Follow Your Dream - Music And Much More!

Tal Mashiach is a Grammy nominated, Israeli born, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and jazz composer. He’s been called one of the most original voices in the world jazz scene. He’s collaborated with a number of leading artists including Anat Cohen, her brother Avishai Cohen, and Paquito D’Rivera. His 2022 debut solo guitar album was recorded in an isolated wooden cabin in northern Israel. My featu...

Sivan Magen is an internationally acclaimed harpist. He has performed worldwide as a recitalist and soloist at Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House and with the Israel Philharmonic, the Sydney Symphony and many other orchestras. He’s an avid chamber musician too. His most recent recording won the 2023 Gramophone Award. My featured song in this episode is not one of mine. It’s Mozart’s Concerto...

Lauren Christy is a Pop Phenom. She co-founded The Matrix, the 7x Grammy nominated trio. They’ve written hits for just about everyone. They wrote and produced Avril Levigne’s “LET GO” album which contained three number 1 hits, and she’s also had hits with Christina Aguilera, Shakira, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson and Dua Lipa among others. And on top of all this Lauren has released a num...

This is a TRIBUTE EPISODE FOR JESSE COLIN YOUNG of The Youngbloods, who passed away this week, and an Encore Presentation of my October 2022 interview with him. Jesse became a San Francisco-based Counterculture Hero during the 1967 Summer Of Love with his massive hit “Get Together”. The song became an anthem for the Woodstock generation. He was a pioneer in folk and American roots music and an acc...

Matt Axton is an Americana and Roots singer-songwriter who comes from an illustrious musical family. His father was Hoyt Axton, who wrote some of the biggest hits of the 1960’s/70s including “Joy To The World” and “Never Been To Spain” for Three Dog Night, “The No No Song” for Ringo, and “The Pusher” for Steppenwolf. His mother Donna was the pianist in his dad’s band and is a professor of music. A...

Jorge Bermudez is a Nicaraguan born World Class Percussionist and Songwriter. He’s recorded with Rod Stewart, Johnny Mathis, Pablo Cruise and others. He’s toured with Jose Feliciano, Santana, Joe Sample and T. Bone Burnett. And he’s written and produced over 50 songs for TV shows and films including Dexter and CSI. My featured song is the live version of “The Queen’s Carnival” from the album It’s...

Brigid and Johnny Reedy are a spectacular sister/brother Western and Americana duo from Montana. Brigid is a Superstar fiddler, singer, songwriter, poet and storyteller. She’s performed at Cowboy Poetry and Storytelling festivals and gatherings, and at the Grand Ole Opry and Carnegie Hall. Johnny is a multi-instrumentalist. Their music reflects the contemporary rural west. My featured song is “New...

This Special Episode introduces “ROUGH RIDER”, my new single. It’s the first of four new singles that I’m releasing one per month via this podcast. The song is another return to my instrumental roots. It’s got a Cool, ‘60s “Spaghetti Western”, guitar-driven, tremolo sounding, Ventures/Link Wray/Duane Eddy kind of vibe. If you close your eyes as you listen you can just picture Clint Eastwood in one...

This is an Encore Presentation of my 2021 interview with Joe Bouchard, a founding member of Blue Oyster Cult, the band that had a huge hit with “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”. That song later became an even bigger hit - and propelled a renaissance for Blue Oyster Cult - after it was featured in the iconic ‘More Cowbell’ skit on Saturday Night Live in 2000 featuring Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken. ...

Alison Brown is a Grammy and Emmy winning Banjo player. She is the winner of the “Banjo Of The Year” award. She’s a member of the Banjo Museum’s Hall Of Fame. She’s collaborated with Steve Martin on three Bluegrass radio hits. And she’s collaborated with Vince Gill, Anat Cohen and Bela Fleck. Plus, she’s the co-founder of Nashville’s Compass Records. My featured song is “The Gift”, my recent singl...

Daron Hagen is a renowned composer of Operas, Operafilms, Symphonies, Concertos, Chamber Works and Artsongs. He’s worked with numerous orchestras including the New York, Philadelphia and Buffalo Philharmonic. He's a Guggenheim Fellow. He’s been awarded the Kennedy Center Friedman Prize among others. And he’s written a memoir. My featured song is “The Winner” from the album Made In New York by my b...

To quote Monty Python: and now for something completely different. My guest is Bil Lepp, a Professional Liar, Storyteller, Humorist, Award Winning Children’s Author, and a History Channel Host. Enough said. My featured song is “To The Zoo!”. Spotify link . --------------------------------------------- The Follow Your Dream Podcast: Top 1% of all podcasts with Listeners in 200 countries! For more i...

