Category: Podcast

045 – Bass Player: Bryan Beller

045 – Bass Player: Bryan Beller

November 15, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

Bryan Beller is a bassist, composer, writer,  solo artist, and contributing editor for Bass Player magazine.  He has played with several musicians including Steve Vai, Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa), Dweezil Zappa, his wife R&B / soul singer Kira Small, and as member of the touring band Dethklok – from the Adult Swim show Metalocalype.  Josh Almond interviews […]

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044 – Ron Shock (2/2)

044 – Ron Shock (2/2)

October 30, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

Ron Shock is a comedian with one hell of a life story. His career path includes priest in training, chain gang member, attempted jewel thief and subsequent guest at a maximum security penitentiary, computer programmer in the U.S. Army, and Vice President of a Fortune 500 company.  At age 40 he had an epiphany, and became […]

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043 – Ron Shock (1/2)

043 – Ron Shock (1/2)

October 15, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

Ron Shock is a comedian with one hell of a life story. His career path includes priest in training, chain gang member, attempted jewel thief and subsequent guest at a maximum security penitentiary, computer programmer in the U.S. Army, and Vice President of a Fortune 500 company.  At age 40 he had an epiphany, and […]

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042 – B.O.B Fest: Kate Knox

042 – B.O.B Fest: Kate Knox

September 30, 2011 | By | 1 Comment

Erik Core interviews Kate Knox about her role as an organizer for the international punk rock festival BOBFEST.  The BOB stands for Bremen – Germany, Oakland – California USA, and Bath – England and every couple of years the festival  rotates between these three cities. Folks come from all over to get together and enjoy […]

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041 – River Train: Crystal Monee Hall

041 – River Train: Crystal Monee Hall

August 30, 2011 | By | 2 Comments

Singer-songwriter  Crystal Monee Hall is perhaps the hardest working person in music. The Virginia-born native came to Oakland by way of New York, where she spent several years singing in the Broadway musical Rent. Her debut album River Train is a mix of folk, soul, gospel, and rock. We talk to Crystal about River Train, her love of […]

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040 – 100 Concerts: J.P.Kallio

040 – 100 Concerts: J.P.Kallio

August 14, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

J.P. Kallio is a Finnish born singer-songwriter best known for his work in the traditional irish folk band Sliotar.  This however is the story of his new  band JPKallio.com, a Dublin based indie rock band that mixes classic and punk rock to form their basis. The band features J.P. on vocals and guitar, Tomek Jastrebski […]

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039 – American Professional: Chuck Lindo

039 – American Professional: Chuck Lindo

July 30, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

Chuck Lindo‘s current projects include The American Professionals, and the indie rock band Actionslacks. Chuck hails from the St. Louis punk band The Nukes, the surf-inspired Jumbo Shrimp (featuring Dead Kennedy’s East Bay Ray and Klaus Flouride), and alt rock band Dryspell. In 2007, Chuck founded music house Jingle This with partner John Schulte. They […]

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