview with Don McLean about his 2024 album "American Boys."  He discusses composing the title track, programming the album, and more.

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