The Ezra Lipp Hour (More or Less)
Bay Area based drummer and composer Ezra Lipp brings his unique personality and years of experience in the music business as a base perspective to host insightful, informal and in-depth conversations with contemporary musicians focusing on the great stories, insights, and accrued wisdom that have informed their careers and journeys as artists. Occasionally it's a little funny.
Episodes
It’s hard to encapsulate what the duo of Anna Moss and Joel Ludford, AKA
Handmade Moments is and what they do. On the surface they’re two young,
energetic multi-instrumentalists clearly in-love with each other and with
the world around them. A dynamic duo is definitely apropos here as in their
live show they present a seamless mix of acoustic guitar, upright bass,
saxaphone, souzaphone, theatrical vocals, percussion and t...
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You’ve most likely never heard of my good friend and amazing musician &
eco-activist Gabe Dominguez but that’s ok. He’s co-founder of San
Francisco’s Bicycle Music Festival, leader of Fantastic Whup-Music Outfit
Shake Your Peace!, one half of the gorgeous folk duo Tiny Home and most
recently the visionary behind Ecotopia Now! a world changing - eco literacy
program for Utah’s high schools and colleges, but that’s really j...
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January 20, 2020
Jay Cobb Anderson is a prolific Portland, OR based songwriter and guitarist
best know for his work as co-founder of the renowned Indie-Folk-Rock band
Fruition. From humble beginnings and a chance meeting amongst kids in their
early twenties, Fruition rose from a bunch a wide-eyed burgeoning buskers,
itching to play for whoever would listen, to a power house of rock and roll
troubadours, conquering the open road and deligh...
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Stanton Moore is an anomaly. Most musicians would only hope to have the
success he’s had as to withstand over 20 years of lucrative world touring
with New Orleans Funk-Jam Band Galactic. However that is just the tip of
the iceberg for Stanton.
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Leslie Mendelson’s on-going journey as an artist is a testament to her
undeniable talent, perseverance, and mastery of her craft. She had a
storied start to her career in the 2000’s with support of major label
budgets and grammy award winning producers. This garnered critically
acclaimed grammy nominated material of her own, but it also took her down a
path where she dealt with disappointment, disillusionment, and death.
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Zach Gill is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter best known for
his decades of touring as co-founder of the band ALO (Animal Liberation
Orchestra), as well as his years of traversing the world as a member of
Jack Johnson’s band. Zach is a creative, playful and articulate character
who has also released a handful of solo records including 2008’s Zach
Gill’s Stuff and 2017’s Life in the Multiverse. This is a uniq...
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July 2, 2018 • 69 mins
Rob Barraco is an incredibly talented keyboardist best known for his decades of longstanding affiliations and collaborations with Grateful Dead Alumni. He was playing in the Zen Tricksters in the 1990’s when a series of fateful events caused their CD to wind up in the stereo of Phil Lesh who then summoned Barraco for an audition. He would go on to play in The Phil Lesh Quintet, aka “The Q”, one of the most revered iterations of Phi...
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April 17, 2018 • 83 mins
Billy Martin is a "renaissance artist" in the truest sense. For nearly 30 years he's been the drummer/percussionist with the legendary avant jazz-groove trio Medeski Martin & Wood and his singular and infectious approach to beat making has influenced scores of musicians. He's also a visual artist, writer, label owner (Amulet Records), film-maker, composer, world class collaborator and highly regarded as an influential teacher who's...
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November 27, 2017
Nathan Moore is a man who occupies many worlds and wears many hats. In my humble opinion, he is one of the finest songwriters of our time and his ongoing career has spanned many projects and phases that most artists could spend a lifetime on. Be it the years he spent touring with his indie-acoustic band Thamusemeant, the contagious unbound Rock N’ Roll you can see him creating with Surprise Me Mr. Davis, the multi-media extravaganz...
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October 18, 2017 • 65 mins
Swedish born, New Orleans based “triple-threat” songwriter/guitarist/singer Anders Osborne has been a force to be reckoned with for nearly 30 years. When I watch Anders on stage I get the impression that he is playing music like his life depends on it, and I have a feeling it’s because he is. He’s the kind of versatile, raw and invigorating performer who sounds like he plays the truth.
In his 3 decades as a professional musician h...
