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“We Are The World” was a 1985 Mega-Hit song that featured a Who’s Who of Pop Music stars including Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Diana Ross, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and many more. The song raised $80 million ($240 million in today’s dollars) to fight African Famine Relief. A documentary on Netflix called “The Greatest Night In Pop” chronicles the story...

John Jarvis is a legendary pianist and songwriter. At age 17 he was a pianist for Motown. He’s worked with artists including Ray Charles, Sting, Rod Stewart and James Taylor. He’s recorded with Elvis, Ringo, Harry Nilsson, Garth Brooks, Shania Twain and Jimmy Buffett. He’s earned “Song Of The Year” Grammys for works with Vince Gill and The Judds. And he’s written songs for Cher and the Olympics. M...

Alon Goldstein is a Grammy nominated Israeli Concert Pianist. He’s performed with major symphony orchestras around the world including in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Paris, Mexico and Russia. He’s the Artistic Director of the Lieven Piano Foundation in Vienna. He’s the founder of the Emerald Coast Music Alliance. He studied with Leon Fleisher. And he’s been elected to the Johns Hopkins S...

Jenee Fleenor is a World Class fiddler and 5x Country Music Association “Musician Of The Year”. She’s recorded with stars like John Pardi, Cody Johnson, Luke Bryan and Carly Pearce. She’s performed with Martina McBride, Blake Shelton, Steven Tyler and George Strait. She’s written songs for Miranda Lambert and Reba McIntyre. She’s played at the Grand Ole Opry. And she’s part of a new acoustic super...

T. Graham Brown is a Country, Gospel and Blues Superstar. He’s a CMA award winner and Grammy nominee. He’s been inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. He’s had over 20 hit singles including multiple #1 hits. He’s recorded with stars like Wynonna Judd, Dwight Yoakum and Tanya Tucker. His latest album is called “From Memphis To Muscle Shoals”. My featured song is “All Of The Time”. Spotify link .  ------...

Debbie Gendler is the author of a Beatles book called “I Saw Them Standing There”. Debbie was a Superfan who, at age 13, met Brian Epstein, their manager, met the Beatles, became the President of a Beatles Fan Club, received a ticket to see them play live for the first time in the U.S. on the Ed Sullivan Show, saw them perform at Shea Stadium, and was even asked to help promote the opening of “A H...

Larry Vuckovich is an acclaimed Yugoslavian-born, 89 years young, jazz pianist. He achieved fame after immigrating to the United States. He performed with all the jazz greats including Dexter Gordon, Philly Joe Jones, Jon Hendricks, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Bobby Hutcherson and Bobby McFerrin. He was the first one to fuse Balkan ethnic music with American jazz. Last year he received a Lifetime Ach...

“LOVELY GIRLIE” is Robert’s new single. It’s a fun, Old School, rock/pop vocal song with 3-part harmony. And it features two World Class guest artists: John Helliwell of Supertramp - one of the greatest bands of the rock era - on sax, and Tony Carey of Rainbow on the organ. The song has been called “Supremely excellent!”, “Another Homerun for Robert!”, and “Love that Lovely Girlie!” Click HERE for...

Itamar Zorman is a sensational Israeli Classical Violinist. He’s a Winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition and the Borletti-Buitoni Award, and an Avery Fisher Grant. He’s been called “a young badass”. He’s performed with Symphony Orchestras worldwide with Conductors including Zubin Mehta and Michael Tilson-Thomas. His new project is called “Music Of the Spheres” together with the U.S....

Nils Lofgren is a Superstar musician and an iconic figure in rock music. He’s been a longtime member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. He’s played with Neil Young and Crazy Horse. He’s been in Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band. His own band, Grin, released four albums, and he’s had a long and successful solo career. Plus he’s a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. My featured song is “My Love”...

John Mailander is an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist who plays the fiddle, the mandolin and a number of other string instruments. He’s a member of Bruce Hornsby’s band and he’s played with artists like Billy Strings, Lee Ann Womack, John Scofield and Christian McBride. He played the fiddle for the premier of Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s musical. And he’s got a new album now with his band Forec...

Trey Devey is the President of the world famous Interlochen Center For The Arts. Based in Michigan, Interlochen has been a global destination and retreat for artists and fans for nearly a century. The complex includes a camp, an academy and a public radio station. He previously was the President of the Cincinnati, Syracuse, Alabama and Florida symphony orchestras, and before that was with the Bost...

Billy Cobham is one of the world’s greatest drummers. He dominated the Jazz Fusion era of the 1970s with The Mahavishnu Orchestra. His own debut album, Spectrum, hit #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart and contained the iconic track “Stratus” which has been covered by many artists including Jeff Beck. He’s played with just about everyone including Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, George Duke a...

