Brian Oake Show

This time. we're joined by Jeff Olsen, morning show host of local radio station KOOL108 - your home for holiday music. We talk growing up in rural MN, Christmas from years gone by and our favorite holiday tunes. Time to get in the spirit, my friends. Cheers!

Holy wow! Legendary Mpls legend Curtiss A joins us on this episode!! He's got a new record on the way. It's his first in more than 30 years!! also, his 41st annual John Lennon tribute happens next week. This will be First Ave's first major live streaming event since the pandemic shut all that shit down. Also, Curtiss maybe be Minnesota's greatest living MN Music weirdo, in the best possible sense....

Sarah Morris joins us for our first ever Zoom show. Sarah is promoting her upcoming Holiday show on December 4th! Check our her website and Facebook page for more. Great original holiday songs on this show...Brian only cried three times! sarahmorrismusic.com for more!

Chris Hawkey is the beating heart of the #1 rated morning radio show in the Twin Cities, The Power Trip on KFAN 100.3FM. He is also the front man of The Chris Hawkey Band. He loves music, he approaches his life with the utmost humility and is one of the funniest people alive. I adore him, and you will too. Listen and enjoy. Cheers, my friends.

This time we are joined by Stephanie March, Food and Dining editor for Mpls St Paul Magazine and host of her own weekend radio show Weekly Dish on MyTalk 107.1FM. She is wildly knowledgeable, has an infectious energy and is here to remind us that we will survive this weird Thanksgiving. Listen and enjoy. Cheers, friends.

This time we are joined by Teke O'Reilly, an incredibly interesting Twin Cities super soldier that is part musician, part entrepreneur and part thermaculture visionary. This was fun and very funny. Enjoy!

Legendary Twin Cities musician, James Samuel 'Cornbread' Harris Sr. stops by and proves that, at the age of 93, there is still nothing more important than music for our souls and our mutual future. Cornbread has been playing music longer than you or I have been alive. He's part of the beginning of MN's Rock Legacy, the father of Jimmy Jam (Flyte Tyme) and a man of no small insight into the current...

Xenia Sandstrom-McGuire joins us to talk about life as a warrior bassist, a single mother trans woman and the transfigurative, universal importance of Rock N Roll. Praise Dio!!

Jim Walsh joins us to discuss the end of City Pages. There is anger. There is sadness. There is gratitude for what was. Also, F Glen Taylor!

Richard Gill, the Program Director of Sound Unseen Film Festival joins us in studio. Sound Unseen is an annual film festival that focuses on music documentaries. You'll hear some great tracks on this episode. Buy your virtual festival passes at SoundUnseen.com

This time we are joined by podcast regular Katy Vernon and fellow Dissonance board member Karen Folman. Dissonance is a great group and resource for local creatives and the creatively adjacent. The next Storywell gathering is approaching and we could all use a little HOPE. Plus. Katy graces us with a brand new LIVE song!! Enjoy, friends. And remember to VOTE!!

Little Man! This time, we're joined by Chris Perricelli. He is a believer in Maximum Rock N Roll! We talk all about his latest album, his new video and the desperate starvation of the Artist/Music Fan symbiosis we are all suffering from these days. Plus, he shreds LIVE in the studio. This one goes to 11. Enjoy!

For Episode 100 (!!!), we welcome back MN musician Mary Bue. She has a live streaming album release show tomorrow night from the Hook & Ladder for her new album 'The World Is Your Lover'. The show will also feature live performances by Turn Turn Turn and Alan Sparhawk. Mary is a ray of light. Talented, funny and very present. Buy her record and catch the live stream. Enjoy! And thanks to everyone...

Minnesota music legend Matt Wilson (Trip Shakespeare, Twilight Hours, et al) joins us for a rousing discussion of snowstorms, music during COVID and having a plan to vote. Plus some brilliant music from his newest project. Enjoy!

Our guest this go 'round is Rob Sheeley, fellow Southsider and proprietor of Mill City Sound, the best record store in the upper Midwest. He is a deeeep well of music knowledge. He's also a wizard-level record collector and vinyl enthusiast. Listen and learn. Cheers!

This episode, we do a deep dive into the history of Power Pop with drummer and music historian Ric Menck (Velvet Crush, Matthew Sweet). Get a pen and paper because Ric has so damn many excellent Power Pop recommendations!! This guy is a music encyclopedia. I love picking his brain. Enjoy!

Our guest this go round is Mpls' very own Man About Town, Ian Rans. A star of Screen, podcast and too many bars to count. We talk competitive bocce ball, krautrock and the ineffable cool of Rod Serling. Living with COVID sucks, this podcast does not. Enjoy!

The one and only John Munson, bass player for Semisonic, Trip Shakespeare, The New Standards, etc, etc., joins this episode to talk about every single band he's ever been in. No, seriously. Every single one...including his new collaboration with Dylan Hicks, Munson-Hicks Party Supplies. They have a new album and a live streaming show from the Hook & Ladder Friday Oct 2 to celebrate its release. Yo...

This go 'round, we're joined by MN comic and Country Music Legend, Chris Maddock. We talk comedy, outlaw country and the potentially serious negative consequences of drinking on the job. We also talk about his new comedy album coming out Friday, Oct 2nd. Enjoy, y'all!

Episode 93! MN musician JOUR joins us to talk about her music, and being a part of the #MeTooMpls music collective and the big livestresam event that she and 16 other amazing MN women having coming up Sept 24th from the Hook & Ladder. Enjoy!

Ep 92 features the amazing Mary Bue. City Pages has named her The Best Songwriter of 2020! Mary is one of 17 women performing next Thursday for the #MeTooMpls live stream, an incredible event to support sexual assault survivors and benefit Planned Parenthood. She tells us about her journeys as a yogini, her own story of surviving sexual assault and we go deep on her great new album 'The World Is Y...

This episode, we are joined by MN R&B and Pop powerhouse Mayda. She is just one of more than 15 MN women to be part of the #MeTooMpls live streaming event and digital album release on Thursday, Sept 24 from the Hook & Ladder Theater in Mpls. It should be an incredible night, and the proceeds benefit Planned Parenthood. Cheers!

Once again we are joined by the inimitable Billy Morrisette (Dillinger Four, Butcher's Union). Billy has opinions, and lots of 'em. We dive in on our deep mutual love of the MN State Fair, the importance of staying focused and committed on our communities and Billy brings the Autumn Soundtrack you didn't know that you needed. Enjoy!

Minnesota musician Nick Leet (High On Stress) joins us to talk about the band's latest release, Hold Me In. We talk NoDak, being a musician in the time of COVID and the loss of yet another musician to corona virus. Sean also has a few select words for the parents of kids getting back into 'distance learning'. Enjoy!

Episode 88 is here! This time we are joined by Minnesota singer-songwriter John Swardson (Bad Blood). We get into a variety of topics including his upcoming show in St. Paul - his first live gig since February! We also find out how he came to open for Echo & The Bunnymen at First Ave. High drama! Enjoy!