The Cut Live Podcast

Connecticut jam-rock band Residual Groove has the improvisational and technical chops to make each of their performances a musical journey. We sat down with drummer Adam Fink and keyboardist Kiran Edwards to find out what goes into their unique musical expeditions, and what drives them to keep creating.

Six-piece funk and soul band The Far Out have been playing together since they were kids growing up in Ipswich, Massachusetts. With influences as wide-ranging as Jimi Hendrix, Maceo Parker and Miles Davis, they put on a show that has become a favorite of audiences at The Cut.

MUSIC:

Packed to Go

Laurel

Funkadelic Gas

We're talking with 18-year old country rock phenom Gavin Marengi about his high school playing his first hit song at his hockey team's victories, learning music from his father (now his band's lead guitarist,) his approach to song writing, and the thrill of being on stage.

MUSIC:

Restless Legs

Southbound

Back to Boston 

We're talking with James Austin Johnson about his rough start in comedy in middle school, breaking into Saturday Night Live, developing his Donald Trump impression and wrestling with what it does to people.

Duane Betts, son of Allan Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts, has created his own stellar career as a writer/musician. In this episode he talks about growing up in a musical family, switching from playing drums to guitar, playing with G. Love and Devon Allman, and his creative process.

MUSIC:

Stare at the Sun

Sacred Ground

Circle in the Stars 

The newly formed Cape Ann Guitar Society presents Fabiola Mendez at The Cut. She's a musician, composer, educator and documentary film producer. As a child, she started playing the cuatro, a ten-stringed instrument beloved in her native Puerto Rico. As her talents have continued to grow, she has toured and collaborated widely and is in demand for her interpretations of folk music, jazz and pop.

MUSIC:

Cielo Campesino

Seis Chorreao

Doña Santos

Robert Ellis Orrall first gained audiences' attention as part of Boston’s New Wave of musicians in the early 1980s. He and his band have toured to worldwide fame ever since. We talk about the Boston New Wave era, how fast musical success can be, Robert's songwriting process, working in Nashville, and some of Roberts biggest hits.

MUSIC:

Glad All Over

Ultimate

I Couldn't Say No

In this episode we're talking with Florida bluesman Albert Castiglia about discovering the blues thanks to British artists, sleeping in Jimi Hendrix's bedroom, keeping healthy, and the importance of live music.

MUSIC:

Help Yourself (feat. Mike Zito)

Cadillac Assembly Line

Bad Year Blues

Coming on the Boston music scene in the late 1980s, the Heavy Metal Horns have re-interpreted many musical styles with a powerful new horn-centric sound. They've put out several albums and this time they've come to The Cut to drop their new album, "Heavy Metal Horns--Live From The Cut." We go back to their Boston club beginnings at Ryles, Bunratty's and times at Berklee College of Music.

MUSIC:

Everybody Fall Back

Pepper Pot

Horns In The House

This episode we’re talking with turntablist DJ Logic and guitarist/vocalist/songwriter G. Love.  DJ Logic has been wowing audiences with his skills using vinyl on turntables as an instrument performing with live musicians. G. Love has attracted many, many fans of his unique style of blues and rap. Together they talk about the records they hunted down when they got started, their shared interest in discovering something new, and G. Love talks about his latest album he cut with Mississippi bluesman R.L. Boyce.