Andrew Nowak

Dreaming Tracks

Music EN ↓ 3 episodes

Traveling the songlines and exploring the music or "dreams" of musicians from Chicago and around the world through long-form interviews and discussions.

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Andrew Nowak

Episodes

Episode 3 - Lane Beckstrom [August 2025] 23.08.2025 1:26:03

Lane discusses his already storied music career, including being a member of or contributing to iconic Chicago bands: Kids These Days, Marrow, The Social Experiment, Knox Fortune, The Juju Exchange, and Resavoir/Orchestra Resavoir. We also discuss his debut solo album “Looking Out”, which was released in 2023, as well as the new music he is working on. Along with playing live with Liam Kazar, Lane...

Episode 2 - Mikey Coltun (of Takaat and Mdou Moctar) [May 2025] 22.08.2025 43:00

Mikey discusses his new band Takaat, which includes fellow Mdou Moctar bandmates Ahmoudou Madassane and Soulemayne Ibrahim. He covers everything from their origins, musical style, first tour, to their current EP “Is Noise, Vol.1” out on Mikey’s Purplish Records label. We also discuss how recording and touring with the new band compares to Mdou Moctar as well as a future Takaat tour and releases.

Episode 1 - Ahmoudou Madassane + Mikey Coltun (of Mdou Moctar) [December 2024] 22.08.2025 1:09:00

Ahmoudou and Mikey discuss the origins of each of their music careers, how they met, the history of Mdou Moctar, their latest and upcoming Mdou Moctar albums, and Mikey’s new label Purplish Records.