Hello friends! Modern-day, classic crooner L.C. Franke is my guest for episode 1411! His new album, the gorgeous Still In Bloom is available now wherever you stream your music and on vinyl. L.C. and his small orchestra are celebrating the release of Still In Bloom with a release show this Saturday, August 3rd at The State Theater here in Austin with special guest Jo Alice. Go to lcfranke.com for show and tour info, vinyl, and more. We have a great conversation about taking a left turn in music from indie-rock prodigy to being a crooner singing over beautifully orchestrated music, his new style of touring, musicians on charts, the beautiful string arrangements he wrote on a Mellotron, working with "real" musicians, finding happiness in show business, and much more. I had a great time catching up with my old friend, L.C.. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!

Hello friends! Peter Holsapple from legendary, and influential power-pop band, The dB's is my guest for episode 1410! Their 1981 album, Stands For Decibels, originally released on the UK-based Albion label, was known as one of the great "lost" power-pop albums of the 80's until now. Stands For Decibels is available now wherever you stream your music or on CD and vinyl on Propeller Sound Recordings. The dB's will also be hitting the road this fall playing shows on the east coast and midwest. Go to thedbs.com for tour dates, music and more. Peter and I have a great conversation about the story of The dB's, their journey as a band, the influence of The dB's on R.E.M., Let's Active and more, Peter's career after the band spending 4 years as R.E.M.'s touring keyboard/guitar player, 26 years touring with Hootie And The Blowfish, and his band, The Continental Drifters with Vicki Peterson (The Bangles) and Susan Cowsill (The Cowsills), and much more. It was such an honor to sit down with Peter and get his story. I hope you enjoy it. I did. Let's get down!

Hello friends! I hope you're all hanging on to your sanity. Austin, ethereal-rock band, March and Beauty are back for episode 1409! Their new single, the gender equality and women's rights anthem, "Change" is out now wherever you stream or download your music. They're celebrating the release of "Change" with a show this Thursday, July 25th at The Mohawk here in Austin. Go to marchandbeauty.com for music, videos, show dates and more. Tim and Terri Dittmar, Paul Stautinger, and Justin Bocanegra talk about writing and recording "Change", how the song came through a prompt in the "11:59" songwriting group, the importance of the conversation about gender equality and women's rights at this time in history, the band's creative process, running a recording school, a few fabulously entertaining rants from Tim, a lot of laughs, and much more. I had a great time catching up with the band. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!