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Robert's award winning Follow Your Dream Podcast is ranked in the Top 1% of all podcasts with listeners in 200 countries! Each episode is like taking a World Tour! Robert is a professional musician who followed his youthful music dream later in life and became a Rock Star after he turned 60! Since then he has released 13 acclaimed albums including a Billboard #1, has millions of video views and streams, and has performed at festivals and concerts around the world. He also started this podcas ...
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This is a Special Episode called THE BRITISH INVASION SHOW. It features the seven following stars from this magical era of the 1960s when English artists ruled the pop world and the charts. Each was previously a guest on the podcast. Peter Noone - Herman of Herman’s Hermits. They had a spectacular run of hits including “No Milk Today”, “There’s A K…
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This SPECIAL EPISODE introduces ROBERT'S NEW SINGLE: "DAY AT THE RACES". This song captures the Thrills, Chills and Pageantry of the Triple Crown horse racing season - the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont. Called "Fun, Upbeat, Exciting!". It’s the third of Robert’s four new singles being released one per month, following “Rough Rider” …
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This is an Encore Presentation of my March 2024 interview with Eliane Elias, the extraordinary and exquisite Brazilian jazz pianist, singer and composer. She is a multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy winner. She combines Brazilian music, jazz and classical into a remarkable repertoire. Her recordings run the gamut from The Doors to Antonio Carlos Jobim…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my July 2023 interview with Jeremy Swift, who shot to worldwide fame as Leslie Higgins - the Communications Director for the AFC Richmond football club - in the hit series “Ted Lasso”. He was nominated for an Emmy Award. Before Lasso he was in films such as “Mary Poppins Returns” along with Dick Van Dyke, “Oliver T…
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Deborah Silver is a renowned vocalist in Jazz, Country, Americana. She’s been praised by none other than Quincy Jones. She’s had a string of hit duets with stars like Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers, Jack Jones and Tony Orlando. Her newest album is “Basie Rocks!” recorded with the Count Basie Orchestra, featuring songs by The Beatles, Stones,…
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Tessa Violet is an Indie pop star. She’s a singer, songwriter, actress and former child model. Her song “Crush” has over 200 million streams and 100 million video views. Her recent single is “My Body’s My Buddy”. My featured song is “Tessa” from the album East Side Sessions by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link. ------------------------------…
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Mark Holloway is a Grammy winning Violist and Chamber Musician. He is a member of the World Famous Pacifica Quartet. He has been principal violist at Tanglewood and The New York String Orchestra. He’s performed in the U.S., Chile, Greenland, France and Switzerland. On television he has performed at Live From Lincoln Center. My featured song is the …
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Melissa Errico is a Star! She’s an exquisite singer, actress and Tony Award nominated Broadway Star. Her Broadway successes include “My Fair Lady” (Eliza Doolittle) and “Les Miserables” (Cosette). She’s done solo concerts and cabarets around the world. She’s an acclaimed interpreter of Stephen Sondheim and Michel Legrand. She’s also a New York Time…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my December 2022 interview with Bruce Belland of The Four Preps, America’s first boy band. Their 1958 million selling hit “26 Miles Across The Sea” made them into international pop stars. The song influenced Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and inspired Jimmy Buffett. The Preps were featured on the Ed Sullivan Show a…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my May 2024 SAXOPHONE SUMMIT featuring four of the world’s best saxophone players. John Helliwell, former member of Supertramp, one of the greatest bands of the rock era. They dominated the charts in the 1970s with their album “Breakfast In America” which sold over 20 million copies. Fred Lipsius, the saxophonist a…
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Francesca Tandoi is an amazing Italian Jazz Pianist and Vocalist who I discovered online and invited to be a guest on the show. She has performed with Snarky Puppy, Scott Hamilton and Darius Brubeck. She has performed in the U.S., Italy, Japan, India, Turkey and Israel. My featured song is my version of Chick Corea’s “Sea Journey” from my debut 199…
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Phil Harding is a celebrated UK Recording Engineer who worked from the ‘70s through the ‘90s with artists like The Clash, Bananarama, Rick Astley, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Kylie Minogue and many others. His recent projects include Cliff Richard and Belinda Carlisle. He’s also earned a doctorate and he’s written a book called “Pop Music Producti…
