Jrodconcerts: The Podcast
Jrodconcerts: The Podcast is often in the top #100 music interview podcasts on all of Apple Podcasts and it’s been ranked #50 out of 100,000+ music podcasts on Spotify. It has been selected as “Best Music Podcast’ by the W3 Awards for two years running, and has been recognized by the Nashville Business Journal, Aventura Magazine and more. It has now surpassed 800K downloads. Past guests include Judy Collins, The Late Mary Wilson of The Supremes, Lainey Wilson, Morgan Wade, Maggie Rose, Ashley Judd, Erin Rae, Bre Kennedy, Alice Merton, David Duchovny, Moon Taxi and more.
Episodes
May 1, 2024 • 31 mins
Americana Indie Monarch Mary Bragg joins Jrodconcerts: The Podcast LIVE on the heels of her awesome EP, Tie Me To You, to talk about writing from a place of happiness: how magic can arrive in a studio session, the new challenges of Producing & Engineering and more.
We also talk about her special childhood in Georgia, her coming out to family, and why Journalism is a key part of her music-making. Mary is on tour in North America. Ge...
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April 29, 2024 • 22 mins
We recap a special day at Moon Crush: Pink Moon Festival and Welcome Virginia-based folk-rock band The Steel Wheels to the show.
The Steel Wheels have spent almost twenty years writing, recording, and touring, all the while constantly honing their evolving brand of American roots music. Additionally they are the founders and hosts of the Red Wing Roots Music Festival, a beloved staple of the Shenandoah Valley. Through the years, Th...
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April 25, 2024 • 19 mins
Thrilled to welcome back to the show Country Artist Amy Sheppard, a previous guest alongside her siblings George and Emma of the indie-pop sensation Sheppard.
Country music is nothing new to Amy. Growing up in Papua New Guinea, her Dad would always have the Country Music Channel playing on the TV, where she was introduced to The Chicks, The Mavericks, George Strait, and ‘90s country standouts Shania Twain and Faith Hill. The first ...
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April 23, 2024 • 12 mins
Singer-Songwriter: Alice Merton
Thrilled to welcome back, Friend of the show Alice Merton to Jrodconcerts: The Podcast.
Alice Merton has undeniably become known as the girl with no roots. In her songs, she’s always talked about celebrating life as a nomad, and making a home wherever you want it to be. With this next chapter however, her thoughts turn inward, and instead of finding a home in the outside world, she goes on an interna...
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April 23, 2024 • 23 mins
Hailing from the heart of West Michigan, WAYLAND is more than music—it's a relentless force in the Country-Rock scene. With their unique blend of gritty, hard-working tunes, they've coined a sound that's all their own: "working class music." For seven tireless years, WAYLAND crisscrossed the nation, dedicating three hundred days each year to touring, playing two hundred electrifying shows annually. Their dedication forged an unbrea...
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April 16, 2024 • 13 mins
Thrilled to welcome Madeline Edwards Live from the Midland Cruise!
Since breaking onto the scene at the 55th CMA Awards, Madeline Edwards has experienced a remarkable rise, performing on some of the genre's biggest stages and earning widespread accolades. Featured on the Spotify "Hot Country Artists to Watch" and CMT's "Next Women of Country" lists, Edwards was also selected as a Top 20 Breaker artist on NPR. Her Opry debut was lau...
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April 15, 2024 • 15 mins
Evolution. It's what keeps the best bands afloat — song after song, show after show, record after record. Mike Harmeier was still in his early 20s when he formed Silverada (Previously known as Mike and the Moonpies) From the start, they were the definition of a workingman's country band, cutting their teeth with five-hour sets on Austin's dancehall circuit before spreading their music to the rest of America. By the early 2020s, the...
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April 10, 2024 • 20 mins
Thrilled to welcome back Friend of the show Stephen Wilson Jr Live from The Midland Cruise.
Stephen Wilson Jr. is a singer/songwriter from rural Southern Indiana. Wilson was raised by a single father who was a boxer and had him boxing from age seven through adulthood as an Indiana State Golden Gloves finalist. Wilson, a self-taught guitarist moved to Nashville to pursue a degree in Microbiology at MTSU. There, he started the indie ...
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April 8, 2024 • 12 mins
We welcome shining Trailblazer Kaitlin Butts, Live from the Midland Cruise.
Bursting onto the scene with her album What Else Can She Do, Kaitlin Butts proved that she was a force to be reckoned with through her artistry and songwriting. Behind her flowing locks of auburn hair, Tulsa Oklahoma native twang, and a wry grin, she shows through her devastating storytelling and equally demanding, radiant voice.
In 2023, Kaitlin had her bi...
