Glad You’re Here

Multi-Hyphenate Emmy Award Winning Sound Designer-Music Producer-Engineer Taylor Lewin sits down with host Grant Glad to discuss his career arc, the skillset he has developed to be successful in the creative industry, his thoughts on making a living in the creative industry, how he helps articulate ideas and anything else that pops in their heads. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge , Wil...

Girl at the Rock Shows AKA Langen Goldstien sits down with host Grant Glad to talk about her experience promoting the Minnesota music scene by attending 100’s of shows every year and writing about them. We talk about how she manages this with a day job, what makes bands stand out for her, and why it’s always worth it to get there for the opener. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge , Willo...

Alyssa Oursler (author, musician, photographer & music journalist) joins host Grant Glad on this weeks episode to talk about what it’s like to write a novel and have to live in that world, how she is influenced by Patti Smith, and anything else that pops in our heads. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge , Willow Wood Insurance Agency , Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness .

Minneapolis Americana/Country phenom Thomas Sticha joins host Grant Glad on the show this week. We talk about his experience coming out from the Christian music world as a backup musician and into his own as a country singer, how him and others have built a community of like minded Americana artists in the Minneapolis music scene, and Thomas shares live performances of his songs “Mississippi Down”...

Americana Songsmith Luke LeBlanc joins host Grant Glad this week to cut it up about this music thing. We chat about how he's been playing on stages and writing since he was 12, his Erik Koskinen produced album "Places", where his ideas come from, and Luke and Grant debate the merits of country music radio circa 2010. This episode is brought to you by Car Concierge , Willow Wood Insurance , Petrich...

Sophie Hiroko sits down with host Grant Glad to talk about her new single "Ashes" that came out on March 17th. She shares a few unreleased songs on the show and we talk about WWOOFing, how she uses her other band (C U Next Tuesday) to have 2 outlets for her emotions, and the process she uses to create quality art quickly.   This episode brought to you by Car Concierge , Willow Wood Insurance , Pet...

Nur-D sits down with host Grant Glad to chat about all of the things and drop 2 freestyles in our lap.  Nur-D shares some wisdom about healthy criticism, being vulnerable in your music, what it means to make it as a musician and also performs 2 freestyles over beats produced by Ghosty of Petrichor Sound . Follow Nur-D on Instagram so you don't miss his new album "Chunkadelic" dropping everywhere o...

Music Producer extraordinaire Hunter Hawthorne of Petrichor Sound sits down with Grant Glad to give us a glimpse behind the curtain of how your favorite music gets made.  Hunter talks about the skill set needed to be a good producer, what a producer does, his favorite produced album of 2024 and more.  This episode brought to you by Car Concierge , Willow Wood Insurance , Petrichor Sound and Pulse...

Jarah Sullivan and Julian Edoff of the band Dellwood sit down with host Grant Glad to share some of their unreleased songs, chat about their experience defining themselves as a young band that does multiple genres with deep bluegrass influences, Grant complains about bands that put more emphasis on their outfits than their music, and Dellwood shares how they developed their sound.   This episode b...

Doyle Turner joins host Grant Glad for the second time to chat about his new record "Paper Maps". We chat about his experience working with Sarah Morris who produced the record, songwriting and why the hell aren't people going to shows anymore?   This episode brought to you by Car Concierge , Willow Wood Insurance , Petrichor Sound , and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Jason Streitz joins host Grant Glad to talk about his newest album "Light Again". We go in depth on the songs of the record, the themes that inspired it, America and Jason's business Brickyard Pottery that him and his wife run.   This episode brought to you by Car Concierge , Willow Wood Insurance Agency , Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Grant sits down with Kate and Emma from the Spine Stealers and they talk about getting their start in music back in 2020, smoking cigarettes in graveyards, and anything else that pops in our minds. Learn more about the Spine Stealers on Instagram or their website . This episode brought to you by Car Concierge , Willow Wood Insurance Agecy , Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness .

Grant sits down with Gavin St. Clair of Saltydog and the Gavin St. Clair trio. Gavin sheds some light on how hard he works to make music look easy, how he keeps it interesting, and how Saltydog came to be the prominent jam band of Duluth. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge , Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Grant is joined by the one and only Charlie Parr. Charlie allows us some insights into his thoughts on the boundaries he has had to draw around making a living as an artist, the history of recorded music, his experience becoming a mentor to fellow Duluthian musician Jon Edwards , and how he discovered all that 1920’s blues music while growing up in Austin, MN. Charlie performs a song by Leadbelly...

Minneapolis musician/singer/songwriter Anna Devine joins Grant and they talk about the taste gap between our taste in art and the art our abilities allow us to make (credit Ira Glass), Anna's trip to Italy, and where she finds inspiration for her songs. Her new single "Year's End" is available in all of the streaming places, so go listen to that right after this. This episode brought to you by Car...

We're back! Kicking off this season with the one and only Emma Jeanne, a dual citizen artist of the Twin Ports and the Twin Cities and a dual citizen of her solo project and her band Yonder. . Grant and Emma talk about taking every opportunity that comes your way, the differences between performing with bands versus solo, and whatever else pops in their heads along the way. This episode brought to...

Kyle Orla of The Northerly & K.O Stringworks comes back to join host Grant Glad to talk about his love for John Mayer and a few other things along the way. Things like, how him and his wife are building a great music school for students of all ages in Duluth, how he learned about all that old timey music and more. This episode edited by Ross Thorn, who also makes an appearance or two. Brought...

Host Grant Glad sits down with the one and only Jake Manders and they chat about his grunge-folk music, his art, and what it's like working as a high school art teacher. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad talks with Emmy Woods about her whirlwind of the past year racking up awards and accolades as a Minnesota songwriter, her creative process, and what it's like making a life in music. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down with Hattie & Grace of The Penny Peaches to talk about growing up in a music family, blood harmonies, and where their songs come from. This episode brought to you by car concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Glad You’re Here podcast host, Grant Glad chats with emerging American-folk artists Maygen & The Birdwatcher around the campfire on-site at the 2024 Blue Ox Music Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.    Singer-songwriters Maygen Lacey and Noah Neumann talk about life on the road this year and pushing the boundaries of their songwriting and musical arrangements, on and off stage. Maygen & The...

It's our 2nd interview with the one and only Molly Brandt! She shares her song Mr. Texas and her and Grant commiserate about the state of American politics. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down with Sarah Larson and talks about her project Red Thread. Sarah drops some knowledge about Eastern European folk music, history, and anything else that comes to mind. She shares a live version of a song off her new record "Immigrantke" and another A capella version of an old folk tune! Learn more about Sarah at https://www.redthreadsings.com/ This episode brought to you b...

Host Grant Glad sits down with Carrie Sue and the Woodburners at a makeshift studio set up outside of a tent during the Blue Ox Music Festival. They talk about their upcoming EP, what it's like in Urbana, Illinois, how they create their tight cohesive sound, and what inspires their beautiful songs. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down with Minnesota songwriter Christopher David Hanson and they nerd out about songwriting, songcraft, and finding the space in a song. Chris is kind enough to share a new song and an old classic along the way too.   This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, go to gocarconcierge.com to learn more.