NEM#259: Glenn Morrow (Bar/None): Songwriting Re-Emergence
Glenn was a central figure in the Hoboken punk scene, fronting the band “a” in the late ’70s (no released albums) and then...
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20 of 267 episodesNEM#258: Dan Montgomery: Direct Communication
Dan was Ben Vaughn’s sound-man and released his first solo album of Americana rock in 2004. We discuss “Busted” from his e...
NEM#257: Josh Joplin Doesn’t Look Back… Until Now
With his roots in folk, Josh released three rock albums in the ’90s before his big hit “Camera One,” from Useful Music (20...
NEM#256: Bruce Soord (Pineapple Thief): Heartbreaking Prog by Ear
Bruce started as guitarist for the ’90s for Vulgar Unicorn and started Pineapple Thief as a solo project in 1999, though it quickly be...
NEM#255: Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies): Mellow But Energized
Michael is the songwriter and guitarist for the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies (featuring two of his siblings and a childhood friend), with wh...
NEM#254: Teddy Thompson Gets Off the Sofa
Teddy, golden-voiced son on Richard and Linda, is more tied to ’50s/’60s rock and country than he his to his parents’ folk...
NEM#253: Synth-Scaper Richard Barbieri (Japan, Porcupine Tree)
Richard joined the British art-rock band Japan in 1975, playing with them through their five albums, 1982 break-up, and 1991 one-off reforma...
NEM#252: Folk Legend Tom Paxton
Tom was an integral member of the Greenwich Village early ’60s folk scene (playing originals regularly before Bob Dylan did). His tune...
NEM#251: Dr. Alan Williams (Birdsong at Morning)
After studying at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music, Alan released two albums with folk-rock band Knots and Crosses in the ea...
NEM#250: Bill Pritchard the Tourist
Bill is a singer/songwriter who recorded five albums of catchy tunes between 1989 and 1991, then retired but came back a vengeance in 2014....
NEM#249: Kavus Torabi Now Leads Gong
Guitarist Kavus began in dual-guitar bands in the ’90s with his buddy Dan Chudley, most notably Monsoon Bassoon. He joined the Cardiac...
NEM#248: Lande Hekt: Lucky to Be Indie
Lande started in the 2010’s in the British punk-pop group Muncie Girls, with six releases (mostly EPs), and began her solo career in 2...
NEM#247: John S. Hall (King Missile): Daily Poet
John has released at least fifteen albums, more than half of these under the name King Missile, but even this name covers three different ba...
NEM#246: Robert Deeble in His Talking Voice
Folky singer/songwriter and psychotherapist Robert started in the ’80s but considers 1994 his professional debut and has now released...
NEM#245: Darren Michael Boyd’s Guitar Instrumentals Beyond Metal
Ontario guitarist Darren has released six albums of concise instrumentals since 2019, often using metal guitar tones and tropes, but with a...
NEM#244: Year-End Chat with NEM Audio Editor Roger Heathers
In a special holiday episode, we get to meet the talented and very British musician and podcaster Roger Heathers, who is my new audio editor...
NEM#243 Corey Ledet’s Eclectic Zydeco
Corey has released many of zydeco music since 2004 (I count eight, but his bio says 16), and mixes his dedication to tradition (even recordi...
NEM#242: Marshall Crenshaw Subtracts
Marshall began creating his catchy, harmonically thick rock tunes in the early ’80s with six major label albums, but went indie in the...
NEM#241: Humor in Music w/ Don Rauf, David Heatley, and Dave Philpott
Mark is joined by returning NEM guest Don Rauf (singer/songwriter from Life In a Blender ), singer/songwriter/cartoonist David Heatley (feat...
NEM#240: Jonathan Rundman, Multi-Branded
Singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Jonathan (currently based in Minneapolis) has been putting out indie rock solo albums since 1992, bu...