Zig At The Gig podcast

Interview with Eddie Shaw bassist of The Monks and Author of the book Black Monk Time.  The Monks, referred to by the name monks on record sleeves, were an American rock band formed in Gelnhausen, West Germany in 1964. Assembled by five American GIs stationed in the country, the group grew tired of the traditional format of rock, which motivated them to forge a highly experimental style characteri...

Berlin-based avant-garde duo hackedepicciotto have returned with Keepsakes, their fifth full length studio album. Keepsakes is the duo’s second album released on Mute, and was recorded at one of Europe’s oldest recording spaces, the Neapolitan studio Auditorium Novecento. Inspired by the space, which was home to Caruso and Morricone, the new compositions feature tubular bells and a grand piano wit...

Interview with Tony Cuchetti Tony Cuchetti came by his skills as a singer, writer, and performer the hard way – from extensive road work from an early age. “My parents decided to start a family act in the late 60s and started playing malls, fairs, conventions, and even Vegas in the era of the Jackson 5 and The Osmonds. We had the bus and the costumes. When I came along, I was born into it and tour...

Lady Bug Av Club ran a pirate radio station for Rooms To Let 2023. I interviewed artist Owen Lowery, Charlie Malta "Guice Mann" (Juice Man), Meryl Engler, Cara Gaetano Kate Snow, Stephanie Stewart, Kyla Decatur, Mary Defer, Brian Schultis, Emily Liptow, Marisa Herman, Jeanetta Ho, Jimmie Woody, Eric Tuck-Macalla, Jacob “Archie” Liptow, Clifford Benjamin  roomstolet https://www.instagram.com/ladybu...

Vocalist/guitarist Brian Krumm formed The Great Crusades more than 20 years ago, following his tenure with The Suede Chain. The Great Crusades’ debut, The First Spilled Drink of the Evening was released in 1997, earning the praise of Rolling Stone’s David Fricke: “The Great Crusades look at life through a shot-glass lens, mixing anger, muscle and minor-key remorse like a roughneck Tindersticks wit...

Interview with Joe Cannon of Resurrectionists Resurrectionists were originally formed by lyricist, guitarist, and banjo picker Joe Cannon and bassist Jeff Brueggeman from the locally revered trio WORK with drummer Josh Barto and pedal steel player Gavin Hardy. On the group’s 2019 debut album What Comes In -- a collection of everyman trouble tales delivered with dark wit and piquant Midwestern tang...

Interview with singer-songwriter Brandon Hardesty of Bumpin Uglies  Bumpin Uglies is an American punk reggae band from Annapolis, Maryland.  The band's music features a "melody-driven, free-spirited blend of ska, reggae, and punk with a strong focus on lyrics and crowd-pleasing grooves. The band's influences are a mix of ska-punk and reggae drawn from pioneering bands Sublime Bad Religion, Reel Bi...

TWO PLAYER IS AN AUSTIN-BASED POWER DUO FEATURING BROTHERS HOAG (DRUMS/LEAD VOCALS) AND BONESAW (GUITAR). FORMED IN 2018, THESE FORMER FRONTMEN OF FULL SERVICE COMBINE PROGRESSIVE RHYTHMS WITH EXCITING, COMPLEX LEAD GUITAR WORK AND DULCET VOCAL ACROBATICS, ALL DISGUISED AND PACKAGED INTO LEAN, SAVORY ARRANGEMENTS. IT'S A TOUCH OF MATH ROCK AND A SPOONFUL OF POP, WITH A LIVE PERFORMANCE THAT SHOWCA...

Iconic roots singer Tracy Nelson, who burst onto the Rock and Roll scene in the mid-1960s as lead singer in the San Francisco-based group Mother Earth and her legendary vocals on the classic “Down So Low,” will release her first album in over 10 years,  Life Don’t Miss Nobody, June 9th on the BMG label. Joining Tracy are some of her favorite musical friends, including Willie Nelson, Charlie Mussel...

Kenny Werner has been a world-class pianist and composer for over forty years. His prolific output of compositions, recordings, and publications continues to impact audiences worldwide. In 1996 he wrote his landmark book Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within. Werner has since created videos, lectured worldwide, and authored many articles on how musicians, artists, or even busin...

About Mark Cousins Mark is a Northern Irish-Scottish filmmaker and writer. His themes are the inspiring power of cinema, cities, walking, childhood, archives and recovery. At the start of his career he made TV documentaries on childhood, neo-Nazism and Mikhael Gorbachev. In the mid 90s he and the Edinburgh International Film Festival showed films in Sarajevo to support its besieged citizens. His f...