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Jason Roller is a Nashville based, Grammy nominated, multi-instrumentalist who plays the guitar, fiddle, mandolin and banjo. He currently tours with the band Alabama and also is a house guitarist with the Grand Ole Opry. And he’s an in-demand session musician. He’s toured with Wynonna, Dolly Parton, John Berry, Kellie Pickler and Dave Mason. My fea…
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Roit Feldenkreis is a spectacular Israeli Symphonic Conductor. She has led top orchestras from Israel, Europe and Latin America including the Jerusalem, Haifa, Montevideo, Compana, London City and Paraguay Orchestras. She’s a winner of the London Classical Conducting Competition. She’s a former soprano singer. And she’s also a Performance Coach bri…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my July 2024 interview with John McEuen. He is a Banjo Star and an original member of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, which had a big hit with “Mr. Bojangles”. He’s also a lifelong friend of and collaborator with Steve Martin and played on his hit song “King Tut” and also on their Grammy winning bluegrass album. He’s r…
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Carlos Simon is a Grammy Nominated Classical composer with Gospel and Jazz Roots. He is the Composer-In-Residence of The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts; and the holder of the Inaugural Boston Symphony Orchestra Composer Chair. His works address themes including migration, belonging and community. His latest work is “Good News Mass” …
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Christine Feldman-Barrett is an American Author and Professor living in Australia. She is the author of “A Women’s History Of The Beatles” about how the Beatles shaped and enriched the lives of women, and which also examines the key women in their history. My featured song is “Juliet Dances” from the album East Side Sessions by my band Project Gran…
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Robbie Fulks is a Grammy nominated Country, Folk Bluegrass Singer Songwriter. He’s appeared at the Grand Ole Opry, on Prairie Home Companion, with Dr. John, Missy Raines, John Cowan and The Steep Canyon Rangers. My featured song is “New Folk Song” from the album The Queens Carnival by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link. ----------------------…
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This Very Special Episode of the podcast celebrates that we have just passed 3 MILLION DOWNLOADS! I started the podcast just over four years ago, during the depths of the pandemic. I had no audience and no guests. All I had then was a goal: to inspire and motivate people to follow their dream, just like I had followed my youthful music dream later …
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Thelma Houston is a legendary R&B singer. In 1977 she hit the top of the charts with “Don’t Leave Me This Way”, the song which has become her signature. and she won the Grammy for “Best Female R&B Vocal”. She has sung that song on American Idol, America’s Got Talent and The Masked Singer. She has performed on the Golden Globes and the American Musi…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my March 2022 interview with Leisa Re, who has been a member of The Ukelele Orchestra Of Great Britain for 15 years. The Ukes - as they are affectionately known - have performed all over the world including for The Queen on the occasion of her 90th birthday. They look like a classical string quartet with their form…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my March 2022 interview with Patrick Myers, who performs as Freddie Mercury in Killer Queen, the world’s foremost Queen Tribute band. He has been doing this since he formed the band in 1993. His transformation is remarkable in terms of appearance, singing and stage presence. My featured song in this episode is my r…
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Paul Muldoon is a Pulitzer Prize winning Irish poet. He’s won several other awards too including the Shakespeare Prize. He’s the author of 15 collections of poetry. He’s the Editor of the 2021 two-volume treatise called “The Lyrics: 1956 To The Present”, that he wrote together with Sir Paul McCartney. It covers 154 of Paul’s songs with the Beatles,…
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Zainab Salbi is an Iraqi Born Author, Humanitarian and Women’s Rights Activist. She’s the co-founder of “Daughters Of The Earth”, a fund and movement to support women-led climate solutions, and she’s also a founder of “Women For Women International”, an organization which helps women affected by sexual violence and conflict. She was honored by Pres…
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Michelle Ross is a celebrated Mizrahi-American classical violinist and composer. She’s a protege of Itzhak Perlman. Her compositions have premiered at the Lucerne Festival and at Tanglewood, and her compositions have been recorded by some of the world’s best chamber musicians. She’s a prolific improviser too. She’s featured on Jon Batiste’s Grammy …
