Real Wolf Record Club

Slow Leaves is the solo project of singer-songwriter Grant Davidson, a multi-instrumentalist curating every aspect of his music and its presentation, including being producer, cover art designer, photographer, and video director. On the latest album “Meantime,”Slow Leaves fixes a taut indie groove with folk sensibilities, and draws your ear to the sometimes beautiful, sometimes middling, meantime of life.

He joins the Club to talk about one of the great alternative rock albums of all time, the 90s classic “Automatic for the People” by R.E.M.

Chris Brooker is a former radio DJ and music director with a passion for music. As a former program director for several stations across the midwest, he became an expert at finding new artists and sharing them with the world. If you're wondering, he will judge you on your favorite band. 

He joins the Club to judge one of the great electronic pop records of all time, Moby’s “Play.”

Dan Pashman is a James Beard and Webby award winning creator and host of the Sporkful podcast. He has invented pasta shapes that have won him a Time Magazine Best Invention of the Year award, released cookbooks, and appeared on CBS This Morning, The Today Show, NPR’s Morning Edition, and WTF with Marc Maron, among many others. He joins the Club to talk about one of the greatest heartland rock records of all time, “Born In The U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen.

Steve Gunn is a New York-based guitarist and songwriter with a career spanning nearly 15 years. His records blend blues, folk, free jazz and psych, and he is a former member of Kurt Vile and the Violators. He has performed everywhere from the Newport Folk Festival to the Andy Warhol Museum. He joins the Club to discuss art, his first band, and one of the most influential art rock records of all time, The Velvet Underground & Nico.

The Black Brewers Podcast joins the show in a crossover of epic proportions like the Flintstones meet the Jetsons, Urkel meets Stephanie, and Voltron meets beer. Anthony, Greg and Phill join us to talk their favorite (and least favorite) brews, best MCs, and one of the great hip hop records of all time, "Midnight Marauders" by A Tribe Called Quest.

Ivy Le is an Austin, Texas based comedian, actress and writer. She is the host and creator of the Spotify podcast FOGO: Fear of Going Outside,a nature show by the most reluctant host ever. She joins the Club to discuss one of the great pop records of the last decade, “Lemonade” by the Queen Bee herself, Beyoncé.

Chase O’Donnell is an award-winning LA based comedian, actress and writer. Her latest YouTube special “People Pleaser” has been praised in the New York Times.  Her two-person comedy show “Too Blondes” won the Broadway World Award and she’s been a fan favorite on notable podcasts including “Dr. Drew After Dark” and “Where my Mom’s At.” She won the Best of Fest award in the Burbank Comedy Festival and will be appearing on the upcoming season of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

She joins the show to discuss the one and only Queen of Pop, Taylor Swift and her 2020 album “folklore”, an indie-focused album featuring Taylor’s signature narrative storytelling. Like many of her records in recent years, it’s an instant classic, full of cinematic love songs, piano-forward dream pop, and everything that makes Taylor Swift fans such devoted followers.

Tim Reynolds is a Grammy-nominated legendary guitarist releasing critically acclaimed solo work, including a combined 21 albums as a solo artist and as founder of TR3, a band pushing the boundaries of rock, jazz, blues, classical, and reggae. He also happens to be a long-time collaborator with Dave Matthews and the lead guitarist for Dave Matthews Band since 2008. His iconic joint release with Dave, “Live At Luther College,” peaked at #2 on the Billboard US 200 upon its release in 1999.

Tim joins the Club to talk about his career in music and one of the greatest prog-rock albums of all-time, “Close to the Edge” by YES. This album was released in 1972, charted to #4 on the UK Albums chart and was certified as a platinum record. Clocking in at just over 37 minutes, it features only three tracks and melds hooks, acoustic beauty, keyboards, unique time signatures, epic crescendos and even birds.

Join the Club for new episodes every few weeks. Be sure to follow the Real Wolf Record Club on Instagram @realwolfrecordclub, on Twitter @realwolfrc. Find all of our episodes, guest information, playlists and links to merch by Ward Sutton at realwolfrecordclub.com

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JD Clayton is a singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee whose new record “Long Way From Home” is a balance of warmth and resolve inspired by his upbringing, how much his life has changed, and how much he has to look forward to. In 2018, JD Clayton released his debut EP, Smoke Out The Fire, featuring the track “Brown Haired Blue Eyed Baby,” which has organically received over 2.2 million streams on Spotify.

JD joins the Club to talk about his music, his new record and the classic self-titled record from The Band. Released in 1969, the album is widely regarded as one of the quintessential folk-rock records, blending story-telling and a rootsy obsession with Americana. The album inspired a generation of songwriters and was included in the National Recording Registry in 2009.

Join the Club for new episodes every few weeks. Be sure to follow the Real Wolf Record Club on Instagram @realwolfrecordclub, on Twitter @realwolfrc. Find all of our episodes, guest information, playlists and links to merch by Ward Sutton at realwolfrecordclub.com. 

“Channel Orange” was released in 2012 by the transcendent Frank Ocean, an artist dubbed a cultural icon for blurring the boundaries of R&B, soul, experimental, electro and rock, winning him two Grammy’s, a GLAAD media award and a spot on Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people. His work has extended beyond music into fashion and photography, and “Channel Orange” remains such an influential force in music that some have called it R&B’s “Ziggy Stardust” moment for moving the genre in a new and forever changed direction. 

Our guest, Lady Midnight, is a performer, singer, musician and dancer, whose art is described as emotional, soothing, and prophetic. Her 2019 album “Death Before Mourning” captured a personal feeling of grief and loss that many communities shared just a year later. She was named by Minnesota Public Radio as an artist to watch in 2016, and best Twin Cities vocalist by City Pages in 2017. She has recorded with Bon Iver and Brother Ali, and shared the stage with Common and Moby, among countless others.