The Trout Show

For the past ten years, The Cold Stares have toured the world relentlessly as a duo, blowing away audiences across the US and Europe with a fierce, blistering live show that belied their bare bones, guitar-and-drums setup. Now, the band is embracing a whole new kind of chemistry as they launch their next chapter, adding a third member and channeling the classic power trio sound they grew up on. Af...

Saxon Weiss, guitar prodigy, is a 10-year-old musician that is making waves with his incredible guitar playing expertise. Saxon visited with The Trout and talked about his learning his fretboard skills at such an early age. Saxon is already immersed into different musical genres whether it be heavy metal, jazz, country and classical just to name a few. Saxon was discovered playing at Norm's R...

It's been said that great Blues musicians are born that way and some of the mere mortals who wish to be great may never achieve greatness. 14-year-old Danny Guitarwood appears to be just that a great Blues guitarist that is showing incredible guitar chops at his early age. The Trout visited with Danny about his love of the Blues, his favorite Blues musicians and how he wants to keep the Blues...

What can you say about a guy that's been laying down some sweet Blues licks for over 50 years that hasn't been said before? Walter Trout one of the preeminent Blues Guitarists of this decade and the last visited with The Trout about his career, his family, his guitars, his songwriting and much more during this exclusive interview. Trout's career began on the Jersey coast scene of th...

Some people are just born communicators and Lucas Hoge has that gift which The Trout discovered with his exclusive interview with Lucas. Fans know this because Hoge's new album Dirty South ascended to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Country Album Sales chart during its debut week. Whether he’s performing for troops overseas, sharing his love for the great outdoors with fellow sportsmen at an...

 Chris Saunders is a native New Yorker, born and raised in Manhattan. Coming from British and Jamaican roots, he had an innate love of music, which was nurtured by his family. Chris was raised on the music of icons, such as Jimmy Cliff, The Beatles, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, and Sting & The Police. In his formative years, he studied the piano, trumpet, and flute, but found his place with a...

I, along with millions of others, were fans of guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck and I was sadden by the announcement of his recent sudden passing. This podcast is a quick story about how I was lucky to be invited by his record label to see Jeff live back in 2010 at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. How it all came about and how I was fortunate enough to be able to write my story on Jeff's Facebook page....

 Andy Aledort is widely known for his transcriptions, instructional columns and DVDs and has also toured throughout the last two decades with Dickey Betts and the Jimi Hendrix Tribute. He is also co-author of the New York Times Best Selling biography, Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan. Andy visited with The Trout about his career from playing with Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox of...

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 Since 2009 when they formed the K3 Sisters Band (K3SB) Kaylen, Kelsey and Kristen have generated over a billion views and likes from over 50 countries on their four verified social media platforms and website traffic. Texas musicians the K3 Sisters Band visits with The Trout about their musical journey, their millions of social media fans and how they continue to expand their fan base in dozens c...

When Ed Struijlaart heard Eric Clapton's "Unplugged" album, released 30 years ago, he promised himself that he was going learn how to play acoustic guitar and learn how to play the songs on Eric's album. Now thirty years later, Ed has fulfilled his dream and he is touring his native country, The Netherlands, performing note for note each tune on the Unplugged album. As Ed tells...

Nearly 40 years ago, they told the world "You can dance if you want to" - and the world listened. This is the story direct from singer and songwriter Ivan Doroschuk about how the famous song "Safety Dance" became a world wide hit. Now 40 years later the song is as popular as it's always been garnering over 60 million views on YouTube. The Trout visits with lead singer and...

 Vince Francis, bassist for Sweden based Temple Hill Band, visits with The Trout about leaving his musical roots in America and moving to Sweden and forming a heavy metal band. Vince talks about his life growing up in Rochester, New York and moving to Los Angeles to check out the music scene there. Vince gave up his musical aspirations in America after he met and fell in love with a Swedish lady....