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“MOON SHOT” is my newest single. It’s the second of my four new singles that I’m releasing one per month. Last month’s release was “Rough Rider”. With “Moon Shot” I went back to my Jazz Rock Fusion roots, the music that I loved and began playing in the 1970s. Fusion combines the power of Rock with the complexity and improvisation of Jazz. The track…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my December 2021 interview with John Lodge, the longtime bassist, vocalist and composer for The Moody Blues. In 2018 he and the band were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. He’s written many of their hits including “Ride My See-Saw” and “I’m Just a Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)”. My featured song in t…
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Mona Golabek is an author, actress and Grammy Nominated concert pianist. She has an important and touching Holocaust related story. It’s about her mother, Lisa Jura, at the time a 14 year old pianist living with her family in Vienna, who escaped from the Nazis to England via the Kindertransport program. Mona has written a book about this called “Th…
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JP Jofre is an Argentinian born 2x Grammy Nominated composer and Bandoneon player. His music has been recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra and by artists like Paquito d’Rivera. He’s appeared as a performer at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the Beijing National Theatre. My featured song is “The Gift” my recent collaboration with Grammy winni…
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Eleni Katz is a world class bassoonist. She’s a prominent soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player. She’s performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and the Milwaukee, Fort Worth and New World Symphonies. She’s a winner of the Concert Artist Guild Competition and the Woolsey Hall Concerto Competition. Her approach to playing…
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Ivor Davis is a renowned journalist, investigative reporter and author. In his long career he has covered music, murder, politics and Hollywood. He travelled with The Beatles on their 1964 American tour and he was the ghostwriter of George Harrison’s column in the London Daily Express. He accompanied them in their meeting with Elvis Presley at Grac…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my January 2023 interview with iconic rocker Suzi Quatro. She blazed a path as one of the first and one of the best female rock and rollers. She’s a singer, songwriter and bassist. She’s sold over 50 million records. And she’s equally famous for portraying the part of Leather Tuscadero in the hit sitcom “Happy Days…
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Pascal Le Boeuf is a Renaissance man and a Grammy winning pianist, composer and electronic artist. He plays classical, indie and jazz. Improvised music, chamber music and production based technology. He won a Grammy this year for the Best Instrumental Composition. He performs as both a soloist and in groups, including with saxophonist Jeff Coffin a…
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Nick Holmsten is the Swedish born former Spotify Global Head of Music and the creator of Spotify Playlists. His latest venture is TSX Entertainment based in Times Square, New York, which connects arts and brands together with fans. My featured song is “Flat Busted” from the album Spring Dance by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link. -----------…
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Avner Dorman is an Israeli born classical composer. His fans include Pinchas Zuckerman, Zubin Mehta and Andris Nelson. His music has been performed by the Cleveland Orchestra and by the Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco Symphonies. He won Israel’s Prime Minister Award. He earned a doctorate from Juilliard, and he’s currently a Professor of Musi…
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This is a SPECIAL EPISODE called “THE IRISH SHOW”. It features four of the incredible Irish artists who have been guests on the podcast. Brendan Graham is Ireland’s most famous lyricist and composer, a 2x Eurovision Contest winner, and the composer of “You Raise Me Up”, one of the most covered songs of all time. Neil Martin is a celebrated Irish co…
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Barry Bales is an acclaimed Bluegrass and Country Music Acoustic Bassist. He’s played with Alison Krauss & Union Station since the 1990s. He’s won multiple Grammys, International Bluegrass Music Association and CMA awards. He’s been voted “Bassist Of The Year” 4 times. And he’s performed with Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, The Chieftains, Dolly Part…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my February 2024 episode featuring Bert Berns and Nat Weiss, two giants of the music industry, yet both relatively unknown to the public. Bert Berns was one of the foremost songwriters and producers of pop and rhythm and blues in the ‘60s. His hits include “Twist And Shout”, which The Beatles took to international …
