Know Good Music

Today on KNOW GOOD MUSIC we talk with singer/songwriter/author : RICHARD BARONE from the 80s band THE BONGOS. Richard is quite the music historian!  We talk about Richard's early days in music as the littlest DJ, promoting bands at 16, forming the Bongos, touring, moving to Greenwich village on the advise of Tiny Tim (who became one his good friends) and Richard's great new book all about Greenwic...

Today we talk about the band DEF LEPPARD!  We review the 2001 documentary HYSTERIA, our top 10 Def Leppard Songs, The concert that Rob missed in 1983, Things you may not have known about Def Leppard  & MORE! Before we begin our main topic we talk about albums turning 50 & 40 years old (for June) and talk about some new music that is out and upcoming albums. On this episode we cover some music peop...

On show #43  Jim (rob) and Mike (matt) start off with some Music News (Owen Wilson looses his lifetime Stones pass! / Radio Friendly "gloryhole"?), New Music, Albums turning 50 in May, new music TV shows (Daisy Jones & the Six / Up Here) and we go over a list of the top 10 (alternative/new wave) songs of 1983!   Artists mentioned on our list are : THE SMITHS, DAVID BOWIE, NEW ORDER & DEPECHE MODE...

Rob (Jim) and Matt (Mike) talk with Swedish singer/songwriter Chris Klafford In 2017 Chris won (Swedish) Idol and in 2019 he came in 7th place on America's Got Talent.  His audition performance of John Lennon's "Imagine" had over 250 million views on YouTube (Chris' reposted audition video currently has 36 million views) We talk to Chris about Idol, America's Got Talent, his visit to Nashville, hi...

Our INTERVIEW with BRIAN CARNEY (voice-over artist / actor / geico commercial boss / son of Art Carney) Mike and I talked to Brian Carney about his acting career, music career, the Honeymooners and his father Art Carney (Ed Norton / Academy Award winner for Harry & Tonto) This is our first "in-person" interview.  Brian actually came to my house for the interview and brought his fathers Academy Awa...

We talk to Francesca about her first single "My Runaway", her favorite band KISS, what it's like performing in front of an audience, what's she's been working on lately and more! ************* About Francesca: Francesca Tarantino is a singer, musician, and actress Francesca was introduced to the guitar by her father when she was still a toddler.  Her fascination grew and soon she’d have an acousti...

On show #42 we review Brian Johnson's (AC/DC) new book "The Lives of Brian" We go through each chapter of Brian's book and pull out the stories that made us laugh, were interesting and just stood out to us.  Brian's journey to AC/DC! ************* We talk about some newer artist who have new albums out ( FAKE NAMES, JAWNY) and some older bands who are releasing new music (METALLICA, DEPECHE MODE)...

BUDDY HOLLY - today we talk all about the legendary Buddy Holly! But we begin the podcast with some new music news and we play part of a new song by the Brooklyn NY Punk band "Fat Heaven" called Quarter Life Crisis" BUDDY HOLLY TOPICS we cover: The Crickets The Recordings The Winter Dance Party Tour The Glasses Pat DiNizio's Lost Reel to Reel The lost 54 Fender  Buddy Holly in Books Buddy Holly al...

Interview with Vini "mad dog" Lopez (drummer for Steel Mill / Bruce Springsteen).     We talk about Vini's early days growing up in New Jersey, meeting Bruce Springsteen, the first two Bruce albums "Greetings from Asbury Park" and "The Wild, The Innocent" & the E Street Shuffle", "rosalita (come out tonight)" and what Vini's been up to lately. ABOUT VINI :  Vincent Lopez, nicknamed Mad Dog, is an...

Jim interviews Nashville Country Artist Chris Canterbury to talk about his newest album "Quaalude Lullabies", the songwriting process, touring, what he does besides music and more! Chris writes from the heart and while some of his songs are not entirely auto-biographical they will pull you in with their honesty.  There's not a bad song on the album and you really need to listen to Chris' music.  H...

Join Jim and Jeremy as they count down their top albums of 2022 - for a total of 26 ALBUMS! YES, there is still good music out there!  Maybe you are looking in the wrong places...   We start the podcast with new music and a new 14 year old artist by the name of Francesca Tarantino who just recorded her new song "my runaway" (we play a portion of the song).  We also go over some memorable concerts...

Join Jim and Jeremy for their annual ALBUM ROULETTE Show. We've randomly picked 3 albums (each) from Paste Magazine's Top 50 albums of 2022.  We each have listened and reviewed these albums.  Did we like them?  Did we hate them?  Find out. HORSEGIRL THE BETHS KENDRICK LAMAR BEYONCE BIG THEIF SHARON VAN ETTEN We start the show with a Memoriam segment for 4 musicians we've lost this month, we talk a...

