Best Tyler Nicholson Podcasts (2025)

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Jeremie Albino and Tyler Grant 58:31

6h ago58:31

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Episode 319: This week’s split episode looks at songwriting and musicianship from two very different points of view. Toronto’s Jeremie Albino is a powerful roots rock singer/writer whose early love of blues and old rock and roll comes through in his self-effacing, easy grooving songs. A call from Dan Auerbach opened up new avenues for him through t…

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Miss Tess 59:01

12d ago59:01

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Episode 318: Over a 15-year career that began in Boston’s jazz and old-time scene, Nashville-based Miss Tess has distinguished herself with a hybrid blend of contemporary songwriting and vintage, swinging Americana. On her newest, the widely traveled artist taps a long love affair with Cajun country in Louisiana, yet it’s her own blend rather than …

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Olivia Wolf 59:01

14d ago59:01

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Episode 317: As the new year dawned, the first emerging artist that started buzzing on our radar was a California native living in Nashville with an emotional country-noir debut album called Silver Rounds. She was Olivia Wolf, and now months later, her album has proven its staying power, with critical acclaim and a long run on the Americana chart. …

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Sean McConnell 59:01

27d ago59:01

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Episode 316: Sean McConnell was born to do this. His parents were working songwriters who helped him get started as a teen in Atlanta. He landed a long-term song publishing deal while still in school at MTSU and earned cuts by Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Brett Young, and the TV show Nashville. Over 15 recordings - his latest is the lovely and agon…

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Adam Wright 59:03

1M ago59:03

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Episode 315: Adam Wright is one of the most thoughtful wordsmiths in the Nashville songwriting community, one who’s seen all sides of the Music Row machine. Working for a dozen years with Carnival Music, he’s carved a niche for himself, scoring a couple of Grammy Award nominations and landing cuts by Lee Ann Womack, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Bran…

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Coding with AI - What Works and What Doesn't - Analytive Podcast 46:55

1M ago46:55

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Tired of endless debugging and grunt work? Discover how one development shop is using AI to: Code faster. Automate mind-numbing tasks. Write cleaner, error-free code. Listen now. Your shortcut to smarter coding awaits. **************** Dusty Fields is the Director of Innovation at Tonic, a digital consulting firm founded in 2015 with a focus on ele…

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Pete Bernhard of The Devil Makes Three 58:01

2M ago58:01

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Episode 314: The Devil Makes Three has been one of roots music’s outstanding if quiet success stories of the past twenty years. Formed in Santa Cruz, CA in 2001, they got out ahead of the O Brother phenomenon and built a unique, crowd-pleasing sound through a renegade admixture of early blues, hard country, gospel and punk rock. In this hour, found…

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Sierra Hull 59:01

2M ago59:01

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Episoded 313: Sierra Hull brings a measure of small-town delight and innocence to roots and bluegrass that perfectly compliments her innate gifts and her formal schooling in high level music-making. The mandolinist, songwriter, singer, and band leader has emerged, since her youthful debut in 2008, as a star of her field and an inspiring figure in A…

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Bluegrass Singer Russell Moore 59:03

2M ago59:03

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Episode 312: In one of the big surprise stories in roots music of the past six months, bluegrass star and IIIrd Tyme Out founder Russell Moore was named the newest member of Alison Krauss and Union Station, taking over the male vocal and guitar role held by Dan Tyminski for years. Moore is on the upcoming album Arcadia and set to go on extensive to…

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Red Young 59:01

2M ago59:01

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Epidode 311: When I met lifelong musician Red Young on board Delbert McClinton’s Sandy Beaches Cruise, I knew I had to interview him. He’s had one of those journeyman’s careers that ties together all the threads of American music, from pop to R&B to jazz. He’s a pianist, Hammond organ specialist, singer, arranger and producer, and at 76 years old, …

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Gary Nicholson 59:02

3M ago59:02

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Episode 310: It would be hard to name any songwriter in Nashville’s long history whose work has been recorded by more stars across more genres of music than Gary Nicholson. The Texas native came to Nashville in 1980 after stints in Ft. Worth and Los Angeles, and not only did he amass an impressive string of country music hits with Vince Gill, Patty…

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Sam Grisman 59:01

3M ago59:01

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Episode 309: Sam Grisman, the 35-year-old son of mandolin icon David “Dawg” Grisman, grew up in a unique and supercharged musical environment, to put it mildly. Jerry Garcia was coming over all the time to the family home to pick and record old-time folk music with the elder Grisman. Bluegrass legends came and went, rehearsing and recording, and gi…