Vashti Bunyan is an English singer-songwriter. Beginning her career in the mid-1960s, she released her debut album, Just Another Diamond Day in 1970. The album sold very few copies, and Bunyan was discouraged, and abandoned her musical career. By 2000, her album had acquired a cult following; it was re-released, and Bunyan recorded more songs, initiating the second phase of her musical career afte...

Originally from the Netherlands, vocalist and songstress Vivienne Aerts is barely categorizable in genre or style. She plays in band formation, duo, and solo, supplemented with a synthesizer, loop station, and effects. Vivienne surprises, challenges, and tells stories. Her lyrics travel to the core of recognition, talk to the soul, and open a barrel of emotions. Heartbreaking, singing of happiness...

Sunny is a writer and creator of theatre and TV. His inventive and award-winning theatre works have been presented in over 60 cities worldwide and translated into 6 languages. His wide range of audiences has spanned international arts festival goers, queers in underground warehouses, and seniors in regional theatres. Sunny is also a proud trans artist. Climate Change and Other Small Talk  This the...

Delmore Recording Society is excited to announce the upcoming release of Wild Carnation’s Tricycle as a Record Store Day 2023 exclusive on April 22. Tricycle is the long out-of-print debut album from this New Jersey-based trio comprising Brenda Sauter (The Feelies) on vocals and bass, guitarist Rich Barnes and Chris O'Donovan (Grey District) on drums and vocals. This will be a limited 500 copy pre...

Singer-songwriter Dan Montgomery will be releasing his seventh album Cast-Iron Songs and Torch Ballads April 7. It was recorded at The Shack in the Back studio in Memphis, TN with Montgomery and Robert Mache producing. It’s being issued on 12” vinyl LP, digital download and via streaming services by Fantastic Yes Records. It’s not unusual for an artist to signal a “return to their roots” a few alb...

Jimkata are a three-piece anthemic, synth-washed, electro-rock band based out of Ithaca and Los Angeles. With a triumph of swirling analog synths, infectious pop hooks and candid lyrics, Jimkata have built a distinct sound which has been resonating with listeners across the country. Friends since middle school, Evan Friedell, Aaron Gorsch and Packy Lunn infuse Jimkata, (named after the so-bad-it’s...

This is a re-upload of my conversation with the late great Mark Stewart Rest In Power!         For those who don't know  Mark Stewart is an artist, vocalist, producer and songwriter from Bristol. As a founding member of The Pop Group and as a soloist, Stewart has remained an anarchic and pioneering figure since the punk era, a constant source of discordance amongst the frontiers of post-punk, dub,...

Brooklyn-based goth-folk duo Charming Disaster’s upcoming fifth album Super Natural History is a musical cabinet of curiosities featuring songs inspired by both the natural world and the metaphysical realm; the cover art itself is composed of curios and oddities collected on their travels or gifted to them by fans. The album was produced by band members Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris, half the track...

Motion And Picture is a cinematic soundscape of honest lyrical introspection and reactive abrasion, a personal timespan of disillusionment, resolve, and return of hope. Waves of cascading textures blur the sonic lines between synthesizers and guitars a la My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive as Shawn Rios's atypical rhythms anchor the songs while Brian McSweeney ascends beyond Andre Miller, Patrick Ri...

Cellophane Jane is a Glam Rock Power trio founded by Cleveland, Ohio native Lex Moda in 2017. What started as a week-long meditative project to record, mix, and master a collection of ten songs as a mini-LP roared into a full-throttle, non-stop rock n’ roll parade.   The Marauders Last Show https://fb.me/e/L8oi5JOg Cellophane Jane's Info https://www.cellophanejane.com Cellophane Jane & C-Level htt...

IF... Second full length solo record by David Heatley Available on all streaming and digital platforms March 24, 2023 from Dream Puppy Records. Genre: Indie Pop All songs were written, performed, and produced by David Heatley in 2023. They were recorded at Piety Street Arnaudville Studio. Additional recording took place at Restoration Sound with engineer Lorenzo Wolff. String, horn and woodwind ar...

Scott crow is an international speaker,  author, and story teller who is proudly from a working-class background. He has engaged his varied life as a coop business co-owner, political organizer, educator and strategist, activist, filmmaker, dad, and musician. For over two decades, he has focused on diverse socio-political issues and the explorations of creating and exercising counter-power to capi...

From Coma To Catharsis is the second full exploratory mission in the current five-piece incarnation of NYC/NJ-based instrumental ensemble, The Royal Arctic Institute. It’s the sequel to last year's From Catnap To Coma, and like its predecessor, the new mini-album was recorded and produced by James McNew (Yo La Tengo) in the historic Neumann Leather Factory in Hoboken, New Jersey. From Coma To Cath...