Welcome to the 4th ANNIVERSARY SHOW of the podcast! I started this podcast on March 10, 2021 during the depths of the pandemic, when musicians like me could neither rehearse nor perform. I needed something creative to do and someone suggested that I start a podcast. But I had no idea what a podcast was; I had never even listened to one. The more I thought about it, though, the more I became convin...

This is an Encore Presentation of my 2021 interview with Felix Cavaliere, a co-founder, lead singer, songwriter and keyboardist for The Rascals, one of the greatest rock bands of the 1960s. His voice can be heard on so many #1 hits including “Good Lovin’” and “Groovin”. He’s been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and the Songwriters Hall Of Fame. My featured song is “Yeah Yeah” from the...

Mike Noble is a longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry house band, where he plays guitar, bass, banjo and harmonica. He’s backed artists including Darius Rucker, Vince Gill and Barry Gibb. He’s also an in-demand session musician and has recorded with Jason Aldean and Kenny Rogers among many others. He’s worked with Diamond Rio, Roy Orbison and Dave Loggins. He has three ASCAP Performance Awards and...

Gonzalo Grau is a Venezuelan born multi-instrumentalist and composer. He’s received three Grammy nominations. He’s composed original works for the Atlanta and Chicago Symphonies, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Boston Pops. He leads two projects of his own - Plural and La Clave Secreta. My featured song is “Take Me” from the album PGS 7 by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link . ----------...

Mike Gormley has been a music journalist, record company executive, and an artist manager. He’s worked with The Bangles, Oingo Boingo, Danny Elfman and Jeff “Skunk” Baxter. He’s been a writer for the Detroit Free Press. Done PR for Mercury Records. And an executive at A&M Records.  My featured song is “Miles Behind” from the album of the same name. Spotify link . ----------------------------------...

John Helliwell is a World Class saxophonist who was a member of Supertramp, one of the greatest bands of the rock era. They hit the top of the charts with their 1979 album “Breakfast In America” which sold over 20 million copies - the most of any album that year - and won two Grammy awards. John talks about Supertramp, the two songwriters in the band - Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies, “Crime of the...

Sharon Isbin is the world’s premier classical guitarist and a multiple Grammy winner. She heads the guitar departments at Juilliard and the Aspen Music School. She’s won a boatload of awards and competitions. She studied with Andres Segovia. She’s performed with over 200 orchestras and she’s collaborated with classical and also non-classical musicians like Josh Groban, Joan Baez and Steve Vai. My...

“LIKE NEVER BEFORE” is my song in response to all the chaos, confusion, shouting and fighting that currently pervades our country and the world. Our discourse and communication is harsh or nonexistent. Our respect for one another and for our laws and institutions is at an all time low. I wrote and released this song a year ago when I thought that our country was at a low ebb. But we’ve sunk even f...

Oz Noy is an Israeli born virtuoso guitarist. He’s performed with many great musicians including three who have been guests on the podcast: Anton Fig, Jimmy Haslip and Ricky Peterson. He’s also played with Chick Corea, Joe Bonamassa, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chris Botti and Cat Stevens. He’s won several Guitar Player Magazine readers’ polls. And he’s released several Instructional Videos and held Master C...

Brian Epstein and Albert Grossman were two of the most important managers in the history of rock music. Brian was of course the manager of The Beatles and was their guiding force taking them from a scruffy Liverpool existence to the top of the entertainment world. He went on to manage a number of the British Invasion stars including Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Cilla...

Josh Aronson is an Academy Award nominated movie and documentary filmmaker. His works include “Orchestra Of Exiles”, a brilliant documentary that tells the story of famed European violinist Bronislaw Huberman who, during WW II, was responsible for saving the lives of over 1,000 Jewish musicians and their families in the process of creating the Israel Philharmonic after the war. Josh has also creat...

Bruce Kulick is a celebrated guitarist who played and toured with KISS for 12 years and has also performed with Meatloaf and Michael Bolton and he’s currently performing with Grand Funk Railroad - An American Band. We discuss his career with these famous artists. My featured song is “Cakewalk For Debra”. Spotify link . --------------------------------------------- The Follow Your Dream Podcast: To...

Jeff “Skunk” Baxter is remarkably accomplished in two careers. In the first he’s a legendary World Class guitarist who’s known for his work with Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers and many others. In the second he’s a world renowned expert in Counterterrorism and Missile Defense with a top level Government security clearance. As a musician Skunk has played with just about everyone including these one...