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Kevin Bacon  and Jennifer Nettles join  Kyle Meredith  to talk about  The Bondsman ,  Prime Video ’s new supernatural dramedy where Bacon plays a dead bounty hunter who gets resurrected to do the devil's bidding. It’s a Blumhouse show, so expect a dash of horror, a dollop of weird, and a good amount of twang. Nettles, best known as half of Sugarland and her role in  The Righteous Gemstones , f...

Adam Duritz  joins  Kyle Meredith  to dive deep into  Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! , the long-awaited completion of  Counting Crows ’ two-part album project. The singer opens up about the two-year pause he took due to a crisis of confidence, and how a record by Gang of Youths inspired a complete rewrite where he scrapped and reworked an entire batch of songs for the first time in his caree...

This time on Kyle Meredith With… , it’s a double bill of the most cerebral funk you’ve ever danced to, featuring none other than Talking Heads’ David Byrne & Jerry Harrison. Listen to these archival interviews now. Byrne is the platonic ideal of the quirky frontmen, the king of the oversized suit, and the only guy who can make anxiety sound like a party trick. Whether he’s turning nervous tics...

Don Felder  has spent the last five decades shaping the sound of classic rock — most famously as the guitar maestro behind  The Eagles ’ “Hotel California.” Now, he’s cracking open  The Vault: 50 Years of Music , a new album that pulls from demos and song ideas dating back to 1974, when Felder first joined the Eagles. Listen now. In this interview with  Kyle Meredith , Felder discusses how he unea...

This archive episode from  Kyle Meredith With… features two guests with wildly different claims to rock legacy. One helped define it, and one is currently protecting it: Ian Paice of Deep Purple and Jean Fogelberg. Listen to their interviews now. First up is Ian Paice, the last original member still keeping Deep Purple in the game over 50 years later. As the drummer behind “Smoke on the Water,” he...

You know Lizzy Greene from her Nickelodeon days ( Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn ), or more recently from  A Million Little Things . Now, she’s stepping into a pair of dusty boots for Netflix’s  Ransom Canyon , a Western drama where she plays Lauren Brigman, the small-town Texas sheriff’s daughter with big dreams of escape. The role is something of a full-circle moment for the Dallas native, who b...

On this pair of archive interviews from Kyle Meredith With… , dive into the world of one of the most successful duos in music history: Daryl Hall and John Oates. One’s a blue-eyed soul pioneer with a voice built to cut through FM static. The other’s a mustachioed master of melodic restraint. Together, they blurred the lines between rock, R&B, and pop — then turned that blur into decades-long c...

Justin Vernon  joins  Kyle Meredith With…  to dive into  SABLE, fABLE ,  Bon Iver ’s latest and most rootsy record in years. But don’t call it a pivot — Vernon says it’s more about clarity than change. “Less mystery, more humanity,” he explains, crediting the song “Everything Is Peaceful Love” as the emotional and sonic compass for an album that tracks a "Man in black in a cabin, making the ch...

On this Rewind episode of  Kyle Meredith with... , hear from Sarah McLachlan and Tracey Thorn: two voices that not only helped define the emotional landscape of the ’90s, but did so on their own terms. McLachlan, with her soaring melodies and introspective songwriting, built a legacy of haunting beauty, activism, and defiance. Thorn, as half of Everything But the Girl and a solo artist in her own...

Jeff Bridges  joins  Kyle Meredith   to talk about  Slow Magic: 1977–1978 , a long-lost batch of recordings from his late '70s jam sessions that’s finally getting its debut on  Record Store Day  via Light in the Attic. Listen now. Bridges also reflects on working with legends like Burgess Meredith — who contributes a spoken word piece to the album — and how songwriting often intersects with hi...

Finn Cole catches up with  Kyle Meredith  to talk about  Last Breath , the true-life deep-sea survival thriller that finds him playing a saturation diver stranded at the bottom of the North Sea. The  Peaky Blinders  alum gets into the intense training he and Simu Liu underwent to shoot underwater with real gear, how they learned to stay calm in a literal pressure cooker, and how scuba diving actua...

Michael McDonald  joins  Kyle Meredith With…  to talk about  Walk This Road , the first  Doobie Brothers  album to feature him as a full member since 1980. What started as a 50th anniversary tour quietly evolved into something more permanent, with McDonald, Tom Johnston, and Pat Simmons writing and singing together again for the first time in decades. He shares stories about rediscovered demos, re...

Kyle Meredith  sat down with Sofia Carson, Kyle Allen, and Sebastian De Souza to talk about their new  Netflix  film  The Life List . Listen now. The trio discusses filming in New York, how the city itself became a character in the movie, and how Brooks curated a soundtrack that brought the story to life. Carson even took piano lessons to master "Clair de Lune" for a pivotal scene. Meanwhi...

