Zig At The Gig podcast

Interview with Tim Quirk of Wonderlick Jay Blumenfield's mother died two days before he got on a plane to Virginia to record this Wonderlick album. He went anyway. He and Tim Quirk — the two halves of Wonderlick, a band that's been making records since 2001 — had spent months planning this trip. Inspired by two wildly successful (artistically AND economically) house show tours and binge-watching L...

Interview with Wesley Stace Wesley Stace was born in Hastings, Sussex, in 1965, and educated at the King’s School, Canterbury, and Jesus College, Cambridge. He released 17 albums under the name John Wesley Harding, before switching back to his birth name for more recent recordings, including 2021’s Late Style and the monumental limited-edition Secret Series, for which he revisited his entire disco...

Interview with bassist Paul Zamost of The Effigies. Chicago’s pioneering punk bands, shaping the Midwest punk scene with their aggressive sound and captivating lyrics. The band’s DIY ethos and commitment to authentic themes about corruption and urban alienation positioned them as a seminal influence on the punk scene for generations. Led originally by vocalist John Kezdy, bassist Paul Zamost, drum...

Interview with Chris Stamey !   Chris has a new album out called Modernism.    It features new versions of classic songs such as the Beatles’ “Hey Bulldog” (with Big Star’s Jody Stephens on drums), the Kinks’ “Waterloo Sunset” (with the dB’s), and Sly and the Family Stone’s “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” (featuring the Uptown Horns, Brian Dennis [DAG], and Jon Wurster [Mountain Goats, S...

Interview with Kitty Donohoe Ann Arbor based songwriter and Michigan Emmy recipient Kitty Donohoe is not an Irish or Celtic singer, but she clearly draws from that part of her heritage, as well as her American roots, as an artist. Iconic WFMT-Chicago folk dj Rich Warren calls Kitty “far above and beyond most singersongwriters.” She writes music that has been called “earthy, luminous and compelling...

Interview with Robert Kindey of The Numbers Bands 15-60-75. Robert return to the show for the 3rd time. In this episode we talk about the Number bands during the era of Hot Wire, and about the Late Great David Thomas of Pere Ubu !   Info for Sep 19th &20th concert and film showing   /https://www.numbersband.com/ /https://kentstage.org/     What's all about ( From Numbers band's website ) 15 60...

Interview with saxophonist of The Numbers Bands 15-60-75 Terry Hynde.   Info for Sep 19th &20th concert and film showing   /https://www.numbersband.com/ /https://kentstage.org/     What's all about ( From Numbers band's website ) 15 60 75 The Numbers has been praised by almost every national music publication and several international publications since the beginning of their 50 years of live...

Interview and performance by CLE Collective Zig At The Gig goes live at Negative Space bringing the talent from the streets of Cleveland to you! with CLE Collective ! CLE Collective is a 4-piece instrumental progressive rock band from Cleveland, OH. Their sound consists of odd time signatures, jazzy piano chords, epic guitar solos, soaring synth leads, and groovy bass lines. https://www.facebook.c...

Interview with Steven L. Jones ! Steven L. Jones is an artist, writer, musician, and former instructor at Virginia Commonwealth University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Kentucky-born, the son of a choir director and violinist, he lives with his wife Catherine and dog Mojo in his adopted hometown, Chicago. A longtime writer for magazines and online journals, including the Woody Gu...

Interview with Glenn Morrow !   Glenn Morrow has a storied history as a founding member of “a” the first band to play at the legendary Hoboken music club Maxwell’s in the late 70s – the rest of that band went on to form the Bongos. Glenn next formed the Individuals and toured across the U.S. with that outfit. At the same time, he also served as an editor and writer at New York Rocker magazine.   I...

Interview and performance by Sweet Ignition. Zig At The Gig goes live at Negative Space bringing the talent from the streets of Cleveland to you! with Sweet Ignition! Sweet Ignition is a Pop punk from Northeast Ohio. Fronted by singer songwriter, and guitarist Michael Gallup Sweet Ignition dives deep in this conversation and rocks hard! A true up and coming talent to keep your eye on ! https://www...

Chuck Smith is a New York-based documentary filmmaker, television producer and author. He created a 48-minute film Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle in 1999 about the artist Forrest Bess  It featured Willem Dafoe as the voice of Bess and was co-directed by Ari Marcopoulos . His 2018 film Barbara Rubin & the Exploding NY Underground was a biographical documentary about the 1960s experimental film...