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October 3, 2017 • 65 mins
At a given show with her band Elephant Revival, Vocalist and Multi-Instrumentalist Bonnie Paine can be heard playing washboard, djembe, saw, cello, stomp box, singing, or any other instrument, yet she is a musician who's heart tends to take the forefront of whatever music she is engaged in at the time. From modest roots starting in 2006 as a Folk-World-Americana collective of friends from Nederland, CO, Elephant Revival's steadfast...
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September 18, 2017 • 67 mins
Since the early 1990's, guitarist/singer/songwriter Neal Casal has forged a career that has traversed much ground far and wide. While he is currently best known for his tenure in The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Casal was also a key player in Ryan Adams and The Cardinals, has released 12 solo albums under his own name, is a member of the contemporary supergroup Hard Working Americans (featuring Todd Snider and members of Widespread ...
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September 5, 2017 • 49 mins
Russ Lawton is a Vermont based drummer best known for his years of work as the syncopated, driving engine behind the Trey Anastasio Band, whom he has been performing and collaborating with since it's inception in 1998. Now In his early 60's, Russ has had a fruitful career as a working musician for decades prior to ever meeting Trey, and his relentless work ethic continues today. In addition to touring with TAB, he co-leads and tour...
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August 30, 2017 • 75 mins
San Diego’s Alfred Howard is a very dynamic character. He is best know for his involvement in a burgeoning music scene in San Diego as he is currently a primary lyricist, songwriter and producer in 8 different bands including The Heavy Guilt, Birdy Bardot, Rebecca Jade and The Cold Fact, Dani Bell and The Tarantist and The Midnight Pine, which are all housed under The Redwoods Music label which Howard is a founder and co-owner of. ...
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August 2, 2017 • 60 mins
For the better part of two decades Jennifer Hartswick has held tenure in the Trey Anastasio Band (of Phish fame) providing powerhouse vocals and impeccable trumpet playing. When she first met Trey and started collaborating she was just a teenager and self described "jazz nerd" coming out of the backwoods of Vermont. Since that time she has become one of the most respected, in-demand and busiest musicians on the jam-band and festiva...
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July 25, 2017 • 76 mins
Hailing from the North East Kingdom of Vermont, Kalmia Traver (Rubblebucket, Kalbells) has spent the last ten years touring relentlessly and co-leading the highly acclaimed Brooklyn based electro-indie-dance-pop band Rubblebucket. In a relatively short span Rubblebucket have put out ten LP's/EP's, worked with Grammy Award winning producers (John Congelton), and have been featured on late night TV (Jimmy Kimmel). Kalmia is a powerho...
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July 17, 2017 • 51 mins
Marco Benevento has been making waves in the experimental/jam/rock music scene since roughly 1999. As a sideman, he's played with some of the best players out there today including the likes of Dan Auerbach, Trey Anastasio, Matt Chamberlain, Joe Russo, Billy Martin, John Medeski, Mike Gordon, Skerik, Stanton Moore and many many others. As a band leader and composer he has released 7 records to date and is the owner and co-founder o...
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July 10, 2017 • 83 mins
Joe Craven is one of those humans who seemingly knows no bounds. Truly a jack of all trades, he embodies many roles in life; a virtuosic multi-instrumentalist with no formal music training, an award winning music educator and camp director, a larger than-life colorful festival emcee, composer, band leader, collaborator in many different projects, actor, visual artist, museum curator, self proclaimed "fashion insultant", the list go...
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June 27, 2017 • 71 mins
I believe Brad Barr is one of the more unique musical voices of our time. A musician who truly knows no bounds, his openness, curiosity and deep listening abilities have accompanied him around the world many times over in his 20+ years of touring and music making. Brad spent the better part of the 90's and 2000's tirelessly traversing the country with his brother Andrew Barr (drums) and good friend Marc Friedman (bass) with an exce...
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June 19, 2017 • 87 mins
Steve Poltz is a larger-than-life singer/songwriter, storyteller and entertainer who has been asserting his rugged independence and carrying out his unique personal vision for nearly 3 decades. He has seen accolades come and go in the music industry as a founding member of the San Diego 90's indie-rock-folk-punk band The Rugburns who developed a cult following, as well as achieving huge commercial success for his 1996 worldwide sma...
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