Hello friends! Austin based indie label, Nine Mile Records is celebrating 15 years of putting out amazing records by Sweet Spirit, Greyhounds, Sir Woman, Go Fever and more! Rick Pierik and Tim Regan from the label are here to talk about those 15 years and much more. They're celebrating their 15 years with NMR 15, an epic weekend of shows 3 nights at Empire Control Room, December 10th -12th. Go to ninmilerecords.com for ticket info and much more. I'm a huge fan of a lot of their artists and you can check out the music they put out on this bad ass Spotify playlist HERE. I had a great time getting to know Rick and Tim and I love their passion to spread the gospel of great music everywhere. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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Happy Friday! Austin based, singer/songwriter, Jenny Parrott is my guest for episode 1110! Her second album, the dreamy, The Fire I Saw is available TODAY wherever you stream or download your jams and she is celebrating tonight, Friday, 11/12 with a release show at The Hole in the Wall in Austin at from 6-8 pm. Go to jennyparrott.com for show dates, music and more. We have a great conversation about growing up in New Haven, discovering her inner songwriter, making The Fire I Saw on her own, Juno keyboards, the magic of the Omnichord, dealing with mental health issues and much more. I had a great time getting to know Jenny. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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Happy Tuesday! Filmmaker, Justin Corsbie, writer/director of "Hard Luck Love Song" is my guest for episode 1109! "Hard Luck Love Song", based on singer/songwriter, Todd Snider's song, "Just Like Old Times", stars Michael Dorman, Sophia Bush, RZA, Dermot Mulroney and Eric Roberts and has a soundtrack that features Hayes Carll, Townes Van Zand, Scott H. Biram and more. It's an amazing story about people trying to survive and find love in a hard luck world. The movie just went to Video On Demand today. Go to hardlucklovesong.com for more info on how to watch. Justin and I have a great conversation about writing and making a movie based on a song, his love of singer/songwriters, making a movie that takes place in one night, working with incredible actors and much more. I had a great time getting to know Justin. I'm sure you will too. And you should rent the movie. I loved it! Let's get down!

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Hello friends! Mexican-American vocalist, and singer-songwriter, Lisa Morales is my guest for episode 1108! Her Davíd Garza (Fiona Apple) produced, call-to-action single, "Freedom" is available today wherever you stream or download your jams. She's celebrating the release and upcoming tour with a show tomorrow, Sat 11/6 at The Far Out Lounge in Austin. Go to lisamoralesmusic.com for tour dates, music, and more. We have a great conversation about growing up in Tucson, moving to Houston by way of Germany, the late 80's early 90's Houston scene, making She Ought To Be King (out 2022) in West Texas during the 2021 winter storm, making music with her late sister Roberta, her love of music and much more. I had a great time getting to know Lisa. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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Hello friends! Greg Rhoades and Alex Marrero from instrumental surf rock band, The Avocados are my guests for episode 1107. Their new album, ¡Ensalada! drops on November 12th and they're celebrating with a release show on Saturday 11/13 at Far Out Lounge in Austin at 3 pm. They're also playing this Sunday 11/7 at BLK Vinyl Records in Austin at 2 pm. Go to theavocadosmusic.com for music, show dates, videos and more. We have a great conversation about their shared love of surf rock, making ¡Ensalada! live at Bud's Recording, blending latin music, psych, afrobeat, punk and more into their surf rock and much more! I had a great time catching up with Greg and Alex. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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Hello firends! Author and professor, Marcia Pally is my guest for episode 1106! Her new book, From This Broken Hill I Sing To You: God, Sex and Politics in the Work of Leonard Cohen is available now from T & T Clark Bloomsbury Publishing wherever you get your books. Go to marciapally.com for more info on her books and more. Marcia and I have a great conversation about her book and Leonard Cohen's troubled relationships with God, sex and politics, we read his song lyrics and dig deep on one of the greatest songwriters and poets that ever lived. You can find my Leonard Cohen Spotify playlist HERE. I had a great time getting to know Marcia. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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Hello friends! Poetica is a new, spoken-word project from alt-folk-pop composer, producer, MPress Records owner, Rachael Sage and she's my guest for episode 1105! Poetica's self-titled, debut album is out now and available wherever you stream or download your jams. Go to poeticaproject.com for music tour dates and more. We have a great conversation about her journey as an artist starting in theater, making a spoken-word, concept album, starting MPress Records, touring and much more. I had a great time getting to know Rachael. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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Happy Monday! Roxy Roca frontman, Taye Cannon just put out a solo single, the retro-dance jam, "Diamonds" on 10X Records and he's here to talk all about it and much more on episode 1104! Check out "Diamonds" HERE. We have a great conversation about making music with levity after over a year and a half of Covid, writing and recording with producer AJ Vallejo, Roxy Roca's new direction, getting into acting and much more. I had a great time catching up with Taye. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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Hello everyone! Singer/songwriter, lead singer of The Mrs. and Twitch queen, Mandy Prater is my guest for episode 1103! Her new single, the pop-flavored country song, "On The Outside" is available today wherever you stream or download your jams. Mandy is celebrating the release of "On The Outside" with a release show at the Three Legged Goat tomorrow, Sat. 11/23. Go to mandypratermusic.com for show dates music and more.https://mandypratermusic.com. We have a great conversation about writing and making "On The Outside", singing in cover bands, finding her audience on Twitch, her time under quarantine and much more. I had a great time getting to know Mandy. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

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Hello friends! ELKE is the indie, art-rock project of Nashville-based musician and model, Kayla Graninger and she is my guest for episode 1102! Her debut full-lebgth album, the amazing, No Pain For Us Here came out in September and you can find it wherever you stream or download your jams. We have a great conversation about making No Pain For Us Here with producer Zac Farro of Paramore fame, how she started writing songs, singing in a lower register, moving to NYC at 17, the modeling biz, living in Nashville and much more. I had a great time getting to know this incredibly cool and talented lady. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down! Find ELKE on Instagram.

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