The Drop

Please share and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Today we're doing something a little different. I asked people on social media to share albums they're listening to. I couldn't get them all onto the show, so here's 10 to check out. Charley Crockett: The Man from Waco (from Stu Kelly) Yo La Tengo: This Stupid World (many) Sunny War: Anarchist Gospel (Graig) Maggie Rose:...

Please share and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Oteil, Medeski, Maggie Rose, Vernon Reid, and more LIVE from Asheville. The full set of music played last night is up on YouTube, check this out. This is part of a new show called No Simple Disruption, which is a platform for young poets and spoken-word artists to share, collaborate, and engage. Joel Cummins Keyboard Rig...

Please share and review. Thanks! Phish Summer Tour! We’re getting 7 shows at MSG, and a lot more. What do you think?  Today in Phish History. A few shows to check out— 2/15/03 , 2/15/93 , 2/15/91 .  Phish’s 40th anniversary. What do you think they’ll do to celebrate the 40th? All ideas welcomed. We discuss this on a bonus HF Pod episode, which will be live next Monday. Support Osiris Pre...

Please subscribe, share and review. Thank you! Steven Hyden “wildly speculates” about an Oasis reunion. What do you think? Could they come back? Should they come back?  Rob and Chuck from moe. on Comes A Time. As you may know, Chuck Garvey survived a coma and stroke and Rob recovered from cancer, and they’re still going!  The Sphere is on! U2 announces their shows in a Super Bowl commerc...

Steve Albini on why he hates Steely Dan. This is kind of his schtick, he has said negative things about Phish and lots of other bands. Here’s what he said: “will always be the kind of punk that shits on Steely Dan… Christ the amount of human effort wasted to sound like an  SNL  band warm up.” Do you love or hate Steely Dan? Jack Antonoff on Ticket “Chaos”: It’s Not ‘Cause of Artists. If...

Skull & Roses coming to Ventura County Fairgrounds. We’re proud to partner with this festival that explores unique interpretations of Grateful Dead music at California’s legendary Ventura County Fairgrounds April 19-23, 2023.  Backstreets closes after 43 years. This Bruce Springsteen fanzine that was founded in 1980 decided to stop publishing. We’ve talked a lot about how fans typica...

Let’s talk about the Grammys ! Share and review this show wherever you get your podcasts! Congrats to Snarky Puppy! They won for the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, which is amazing. We should mention, of course, that we produced a podcast with them about the making of this album . This is their 5th Grammy. Congrats to their whole team.   Congrats to Eric Krasno! A song he co-wrote...

Thanks for checking us out! Please review and subscribe wherever you get podcasts. New Inappropriate Happiness with Karina Rykman and Isaac Slone. Karina and Isaac are great—they talk about tours, shows they’ve seen, and a lot more. I look forward to hearing from them every week, and there’s a new episode today.  Merck Mercuriadis talks about the future of acquiring song catalogs. I mentioned...

The New Weird Virtuosos Making Jazz for the Post-Internet Age . From our friend Andy Cush, there’s a profile of artists like DOMi & JD Beck (who also happen to be nominated for a Grammy for Best New Artist) and how these amazing, young jazz players are mixing in the humor and viral potentiality of the online age to create a new following and very interesting music. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame N...

Thanks for tuning in. Enjoy! And please share and review the podcast. Marc Brownstein rig tour with Ryan Storm. Our friend Ryan has a few of these video rig tours lined up, if you haven’t seen them, you gotta check them out. Brand new today is Marc Brownstein! Next week is Neal Francis, and Joel Cummins of Umphrey’s the week after that. Rock Docs Pod on Born To Run with … me! I got to be a guest o...

Please share and review the podcast! Thank you! AI coming for music. One of the big stories of the past few months has been ChatGPT and how that affects our lives. I’m following this story about Google’s creation on the music side, called MusicLM. Warner shifting vinyl production to decrease environmental impact. One of the big 3 labels says it’ll shift from 180g to 140g vinyl, investing in ways t...

Thanks for tuning in. Review and share the podcast! Deadicated: Taping the Dead, 1965-1995. Relix has an interview with Mark Rodriguez , who put together a beautiful book and project that goes deep into the origins of taping, tape-trading, and has thousands of images and documents from the band’s archive. RIP Tom Verlaine. Best known as the frontman of Television, Verlaine was a staple of the New...

Music from boygenius + The National. We got 3 new songs from boygenius, and a new single from The National. All extremely worth listening to. Check those out wherever you listen to music. Tours aplenty—what will your concert going look like in 2023? We’ve had a lot of tours announced for this year. Will you be going to more or fewer concerts in 2023?  Margo Price launches new cannabis line. A...

Thank you for tuning in. Please review and share wherever you get your podcasts! California venue owners react to Senate hearings. Ineffable Music Group, which owns venues in Santa Cruz [The Catalyst, which may be familiar to Phish fans], Ventura, Berkeley, and several other cities, said that effective immediately they won’t take 20% merch fees from artists anymore.  Ace turns 50. Bob Weir’s...

Thanks for tuning in. Find more at OsirisPod.com. More ticketing controversy . Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing yesterday about whether Live Nation and Ticketmaster’s merger in 2010 has stifled competition and hurt consumers. Bieber Sells Catalog to Hipgnosis. For $200 million, Hipgnosis Songs Capital has closed its deal to buy 100% of the artist’s publishing, as well as his...

We may be bringing The Drop back! Let us know what you think, spread the word, and thanks for checking it out. Tuesday, 1/24/23 Music Industry Layoffs Continue . Per Digital Music News—Alphabet / Google, Amazon, Audacity, BMI, CD Baby, Meta, Microsoft, Patreon, SoundCloud, SoundHound, Snap, Spotify, TikTok and Twitter. Everyone hates Ticketmaster. Is everyone wrong? An in-depth article with lots o...