Remembering Brian Wilson Pt. 2: "What I Really Want for Christmas"

Twelve Songs of Christmas by Alex Rawls

Nov 20, 202551:21Music

Multi-instrumentalist Probyn Gregory remembers playing and recording with Brian Wilson from 1999 until he retired from live performances in 2022. We talk about the recently reissued Brian Wilson: Live at the Roxy, Brian...

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from Twelve Songs of Christmas.

The 2025 Christmas Party

Dec 23, 2025 - 39:03

Season eight ends with what I hope will be a tradition--a Christmas party, with a few guests and a lot of...

"Asalto Navideño" with Miguel Zenón, and the Ray Conniff Singers

Dec 18, 2025 - 76:26

This week’s episode features two interviews—one with Grammy-winning jazz saxophone player Miguel Zenón he...

Roland Gift, Old Crow Medicine Show, and The Klezmatics

Dec 11, 2025 - 96:38

We're in the last weeks before Christmas and I have more interviews than I can handle. This week starts w...

William Shatner, Jane Monheit, and Kelly Finnigan

Dec 5, 2025 - 51:13

We're in December now, and this week we have three conversations. William Shatner's face is on the pop cu...

AI for Christmas

Nov 26, 2025 - 62:33

Artificial Intelligence (AI) made itself part of this year's music story with AI acts The Velvet Sundown,...

Remembering Brian Wilson Pt. 1: "The Beach Boys' Christmas Album"

Nov 13, 2025 - 34:42

I started thinking about how to address Brian Wilson’s death on the podcast since we learned of his passi...

A Ping Pong Kung Fu Christmas with Shawn Lee

Nov 6, 2025 - 67:28

Producer and multi-instrumentalist Shawn Lee has a history of making recordings that hover uncertainly in...

Kristian Noel Pedersen

Oct 23, 2025 - 52:36

Toronto's Kristian Noel Pedersen has released 27 EPs or albums of Christmas music, 26 of which are on his...