Ascent Radio Podcast
Conversations at the intersection of great music and social change.
Episodes
Kevin Coloso and his band, Collection of Lone Souljahs, are bringing the positive vibrations everywhere they go. In this episode, we sit down with the talented roots & reggae singer-songwriter to discuss his inspiring and transformative journey in music. The native of Maui, Hawaii, found himself in the Portland, OR area after college, which is where the music that lived within his soul began to emerge onto the strings of his be...
In this episode, our Creator and Director Jonathan Bristow flys solo, getting vulnerable about the story that sits behind Ascent Radio: His story. Retelling the journey of how Ascent came to be, including the traumas in his life that led him into his dreams for a new kind of radio platform that would inspire hope and change through the power of song, and celebrating his first Pride Month being out! - sharing how music has been inte...
Tash Haynes is in the business of inspiring people. In this episode, we sit down with the award winning Seattle Lifestyle Influencer to talk about the legacy she and her husband Ike are building for their three beloved daughters, the importance of Juneteenth and how their family celebrates, and her extraordinary journey into photography - which began when she was gifted her first camera as a young foster child. With a musical journ...
Performing under the name Zax Vandal, Vince Meneses is a veteran singer-songwriter from Portland, OR… and also just happens to be Jonathan’s brother-in-law! In this episode of the Ascent Radio Podcast, Vince talks about what it’s like growing up on Englebert Humperdink as a Filipino kid in the Pacific Northwest, and how he draws inspiration from the different musical eras of his life - from his days immersed in the crusty punk rock...
To kick off our show, Jonathan sits down with inspirational, veteran singer-songwriter Avery Stafford to discuss his newly recorded single, Hourglass (available everywhere October 18th!), the impact this new song has had on him, as well as the artists that inspire him - including the great Bonnie Raitt, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers and Mavis Staples! - as he endeavors to bring about a better world through his life and art.
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