The World Music Show — Interviews from the archives

In this episode of the World Music Show, interviews from the archives, I’m digging deep into the archives and pulling this 2017 interview with multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy Award winning musician Alex Cuba . Alex was one of earliest interviews and I caught him while he was on the road–literally, he pulled over for this interview so we could talk about what was his new album at the time “Lo Únic...

In this episode of the World Music Show, interviews from the archives, I re-airing my interview with singer and musician Sabina Sciubba. If you don’t know her solo work, you may remember her as part of The Brazilian Girls, or from her guest appearances on the TV show Baskets, which also starred Zach Galifinakas.  The Italian is just an icon all around. This interview first aired in September of 20...

In this episode, I’m going back to one of my first interviews from the WMS. It’s with Dave Wakeling, English Beat or The Beat’s—depending on where they were at the time, frontman.  The writer and icon who wrote Save it for Later, and covered Smokey Robinson’s Tears of Clown, and the epic Mirror in the Bathroom. Along with bands like Madness, Dexy Midnight Runners, and the Specials, Wakeling was a...

Here is part two of my conversation with Thomas Dolby. In which we dive into his working with Joni Mitchell and his creating the group, the Lost Toy People, who he’s on tour with right now but at this interview, he wasn’t really thinking about performing live again on a regular basis. Check out Ian’s World O’ Music show on Mixcloud. For 17 years, I had a world music show on a local public radio st...

In this episode, I’m re-airing my interview with Thomas Dolby.  Dolby, as you may know, rose to fame in the 1980s with She Blinded me with Science, Windpower and so much more. I got to interview him for the NPR show, Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad, for which I am the producer. It aired around this time last year and it’s another two-parter.  We talk all about his long music career but also dive...

As promised--here is part two of my interview with legendary and Grammy award winning music producer Sebastian Krys (Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony and Elvis Costello). This episode is mostly about his collaborations  Elvis Costello and the Attractions, but also the state of Latin Music and the best sub shop in Woodland Hills. This is why it’s a two-parter. This interview originally aired in Februar...

First, so sorry for the delay in getting this next episode out of the archive show…Been a bit busy. But you’re in for a special treat. This is a two-parter featuring the great music producer Sebastian Krys. If you don’t know his name, you may know the artists he’s worked with Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony, Celia Cruz, Ricky Martin and Will Smith–but it was his producing of four Elvis Costello recor...

For this fourth episode, it’s my conversation with the cool musician Jack Johnson. Johnson has a new record out called SURFILMUSIC . It’s a new documentary chronicling Jack Johnson’s evolution from surfer to filmmaker to world-renowned musician. So not only is there music, but as you can guess–a film too. The link is in the show notes. He’s also going out on tour.  But this interview took place ju...

For this third episode I’m diving into my very special interview with the late Paddy Moloney, frontman of the legendary Irish band The Chieftains, that took place in January 2020. To say that the Irish band The Chieftains are one of the longest running bands in musical history is an understatement. The folk band started in the 60s. And in that vast career, they’ve expanded the genre of Irish music...

Kicking off this second episode is my interview with Naoko Yamano of the legendary, all-female punk band Shonen Knife . The Japanese based band has been playing for over four decades and besides solo shows, has opened up for Nirvana, the Ramones and more.  When this interview first aired back in February of 2023, the band just released their record called Our Best Place—and they haven’t released a...

Kicking off this inaugural episode is my interview with Tjinder Singh of Cornershop. The band hit the charts with "Brimful of Asha" from their third album When I Was Born for the 7th Time. A remixed version of the track reached number one on the UK singles chart in 1998. When this interview first aired back in March of 2020, the band  just released their ninth studio album England is a G...