Rock 'n Roll Ghost

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Martin Shore about his new film Take Me To the River: New Orleans featuring performances by The Neville Brothers, Dr. John, 5th Ward Weebie, G-EAZY, Snoop Dogg, Irma Thomas, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Rebirth Brass Band and more.  

Shore discusses how the project came to be, delving into how he and others managed to get all four of the Neville Brothers (Aaron, Art, Charles & Cyril) into one room, his time as a touring member of Bo Diddley's band and what his plans are next.  

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Martin Shore 

Take Me To the River: New Orleans 

Take Me To the River Foundation

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Michael Rispoli (The Sopranos) about his new role in Paramount Plus' series, The Offer, about the making of the historic gangster film The Godfather. In the film, Rispoli plays real life crime boss Tommy Lucchese, who was central to the film's producer Albert S. Ruddy's needs to film in New York City.

Rispoli discusses his role in the series, but digs deeper when discussion hits on his time on The Sopranos, including his nearly being cast in the role of Tony Soprano and his friendship with James Gandolfini (who, of course, was Tony) that predated the series.

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Michael Rispoli

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead, Westworld, Grand Theft Auto, Snowpiercer, Better Call Saul) about his career and the TV shows he's been a part of.  

Ogg also discusses being in the here and now - he follows basic Buddhist principles (though, for clarity's sake, is not an actual Buddhist) to get through both his professional and personal life. All of this while he's on vacation in Palm Springs, CA.   

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Steven Ogg on Instagram 

Steven Ogg on Twitter 

Steven Ogg IMDB

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Jimmy Gnecco, founder/lead singer/guitarist for the alternative rock band Ours.   

Gnecco talks the band's latest self-titled release, the band's history, recording part of their debut album. Distorted Lullabies, with Steve Lilywhite (U2, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel), recording Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy with Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers) and now touring across the country, with a stop at Chicago's Beat Kitchen on April 14th where the band will play the entirety of Distorted Lullabies.   

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Ours

Ours at Chicago's Beat Kitchen April 14th

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Greg Kot, creative director of The Coda Collection, a streaming music film channel available for Apple, Android and more.  

Kot, the former Chicago Tribune music critic and current co-host, along with Jim DeRogatis, of the music-focused radio show Sound Opinions, discusses his role at The Coda Collection. He also discusses the recent deaths of musicians Mark Lanegan and Taylor Hawkins, as well as the upcoming  music festival season, how he keeps up with current music and being an active part of youth basketball with Over the Edge Hoops.  

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Greg Kot 

The Coda Collection 

Sound Opinions 

Over the Edge Hoops

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Brent Sexton (Deadwood, Justified, Bosch, The Killing, Life, The Expanse).  

Sexton discusses how he got started in acting - including being a part of Burt Reynolds' theater school, his lean years in the beginning, almost getting the lead role in Alexander Payne's Sideways as well as his Nebraska, and his move to character work on so many critically lauded TV shows.   

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Brent Sexton on IMDB

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor/screenwriter Johnathan McClain about his new film The Outfit, which he co-wrote with Graham Moore (Oscar winner for The Imitation Game). McClain discusses his writing process with Moore, how the film went from idea to financing to filming and then on to release.

The Outfit is in theaters now.

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Johnathan McClain Twitter - https://twitter.com/MisterJMcClain?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

The Outfit - https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-outfit

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musicians Paul Rivera and Mani Marte of Chicago hardcore band La Armada.  

The band members, who hail originally from the Dominican Republic, have recently self-released their new album Anti-Colonial Vol. 2 on Mal De Ojo Records. This is the first album of the band's to feature vocalist Casper Torres and it was recorded at legendary musician Steve Albini's Electrical Audio Studios.  

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La Armada 

La Armada on Tour 

Mal De Ojo Records

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker B.J. McDonnell, director of the new horror/music/comedy film Studio 666 starring Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Foo Fighters.  

McDonnell discusses first working with the band on a video for their single, "Run," how the project came to be, as well as working with the band to hit the right tone for the hybrid style of the film.  Studio 666 is in theaters now.  

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Studio 666 

B.J. McDonnell 

Foo Fighters

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross, At Close Range, House of Cards) about his career and the project he's waiting to shoot, Reagan and Gorbachev, which will star Michael Douglas, Christoph Waltz and Noomi Rapace.  

Foley talks about his early days making Reckless (Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah) and directing Madonna in a iconic videos (Papa Don't Preach) and the box-office bomb Who's That Girl.  He is also quite frank in his original disliking of the Fifty Shades of Grey sequels he made, having to film both back to back with scripts that were never at a filmable stage. But he credits star Dakota Johnson for being a professional of the highest order who helped keep him focused and in the game. He also mentions how happy he is that the films have a global fan base that show their appreciation for his work.  

Interspersed with tales of filming Glengarry Glen Ross (Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon), Fear (Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon) and The Chamber (Gene Hackman), Foley also discusses having Penn as a house mate for nearly 2 years and about hanging out in London with Penn and Madonna during their marriage.  

Strap yourself in for a pretty wild ride through a spectacular career, one that Foley says is just getting started.  

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James Foley Instagram