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Greg introduces us to the very talented producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Wilson. He’s worked with Father John Misty on all of his albums, produced artists like Billy Strings & Dawes, cowrote some music with Erykah Badu and has released 4 albums of solo material. He has a very unique style and sound and is credited with reviving the Laurel Canyon scene, first popularized...

The San Antonio Symphony, nine months into a labor dispute with the orchestra musicians, decided to dissolve as an organization last week. First opened in 1939, the Symphony has been mired by financial troubles in the past decade, but it makes San Antonio the largest U.S. city without an orchestra. Nick wants to know why this matters and that’s what we discuss… [ San Antonio Report ] Song: David F...

Jay brings us a genuine feel good story this week. World Records, in Bakersfield California, is celebrating its 40th year in business and it is quite a success story. A recent article in SFGate applauds their model and notes they’ve been able to do live music without relying on any major ticketing service. You buy your ticket at the record shop and the show is in the back, it’s pretty sweet! Song:...

Greg spent the weekend at NAMM. This year’s conference was significantly smaller than years past, with some major manufacturer’s opting out of buying a pricey booth. While this is concerning from a ‘Future of NAMM’ standpoint, it made for a better experience and was much less overwhelming. Greg was asked to do an onstage demo of the Versoul Raya Ronnie Wood guitar from the Finnish company Premiere...

We are pleased to bring you the first side of a two-part episode. This week we’re talking with Taejon Romanik of Wild Wild Wets about their new album, ‘Love Always’, released May 27th. We’ll be going through each song, discussing the inspiration and process behind the first five tracks. Listen or buy it on Bandcamp , or stream it on your service of choice, here’s the links for Apple Music , Spotif...

We are pleased to bring you the first side of a two-part episode. This week we’re talking with Taejon Romanik of Wild Wild Wets about their new album, ‘Love Always’, released May 27th. We’ll be going through each song, discussing the inspiration and process behind the first five tracks. Listen or buy it on Bandcamp , or stream it on your service of choice, here’s the links for Apple Music , Spotif...

Halsey is not happy that her label is holding back her new single because it wants to come up with a viral TikTok video to release alongside. This disgusts Jay, but further digging into how TikTok has become a viable platform to launch a music career (or at least attract some major labels), led him to a bigger question. How is TikTok changing music & what does that mean for musicians? Song: Li...

Greg has a two parter for us this week. First up, we were excited to hear Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit playing “Cover Me Up” at The First Waltz at The Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, AL [ YouTube ]. The impressive venue was designed by Greg’s father, Jeffrey Loman & his associates at David M. Schwartz Architects. They’ve already got a solid summer concert series, check it out ! Right on c...

By way of “Review the Review” (and with Greg's consent), Nick would like to discuss “Omnium Gatherum” by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It is an adventure ride through KG&LW’s id, where no two, of the sixteen songs, sound alike & the first song is over 18min alone. It seems like those that love KG also love this album & those that don’t hesitate to say so (hence Pitchfork’s 7.3,...

Jay remembers the great Naomi Judd, who passed last week at the age of 76. The matriarch of the mother-daughter country group “The Judds”, Naomi was a driven and talented artist who struggled with severe depression near the end of her life. She became an advocate for mental illness and was inducted the day after her passing to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Songs: Lizzo - “About Damn Time” The Ju...

Greg follows up on stories from the year past. First up, blowback from Eric Church’s decision to cancel his concert so he could attend the Tarheels Final Four game ( Digital Music News ) & then we hear how the Neil Young Spotify news affected Joe Rogan’s listener stats ( Digital Music News ). In the news Mick Jagger names Machine Gun Kelly & Yungblud as Rock & Roll saviors ( Rolling St...

Wherein Nick is juggling too many things and decides a handful of stories would be fun to share in snippets, it’s News with Nick! Coachella begins, theremins are still a thing, Harlem’s bringing back the Cultural Festival and we have a date on Kendrick Lamar’s new album! Song: Lothar & The Hand People - “Space Hymn” Greg is curious how we should remember the late Art Rupe, a record executive r...

Jack White had a big week last week! Last Friday saw the release of his second solo album “Fear of the Dawn”, followed by a performance of the national anthem at the Detroit Tigers opening day game, and ending with an onstage proposal (and subsequent marriage ceremony) at his the first concert of his “Supply Chain Issues Tour”. Jay brings us all the details and then leans into the new solo album,...

