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SHOW 74  THE HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS MUSIC SHOW!  It's that time of year once again. Today we mix our regular show with some Holiday themed segments 1 - GIVE IT A LISTEN - The Weeklings with Must Be Santa  (and Rob & Jeremy try some festive beers) 2 - Album Anniversaries 3 - Music News 4 - New Music Releases 5 - Music Holiday Gifts 6 - Top 10 Christmas Songs - Week of December 7th 7 - GIVE IT A LIST...

KNOW GOOD MUSIC Interviews GLEN BURTNIK Today rob interviews Glen Burtnik from The Weeklings! On November 29th the Weeklings released their first Christmas Album. 16 great Holiday tunes ... new songs and some old ones done in the Weeklings style (some are infused with Beatlesque verve and riffs) We also talk about Glen's time in Styx and writing the #1 song back in the 90s "Sometimes Love Just Ain...

KNOW GOOD MUSIC Interviews JADA STAR! Rob and Matt had a great beautiful conversation with JADA STAR  Jada wrote the new song THE ORCHARD and recorded it with Dolly Parton (who just happens to be her aunt). The song is on the newly released album DOLLY PARTON & FAMILY : SMOKEY MOUNTAIN DNA: Family, Faith and Fables. Dolly gave Jada her name when she was born and Jada started her career as a pe...

MUSIC MAGAZINE for November 2024   Join Rob & Jeremy for a whole lot of music talk!   SEGMENT 1: GIVE IT A LISTEN : LUCINDA WILLIAMS "SOMETHING" from her forthcoming album "Lucinda Williams sings the Beatles from Abbey Road"  (song used with permission from Jim Flammia / All Eyes Media) SEGMENT 2: MUSIC NEWS : AC/DC tour / Springsteen Movie / Making of Wicked and more! SEGMENT 3: NEW MUSIC REL...

SHOW 72 THE HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN MUSIC / BUG HORROR MOVIES This is our only Halloween Podcast for this month.   We're a little late but better late than never... On today's show Jeremy and Rob start off with THE HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN MUSIC Then they review 4 BUG HORROR Movies along with mention of the music / musical scores MIMIC PARASITE THE MIST ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES ********* KNOW GOOD MUS...

Daniel Roebuck has been in over 250+ (combined) TV SHOWS AND MOVIES LIKE : THE LOVEBOAT, THE FUGATIVE (w/Harrison ford), LOST, ROB ZOMBIE'S THE MUNSTERS and most recently he has appeared this year on 9-1-1 (in their 3 part season opener; earlier in the year) and the current #1 movie in America TERRIFIER 3! Daniel has wanted to be an actor since the age of 6. Daniel grew up near us in Bethlehem, PA...

SHOW 71 - BOURBON & BEYOND FESTIVAL (Kentucky) Today we start off with the new GRIPWEEDS song "Strange Bird" and end the show with Australian Band, The ON AND ONS new song "Long Ride". Then we go into some new music releases. The main subject is the BOURBON & BEYOND FESTIVAL.  Rob talks about his trip last week to Kentucky to see the Bourbon & Beyond Festival.  Rob goes over all the si...

INTERVIEW WITH LESLIE CAVENISH (hair cutter to the Beatles and other notable celebrities) ******* Leslie was the Beatles Hairdresser from 1967 to 1975 Leslie Cavendish left school at 15 years old, without any artistic qualifications to become a hairdresser. He worked for the iconic “’60s” hair stylist Vidal Sassoon. Leslie counted many of the stars of the day among his clients — including Keith Mo...

SHOW 70 - Know Good Music Podcast Magazine for SEPTEMBER 2024 WITH YOUR HOSTS ROB & JEREMY SEGMENT 1: GIVE IT A LISTEN : DOLLY PARTON / JADA STAR "THE ORCHARD" SEGMENT 2: SOUNDS FAMILIAR - MUSIC LYRIC TRIVIA SEGMENT 3: MUSIC NEWS SEGMENT 4: NEW MUSIC RELEASES SEGMENT 5: ALBUM ANNIVERSARIES & MUSIC NEWS FOR OCTOBER 1974 / 1984 / 1994 SEGMENT 6: GIVE IT A LISTEN : AUSTRALIAN SINGER/SONGWRITE...

This may be our first truly Themed Podcast THE CARS & SONGS ABOUT CARS! We start the podcast out with some of our favorite songs about CARS (Automobiles) Such as: One piece at a time - Johnny Cash Cruisin - Hewey Lewis and Gwenyth Paltrow Ole 55 - Tom Waits and Fun, Fun, Fun - The Beach Boys Just to name a few Then we go into a CARS quiz where Rob quizzes Jeremy on 10 CARS songs where he has t...

Know Good Music Podcast Magazine for AUGUST 2024 SEGMENT 1: GIVE IT A LISTEN : HAMISH ANDERSON'S "STIR CRAZY" SEGMENT 2: WHAT HAVE ROB & JEREMY BEEN UP TO LATELY?  JEREMY HAS 3 CONCERTS TO TALK ABOUT SEGMENT 3: MUSIC NEWS SEGMENT 4: FOOD & MUSIC (ELVIS) SEGMENT 5: ALBUM ANNIVERSARIES & MUSIC NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER 1964, 1974, 1984 & 1994! SEGMENT 6: GIVE IT A LISTEN : CHRIS SLADE TIMEL...

