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Episode 124 - A tribute to the queeen; Dolly Parton.

A little overdue; but we really wanted to pause our upcoming episodes to pay tribute to an absolutely wonderful human being. Join us as we celebrate her music and life.

Check it out on your favorite podcast service tomorrow, or catch it early tonight (Ad Free) at 6 on Ramona Radio.

Special thanks to Ramona Family Naturals, Dean's Outlaw BBQ, Smoking Cannon Brewery and Ramona Radio.

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Episode 122: Alex Bergan

Alex Bergan

Folk Singer, Navy Veteran & SDMA Winner

...Alex Bergan is a San Diego–based folk artist and Navy veteran. A multi-time San Diego Music Awards winner and was named 2025 Male Vocalist of the Year by San Diego Magazine.

Guest Alex Bergan joins for a show that starts with Charlotte the studio spider, a brand-new motorhome, and a full Walk Hard / Dewey Cox recitation — then goes deep on Yokosuka-to-San-Diego Navy life, a six-month writer's block, and why he won't get on stage unless every word is real.

Northern Iowa kid who taught himself piano on grandpa's player piano, wrote his first song at 15, and still answers "what do you play?" with "I'm a sad folk singer" — folk, country, Americana, and the occasional pop-rock curveball

In the Navy (aviation ordnance), first duty Yokosuka, medically retired 2020 — played clubs in Japan, Dubai, and Australia on every port visit because the dream was always music, music, music

Latest single "North of Somewhere"; Iowa hometown hymn "That Place"; live in-studio "Go Down Swinging" from the 2025 record Undercover — the song that fell out of the sky in an Austin hotel the night before a gig

Song for Chief Joshua Cox — talk about it so nobody sitting with it feels that lonely; if you need an ear, reach out... please.

Usually six months a year on the road (25–30 tours); Europe pushed to 2027; packing for Tennessee and coming back in February for a Valentine's Day show.

Duo The Wellsprings with wife Megan (she can harmonize with a blow dryer); "Stick Around" feat. Lauren Lee; "Hair of the Dog" with Ash Easton (2026 San Diego Music Award) — a love song for best friend Justin John Rodriguez

Episode 121: Ariel Levine

Episode 120: Sara Petite She's Back!!

Returning guest Sara Petite brings Ashley E. Norton and Thea the Band and Slyvia along for a Sunday that starts with porch wolf spider Frank, ceiling spider Charlotte, and Sweet Kirbs back on "hey, hey" — then goes deep on Her Story, healing through music, and selling out the Belly Up.

Sara Petite's New Album drops September 2 at Belly Up — Honky Tonk Angels opening, Resounding Joy Inc. partnership

The cancer-patient edible = eight hours flat on your back

Married a year, bonus daughter, musician/bartender husband who "gets up and sings sometimes"

Ashley E. Norton on Lilith Fair , Thea the Band on Jericho, Sylvia M on music therapy for veterans & trauma — plus a special Craig Fisher toast

Name That Tune team battle: Lilith Fair + 90s R&B + country smorgasbord — Kirby & Travis take it; Sara saved our equipment this time... Bummer.

Episode 119: Faith Bell

You have heard her recently at The Barn in Ramona; Singer-songwriter Faith Belle joins Travis Billy Ross and Sweet Kirbs for a Sunday that starts with Fred the porch wolf spider, snake dance battles, and whether aliens are secretly dogs — then goes deep on finance, fate, and finding your voice.

From Jersey Shore to Manhattan finance; to quitting her job by email on a California vacation — and getting discovered singing while shopping

The story behind "Dear Dad" — last words to her father the night before he passed, and the letter on the beach that became a song

Drummer, marching band, piano lessons "against her will" — and training like crazy on a treadmill to sing while running around the stage

2000s pop trivia bloodbath: Faith Bell scores 35.5; Kirby gets 9; Travis gets 3

Fred/Frank the cross-eyed spider, rattlesnakes on 86 acres, shark panic.....

Listen weekly on your favorite podcast service; or catch it early, tonight at 6 on Ramona Radio

Episode 118: Ethan Brown – Jimmy's Buffet

Legendary keys artist from The Jimmys Buffet joins us! From picking out melodies at age four in Santa Barbara to running an earthquake network by 28 — Ethan Brown pulls up a chair to talk piano, career, and a life spent 30 feet from stardom.

Master tuner who'll work with anyone on price — because what matters is that Ramona has pianos worth playing

Keys man for Jimmy's Buffet (yes, one "T"), plus Barry Manilow and Toto tributes on the side

Coder too — built WheresTheGig.com back in 2000, now used by 700 bands worldwide

Travis Billy Ross drops an original song live in studio as well!

Special thanks to Ramona Family Naturals, Smoking Cannon Brewery, Dean's Outlaw BBQ, and Ramona Radio

Episode 117: Kimber Williams – Robin's Nest

From a Texas ranching family to a Ramona animal sanctuary — Kimber Williams pulls up a chair to talk about the rescue she built from a pandemic dream, and the 25 misfit critters who now call it home.

Meet Fern, the kissing alpaca and self-appointed "queen of the ranch" — bossy, judgmental, and beloved

Neptune, the 24-year-old alpaca who survived a mountain lion attack

Eddie the deaf blue heeler — named after Edison — who dodged the needle and became the ranch's biggest love bug

Tortoises that outlive us all: Jonathan at 193, Darwin's Harriet, and why a shell can feel a good scratch

The real mission — animal-human healing for at-risk youth and veterans, "from tiny mice to the biggest trout"

Listen weekly on your favorite podcast service.

Special thanks to Ramona Family Naturals, Smoking Cannon Brewery, Dean's Outlaw BBQ, and Ramona Radio.

Episode 116: Robin & Mel – Rewind 🎤

From karaoke nights to packing a Tierrasanta park with thousands — Robin, lead voice of North County cover band Rewind, and her husband Mel pull up a chair with guitarist Travis McKenzie and tell it all.

🎸 Four Non-Doctors → Casual Six → Rewind: how one band time-traveled through the 70s, 80s & 90s

🎤 The living-room band practice that turned a karaoke singer into a frontwoman

🇵🇭 Why "My Way" is banned from Filipino karaoke machines — and why Mel sang it anyway (after a few whiskeys)

🎶 Backstage at Guns N' Roses rehearsals before they blew up

🥃 A LIVE studio take on "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"

Tonight at 6 PM on Ramona Radio, or listen weekly on your favorite podcast service.

Special thanks to Ramona Family Naturals, Smoking Cannon Brewery, Dean's Outlaw BBQ, and Ramona Radio. 🤠