Jim and Mike interview Chris Ballew from the great band THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Chris was the founder and lead singer of the 90s band The Presidents of the United States of America.  They had the hits "LUMP", "PEACHES" and "KITTY".  Their debut album sold over 3 million copies. The Presidents broke up in 2015 and Chris has since released over 19 albums as Children's Music Ar...

Mike and I had a great time talking to Bill Summers (who was in Herbie Hancock's band The Headhunters)!  We talk about various drums, his first meeting with Herbie Hancock, and the famous sound Bill created for one of the best known Jazz songs ever ... called Watermelon Man... Bill even demonstrates for us how the sound was created. About Bill: During the 1990s, Summers played with Los Hombres Cal...

Today Jeremy and I start off the show talking about some new Christmas songs that came out this year from: Lindsay Sterling Harry Connick Jr. David Foster & Katharine McPhee T Bear Will Ferrell Chris Canterbury Alicia Keys Joss Stone Phoebe Bridgers. Then we delve into one of our favorite "Christmas" movies THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.  We talk about the making of the movie, the music, and some...

SHOW 37 - HOLIDAY / CHRISTMAS SHOW pt. 1 Jeremy is back with me for our first of two Holiday / Christmas Shows On todays show we go into detail about the top 10 Christmas songs (picked by the staff at Billboard) and our most memorable Christmas gifts we've received over the years... as kids and as adults.  Another fun show!   ************* KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spoti...

Mike is back again (for this regular podcast) where we talk about 3 bands that make us (and you) laugh! We had some audio problems and this was supposed to be a 2 parter but most of part 1 got deleted (lost) so next year we'll do another one with some more bands. BANDS WE TALK ABOUT: THE TALKING HEADS MOJO NIXON CAKE ************* KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple...

Mike is back with me (Jim) in the studio for the regular podcast.  Today we talk some Music News and New Albums / Artists we've been listening to. MUSIC NEWS - BIG SKY (TV show) / WEIRD (Weird Al Movie) / Bono's new book SURRENDER / History making Taylor Swift  NEW ALBUMS / ARTISTS:  SAMMY HAGAR FIRST AID KIT CRAWLERS YO-YO MA BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and more!   ************* KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be foun...

Mike and I had a great time talking to Soul Jazz Keyboardist Robert Walter about his high school band Daddy Long Legs, his current band: The Greyboy Allstars and what it's like being on tour with Pink Floyd's Roger Waters.     Robert is heading back on tour in March 2023 with Roger's band for the European leg of the tour. About Robert: A founding member of the seminal groove band The Greyboy Allst...

This is the THIRD of 3 for our HALLOWEEN SERIES for October.  We sway a little bit away from MUSIC every October to show our love of Halloween & Horror Movies.   HORROR MOVIES THEMES / HORROR MOVIE REVIEWS 2022 Jeremy and I start off the podcast with a list of the top 13 Horror Movie Themes and then we go into our top Horror Movies of 2022!   We each have 4 plus we go into some more horror related...

This is the Second out of 3 in our Halloween Series. Jeremy and I interview actress LAUREN-MARIE TAYLOR! Lauren grew up in the Bronx and started her career in commercials and stage at a very young age.  In 1981 she was cast as Vickie in Friday the 13th Part 2 and the same year as Elaine in Neighbors with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd.  She then went onto the soap opera LOVING and now is a school te...

This is the first out of 3 in our Halloween Series for October.  We sway a little bit away from MUSIC every October to show our love of Halloween & Horror Movies!   Jeremy and I review the new Rob Zombie film "THE MUNSTERS MOVIE".. did we love the movie?  Did we hate the movie?   You'll to listen to figure out the answer.   We start off the podcast with some music news (Kiss / Genesis) and go into...

Here's my interview with LUCAS TAMAREN from the great LA band THUMPASAURUS! Thumpasaurus is a funk, jazz, experimental, new wave... well... just give them a listen.. they perform fun, energic and hilarious live shows ... like nothing else.   With their song "STRUTTIN'" they are about to take over the world!  The song is so popular on TikTok that Michael Buble has been seen 'struttin' to it... the...

Today I interview author Brian J Kramp who has just released his first book called THIS BAND HAS NO PAST - HOW CHEAP TRICK BECAME CHEAP TRICK. This book covers the time leading up to the forming of the band Cheap Trick and goes up to their 4th album (at Budokan).  This book not only is about Cheap Trick but what was going on during this time period (locally, politically, musically).  So much infor...

SHOW #32 - FORGOTTEN BANDS - Part 2 of 2   On show #32 Jeremy and I (Jim) start off with some good beers, concerts coming up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania ... and then we get into 4 bands that have been forgotten over the years.   These are bands that started out in the 60s/70s that you might not have even heard of or maybe once we mention a song you'll say "ahhh.. that was them?"...  Bands we co...