SHOW 67 -  A HARD DAY'S NIGHT MOVIE & SOUNDTRACK REVIEW Today we (Matt & Rob) review the Beatle's great movie and soundtracks for A HARD DAY'S NIGHT which will celebrate the 60 Year Anniversary (of the US release) on August 11th. The movie captures the band at the height of their career!  Not many bands can say they have it all on film exactly what they were going through. We start off wit...

Know Good Music Podcast Magazine for JULY 2024 We cover a lot of ground on today's podcast as always.     We start with "give it a listen" with a new song by the band, Airport 77s with their cover of the Stones song "too loose" ... think of the Cars doing a Stones song (love it!) ... then we go right into Album Anniversaries for August 64, 74, 84 & 94!!! , New albums that came out recently tha...

FORGOTTEN BANDS (4th installment) Once again we talk about those bands who were popular at one time or another but have now somehow faded into the past. Matt and Rob took a list of 65 (mainly 70s bands) and each picked 3 bands to cover. The bands we talk about on today's podcast are: THE PRETTY THINGS SLAPP HAPPY / HENRY COW SWEET (or THE SWEET) STEPPENWOLF UTOPIA THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS    Fi...

Know Good Music Podcast Magazine for JUNE 2024 We cover a lot of ground on today's podcast.  We start with "give it a listen" with a new song by the UK band VIOLENT HEARTS "Johnny I'm only Speeding" ... think the Primitives meet the Clash... then we go right into our Music News Brief, Album Anniversaries, New Releases, What's in Rob's Pile, New Music Vidoes and much more!  We end the podcast with...

Jeremy joins Rob today for another great interview. You may know Elliott Fullam from the movie TERRIFIER 2 (one of mine and Jeremy's favorite movies) where he played one of the main characters "Jonathan" but he is also an accomplished songwriter and  has released 3 albums in the last couple of years. Jeremy and I had a great time talking MUSIC and HORROR in this cross-over interview (which will al...

60 YEARS AGO!  On May 20th 1964 two icons came together.  One was an established singer/actor, the other an up and coming singer/actress.  The world would never be the same once everyone saw ELVIS and ANN MARGARET steam up the screens. This is our 3rd Elvis movie (out of 33) that Rob and Jeremy are reviewing.  Did we like the movie?  Is it our favorite out of the 3 ?   Listen to find out and find...

New PODCAST RELEASE - INTERVIEW with Australian Singer / Songwriter (and now resident of Nashville) IMOGEN CLARK! Rob and Matt had a great fun conversation with the greatly talented Imogen Clark.   We had a ton of laughs (which is always a good thing). Besides bringing up Springsteen, Colin Hay, Sheena Easton and Sheryl Crow we talk about her big move to Nashville, the inspiration behind her newes...

Pot Luck of Music Monthly Edition   On today's podcast we have a couple of monumental album anniversaries we cover which are Bruce Springsteen's BORN IN THE U.S.A. and Price PURPLE RAIN along with some other not so monumental releases.   We start out with our segment : Give It A Listen with NY singer/songwriter LESLIE MENDELSON and her new single "The Good Life" and we end the show with Oliver Woo...

Set sail with Matt and Rob as they take you on a journey from Thunder Island to Baker Street. So it had to happen sooner or later.  On today's podcast Matt and Rob talk about Yacht Rock. Many years ago we just called it "cheesy 70s music".  Rob always had a love for those "cheesy" love ballads. Matt and I go through the history of yacht rock and when and who came up with the term.  What defines ya...

Matt and Rob sit down with the legendary progressive rock guitarist, Steve Hackett formerly of GENESIS and GTR Steve talks about his current tour (recently winding down) called FOXTROT AT FIFTY, what the term progressive means, what John Lennon said about Genesis, his incredible new album "The Circus and the Nightwhale" and more. We had 30 minutes to talk to Steve which in itself is incredible sin...

NEW PODCAST - SHOW 60 - POT LUCK OF MUSIC show We've got a real Pot Luck of Music for you on this podcast! This podcast we talk about album anniversaries coming up for the month of MAY .. 1974 / 1984 and 1994! Plus Segments : Give It A Listen - we start out the show with NY singer/songwriter (who we've interviewed a few years ago) FIONA SILVER with her new single "Vertigo" and we end the show with...

On show #59 Jeremy and Rob review Dave Grohl's biography THE STORYTELLER : Tales of Life and Music We go through each chapter of Dave's book and pull out the stories that stood out and were worth noting.  Dave's journey from geeky (injury prone) kid to legendary drummer.   ************* In this episode: Find out what Rock God Dave built an alter to when he was a teen Find out what he has to tell t...

We've got a real Pot Luck of Music for you on this podcast! This podcast we talk about album anniversaries coming up for the month of April .. 1964 / 1974 / 1984 and 1994! Plus Segments : Give It A Listen (featuring new songs from Cris Jacobs and Imogen Clark, What's In Rob's Vinyl Pile, New Music Book Releases, New Album Releases for April, Music News Stories and more! ARTISTS MENTIONED IN THIS P...

Matt and Rob sit down with ISMAY to talk about their new album Desert Pavement.   We go into other topics like the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (in which their grandfather founded and their family still runs), the documentary Finding Lucinda (about the great singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams), Ismay's time working on a ranch with they're mother, the Stranger in the Barn video (and the puppe...