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Kaitlin Butts 59:01

3M ago59:01

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Episode 308: For country singer Kaitlin Butts, 2023 was very good and 2024 was even better, with an Americana Award nomination, praise in Rolling Stone magazine, and festival dates she’d been dreaming of. Her reputation and acclaim grew on the strength of her feisty stage temperament, her bold and cutting voice, and her fearless songs. Raised in Ok…

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Mickey Raphael 59:00

3M ago59:00

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Episode 307: It was 50 years ago this month that a 23-year-old Mickey Raphael felt his way through his first recording session with his relatively new band boss Willie Nelson. And it was no small thing, producing the iconic Red Headed Stranger. It was one event in a charmed life that set this Dallas musician on a path to the ultimate steady gig for…

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Dominating the Defense Market: Cracking the Code of Defense Procurement with David Feinstein 44:07

3M ago44:07

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This episode features David Feinstein, a leading expert from CyberWave Strategies, who demystifies the complex world of defense procurement. Learn how to navigate government contracting processes to win those crucial defense contracts. David shares actionable insights on building relationships with key decision-makers, crafting compelling value pro…

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Jessie Scott 59:01

4M ago59:01

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Episode 306: This one’s personal. Eight years ago, when we launched the Roots Radio format on the historic signal WMOT 89.5 FM, a few of us knew we could have no better program director than Jessie Scott, and we were fortunate that she was in the right time and place to come on board. Her 50 years of on-air experience, her expertise in Americana mu…

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Jerron Paxton 59:01

4M ago59:01

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Episode 305: Traditional acoustic blues has seen one of its periodic revivals, with more younger African American artists involved than any time I can remember. No survey of the scene would be legit without sizing up the career of 35-year-old Jerron Paxton, sometimes known as “Blind Boy” for a severe myopia that’s affected his life since his teens.…

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Humbird 59:01

5M ago59:01

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Episode 304: One of my highlights of 2024 was finally getting to see Minneapolis folk rocker Humbird, an artist whose three recordings display an unusual degree of sonic imagination and bandcraft, even beyond her serene and appealing voice. On her newest, Right On, songwriter Siri Undlin conjures ghosts, protests monoculture and environmental negle…

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Grayson Capps 59:02

5M ago59:02

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Episode 303: “I like dark songs. I don't know why,” says Grayson Capps early on in our interview. “Cheerful songs don't do much for me.” The Lower Alabama bluesman and songwriter is talking about both his career in general and his seventh album in particular, with the un-cheerful title Heartbreak, Misery & Death. It’s a covers collection featuring …

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Producer/Musicologist Joe Boyd 58:03

5M ago58:03

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Episode 302: Joe Boyd is one of the most accomplished and eclectic record producers in the story of popular music. As an American living in London, he helped break psychedelic folk rock pioneers The Incredible String Band and worked with Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, and Fairport Convention. He founded Hannibal Records, giving a home to the solo career o…

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Uncle Lucius and Yarn 59:02

6M ago59:02

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Episode 301: Americana music has been most conspicuously represented in the last few years by songwriting, band-leading artists, including Jason Isbell, Sierra Ferrell, and Billy Strings. Flash back to the origins of the alt-country and Americana movement, and the conversation was more often about bands, such as Son Volt, Whiskeytown, and the Old 9…

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Gaby Moreno 59:02

6M ago59:02

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Episode 300: When Gaby Moreno was announced as an official showcasing artist at this Fall’s Americanafest, it stirred a tingle of recognition in me, but I had to do some digging to realize what a big deal it was. The Guatemala-born, Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter became part of the Watkins Family Hour at Largo in LA and a regular on Chris …

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Danny Paisley and John Reischman 59:01

6M ago59:01

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Episode #299: While the public has become hyper aware of Billy Strings on his rocket ride to the top of bluegrass, only a small retinue of the music’s traditional veteran artists have achieved popular name recognition. I think especially of Del McCoury and Ricky Skaggs. But there’s a deeper world there, and we should work a little harder to shine t…

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Bronwyn Keith-Hynes and AJ Lee 59:02

6M ago59:02

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Episode 298: Molly Tuttle is the link in common between two exceptional breakout artists during an exciting era of bluegrass music. Bronwyn Keith-Hynes is the electrifying fiddle player in Tuttle’s band Golden Highway and a two time IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year. We get into her journey from Charlottesville, VA to school at Berklee to Nashville an…

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How to Hire, Utilize, and Thrive with Fractional Executives - Rachel Beisel Scott 48:39

7M ago48:39

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In this episode, we sit down with Rachel Beisel Scott, a visionary C-suite leader and founder of multiple companies, who has served as a full-time and fractional CMO for businesses ranging from startups to billion-dollar enterprises. With deep expertise in B2B and DTC across industries like software, healthcare, and consumer goods, our guest has a …

