Category: Musicians

066 – Bohemian Soul Diva: Antonia Vai

066 – Bohemian Soul Diva: Antonia Vai

November 15, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Antonia Vai is a 24-year old singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Sweden, well-established on the music scene of Stockholm. She has been called a “Bohemian Soul Diva”,  mixing the elegance of a pop star, with the free spirit of a hippy, and she has is clearly been influenced by folk. Focused on storytelling, shaped by […]

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064 – Progressions: Dominique Leone

064 – Progressions: Dominique Leone

October 15, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Dominique Leone wears many hats, has only a few faces, and has composed hundreds of songs.  He is a classically trained musician from Texas who now operates out of San Francisco. He’s a songwriter and producer, with more than a slight command of pop history and theory, and has used these skills as a music […]

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062 – No Labels: Jack Conte

062 – No Labels: Jack Conte

August 31, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Jack Conte is a working musician who has had quite a bit of success via YouTube with his Video songs which have a couple of rules: 1. What you see is what you hear. (No lip-syncing for voice or instruments), 2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (meaning that there are […]

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061 – On Market Street: Penelope Houston

061 – On Market Street: Penelope Houston

August 15, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Penelope Houston, lead singer of the San Francisco punk band the Avengers, and successful solo artist, has released a new solo album entitled On Market Street.  We talk to Penelope about her early punk roots including when her band opened up for the Sex Pistols at Winterland, her expansive solo career, the re-release of the […]

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060 – Soundmind: Travis Larson Band

060 – Soundmind: Travis Larson Band

July 15, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Travis Larson joins MLR producer Josh Almond to talk about his instrumental fusion rock group, the Travis Larson Band. Think of a musical stew mixing a thick brown Rush gravy with big hearty chunks of Steve Morse and a dash of Jeff Beck. Comprised of Travis Larson (guitar), Jennifer Young (bass), and Dale Moon (drums), TLB’s complicated […]

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059 – HEAR This: Kathy Peck

059 – HEAR This: Kathy Peck

June 30, 2012 | By | 1 Comment

Kathy Peck is co-founder of Hearing Education Awareness for Rockers aka as H.E.A.R, a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to preventing hearing loss and raising awareness of the real dangers of repeated exposure to excessive noise levels from music which can lead to permanent, and sometimes debilitating, hearing loss and tinnitus. Kathy talks about her first […]

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057 – Spock’s Beard: Dave Meros

057 – Spock’s Beard: Dave Meros

May 31, 2012 | By | 2 Comments

Dave Meros is an American bass guitar player, best known as the bassist for Progressive Rock band Spock’s Beard. Josh Almond of Music Life Radio interviews Dave about his background, including his time as bass player and tour manager for Eric Burdon and The Animals, and his musical career with Spock’s Beard.  Dave’s main creative venture […]

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