Ben Barnes chats with Kyle Meredith about his debut album,  Where the Light Gets In,  and the whirlwind experience of his first major tour on this episode of Kyle Meredith with.. . Inspired by classic soul and rock influences like Stevie Wonder and David Bowie, Barnes wanted the record to reflect all stages of a relationship, from infatuation to heartbreak. Listen now. As for his acting career, Ba...

On this Rewind episode of  Kyle Meredith with... , listen to throwback interviews with Talib Kweli and Peaches -- two artists who couldn’t be more different on paper, yet both built careers on defying expectations. Kweli, one of hip-hop’s sharpest lyricists, has spent decades balancing conscious rap with undeniable flow, both in Black Star and with his great solo catalog. Meanwhile, Peaches took e...

Kyle Meredith   sat down with  Hamilton Leithauser  to talk about his first solo album in five years,  This Side of the Island , a record that took a full decade to finish. Listen now. The album leans into a more danceable, groove-heavy sound — something Leithauser credits to years of listening to his daughters’ pop playlists, including Chappell Roan and Charlie XCX. “Maybe I just wanted to make s...

On the rewind episode of Kyle Meredith With.. , hear from Damon Albarn: the restless architect of Britpop legends Blur and the animated band Gorillaz. From leading Blur through the highs and weirdness of the ‘90s to reinventing the game with Gorillaz, Albarn has never been content sitting still. Whether he’s crafting melancholic ballads, Afrobeat-infused bangers, or experimental operas, Albarn’s g...

On this archival episode of  Kyle Meredith with... , hear from Adrian Belew and Daniel Ash: two sonic architects who helped redefine the boundaries of rock. Belew -- the guitar wizard behind King Crimson, Talking Heads, and David Bowie -- turned the six-string into a playground of sonic weirdness. He bended, looped, and warped notes into something entirely his own. Meanwhile, Ash helped shape goth...

Kyle Meredith  sits down with actor Emily Bett Rickards ( Arrow ) and director/screenwriter Ash Avildsen ( Paradise City ,  American Satan ) to talk about their new movie  Queen of the Ring . Listen now. Taking place from the 1930s to the 1950s, the movie tells the story of how professional wrestler Mildred Burke became the first million-dollar female athlete, breaking barriers in a sport where wo...

Kyle Meredith caught up with  Denise Richards , who’s inviting audiences into her world once again with Bravo's  Denise Richards and Her Wild Things . The actress -- known for roles in  Wild Things ,  Starship Troopers ,  and  The World Is Not Enough -- shares why she and her daughters were ready to open their lives for reality TV. Listen now. The new show balances family drama, humor, and ple...

On this archival episode of Kyle Meredith with... , hear from Simple Minds: the Scottish rock giants who went from post-punk outsiders to stadium-filling anthem makers. With "Don’t You (Forget About Me)," the band became forever tied to the ‘80s, but their catalog runs way deeper — sweeping synths, soaring choruses, and a knack for reinvention that’s kept them going for decades. Whether th...

Kyle Meredith sits down with David Hornsby and Charlotte Nicdao to break down Season 4 of  Apple TV ’s  Mythic Quest , the chaos of game development, and what’s next for the characters. Listen now. Nicdao reveals that Poppy is in a new place this season — happier, in a relationship, and almost balanced — which, of course, is bound to implode. “She’s always waiting to get out,” Nicdao says, describ...

On this archive interview of  Kyle Meredith With..., revisit a conversation with Jason Isbell, the poet laureate of modern Americana who is armed with a sharp pen, a soulful voice, and the ability to break your heart in three verses or less. From his Drive-By Truckers days to his successful solo career that’s helped redefine southern songwriting, he’s crafted countless songs that cut deep. Whether...

Kyle Meredith  caught up with the legendary  Taj Mahal  to discuss his  Grammy-winning  live album  Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa  and the deep-rooted history that fuels his music. Listen above or  wherever you get your podcasts . Mahal’s signature style — deeply informed by blues, jazz, folk, and world music — stems from a lifetime of self-taught exploration, starting with a childhood disc...

On this Rewind episode of  Kyle Meredith With..., revisit a conversation with foundational Foo Fighters members Taylor Hawkins and Chris Shiflett. Foo Fighters are a band that rose from the ashes of grunge to become rock’s most reliable hit-makers and festival headliners. But beyond Dave Grohl’s frontman glow, it’s guys like Shiflett and the late, great Hawkins who gave the band its heartbeat and...