Music Connection

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of potential 2020 inductees has just been released. Once again, not enough women and no Warren Zevon but Randy Thomas and Anita Gevinson are voting for this year's inductees anyway! Check out who they think is worthy and why. And if you want to vote here's the link: https://www.rockhall.com/2020-nominees

Randy Thomas and Anita Gevinson relaunch the Musically Connected Podcast and talk about what they loved this summer including the Linda Ronstadt and Motown documentaries, Lana Del Rey, J.S. Ondara, and The Highwomen.

Join Randy Thomas and Anita Gevinson once again, for a fascinating convo with 4 Time Grammy Award Winner, 8 Time Grammy Award Nominee, bass player, songwriter and record producer Larry Klein. Larry shares his musical memories about his marriage to Joni Mitchell, his collaborations with Herbie Hancock, Tracy Chapman, Warren Zevon, Peter Gabriel and Walter Becker, and SO MUCH more! https://www.larrykleinmusic.com

Shinedown's Brent Smith is our ENCORE guest this week. Formed in 2001 in Jacksonville FL, 6 studio albums later Shinedown has sold more than 10 million records worldwide. 14 No. 1 singles on the Billboard rock chart, the 2nd most in chart history. In 2018 Shinedown released "Attention Attention" which Brent describes as a “story” album of songs that deal with mental health, facing fears and not being afraid to fail. Join us with singer-songwriter-musician Brent Smith! For more: https://www.shinedown.com

Since their spectacular, multimedia-powered Coachella performance in 2018, Harrison Mills & Clayton Knight-aka ODESZA-have been riding high. As busy as they are, the pair sat down with Music Connection for this podcast interview to talk about how they and their team are able to produce such massive music events. Check out the latest at: https://odesza.com

ENCORE Episode! Faith, friendship, respect, and love of music have kept Take 6 together all these years! Join hosts Randy Thomas and Anita Gevinson with Claude McKnight, lead singer of Take 6, to see what it's like to belong to the most awarded a cappella group in history. Ten GRAMMYs plus having recorded and/or performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, and countless others. Take 6's album Iconic hit #1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart. Check them out here: https://take6.com

An incredible episode revisited: YouTube sensation SAARA, a Finnish singer/songwriter/artist, joins the podcast to talk about her hot new single, growing up making music, and the alien languages she created for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and "Star Trek Beyond." For more check out: https://www.helloimsaara.com

British Singer/Songwriter James Bay shares why the world thinks he left his music after the incredible success of his first album, his SNL appearance and new album dropping in May 2018. Also, hear the story about how James found the most incredible World Class Guitars - Designed and custom-built by the Frank Brothers, and played them for both his SNL performance and his music video, featuring his song Pink Lemonade. Check out more at: http://www.jamesbay.com

Encore Presentation! Previously, Randy Thomas & Arnie Wohl got a vacation update from Senior Editor Mark Nardone, and Mark reflected back on the three cover stories Music Connection did with Tom Petty over the years. Then Hot Australian Artist, Vance Joy stopped by the Podcast to talk about his fast rising career, popularity, and selling out his tour with one great single. Check out his latest tour and new music here: https://www.vancejoy.com

Once again, singer/songwriter Olivia Lane joins the podcast team of guest host Rachel Wohl, Mark Nardone and Anita Gevinson. All aboard as Olivia takes us on her journey from Houston to Los Angeles to Nashville. Olivia reveals her songwriting process for some of her biggest hits like "You Got Me", and "You Part 2". Check out more here: https://www.olivialane.com/