Legacy Podcasts

“Billy Joel – Words and Music” includes Billy Joel, himself, with his own thoughts behind what inspires him as an artist.  These recordings come from the many master class lectures he hosted as colleges around the country since the 1990s.   Includes excerpts his many hit songs – “Big Shot,” “The Entertainer,” “Tell Her About It” and more.

Legacy Podcasts celebrates Dave Brubeck’s 90th birthday with the four-part Legacy of a Legend podcast series.  Brubeck and his longtime collaborators look back on his influential life and career.  Episode 1 includes stories about his childhood in Irvine, CA and excerpt of  “Ode to a Cowboy” and other classic pieces.

James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix was born on this day – November 27, 1942.   The West Coast Seattle Boy podcast series continues with stories about how he wrote and performed his music at a break-neck pace, leaving us with the endless amounts of music in his personal vaults still being mined 40 years after his death.

First episode in the Jimi Hendrix – West Coast Seattle Boy podcast series features comments by his producer, Chas Chandler, current archive producer John McDermott, and his sister, Janie Hendrix.   It closes with a rare acoustic recording of “1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)” from the new West Coast Seattle Boy box set.