The Rock in Chicago Show

Premiere and Preview of tracks from the upcoming release "Speed of Dreams" by Fierce Atmospheres. Chatting with vocalist Taran de Pablos about the creative process behind writing and recording the album and working with famed producer Andy LaRoque

The theme for this episode was a conversation around metal and beer. Chatting with Mik Dempsey around his experiences with getting into music, performance and what ultimately led him to brewing.

This episode is a discussion with Tom Maslowski; musician, teacher and promoter from Chicago's south suburbs. We talk about common threads with our work within the scene along with some of our shared connections, Tom's projects, along with life as a music teacher during the pandemic and supporting our local scenes. Featuring music by Colonel Chloroform, John Condron and the Old Gang Orchestra along with End Transmission

Interview with Danielle Sines from Impulsive Hearts and featured tracks from "Cry All The Time". Discussions on returning to live performance, how a band changes over the course of the pandemic, working with youth in a mentorship role, and giving back to a music community.

This episode is a bittersweet and tragic tale of lost and found, closure and discovery revolving around a pair musicians from the Chicago Music Scene. In the 1980's vocalist and bassist Lorna Donley and guitarist David Thomas, previously of the art-punk quartet DA!, formed the Veil. We talk with David on what happened with the Veil, Eric's experience in finding the Veil's music decades later, and working with David to put out the music after Lorna's tragic death in 2013.

Our guest for this episode is composer and drummer Bret Figura.

Bret currently drums in the surf/rockabilly instrumental group, The Real Gone, and with Dan Dougherty. During the pandemic Bret started composing his own music. He's just released his third compilation Shut In Sounds III: The Righteousness of Spring. We chat with Bret about putting this amazing compilation with 16 different vocalists together.

A conversation between Mel Flowers, one of our main curators and bassist for The Secret Lives and Tides Cult; and Sarah Neczwid, audio engineer, drummer, and host of Hello, I am Human podcast.

Our guest for this episode is visual artist Maura Walsh. In pre-pandemic time Maura was also an avid concert goer, racking up 53 concerts in 2019 and has been a strong supporter of our local music scene, attending shows at various venues around the city since her high school days.

As a visual artist, Maura works in a variety of media from installation, video, and fiber, to painting and drawing. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Columbia College Chicago in 2011.

In 2019 she created Our Tiny Guide to Chicago's Best Music Culture Spots. It was an immediate hit within our local community. When the pandemic hit in 2020 she focused her endeavors on helping out the venues in Chicago by expanding upon the guide theme and creating illustrations of the various venue storefronts around the city. By selling prints, , she raised $37,000 for local music venues battling the financial hardships from the pandemic. She's currently working with nonprofit fundraising initiative Support Chicago Arts to launch Tiny Guide to Chicago Arts, which will help an even wider range of local performance spaces.

In this episode we’ll talk through some of what drives those of us who see the ritual of experiencing live music as a lifestyle choice, hear Maura’s incredible story about using her talents to support her community over the course of the pandemic, learn a bit about her experiences as a visual artist in Chicago and what’s next for her.

Our guest for this episode is Pamela Maurer. Pamela is a musician, multimedia artist and designer who writes and performs with her group Baby Money and The Down Payments. Pamela spent the last year working on and releasing "HLDAY MAGIK" a visual album produced remotely with a team of people spread out across the country. We talk through the process of creating HLDAY MAGIK, holding up personally and as a creative person during the pandemic and what the new landscape as a musician, artist, and performer looks like as we move forward into a new time.

Erik talks about what he's been up to and what the plan is with the podcast.