No Simple Road

We are proud to have Matt Butler of everyone Orchestra as our guest this week! Everyone Orchestra is a blissful, masterfully conducted, fully spontaneous explosion of live music created by a rotating cast of world renowned musicians and led by conductor Matt Butler. Each show is 100% unique, as a carefully curated lineup of performers (from bands as preeminent as the Grateful Dead, Phish, The Mete...

No Simple Road is extremely honored to have Starfinder and Hawk from the Owsley Stanley Foundation as our guests this week. The Owsley Stanley Foundation is a 501c(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of “Bear’s Sonic Journals,” Owsley’s archive of more than 1,300 live concert soundboard recordings from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, including recordings by Miles Davis, Johnny Ca...

This week we welcome Tony Kamel from Wood & Wire as our guest! To understand the musical entity known as Wood & Wire, it’s best to toss aside expectations regarding the sounds that might be created by four pickers holding assemblages of wood and wire — specifically acoustic guitar, bass, banjo and mandolin. Yes, this Austin-based quartet’s last album, 2018’s North of Despair, gave them a permanent...

No Simple Road is proud to have the one and only Keller Williams as our guest this week! Keller is a dynamo of sounds and sonic amazingness and is often described as a one-man-jam-band! He joins the NSR crew for a conversation about handling our mental heath and how he keeps it together, the ever morphing landscape of live music in the time of Covid, how keeping our expectations low sets up our he...

Heads Talking is here this week to make you feel good about being you. The Conductor pops in to give you all an update on what NSR has in store for you, the guests we have coming your way, and a little insight into why Birthdays are cool. Like, the coolest. No Simple Road will be back this coming Monday with some amazing conversation! Please consider becoming a supporter of No Simple Road through...

This week on No Simple Road we are excited to bring you Sol Doc! Sol Doc's lyrics reflect his close ties with the land in which he was raised and his carefree yet conscious lifestyle. Growing up in West Marin County on the rolling hills of Mt. Tamalpais looking out at the curling waves of the coast and running around the offices of the Grateful Dead back in the day, Sol Doc shares this reality wit...

No Simple Road is back this week with another Heads Talking taking you on a journey through the hidden realms of other dimensions, rituals hidden and exposed, symbolism made manifest, the language of Magick, and leveling up your life. Or, a bunch ofHeads that are pretty baked talking about occult stuff... you decide! We welcome Jake Weaver from the Midnight, On Earth Podcast and Brynn Anderson fro...

No Simple Road is proud to bring you Dogs in A Pile this week. Dogs in a Pile is the culmination of a love of music born from the deepest American roots of psychedelia, jazz, fusion, funk, traditional, and rock & roll. Sprung from the rich Asbury Park music scene in New Jersey, their serendipitous convergence has made for the kind of kindred intuition its members had only once dreamed of. Describe...

Heads Talking is back this week with Aaron, Mel & Apple talking about everything from UTI's to being grateful for the little things. Think of this episode as a freeform jazz improv of conversation. We sit down, open the mics, and see where the muse leads us... where we seem to end up is almost as interesting as the journey getting there. Please consider becoming a supporter of No Simple Road throu...

Heads Talking is back for your Friday with some special guests joining the crew. Jake from The Midnight, On Earth Podcast and Brynn from Vital Force Herbs join us in the studio for a little session of blowing off steam through conversation. Love and Fear, illusions, hope, as well as mysteries, god, and oneness. It's all in this episode of Heads Talking! No Simple Road intro song by: The Higgs Outr...

This week on No Simple Road we welcome Kate Wind and Mary Swick of the Mom & Me Astrology Podcast! This conversation completely blew our minds! Kate and Mary are a mother and daughter who have over 40+ years practicing Astrology and Feng Shui. In their podcast, they explore natal and celebrities charts, Feng Shui principles and current planetary aspects. Weekly, they share stories from their pract...

This week on No Simple Road we welcome Jim Nunaly of the Jim & Nell Band. This band of genre-busting artists delivers original music and stories, startlingly fresh arrangements, delivered with virtuosic improvisation. Featuring Jim Nunally on guitar, banjo & vocals, Nell Robinson on flute & vocals, Jim Kerwin on bass fiddle, Alex Aspinall on percussion, and Rob Reich on accordion & keyboards. Jim...

