Roadcase Podcast

The Dynamic Duo of Eric Krasno and Stanton Moore, both Grammy winning artists, have finally joined forces with an album and a tour, and have come to Roadcase to talk about it all.  Both Krasno and Moore are highly-respected giants in the industry. Krasno is a founding member of Lettuce and Soulive while Stanton is a founding member of Galactic and Garage-a-Trois, and now they have produced an albu...

The Bright Light Social Hour founders Jackie O'Brien and Curtis Roush are here to talk about the Austin Psych Scene, their deep connection to live performance and their long-standing support of important social reform issues.  They'll also be hitting the road hard once again this Fall in support of their upcoming new album, Emergency Leisure, set for release on August 2.  Among the many...

Happy Birthday to the insanely talented blues artist Ally Venable, who turns 24 today! Ally, whose musical gift is deeply embedded in her soul, has been performing, singing and shredding for almost a decade now -- having first picked up a guitar when she was only 12 years old. Her latest album, Real Gone!, is a stunning collection of inspired songs and also serves as a fitting tribute to many curr...

For the past several decades, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams -- both together and separately -- have lived a life on the road performing music across the country and around the world.  Now over the past several years, this lovely couple has been playing music and traveling together, touring behind their new album, Live at Levon's!, representing the special time they have spent over the ye...

Sammy Rae grew up in a small Connecticut town where she attended an all-girls Catholic high school but that's just about where the conventional upbringing stops. Sammy realized that New York City -- specifically, Brooklyn -- was the place she needed to be. The Big City in all its spectacular diversity gave Sammy the platform and permission to be who she wanted to be and to explore her own per...

There's a reason drummer Scotty Zwang has an illustrious history of collaboration (Lotus, The Disco Biscuits, Umphreys McGee, and Soulive among others); primarily, he's got amazing chops as a drummer, but mostly, it's because he's just a great guy to have around.  Calm, cool, and relaxed, Scotty's been honing his craft practically his entire life. Having begun playing as a...

Nashville-based Caitlin Rose is on the show this week to bring us up to speed on her life, her current direction, and the creative forces behind CAZIMI, her long-anticipated new album -- her first in almost 10 years. It's been a long wait for her fans, and an even longer period for Caitlin herself, who describes the uncharacteristic decade gap as a "Sisyphean struggle" -- and that i...

It’s been quite the journey for Magic City Hippies — all the way from busking on the streets of Miami almost a decade ago to their current U.S. headlining tour. This amazing trio of friends: Pat Howard, Robby Hunter and John Coughlin, have all been on a crazy ride these past few years and have come to Roadcase to talk about it all. These guys are simply fun and endearing humans -- and have an impr...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We are thrilled to welcome The Backseat Lovers to Roadcase for this awesome interview. Joshua Harmon, Juice Welch, Jonas Swanson and KJ Ward all grew up in Utah, where they still live, and are currently on an incredible ride of popularity and creativity -- hitting the road hard with their remarkable high energy and infectious brand of Alt-Rock.  These four friends are as clo...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  Dre Smith of Producing a Kind Generation is on the show this week, and this is an absolutely stellar interview!  PAKG has a new album coming out in April, and Dre talks to Josh about the myriad challenges he has faced in his life and as a result, how he came into his artistic expression fairly late. He has experienced horrible family trauma, and we discuss what impact his di...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We're totally psyched to have Early James on the show for this Episode no. 170!  On the heels of his latest album, Strange Time To Be Alive, released last August, James embarked on his first headlining tour last Fall, and has not looked back. Once again produced by Dan Auerbach, who also produced James' first album, Singing for My Supper, James expands on his Ameri...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We're super pumped for this exciting episode featuring Jeff Gorman and Jake Cochran of Illiterate Light -- a stunning duo who are noted for their dynamic and striking live performances with Jeff on guitar and bass pedals and Jake's unorthodox standing position at the drum kit, infusing an amazing energy into their live shows.  Their new album, Sunburned -- out now...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We're psyched to be joined by Jordan Reynolds this week, who performs as the psych-Americana outfit,  Rose Hotel. This wonderful Atlanta-based artist goes toe-to-toe with Josh in a fun interview filled with twists, turns and a few surprises (Wilco stories, anyone?).  Jordan has relied primarily on her strong DIY spirit, and her upcoming sophomore album entitled A Pawn S...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We’re stoked to have Disco Biscuits’ Jon Gutwillig joining us for this week’s episode. Jon has been creating killer soundscapes and rocking venues worldwide with the Biscuits’ unique “trancefusion” brand of jazz/disco/funk/etc… now for over 25 years. The Biscuits upcoming album, a “Space Opera” entitled Revolution in Motion, is set to be out in the Spring, and proves to be a...