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April 1, 2024 • 19 mins
Our final episode from our extensive coverage of SXSW 2024.
Presence
Presence is the stage name of Southern California recording artist Jonathon Martinez. Presence’s musical catalog of nearly two dozen singles is an intimate dive into his struggles with anxiety, depression, grief, and love. Combined with a unique blend of singing and rapping, this vulnerability creates a fluidity of emotions across every project. In 2019, Presence ...
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March 29, 2024 • 19 mins
Episode 468 features an interview with Acclaimed Americana Band 'Driftwood' whose new record December Last Call, which finds the band returning to their Upstate New York roots for a reflective album showcasing the evolution of the band – both as musicians and close friends – over their 15-year career
Already garnering praise from No Depression, Holler, Glide Magazine, the Americana Music Association and others, December Last Call ...
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March 27, 2024 • 15 mins
Singer-songwriter Axel Flóvent is an alternative/indie artist from Iceland, ready to release his latest album 'Away From This Dance' June 2024.
Born and raised in the Northern fishing village of Húsavík, singer-songwriter Axel has recently supported artists such as The Paper Kites, Juníus Meyvant in Europe, and Radical Face in North America. Axel recorded his first EP, Forest Fires back in 2015 in Iceland, where the songs were wri...
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March 26, 2024 • 14 mins
sullvn (formerly The Sully Band) is a 10-piece beast of a band, playing originals and covers. Fronted by San Diego native Robert “Sully” Sullivan and anchored by Grammy Award-winning slayer of the bass, James East (Eric Clapton, Elton John, Michael Jackson), sullvn is composed of seasoned, accomplished players who hail from around the globe.
The horn section features industry-favorite Tripp Sprague (Kenny Loggins, Smokey Robinson),...
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March 25, 2024 • 15 mins
Bathe Alone is the moniker for Atlanta dream pop multi-instrumentalist Bailey Crone. Growing up with a formal background in classical music, Crone first burrowed her way into the Peach State’s indie scene as a teenager. She picked up drums, guitar, and bass early on and sharpened her skills playing in various bands.
Bathe Alone was founded on her skills as a drummer, with influences from punk to ambient guitar drenched in delay.
Jo...
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March 20, 2024 • 14 mins
Days after showstopping appearances at SXSW, hear Austrian rising Songstress OSKA share the story of her creative journey as a singer, songwriter, and performer, explaining how she first discovered her voice in the Austrian landscapes with her siblings and where she still hopes to go with it, how turning down bad recording contracts helped her career and the habit of being in a beautiful and positive state. OSKA also shares with Ja...
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March 18, 2024 • 18 mins
Thrilled to welcome one of the hottest Rock bands in today's landscape: Bleach Lab.
For Bleach Lab, Lost In A Rush of Emptiness – the title of the band’s debut album, a line borrowed from Leonard Cohen’s posthumous collection The Flame – has come to represent the all-consuming pit of dread that accompanies a piece of devastating news. Between them, the band (vocalist Jenna Kyle, bassist Josh Longman, drummer Kieran Weston and guita...
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March 17, 2024 • 14 mins
Since her debut in 2016, Sarah Klang has racked up two Swedish Grammy wins, countless nominations, and overwhelming praise in widely acclaimed press such as The Sunday Times, Rolling Stone, and I-D. In recent years her audience has gradually grown, as evidenced by sold-out shows in London, Amsterdam, Oslo, and Stockholm.
Klang released her fourth album "Mercedes" last fall and embarked on a lengthy European tour that ended with a t...
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March 16, 2024 • 16 mins
Over the last 15 years, Friend of our show Cassadee Pope has been a lot of things to a lot of people: leader of seminal pop-punk band Hey Monday. Season 3 winner of The Voice. Platinum-selling (“Wasting All These Tears”), GRAMMY-nominated ("Think of You,” a duet with Chris Young) country singer/songwriter. Ally and activist pushing for social change and a brighter future in a backward world. But through it all – the Warped Tour par...
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March 13, 2024 • 13 mins
Thrilled to have one of the hottest bands in the world, from Glasgow: Spyres.
Spyres have racked up over two million streams on Spotify alone with break-out singles Otherside, Fake ID and I Don't Care, all receiving an incredible outpouring of radio support from the likes of BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders, Radio X’s John Kennedy, BBC Introducing Scotland’s Phoebe I-H and Vic Galloway. The reaction to the band has been mirrored in pres...
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March 12, 2024 • 10 mins
With upbringings ranging from Georgia to California, West 22nd bonded in the face of sudden adulthood with songs about old relationships and new beginnings. Now together in the heart of Texas, this indie rock 5-piece brings their city of Austin, TX into the forefront of their energetic music and is inseparable from their must-see live shows.
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