Champaign Is Also A Band
One songwriter, one song. Podcast about stories & songs of Champaign-Urbana music. In each episode Sven sits down with a person from the C-U music scene to hear the story & the background of a favorite song they’ve written.
Episodes
Sven meets up with Gloria Roubal (She/Her) at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts lobby to chat about her song "Shatter Me" off of the album "I Used to Float," the Champaign-Urbana music scene, and why Lula is the best dog ever.
Photo Credit: Della Perrone
"SHATTER ME" LIVE G. Lee & Jet Blonde CANOPY CLUB: https://youtu.be/gddRAujRGMI?si=eD6aUiFjcB_Eu3s3
Sven chats with Michelle Darling (She/Her) of Foothill Rounders to talk about her song "Tear It Down," the CU music community, and her favorite non-musical thing.
Link to Foothill Rounders Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/foothillroundersmusic
Sven chats with Jacob Fleichli (He/Him) of Tractor Kings about his song "Already Together" off of the album Code, the CU Music Scene, and his favorite non-musical thing(s). Cover Photo by: Carrie Chandler (EP80)
CW: Mentions SA
Sven chats with Shauna Miller (She/Her) of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot about her song "Fly Swatter," the CU music scene, and their favorite non-musical thing(s).
Shauna's YouTube Channel: TheShauNanigans: https://www.youtube.com/@theshaunanigans
Sven chats with Sean Wilkinson (He/Him) of sorry forever about his song "sugar" off of the EP "learning to be," the CU music scene, and his favorite non-musical thing(s).
CW: Mentions SA
Sven chats with Ocean Thoreau (They/Them) of sorry forever about their song "thirteen" off of the EP "learning to be," the CU music scene, and their favorite non-musical thing(s).
Sven chats with Sam Layton, He/Him (guitar) (EP123), Quenton Bian, He/Him (bass), Jaz Wilkins, She/Her (vocals), and Zach Slade, He/Him (drums) (EP123) about their band The Meantime and their recently released album "Beat of Abyss"
Sven chats with Karl Kuehn (He/Him) about his song "Love for Fun" off of the upcoming album "Gay Meat LP," the Champaign-Urbana music scene, and his favorite non-musical thing.
Photo: Nick O'Reilly
Sven chats with Rebekah Mangles (They/Them) at the KCPA about their song "May Day" off of the album "Live from Coffeehouse," moving to Champaign-Urbana, and their favorite non-musical thing. Photo by: Ryan McCauley
Sven chats with Where Are The Flamingos? (He/Him) about his song "Tiki Head," the CU music scene, and his favorite non-musical things
Sven zooms with Bryce Hays (He/Him) of Withershins to talk about his song "Eternal Return" off of the album "MT FUJI IN BLUE," things he misses about the CU music scene, and his favorite non-musical things.
Sven chats with Caspian June (She/They/It) in the lobby of the KCPA to talk about her song "Spirit," the Peoria and CU music scene, her podcast Ideal Angle, and her favorite non-musical things.
Sven chats with Sebastian Kelle (He/Him) and Bob Owens (He/Him) of Starcruiser about their song "Germany" off of the album "Autopilot," the Champaign-Urbana music scene, and their favorite non-musical things.
Sven chats with Jon Hoekstra (He/Him) about his song "My Dog Says" of of the album "Little Grassy," the CU music scene, and his favorite non-musical thing.
List of CU music opportunities mentioned in the episode:
Slow Jam (Mondays, 7-9 PM, Lincoln Square) - https://sites.google.com/view/slowjam Songs in Progress - songwriter's feedback circle - email dochoekstra@gmail.com CU Bluegrass Jam (Tuesdays, 7-9 PM, Lincoln Square): cublue...Sven chats with Micah Boyce (He/Him) of White Lucy about his song "Melee" of of the upcoming album "The Paradise," (dropping 8/15/2025) the CU music scene, and his favorite non-musical thing.
That FX tool that Brok uses on Micah's voice for the outro: Chroma Console
Sven chats with Patrick Lyke (He/Him) about his song "Army Surplus," the CU music scene past and present, and his favorite non-musical thing.
Sven meets up with roseli (She/Her) at KCPA for a chat about her song "spit ends," the CU Music Scene, and her favorite non-musical thing
Photo: Kandy Delgadillo
Sven chats with Robert Hirschfeld (He/Him) of Common Loon about his song "Automatic Skin," the CU music scene past and present, and his favorite non-musical thing.
Sven meets up with Sierra Sikora (She/Her) at KCPA to talk about her song "Jade" off of the EP "Confessions" the CU music scene, and her favorite non-musical things.
Sven chats with Andrew Simek (He/They) about his song "Pocket Song," the local CU Music Scene, being the Piano Man, and their favorite non-musical things!
Info on the Piano Man : https://canopyclub.com/piano-man/
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