Roadcase Podcast

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Billie Marten, who joins Roadcase from East London for this fun interview, just released her 3rd album, Flora Fauna, on May 21, only a few days shy of her 22nd birthday. It's a gorgeous, free-flowing album full of wonderful guitar rhythms and sonic surprises. Billie is actually a seasoned road veteran whose first real gig w...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Hop on board for today's interview with the intriguing and uber-successful Jordan Kurland.  Jordan is the co-founder of Brilliant Corners Artist Management and has been helping guide musical careers for decades -- he works with such artists as Death Cab for Cutie, Real Estate, Toro Y Moi, Soccer Mommy and Pup, among others....

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Join us for this exciting episode with the uber-talented Maggie Rose, who found her way to Nashville via a short stint at Clemson University after beginning her career in a Springsteen cover band as a teenager.  Maggie has a new album, "Have a Seat," coming out on August 20, and has spent time touring extensively with...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Join us for this intriguing episode with Chris Paules, Tour Manager, Tour Director and Production Manager, who has managed the tours of big-name acts such as Diplo, Major Lazer, Tenacious D and The Midnight, among others. The diversity of his clientele speaks to his adaptability as a manager, as well as to the overall breadth of...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Hop on the bus for this fun interview with Brandon “Taz” Niederauer. Taz, who recently graduated from high school, has been playing guitar since he was eight years old, initially inspired by the movie “School of Rock.” Four years later, Taz was cast in a starring role in the Broadway production of the movie, produced by Andrew L...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Hop on board for this super informative journey into the world of booking live acts with music agent Ken Fermaglich of UTA.  Ken's been in this business for over 30 years and takes us through his intriguing origin story from an aspiring bass player to a rabid Rush fan, to the halls of talent agencies and finally into the ta...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Climb aboard for this great one with Tim Bluhm who is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of his band, The Mother Hips.  Tim has been touring and grinding it out for a while now, and has had some time during this Covid period to reflect upon his career and his life on the road -- and we're grateful he chose to stop by for a ch...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Join us for this wonderful ride as Josh explores the production side of live shows with the uber-creative set designer, lighting director, illustrator and video production artist, Abigail Portner.  Among her multi-faceted artistic endeavors, Abby has created the onstage look and feel for bands like Lucius, Soccer Mommy, Andrew B...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Join us for this enlightening talk with Alex Maas and Rob Fitzgerald as we discuss Alex's latest solo album, Luca, as well as his work with The Black Angels and how he and Rob have worked together to co-found and manage the Austin-based Levitation Festival along with their Reverberation Appreciation Society record label. Bo...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Please join us for this fun chat with Scarlet Estelle, Director of Member Success at REC Philly, an incubator for creative entrepreneurs in the heart of Philadelphia. Scarlet came into the industry with AEG and Live Nation, and now supports creative artists on their individual journeys as they take advantage of all that REC offe...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Hop on aboard for this fantastic interview with Tristen, the Nashville-based artist, whose latest album, Aquatic Flowers, just came out June 4.  We're so excited to talk to Tristen, who is a fascinating, well-rounded, insightful and sensitive singer/songwriter with a gorgeous voice, and an enigmatic and endearing songwritin...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Jump on the bus for a massive information download on the state of the live music industry with Eric Renner Brown, who is an editor at Pollstar, the industry's premier live music trade publication.  Eric talks to Josh about what's up with the fast-moving live show comeback story along with the latest in terms of what b...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Come on aboard for Episode 2, Season 2 with the one and only Jonathan Russell of The Head and the Heart. Jon is an extraordinary and compelling artist and his open-hearted nature is well evident as he talks with Josh about the notion of performance and what it means to him. The now-legendary origin story of The Head and The Hear...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Join Roadcase for this inaugural episode of Season 2 with NPR's Bob Boilen.  Bob created NPR's All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk Concerts and has been inviting artists and bands to play at his desk at NPR since 2008. We talk about how these intimate and stripped-down shows became a reality, how Bob came from New York...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  The stoke is high at Roadcase as Bo Koster of My Morning Jacket talks to Josh for this last episode of Season 1. Bo's been the Jacket keyboardist since 2004 and during that time has played an integral and crucial part of the band's energy, power and success which has kept My Morning Jacket high on the list of greatest...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  As we head into the last week of Season 1, jump aboard for this fun conversation with Ken Grand-Pierre.  Ken loves the stories behind the creative process and as the host of The New Exchange Podcast, he explores what those stories mean as well as the personal connection artists have with their craft.  As a journalist and photogr...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Join us for this wonderful look at the life of Robert Finley, noted Blues artist who's latest album, Sharecropper's Son, was produced by Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys) on Dan's Easy Eye Sound label.  But Robert, despite his 67 years, only recently came to a level of prominence, which makes his story even more compe...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Come on along and learn the ins and outs behind the plethora of live performances featured by Chicago-based Audiotree in this fun and informative interview with talent bookers Jessica Mindrum and Blake Norris.  Audiotree records and produces live performances at their Audiotree studio as well as a number of different settings in...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Hop aboard the Roadcase bus and join us for this great episode with the thoughtful and introspective Ron Gallo.  Ron's new album, PEACEMEAL, is an eclectic mix of soul, R and B, synth pop, and rock presented in a creative burst of imagination and energy.  Coming on the heels of his previous, garage-band influenced and heavy...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Join us for the conclusion of this special two-part interview with legendary rock photographer, Jay Blakesberg.  Jay has been documenting live music -- the artists and the scene for over 40 years and is still going strong.  He has been published over 300 times in Rolling Stone magazine alone in addition to other major music publ...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Come on aboard for this episode with the supremely talented Kate Stables who joined us from Paris, France to talk about This Is The Kit's latest album, Off Off On, a gorgeous album which she wrote while on the road with The National.  Kate is a unique and captivating artist as well as an engaging conversationalist and she c...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Join us for Part 1 of this special two-part interview with legendary rock photographer, Jay Blakesberg.  Jay has been documenting live music -- the artists and the scene for over 40 years and is still going strong. Jay's evocative images are ubiquitous and he has been published over 300 times in Rolling Stone magazine alone...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Hop on aboard and learn about the lovely and amazingly talented Lydia Luce. Her new album, Dark River, is quite the personal journey and Lydia talks us through some of the songs from this newly released work. Lydia is classically trained in viola, her voice and guitar accompaniment are exquisite, and her songs are layered in lus...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Come on along and join the Roadcase party for this super fun, loud and brash episode with killer drummer Wes Toledo of Chicago's Post Animal.  We'll talk touring, musical influences and what it's like to play on the road with Cage the Elephant. Pre-covid, these guys are a touring machine and they hope to get back...

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Please join me on the Pod for this truly fantastic and fun interview with the every-changing Aaron Lee Tasjan.  Aaron is a fascinating, multi-faceted and multi-talented artist who's simply a gem of a dude with tons of stories from life and the road.  He seamlessly blends style and music in a sometimes eclectic mix and alway...