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JesseLee Jones and Robert's Western World 59:02

7M ago59:02

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Episode 297: It’s an immigrant story like no other. JesseLee Jones pined for something bigger growing up in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He got glimpses of American music and a guitar, and with that a long journey began. After landing in the states, and getting robbed by the way, he found his way to a family in the midwest who took him in and helped him buil…

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Sophie Gault plus Wyatt Ellis 59:01

7M ago59:01

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Episode 296: With Americanafest landing in Nashville, Craig Havighurst looked over the many artists breaking out of Music City and got especially excited about Baltic Street Hotel by rocking songwriter Sophie Gault. It’ll be released on Friday, but Craig’s been listening for a few weeks and finds it rich with personal details, sharp melodies, and a…

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Stephanie Lambring 58:31

7M ago58:31

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Episode 295: Stephanie Lambring’s new album - her second - is called Hypocrisy, and it blew me away on first listen because of the way its crafty, understated production set up some mind-jarring and elegantly sculpted lyrics. She’s a rural Indiana native whose writing talents in her early Nashville days led to a major publishing deal at 23. The Mus…

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Rhett Miller of Old 97's 58:02

8M ago58:02

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Episode 294: Formed in Dallas in 1992, Old 97’s became one of the seminal bands of the alternative country movement, alongside Whiskeytown, Son Volt, the Bottle Rockets and BR549. At its heart was the longtime friendship of bass player Murry Hammond and guitarist/songwriter Rhett Miller. Remarkably, across 13 albums and millions of miles, Old 97’s …

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Alice Randall's My Black Country 58:57

8M ago58:57

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Episode 293: The conversation about Black influence on and presence in country music has been intense and restorative over the past decade, and nobody has a more authoritative or informed take on the subject than writer and scholar Alice Randall. She became the first Black woman to launch a career as a professional Music Row songwriter and publishe…

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Madeleine Peyroux 58:59

8M ago58:59

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Episode 292: When singer Madeleine Peyroux released her breakout album Careless Love in 2004, her voice and phrasing, with echoes of Billie Holiday and Joni Mitchell, had more verve than the newly famous Norah Jones and more blues than Diana Krall. Her story was more remarkable than either. She’d basically run away from school as an American teenag…

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Kim Richey plus Jared Deck 59:01

9M ago59:01

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Episode 291: Thirty years into her late-blooming music career, Kim Richey feels like Americana music’s favorite aunt. She’s hip, youthful, incredibly kind and brimming with ideas and good words, many of which make it into fresh songs. She’s been co-writing a good bit lately, with the likes of Don Henry, Ashley Campbell and Aaron Lee Tasjan. New wor…

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Brick and Mortar Success, Technology in Government, Tips on Running Multiple Businesses 51:17

9M ago51:17

51:17

Jayson Manship is a mentor who guided me early in my career, with a diverse background at the intersection of technology and government. As a serial entrepreneur, Jayson has founded and led businesses across various industries, including catering, public relations, board games (Moonshot Games), and tech. If you want access to a great business mind,…

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Kyshona 59:01

9M ago59:01

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Episode 290: In a bit over a decade in Nashville, Kyshona has become a figure respected for her wisdom and valued as a songwriter/artist. Her 2020 album Listen, released just before the Covid shutdown, captured the zeitgeist of that troubled and strangely inspiring year, in part because a key part of the artist’s background and calling is music the…

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Ellen Angelico 59:01

10M ago59:01

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Episode 289: Ellen Angelico has emerged in the past few years as a go-to stringed instrument musician in the Americana and indie sectors of Nashville. Raised in Chicago, she was gigging in her teens, attended Berklee College of Music and came to Music City in 2010 with a full-time indie rock band spot. As she grew into more of a freelance life, Ell…

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Athens, Georgia 59:01

10M ago59:01

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Episode 288: In this special edition of The String, I present an audio postcard from Athens GA, a city of about 125,000 people just east of Atlanta that for forty years has been punching above its weight as a music city. As a teenager in the mid 1980s, I loved the B-52s and I about worshiped REM, and ever since, I’ve wondered what kind of place cou…

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Cris Jacobs plus Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams 59:00

10M ago59:00

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Episode 287: Cris Jacobs has been tagged the “King of Baltimore rock and roll” by a leading local publication, but a quick look at his catalog and certainly his newest album suggests that and more. He made his name as a guitarist, songwriter and singer with The Bridge, a soulful jam band that toured the nation and overseas between 2000 and 2010. Hi…

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John Craigie plus Chatham County Line 59:01