Happy New Year and welcome back to Roadcase! We are absolutely delighted to talk to Indigo Sparke for this first show of 2023 and the start of a new season of spectacular guests.  Indigo, who hails from Sydney, Australia and now calls upstate NY home, joins us shortly after the release of her latest album, Hysteria -- a stunning and emotionally compelling work filled with glorious soundscapes and...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We're super psyched to have Dan Horne and John Lee Shannon of Circles Around the Sun with us for this final episode of 2022.  Dan and John are riding a glorious cosmic-disco wave of psychedelic music vibes and are both excited about their upcoming album, Language, due for release in early 2023, which features Mikaela Davis on the title track (currently out now).  In the...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We're simply delighted to have Jesse Harris on the show for this week's episode.  Jesse is the famed songwriter responsible for the global sensation "Don't Know Why," sung by Norah Jones, which won multiple Grammys back in 2003.  Jesse is a prolific songwriter and composer, and his most recent album, Silver Balloon, which he co-produced with his good...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We're psyched to have Fran Keaney of Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever for this special episode. This amazing band from Australia just released their new album, Endless Rooms, in May of this year, and Fran and the band were in the midst of their North American tour back at the end of the summer when Josh caught up with Fran in an early AM interview from Fran's hotel...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We're delighted to have Joanne Shaw Taylor on the show this week. Joanne is an extraordinary blues guitarist and vocalist who was originally discovered by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics when she was just 16 years old -- and she's essentially been on the road shredding guitar ever since. Joanne grew up in the Midlands region of the UK and built her guitar lexicon ba...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We dive into the talent booking world this week with Paul Bacher of Brooklyn Bowl.  Paul is currently the Talent Buyer at Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia, and until recently, served in the same role at Brooklyn Bowl Williamsburg. An NYC-area native, Paul grew up in the world of performing arts, igniting his passion early in life for music and live performance of all kinds. Paul i...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We are honored to have the one and only Steve Wynn on the show for this special episode. Steve is the founder of The Dream Syndicate -- a band that emerged in Los Angeles in the early 80s as a keystone of the neo-psychedelic movement and crushed it with their 1982 debut album, The Days of Wine and Roses. Now celebrating the 40th anniversary of this spectacular initial effort...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We are delighted to have Dave and Joey Landreth aka The Bros. Landreth on the show for this insightful and revealing interview.  With their new album, Come Morning, this Canadian duo are in a great place, having both recently become new Dads and having spent a great deal of time during the pandemic considering their own futures both individually and as a band.  Historically...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We're super psyched to present to you Martin Earley and Callie Peters of The Ballroom Thieves for this episode. Tireless road warriors Martin and Callie are back on tour on the heels of their latest album, Clouds, which is a stellar work of beauty and upbeat vibes. While these amazing artists both struggle with mental health issues, they confront their world head-on in...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We are absolutely delighted to have S.G. Goodman with us for this week's episode when S.G. sat down with Josh just prior to her show at Schubas in Chicago during this stop on her very first headlining tour. Her recently released second album, Teeth Marks, is a simply stellar work of remarkable scope and comes close on the heels of her first effort, Old Time Feeling, rel...

Welcome to Roadcase!!  We're super stoked to have the wonderful Elise Okusami on the show this week. Elise performs under the name Oceanator, and she explores the contrasts and polarity of emotions in today's world with her stunning latest LP effort, Nothing's Ever Fine, co-produced by Elise and Bartees Strange, both originally from the DC area. As Oceanator, Elise provides insights...