Heads Talking is back for your Monday morning with Aaron doing another solo. He talks to us about connection with reality, dealing with the diet that we take in through our eyes and ears, how we're a part of the world we see all around us, and more.... No Simple Road intro song by: Chilldrren Of Indigo Outro Music by: The Higgs Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Spotify so mo...

Max Davies from Kitchen Dwellers is our guest this week on No Simple Road! Montana-bred bluegrass outfit Kitchen Dwellers are captivating fans across the country with their high-energy live performances and unique approach to traditional music that fans have dubbed Galaxy Grass. Max spends some time with the NSR Crew talking about the recent Cabin Sessions and recording in the middle of nowhere in...

Heads Talking is back with a single Head talking this week. It's just Aaron this week sharing some love for those affected by the wildfires ravaging the West Coast right now and offers a little insight into how we can move forward through the pain and uncertainty to find healing. Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Spotify so more of us can find out about the show and you can...

This week on No Simple Road we welcome Kenny Roby! Kenny knew from the start there would be a lot to say for his first solo album in seven years, the emotionally and musically expansive The Reservoir. So much had changed in his world and the world at large since his stately 2013 LP, Memories & Birds, an exquisite reflection on the experiences and apprehensions of crossing over 40. He talks to the...

No Simple Road is extremely excited to have Scott Metzger as our guest this week! Scott is a full time member of the critically acclaimed, increasingly popular Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, and Circles Around The Sun. His various part time projects include the Gypsy Jazz influenced The Showdown Kids, and WOLF! (Royal Potato Family Records), an instrumental guitar trio whose music has been featured on t...

Our guest this week on No Simple Road is the one and only Alex Jordan! In 2014, Alex began touring regularly with Midnight North, playing with Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Peter Rowan, and many others. In the fall of 2017, he began working on his debut solo record "The Subtle Exhibitionist" which was released in Spring, 2020. Alex talks with us about writing all the music and playing most of the instrumen...

Will Hanza from Escaper is our guest on No Simple Road this week! Will has performed on stage with musicians such as Jimmy Vivino (Basic Cable Band/Conan O'Brien), Aron Magner & Marc Brownstein (the Disco Biscuits), Joe Russo (Further, JRAD), Aaron Johnston & Jesse Murphy (Brazilian Girls), Andy Hess (Govt. Mule), Jason Lindner (David Bowie, Now vs Now), Avi Bortnick, as well as members from bands...

This week on No Simple Road we welcome Russ Lawton to The Porch! Russ tours and records with a variety of musicians including Phish's Trey Anastasio. Russ also tours with his fellow TAB band-member, Ray Paczkowski in the Vermont Funk duo, Soule Monde and has a new project out with Scott Metzger and Ray Paczkowski called LaMP! We talk with Russ about living better on the road through clean living,...

This week's guest on No Simple Road is Michelle Pietrafitta of Banshee Tree! Banshee Tree, which plays music rooted in classical swing and jazz with funk, rock and jam themes layered in was the stand out band of Northwest String Summit 2019 for the whole NSR crew. Michelle joins us to talk about working on the new album in the midst of a Pandemic, how isolation can move us into doing things we've...

We're back on The Porch again this week with another Head's Talking. Mel, Apple, and Aaron get into talking about some of the recent's, letters, and emails that have come their way through the show, discuss the depth of the Grateful Dead's lyrics and what 'that thing' means to them, they share their feelings on the responsibility of having a voice in the community, and a whole lot more! Please rem...

This week on No Simple Road we are excited to bring you Mojohand! Mojohand's modern take on Cosmic Americana blends together the Folk, Country, Blues, and Improvisation infused Rock n Roll of the late 60's and early 70's with the Neo-Psychedelic sounds of today! We spend some time with Elijah and Ian hang out with us and talk about their journey into the world of the Grateful Dead via Dead and Com...

Heads Talking is back from a little break this week feeling renewed, refreshed, and a bunch of other 're' words. Aaron, Mel, & Apple are happily broadcasting once again from The Porch after being relegated inside for the winter and get into a discussion about how they are feeling about NSR, the direction of the podcast, and how they personally are feeling at this stage of the game. This is us, get...

No Simple Road is proud to have the legendary, one and only, Dave School as our guest this week! Dave is the bass player and founding member of Widespread Panic, record producer, songwriter, journalist, and just one hell of a kind human being! In the midst of all that's going on Dave spends some time with the No Simple Road crew talking about his roots, the magic of Col. Bruce Hampton, being home...