Glad You’re Here

Host Grant Glad chats with rising star Molly Brandt ahead of her new album release "Surrender to the Night" out July 21st.

Matt Leavitt from the Minneapolis Band, Orchid Eaton, joins host Grant Glad to talk about their creative process and shares a few songs live in studio as well!

Taylor Tuomie of OK Friend sits down with host Grant Glad to talk about his new exciting project, his creative process and how he decides which songs land on OK Friend records or on Symptones records. Taylor shares a few tunes live in studio as well!

Interview with Steve Peterson, the frontman of the band Whiskey Monday! He chats about songwriting and plays a few cool tunes for us as well!

Scott Allen & Patrick Tanner join host Grant Glad in the studio to chat about Scott's new record "My Own Grown Eyes", the process of bringing this beautiful piece of art to life and Scott & Patrick's decades of experience in the music industry. They also share a few songs live in studio for us!

Samuel Wilbur joins us in studio to talk about his yearly birthday record he releases (came to the studio on his birthday and release day!) and all his other awesome musical endeavors. He also shares a few songs with us live on the show.

We had a lovely conversation with the one and only Katy Vernon about sobriety, songwriting, and ukeleles (and other things too!) and Katy was kind enough to share with us a few of her songs live in the studio as well!

Tony Williamette, owner and operator of Minnehaha Recording Company in Minneapolis, calls in to chat with Grant about what got him in to production, the process that goes in behind the scenes and the music community in Minnesota!

We talk with the last cowboy left in Eau Claire, WI, Ramblin' Lou Carver and he shares some of his great songs as well!

Jake & Sarah make up the Minneapolis indie duo Syvers and they sit down with host Grant Glad to chat about making music with your partner, their songwriting process, and how they developed their unique sound.

Kyle Orla, owner and operator of K.O Stringworks and The Northerly in Duluth, calls in to chat with host Grant Glad about old time music, building a community and what got him into fixing stuff!

We chat with the fellas from the Symptones and the debut some new songs live as well!

We chat with the one and only Faith Boblett about her songwriting process, the stories behind her records and all of the other good things. She even plays a few songs for us live!

Alexander Craig joins host Grant Glad to talk about all the things that make this wonderful man tick! Unfortunately, Grant screwed something up with the audio so we only have a portion of the interview, but we made the most with what we had! Alexander shares with us a cover of a Howlin Wolf song as well.

We had a chat with Mike Chew of Dogwood Banjo company, and also a great singer-songwriter in his own right! Mike played us a few songs, and Ted Hajnasiewicz even makes a guest appearance (he'll be getting his very own episode next week!)

Grant Glad interviews Ted Hajnasiewicz and we talk about his songwriting process, his songwriting heroes and how he may be one of the hardest working musicians in the MN scene. Ted also shares a few tunes live with us!

John Louis stops by the studio and we get into the nitty gritty of the songwriting process, he plays us some of his greatest hits and even a brand new song!

On this episode we speak with Megan and Hunter from the Minneapolis band Druzy Rose and they share a few intimate performances of their songs as well!

Host Grant Glad sits down with Caleb Bell-Jones and talks about how he discovered his western sound, his time spent playing bass and drums in other peoples bands and how he's finally decided to step out from the rhythm section to launch his solo music career. Caleb also shares some original acoustic songs throughout the show!

Clare Doyle joins Grant Glad at the Happy Productions studios to talk about her new single being released on May 19th, her songwriting process and what got her into this music making life. Of course, we are also treated to a live in studio performance as well!

Drew Peterson sits down with host Grant Glad at the Happy Productions Studio to talk shop, his influences, tell some stories and share some live songs.

Producer extraordinaire Joel Schwartz out of Toronto Canada joins host Grant Glad to talk about all the things that go into producing a great record. From building the trust with artists, to helping them bring their vision to life, Joel is a wealth of knowledge that he was kind enough to share with us as we do a deep dive on the behind the scenes process that goes into bringing your favorite recor...

The Scarlett Goodbye (Dan Murphy of Soul Asylum/Golden Smog, & Jeff Arundell) join host Grant Glad at the Happy Productions Studios to talk about their new release "Hope's Eternal" and play a few songs live for us as well.

We chat with local folk-punk artist ShugE about his recent musical comeback and he plays a few songs of his new record "First Winter" and a few unreleased ones as well!

Interview with Dani and Lane from the Minneapolis band Full Catholic. They chat about all the things it takes to make it as a local band and grace our ears with some beautiful tunes as well.