T.G. Sheppard is a Country Music Legend. He’s had 22 #1 hits including “I Loved ‘Em Every One”, “Do You Wanna Go To Heaven” and “Slow Burn”. He’s recorded with Judy Collins. He’s the voice of the Folgers Coffee commercial. His most recent album is “Midnight In Memphis” for which the title song was written for him by Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees. My featured song is “My Love” from the album Bobby M a...

Oscar Hammerstein II was Broadway’s greatest lyricist. He was responsible for the book and lyrics to so many of the musicals that created the Golden Era of Broadway. With Richard Rogers he wrote “The King And I”, “Oklahoma”, “The Sound Of Music”, “Carousel”, “South Pacific” and “Flower Drum Song”. With Jerome Kern he wrote “Show Boat”. He co-wrote 850 songs, and won 8 Tony Awards and 2 Oscars. Aft...

Mike Stock is a British Hit Machine. He’s a songwriter and producer with over 100 Top 40 UK hits including 16 #1s. Artists include Rick Astley, Kylie Minogue, Bananarama and Donna Summer. He’s recognized as one of the most successful songwriters of all time by Guinness World Records. As part of the team Stock Aitken Waterman in the ‘80s and ‘90s he holds the UK record of 11 #1s with different acts...

Andy Summers is the Superstar Guitarist with The Police, one of the greatest bands of the rock era. Together with Sting on bass and vocals and Stewart Copeland on drums, and in just five albums, they ruled the world. So many legendary hits including “Message In A Bottle”, “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” and “Every Breath You Take”. Andy has gone on to become a celebrated photographer too, and has tou...

Jim Messina is a Rock ‘N Roll legend. He was a member of Buffalo Springfield, one of the greatest bands of the ‘60s. Then he and Richie Furay founded Poco, another great band which introduced country rock. Then he went on to partner with Kenny Loggins in the hit duo Loggins And Messina, selling 20 million records. My featured song is “The Night Was A Mystery”. Spotify link . —---------------------...

Augustin Hadelich is a World Famous Classical Violinist. And a Bluegrass Star too! He has performed as a soloist with major U.S. and international orchestras. He’s a Grammy winner and “Instrumentalist Of The Year” winner. I saw him perform last summer and he left the audience speechless, particularly with his stunning bluegrass solo encore performance of “Orange Blossom Special”. His latest album...

Karl Perazzo is a World Class percussionist who has played with Carlos Santana for 33 years. He’s played with the best in Pop, Jazz, Rock and Latin music including Cal Tjader, Dizzy Gilespie, Sheila E., Mariah Carey, Paquito D’Rivera, Tito Puente and Ruben Blades. He’s performed on American Bandstand, Soul Train and the American Music Awards. My featured song is “It Don’t Matter” from the album Ea...

Adam Levy is a featured guitarist and songwriter. He played on Norah Jones’ big hit “Come Away With Me” and on Tracy Chapman’s big hit “Give Me One Reason.” He’s done recordings with Allen Toussaint, Lizz Wright, Vulfpeck, Amos Lee and Anais Mitchell. My featured song is “Sostice”, my recent single, by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link . --------------------------------------------- The Fol...

My band, Project Grand Slam, or PGS for short, has released 14 acclaimed albums and numerous singles, crossing multiple genres within Jazz and Rock. I pride myself on the variety of my music. So this episode is a short tour of PGS and a few of our Greatest Hits. “Spring Dance” is the title tune from our 2009 album. It heralds the beginning of springtime, one of the happiest and most anticipated ti...

Yolanda Charles is a UK Wonder Woman. She’s an in-demand bassist and songwriter. She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) just like the Beatles! For over 30 years she’s played with the likes of B.B. King, Mick Jagger, Queen, Eric Clapton and Van Morrison. She’s worked on movie soundtracks with Hans Zimmer. And her band Project pH has a new album out. My fe...

Eddie Bayers is the longtime drummer at the Grand Ole Opry. He’s recorded over 300 Gold and Platinum albums. He’s a 14x Academy Of Country Music “Drummer Of The Year”. He’s been inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame. He’s worked with artists like John Denver, The Beach Boys, Garth Brooks, Elton John and Sting to name just a few. My featured song is “Take Me” from the album East Side Session...

This is my 2024 HIGHLIGHTS SHOW featuring 10 incredible artists who appeared on the podcast this past year. I chose these artists more or less randomly out of the 116 episodes I aired in 2024. I could have chosen many others as well. But this episode will give you a good idea of the depth and scope of the podcast and my wonderful guests. The featured artists in this Highlights Show are as follows:...