Nick gives a full recap from the 2022 Grammy’s. Unlike years past, most of the multi-award winning artists have been throughly discussed on the show this past year, including Jon Batiste, Foo Fighters, Silk Sonic, and Chris Stapleton. We dig into some of the nominated (and overlooked) songs and artists, and land on ‘tepid optimistic’ about the whole thing going forward. Song: Silk Sonic - “Leave t...

We begin this week with a tribute to Taylor Hawkins, the talented and charismatic drummer for the Foo Fighters, who died unexpectedly last week at the age of 50. It was completely unexpected and tragic and the music community at large seems still to be grappling with the news. Greg takes the reigns… Songs: Foo Fighters - “My Hero” Alanis Morisette - “You Outta Know” Foo Fighters - “Rope” Taylor Ha...

Jay has very important news at the top with the announcement that the A.R.S.E.S. movement is upon us! This, so far, boils down to needing a higher quality 1/8” to 1/4” headphone adapters, but Jay sounds pretty serious about it! For his topic, Jay recently discovered American blues rock guitarist Eric Gales through his latest album “Crown”. A master of his genre and active since 1990, Gales has com...

Nick pulled together a list of music news articles detailing the various types of responses artists, and the companies that represent them, have had to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. It’s not heavy on discussion, nor is it a topic we usually discuss, but Nick felt like it was too important not to acknowledge...even for a music podcast. Song: Tigran Hamasyan- “De-Dah” Greg has uncovered 3 undiscu...

In preparation for 1989’s License to Kill , the second James Bond film featuring Timothy Dalton, composer Michael Kamen invited David Gilmour, Jeff Beck & Eric Clapton to play on the Opening Credit song. Only Eric Clapton showed up and the film went on to use a Gladys Knight song instead and the rest is history…until someone uploaded the original song for the world to hear. Jay, being a huge C...

Shortly after recording #133, Greg learned that pioneer Grunge vocalist Mark Lanegan had passed away at 57 from COVID complications. Lead singer for the Screaming Trees, Lanegan was a friend and collaborator with so many great musicians; Kurt Cobain (Nirvana), Layne Staley (Alice in Chains), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Isobel Campbell (Belle and Sebastian), PJ Harvey, and more. He was co...

Another topic inspired by interviews with Jon Batiste, Nick kicks the show off with a question: What makes a good bandleader? We discuss this a good bit and end up working on another question as well, does every band need a leader? Song: Tame Impala - "The Boat I Row" Greg was reading a Guitar World interview with Joe Satriani from the week past. In the interview, Satriani is asked what exercises...

Jay is guest hosting “Viral or Eyeroll” (A Greg Loman Production) today and the topic is Halftime Music History! Greg has been running this game since day 1, but it’s his first time out on the field today. Will it matter? Meanwhile, Nick makes his fifth appearance as a contestant today but, for the audio listeners, is noticeably grayer than when he first played the game. Is he starting to slow dow...

Greg’s joins us from the tour bus this week and kicks things off with some news from world’s most prestigious music conservatories. Adam Gautille, former hiring coordinator for Berklee School of Music, resigned after unsuccessfully advocating for the musicians and engineers he booked to be paid union wages. A large number of these professionals are former Berklee graduates with a lot of student de...

Last week we briefly discussed Neil Young’s decision to remove his music from Spotify and Greg predicted it was going to grow into something bigger. He was right & we dive back into it. Other artists have joined Young, including Joni Mitchell, India Arie, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash & Nils Lofgren. Podcasts such as “Science Vs”, exclusively on Spotify, as well as prominent ho...

The Atlantic asks “ Is Old Music Killing New Music? ”, naturally this attracted Jay’s attention, so we dig in… Song: Sparks - “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us” Nick lays out the big stories of the week. Taylor Swift is angry tweeting about a slight, Bob Dylan sells his recorded music, Kanye demands final editorial rights to a documentary (no dice), & Neil Young wants off Spotify. Son...

Greg brings us a hilarious (and quite popular) post from McSweeney’s titled “ What Your Favorite Sad Dad Band Says About You ” & it’s a fun read! We visit some of our favorites and take turns picking the closest Sad Dad Band & corresponding description appropriate for each other. Song: Lenny Breau - “The Claw” Jay has noticed, over the years, that the year 1972 seemed particularly prolific...