Interview iwth Johnny Iguana of The Claudettes   Johnny Iguana, the Claudettes' composer/pianist (who has played on albums featuring Derek Trucks, Johnny Winter, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, James Cotton and Johnny's own Chicago punk-organ cult band Oh My God), has been reaching a worldwide audience as co-composer of the original score of Emmy-winning smash FX/Hulu series...

On The Books With John Skrtic August 2026 A side quest here on Zig At The Gig where we get a monthly update for John Skrtic about all the amazing free events happing at Cleveland Public Library ! Saturday, August 15, 2026 The Cleveland Hip Hop Exhibit: 20 Years Strong Time:2:00pm - 8:00pm Location:Main 00 - Eastman Reading Garden Branch: Main Library - Downtown Saturday, August 15, 2026 Speak In T...

Interview with and performance by Danny G ! Zig At The Gig goes live at Negative Space bringing the talent from the streets of Cleveland to you! with Danny G as our first guest! Danny Gardner is a singer songwriter from North East Ohio, whose melodies are as infectious as his positive demeanor! Follow Danny Here : https://www.facebook.com/danny.gardner.963 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuMHRACC4...

Interview with Stephen Hunking of Hypnolovewheel ! Hypnolovewheel was founded in 1986 in New York City by guitarists Dave Ramirez and Stephen Hunking and bassist Dan Cuddy, already old-time friends and veterans of Long Island garage-rock prodigies Plastic Device. They were quickly joined by Peter Walsh, a Connecticut garage-rock prodigy and the sole respondent to an esoteric “Wanted Drummers” flye...

Interview with Bob Bert drummer from Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, and Lydia Lunch!   After seeing the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan show as an eight-year-old, he took drum lessons for one year at age twelve and learned enough to bang along to the Rolling Stones and garage-punk nuggets of the 60’s (Cue up the Barbarians’ "Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl"). Bob became desperate to get out of the hell of...

Interview with Don Cento !   Halfway to Mellowtown is the debut album from Austin-based Cento Threeo, a Jazz / Americana trio led by guitarist and composer Don Cento. The album was recorded by Stuart Sikes (White Stripes, Cat Power, Loretta Lynn) at Church House in the band’s hometown with Cento producing. Halfway to Mellowtown is being released June 19 June by SecondBridge Records on 12” LP vinyl...

On The Books With John Skrtic July 2026 On The Books is a quick monthly update about some of the amazing things happening at Cleveland Public Library ! July 1st Sound Bites: Black Voltron Main Main Library - Downtown July 11th Conversation with Brian Michael Bendis & Marc Andreyko Main Library - Downtown https://cpl.libcal.com/event/17131018 July 11, 2026 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Ohio Goes to the Mov...

Interview with Diane Kendig. Diane Kendig is a writer and teacher born and raised in Canton, Ohio, where she currently resides again after decades living and working elsewhere. Kendig’s four poetry chapbooks include the most recent Prison Terms (Main Street Rag, 2018), as well as The Places We Find Ourselves (Finishing Line 2009), Diane Kendig’s Greatest Hits (Pudding House, 2001), and A Tunnel of...

Interview with Drew Miller of Boiled In Lead ! Boiled in Lead’s musical recipe features guitar, bass, violin & drums that play country music from many countries with power and emotion. They are the longest-running Celtic punk band in America, and an important part of the foundation of what became Minnesota punk rock; their star is still on the wall at legendary nightclub First Avenue, dating b...

Interview with poet Kent Taylor (part 1) Kent Taylor started writing poetry his freshman year at Ohio Wesleyan University. After quitting medical school at Ohio State University, he returned to Cleveland, and became a charter member of the underground poetry scene that erupted there during the 1960s. His first six books were published by d. a. levy. Taylor moved to San Francisco in 1970. Publicati...

Interview with Harvey Gold,   GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET is a 3rd wave surf exploration of John Zorn's MASADA songbooks. But let's back up... In l992-l993, composer John Zorn began composing a series of short melodies written in modes found in Ashkenazi Jewish music - a project he called MASADA. Now, over 25 years later, Zorn has composed 613 of these little ditties - the number of commandments foun...

Interview with Wasted Society, Cleveland based punk, metal rock and roll band! https://www.facebook.com/WASTEDSOCIETYBAND  

Interview with author and film maker Jason Prufer! Jason has been working on a film called Out Of Obscurity, Into Oblivion: A Film About The Numbers Band. It premiers June-6-26 stay tuned to the Numbers band's media and websites for future showings. https://www.facebook.com/numbersband156075