11M ago59:01

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Episode 285: As I say in the opening of this week’s show, it’s one thing to get applause for your songs, and it’s another to get laughs. John Craigie of Portland, OR has quietly built a robust touring career because he’s an excellent songwriter who also keeps his audiences in stitches between songs. His newest album is a collaboration called Pagan …

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Maggie Rose 57:00

11M ago57:00

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Episode 284: Maggie Rose returns to the String for a full hour this time, because her new album No One Gets Out Alive marks yet another leap for this magnificent singer and songwriter from Nashville. As we heard back in Episode 180, the Maryland native was scouted by major labels while still in college, leading to a country deal in the early 2010s.…

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Rev. Shawn Amos and The Secret Sisters 59:00

11M ago59:00

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Episode 283: It’s a split episode this week featuring a renaissance man of roots music from a “famous” background and a duo from Alabama who’ve been on a wild career ride since they were first discovered by producers T Bone Burnett and Dave Cobb. We start with Rev. Shawn Amos, who grew up in Los Angeles with his dad Wally, founder of Famous Amos co…

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Charlie Parr 58:57

12M ago58:57

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Episode 282: For twenty years, Duluth, MN troubadour Charlie Parr has been touring every corner of the nation, sleeping in his van and living lean, to bring his unique take on the country blues to the people. Reserved, cerebral and devoted entirely to his own vision, he’s one of our finest folk artists and a lyricist well worthy of a certain other …

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Bahamas And Kelsey Waldon 59:01

12M ago59:01

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Episode 281: There are countless reasons to pay homage to the legacy of country music and almost as many different ways to do so. Both of my guests this week - the Canadian artist Bahamas and Nashville’s Kelsey Waldon - are doing just that in their own ways with recent projects. At a time when country traditions are strong across the Americana land…

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Running a Body Armor Business - Alex Stewart at Premier Body Armor 52:39

1y ago52:39

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Premier Body Armor provides complete body armor systems to defend against threats including handguns, shotguns, and high-powered rifles. We are headquartered in Gastonia, North Carolina, and all our products are proudly made in the USA. In this episode with Alex Stewart, President of Premier Body Armor, we discuss the body armor business, how the c…

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Jerry Garcia's Bluegrass Journey 59:02

1y ago59:02

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Episode 280: It's taken decades for the nature and impact of Jerry Garcia’s formative years as a musician and band leader to emerge and become semi-common knowledge, because for many, his devotion to old-time string band and bluegrass music between 1961 and 1964 doesn’t square with the quantum jams he’d be leading just a few years later. But becaus…

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Optimistic Case for AI - Joe Fioramonti 1:03:58

1y ago1:03:58

1:03:58

"AI is going to take all our jobs and kill us all!" If you watch the news at all, that's the tenor of the conversation. But what impact will AI really have? In this episode, Joe Fioramonti of Dark Square and I discuss AI, look at historical examples of new technology, and break out what the future *could* look like. If you're tired of the doom and …

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Building Killer Funnels, Being a Capitalist Pig, and PT Barnum - Steve J Larsen 26:19

1y ago26:19

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Link to Steve's Newest Project: https://dailyleadflow.com/your-calculator About Analytive: We are revenue artists crafting pathways to convert cold traffic into leads and revenue. Learn more: https://analytive.com/

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Suzy Bogguss 58:59

1y ago58:59

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Episode 278: Suzy Bogguss started playing and performing on a hand-me-down guitar from her sister in small-town Illinois. After a few years making a living out west playing at ski lodges, she moved to Nashville, where she carved out a special place in 1990s country music. Amid a time of diversity and vibrancy in the format, her sweet, folky voice t…

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Vince Herman plus Kyle Tuttle 58:31

1y ago58:31

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Episode 277: Few pickers have toured harder or traveled farther than jamgrass veteran Vince Herman, who co-founded the iconic Leftover Salmon 34 years ago in Colorado. Yet there are always new things to try, so he’s added the band The High Hawks to his list of collaborations. Our sit-down visit was sparked by that band’s album Mother Nature’s Show …

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John Leventhal 57:58

1y ago57:58

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Episode 276: John Leventhal is one of the quiet achievers of American roots music going back more than 30 years. Early on as a guitar player in his native New York City, he connected with Jim Lauderdale and Shawn Colvin, co-writing and producing their debut albums. He met his wife Rosanne Cash as they worked on the pivotal album The Wheel (see Epis…

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Byron House with Kyle Frederick 59:00

1y ago59:00

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Episode 275: This week's show begins with an ode to the studio and stage musicians who come up with parts and make the singers and stars sound great, while being relegated to the sexist, ungenerous title of “sidemen.” Recently, I got to thinking about a musician - a bass player - who’s been on more big sessions and done time with more impactful art…

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