 Americana singer-songwriter Roger Street Friedman’s latest album—his fourth overall—Love Hope Trust, sagely and sensitively snapshots moments of modern living. It’s a sonic scrapbook that documents a divided world while exploring intimately personal journeys that evince universal truths. The 12-song album is produced by Grammy-winning producer, guitarist, and songwriter Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan,...

Formed with a mutual passion for pushing the boundaries of genre, and heavily influenced by the Grateful Dead and New Grass Revival, the members of Sicard Hollow grew up sick of existing institutions telling them what their music should sound like. Before they met in 2018, none of the members even considered playing bluegrass - Matt Rennick (violin) was working on electronic music, Will Herrin (ma...

N.O.A.H. is an up and coming outstanding three-member band based out of Dublin, Ireland with their sights set on introducing their original independent Rock Music to the world. Their outstanding songwriting and performing skills sets them apart from so many other bands trying to woo fans their way. Ryan, Adam and Ronan are three very talented Irish lads that infuse their multi-talented skills into...

The Trout visits with Joe Montague of All You Need is Drums website and that 60's recording podcasts. Joe is a I graduate from the renowned Jazz Course at Leeds College of Music in 2011 before embarking on his career as a touring drummer. Spending the next few years playing with numerous theater shows and original projects, touring all over the UK and Europe, Joe soon found his passion in fai...

Born in Miami, FL Jessica Muñiz-Collado is a composer, producer, and music career consultant, who has created music for numerous production companies and music libraries including MundoFOX, Univision, PBS, IMAX, and Universal Production Music. She is also a published and commissioned composer with both national and international performances of her work. In addition to being an Assistant Professor...

Born in Beirut, Kory's parents moved the family to Toronto when she was eight months old. Her mother, a devoted fan of country music would continuously play classic country, and Kory found herself singing along. By her teens, she became exposed to hard rock, most notably Guns N’ Roses. In 2017, Kory began writing and recording her first EP, Spellcasting, produced by John Angus MacDonald (The...

Shona Tiernan is 20 year old musician that began her musical career when she picked up a violin at the young age of only 4 years old. Now sixteen years later Shona has set her sights on becoming a great songwriter, performer and producer. Shona continues to provide her fans with her celebrated original music on several social media channels. The Trout spends time visiting with this remarkable very...

Guitars made out of aluminum instead of wood? Why not? Alien Alloy Guitars hand crafted in Birmingham, UK are unique in styling, sound and play ability. Miles Page, one of the founders, of Alien Alloy Guitars visits with The Trout about how he and his business and co-founders came up with the unique design of their guitars. It’s completely different to wood and that’s what makes it fun. Visually i...

This soulful rocker, originally from Chicago, has had a passion for singing throughout her entire life. Growing up in a household that was rich in music, her influences were widely varied from artists such as Susan Tedeschi, Bonnie Raitt, The Pointer Sisters, Eva Cassidy, Etta James, Joss Stone, Jason Mraz, Black Eyed Peas, Christina Aguilera, and many more. She eventually took her love of singing...

It's only select few musicians that get invited to the White House Vann Burchfield, sax player extraordinaire, was invited four times. The rich musical history of Alabama has been well documented. From Muscle Shoals down to the Gulf Coast, the state has bore witness to landmark recordings in all genres - rock, soul, R&B, blues, bluegrass, country, and jazz. Saxophonist, composer, producer...

Armed with her guitar and dusky vocals, Emily White captures moments of life from the blush of first love to the passage of adulthood.  This singer songwriter has the ability to move an audience with her beautifully constructed timbre of song collections.  Emily's remarkable talent has captured the attention of musical professionals and made her an outstanding up & coming female artist to...

Hailing from the legendary Muscle Shoals, AL, this four-piece rock outfit is adding new flavors to the Muscle Shoals sound and blowing minds across the Southeast. Trey Nichols (Lead Vocals, Guitar), Jonathan Mackey (Bass, Vocals), Dylan Johnson (Drums), and Emmett Redding (Guitar, Vocals), make up, Yes Trespassing. The band formed in the midst of a pandemic and began arming themselves with materia...