The Cut Live Podcast

We talked with executive chef Nick Dowling the day after the grand opening of the Publick House at The Cut, the music venue's new restaurant. He covered everything from how he got into the restaurant business at the age of 16, creating Medford's gigantic American Beer Hall, sourcing food locally, the problem with wheat processed in the US, and what the Gloucester community means to him.

MUSIC: 

Stir it Up

Everybody Eats When They Come to My House

Coming to The Cut on October 1st--Flamenkora! The international trio of Volker Goetze (trumpet) Roberto Montiero (guitar) and Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko (kora) perform their amazingly uplifting music incorporating Flamenco, jazz and Senegalese Griot. From their recent residency at the Manship Estate in Lanesville come their own unique musical creations, while we discuss the power of collaboration and the exploration of an elevating musical frontier.

MUSIC:

M'Bok Africa

Wa Sant Yalla

Touba Boudau

Lia Done Bagne

Serbian-born guitarist/singer Ana Popovic talks about learning guitar from her dad, listening to blues records and picking the music apart. Then we get into forming her first band and then heading to The States to launch her solo career, how she likes to keep trying new styles in her songs, and how her private life differs from her life on the road.

MUSIC:

Like It On Top

Girls of Many Words

Hottest Ticket in Town

Soulution 

In a podcast first, we do a five-way interview with the members of Reggae royalty, Third World: AJ Brown (vocals), Richie Walters (guitar), Tony Williams (drums), Norris Webb (keyboards), and Richie Barr (bass). We wrap up our legends of Reggae series with a conversation about their first inspirations as musicians--including the original Third World band--playing with Jimmy Cliff and Toots and the Maytals, and why the band continues its international popularity.

MUSIC:

96 degrees

Try Jay Love

Now That We Found Love (re-recorded)

Third World Keeps Turning 

Before leaving college, guitarist Barry Goudreau teamed up with keyboard player Tom Sholz and vocalist Brad Delp to form just another band out of Boston...We talk about what was supposed to last a few months turning into a 50-year legacy, why the band broke up, how Barry and Brad went on after that, and their many years of songwriting together.

MUSIC:

Rockin Away

Mean Woman Blues

Let It Roll

What You Leave Behind

A spirited conversation with headline saxophonist Deric Dyer and his longtime bandmates Cliff Goodwin on guitar and Mitch Chakour on keyboards. We talk with Deric about coming from Bermuda to Worcester to join a band who later went on to backup singer Joe Cocker for several years. Then, how during a dry spell in his career, Deric gets the chance to audition for Tina Turner--and the rest is history. We had a lot of fun creating this episode!

MUSIC:

Gimmee Some Lovin'

Sirry Seems to Be the Hardest Word (feat. Joe Cocker)

We Don't Need Another Hero (feat. Tina Turner)

Nessun Dorma 

Duke talks about how the foundation of all his music is built on the blues, playing on the slanted roof of a drive-in movie snack bar for his first paying gig, his musical roots and inspirations, and writing songs that he doesn't have to sing.

MUSIC:

Do You Mean It

Duke's Blues

Lowdown

When I Get Lucky

From winning Connecticut's "Best Guitarist" at the age of 15 to playing with the Allman Brothers at the Beacon Theater in New York, Jeff Pitchell has shown again and again he can serve up a grand buffet of guitar styles for every occasion. He's played with many musical greats, and it all started when he walked away from being a public school teacher.

MUSIC:

Superstition

Whiskey River (feat. James Cotton)

Out In The Cold

When It All Comes Down (feat. James Mason)

Talking with Ansel Crindland, surviving founder of The Temptations. He told me about growing up without a father in Westmoreland, Jamaica, starting as a solo singer and then forming his first group. That paved the way to becoming the leader of The Meditations who were in demand for their distinctive 3-part harmonies, which in turn caught the ear of Bob Marley. We also talked about his song writing and what inspired him along the way of his 50+ year career.

MUSIC:

There Must Be a First Time

Stranger in Love

Blackman Redemption

Stand in Love

Nah Always Find a Way

Reggae legend Clinton Fearon talks wit us about growing up near  Kingston, Jamaica and getting his first inspiration to be a musician after hearing the Skatalites. He made his own guitar and by the age of 18 was performing with the Gladiators. At the end of a US tour he visited the Seattle area and decided to stay, where he live now. After putting out 14 solo albums between 1995 and today, he is still bringing crowds to their feet with his own brand of roots reggae.

MUSIC:

The Real Bush Doctor

Na Forget Mi Roots

Life Is a Journey

Sleepin' Lion