Recorded 9/12/23

This week Lana sits down with Philly based artist Luca Diadul talking all things artistry, recounting their development as an artist and their current sound now.

You can listen to Luca's whole catalogue here

This week returning champion of the podcast Lana Holgado comes to talk about her doomscrolling anthem "Dangerous Game". She talks about writing the song in high school, gaining the confidence she needed to release the tango, and choreographing a whole dance to go with the song.

Listen to the song here

This week Lana and Josh sit down with the insanely hilarious Morgan Jay, fresh off his newest special Morgan Jay - Live At the Village. He talks about how he got his start performing for 400 people at his first open mic, how a quarantine drop of his first special I Hope My Ex Doesn't See This propelled him to 1 million Tiktok followers, and does a deep dive on some of his most acclaimed songs.

You can find a list of his tour dates here

You can watch his latest special for free on Youtube here

Follow him on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitch

This week Lana and Josh kick off Pride month by interviewing acclaimed singer/producer sensation Rani Adi. She talks about her journey from Philly to LA, how being really good at upright base at a summer camp landed her on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and talks her new EP Toxic Paradise.

You can follow her here

You can stream her new EP here

This week Lana and Josh sit down with certified linguistics legend Isabel Pless and her manager Tori Hamersky to talk about her tour, new EP Bad Luck Letting You Go, and talk about her recent run of singles including newest song Switch the Station.

You can follow her on Instagram here

You can listen to her newest music here

This week Josh is riding solo with Kolo, the incredibly talented rapper and producer based out of Atlanta. He talks about growing up as a world traveler, going viral on Tiktok for cutting together beats from obscure Polish music, and talks about his new upcoming full length project he's got in the works.

You can follow him on Instagram here

Check out his music here

This week Lana and Josh sit down for their first in person studio interview with returning champion Taylor "My Music's So Fire I Only Leave" Ash to talk about her journey from indie songwriting to indie composing. She talks about placing as a finalist in Spitfire Audio's Brigerton Scoring Composition, composing scores for authors, and dives deep into her writing process for orchestral pieces.

This week Lana and Josh sit down with the mastermind of the melodic dreampop project YOUR ANGEL, Maddy Boyd. She talks about getting her start touring with Current Joys and Surf Curse as a keyboardist, finding her sound as a producer, and how she put her latest record A Star in the Headlights together.

You can listen to her new album here

You can follow her on instagram here

Also correction! Lana del Ray did not in fact show up 2 hours late to her FADER cover story interview (though she was in fact chain smoking the entire time). She did record the entire interview on her iPhone to guard against misquotes.

Welcome to Season 2 of the OPUS Podcast! This week Lana and Josh sit down with award winning singer/songwriter Stephanie Leavell. She talks about her journey as a music therapist, how she turned her volunteer job as a music teacher into a full time business, and goes in depth on her newest album "Made to Bloom".

You can follow her on Instagram here

Check out her newest album here

In our final rerun episode for this season, listen back to Lana and Josh's Pride episode, dissecting Frank Ocean's "Thinking Bout You" and dodie's "Rainbow". New content coming next week ;)