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This is an Encore Presentation of my March 2022 interview with Elliott Randall, one of the greatest guitarists of the Rock era. His solos on Steely Dan’s hit “Reelin’ In The Years” and Irene Cara’s “Fame” are iconic. Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers, The Blues Brothers and Toto all asked him to join their bands. He’s been a first-call session musici…
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Louis Langree is a celebrated French Conductor. He’s been the Musical DIrector of the Orchestre de Picardie, the Opera National de Lyon, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liege, the Camerata Salzburg and the Theatre National de L’Opera-Comique. In the U.S. he’s been the Conductor of the Mostly Mozart Festival and the Cincinnati Symphony. And he was m…
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Tal Mashiach is a Grammy nominated, Israeli born, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and jazz composer. He’s been called one of the most original voices in the world jazz scene. He’s collaborated with a number of leading artists including Anat Cohen, her brother Avishai Cohen, and Paquito D’Rivera. His 2022 debut solo guitar album was recorded in an …
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Sivan Magen is an internationally acclaimed harpist. He has performed worldwide as a recitalist and soloist at Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House and with the Israel Philharmonic, the Sydney Symphony and many other orchestras. He’s an avid chamber musician too. His most recent recording won the 2023 Gramophone Award. My featured song in this …
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Lauren Christy is a Pop Phenom. She co-founded The Matrix, the 7x Grammy nominated trio. They’ve written hits for just about everyone. They wrote and produced Avril Levigne’s “LET GO” album which contained three number 1 hits, and she’s also had hits with Christina Aguilera, Shakira, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson and Dua Lipa among others…
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This is a TRIBUTE EPISODE FOR JESSE COLIN YOUNG of The Youngbloods, who passed away this week, and an Encore Presentation of my October 2022 interview with him. Jesse became a San Francisco-based Counterculture Hero during the 1967 Summer Of Love with his massive hit “Get Together”. The song became an anthem for the Woodstock generation. He was a p…
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Matt Axton is an Americana and Roots singer-songwriter who comes from an illustrious musical family. His father was Hoyt Axton, who wrote some of the biggest hits of the 1960’s/70s including “Joy To The World” and “Never Been To Spain” for Three Dog Night, “The No No Song” for Ringo, and “The Pusher” for Steppenwolf. His mother Donna was the pianis…
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Jorge Bermudez is a Nicaraguan born World Class Percussionist and Songwriter. He’s recorded with Rod Stewart, Johnny Mathis, Pablo Cruise and others. He’s toured with Jose Feliciano, Santana, Joe Sample and T. Bone Burnett. And he’s written and produced over 50 songs for TV shows and films including Dexter and CSI. My featured song is the live vers…
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Brigid and Johnny Reedy are a spectacular sister/brother Western and Americana duo from Montana. Brigid is a Superstar fiddler, singer, songwriter, poet and storyteller. She’s performed at Cowboy Poetry and Storytelling festivals and gatherings, and at the Grand Ole Opry and Carnegie Hall. Johnny is a multi-instrumentalist. Their music reflects the…
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This Special Episode introduces “ROUGH RIDER”, my new single. It’s the first of four new singles that I’m releasing one per month via this podcast. The song is another return to my instrumental roots. It’s got a Cool, ‘60s “Spaghetti Western”, guitar-driven, tremolo sounding, Ventures/Link Wray/Duane Eddy kind of vibe. If you close your eyes as you…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my 2021 interview with Joe Bouchard, a founding member of Blue Oyster Cult, the band that had a huge hit with “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”. That song later became an even bigger hit - and propelled a renaissance for Blue Oyster Cult - after it was featured in the iconic ‘More Cowbell’ skit on Saturday Night Live in 20…
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Alison Brown is a Grammy and Emmy winning Banjo player. She is the winner of the “Banjo Of The Year” award. She’s a member of the Banjo Museum’s Hall Of Fame. She’s collaborated with Steve Martin on three Bluegrass radio hits. And she’s collaborated with Vince Gill, Anat Cohen and Bela Fleck. Plus, she’s the co-founder of Nashville’s Compass Record…
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