We have so many talented artists stop by the WFPK studios for live performance and a chat it's hard to keep up with them all! If you missed your favorite artist who was on yesterday or the day before, or if you heard a great interview and want to hear it again ... this is the place! Before last Waterfront Wednesday, Dan Mangan stopped by the WFPK 
Studios for a chat… Dan is a “human male residing in Vancouver, BC, Canada” & here is our interview with him:
In town to play WFPK’s Waterfront Wednesday riverfront concert series, the D.C./Lexington band These United States visited our studio and talked about life on the road and their new album What Lasts.
The members of the California-based group Heart Of Gold stopped by the WFPK studios before their performance at Zanzabar last Thursday evening. The quartet features 2 relatives of WFPK’s Jazz Host John LaBarbara; John’s son Ed and his niece Tiffany. They have their first CD out titled The Burning West which is available at Ear-X-Tacy.
Steve Gouveia is a musician/actor/songwriter, born and raised in San Diego. Currently, he can be seen as Nick Massi in the National Tour
of Jersey Boys. The show is running now through August 15th here in Louisville’s Whitney Hall. Steve dropped by the WFPK studio on August 10th to talk about the show and his solo CD called Shine:
Have you heard their Weathervanes album yet? Shame on you if not. It’s beautiful, complex and unforgettable with it’s layered instrumentation and unique lyrics, which apparently were based on dream-logging. That’s what I find out from this interview, one done with the whole band, which as you’ll see is not all that easy to keep up with everyone. But these guys are great, and you get to hear what kind of booty shorts they’ve been sporting.
It’s great to see some of the folks you can run into while handing around in the media area. Case in point, Dodge from My Old Kentucky Blog. He was checking out some of the shows and we got a moment to talk about Lady Gaga, The Strokes and plenty more.
Nick caught up with one of his favorite bands, Blitzen Trapper. He questions the mysterious origins of their name, and gets a fake answer, rocking until your nose bleeds, and art of the murder ballad.
At this point, I now have an ongoing conversation with Company of Thieves. After doing three interviews this year already, we hadn’t actually planned on chatting on mic with the Chicago natives, but when they gave us a sneak attack group hug, we couldn’t pass up talking with one of our favorite bands one more time before the new record is released. They had just played to 10,000 people, so with energy still at mass, we got to gab about Japanese metal bands, playing in their hometown, bribing security, and that new disc.
Nick swooned for nearly six minutes over Scott Hutchinson’s accent, and in return, the Frightened Rabbit vocalist promised to talk Nick to sleep the next time they roll through Louisville. Aside from man-crushing, the three discuss body sweat, sibling rivalry, and childhood nicknames.
What have The Verve Pipe been up to for the past ten years, you may ask? The troop who brought us snogs like Hero, Villains, and the unforgettable The Freshman have found a new audience recently – kids. The first new album under The Verve Pipe name in ten years is a family album and finds the guys playing song geared toward the 3 ft. and under crowd, something perfect since lead man Brian Vander Ark just had his first child. We talk about playing the Kidzapoola stage and what’s to come.
With the release of High Violet, The National found themselves riding top five on the Billboard charts. It wasn’t a fluke. The new record is amazing (read the review here) and their live show is legendary. We caught up with Scott to catch up on the past few months, news of their forthcoming Taylor Swift/Nascar double album, concept record, as well as the Great Terrorism Plot of 2010:
Nick found out what it was like to be in a Temper Trap sandwich. It was enough to make him lose his train of thought forget where he was. Of course, maybe he was just swooning over those Australian accents, a bit of a running theme for Nick.
While talking with MGMT, Andrew caught site of a passerby’s hind region, which gave plenty to talk about. He also let us know that he’s been to Louisville as a kid since some of his family lived in the area, but needs to come back with his award winning band. Enjoy this mumble-core interview in all of it’s Total Recall referencing glory.
Seriously, Sigh No More is one of my favorite albums of the year, but that’s probably no big revelation. So, it’s with that in mind to say I was pretty excited about chatting with Ted Dwane. We got some history on the band, some future on the band, some beat-boxing and even an invitation to smack a mosquito off of my face.
Louisville singer/songwriter Jenn Stout recently released her first album called Wrong About Me and played a couple of songs for us from the new record.
Phoenix have had a banner year since Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix catapulted their career into the mainstream. We had the chance to talk to them briefly at Bonnaroo, and briefly once again now at Lollapalooza. Check out what the French team have been up to:
Mike Ness is one of rock’s greatest heroes. As lead man of Social Distortion, he’s given great songs like Story of My Life, Bad Luck, Shoot For The Sky and countless others. And he’s a member of Peta, so put that in your punk-stereotype-pipe and smoke it.
Nick James talks tours tattoos and jumping labels with Torquil of Stars at Lollapalooza. Get the inside scoop and a lesson on just how to pronounce the name that Nick couldn’t by watching our interview.
Nick James catches up with The Soft Pack back stag at Lollapalooza and gets some answers for us all. Formerly The Muslims, now the Soft Pack, find out what their plans are for the next name change in our interview.
When in a contest between the music of Blues Traveler and the interview of Eugene of Gogol Bordello arises at Lollapalooza who will claim victory and all the spoils. Watch the interview and find out.
The XX came on like a slow beat last year with their debut album, xx. Their down-tempo music is part of the trip-hop resurgence and winning fans and critics over by the en masse. Kyle Meredith spoke with them a bit before their 2010 set to chat about what they’ve been up to.
Ben Folds only had a few moments before his set started at the 2010 HullabaLOU Festival, so we didn’t get the one-on-one interview we were hoping for. But when you’re as big of fan of Ben’s music as we are, you take what you can get. So when we were told he was still going to do a press conference, we jumped at the opportunity. Here is the rough video of it, and it should be noted that some of the audio is hard to hear, but most of what Ben says is still audible.
Two amazing talents graced our studio recently with an interview and a couple of live songs. Peter Case of Plimsouls fame and Will Kimbrough who has worked with everyone from Rosanne Cash to Tommy Womack were in town promoting their new albums. We talk about their new records, what they’ve been up to and even healthcare in America and how it has personally affected each of them.
Brigid Kaelin has been a Louisville staple now for a handful of years. With two records already out, she’s been at work on her upcoming third disc, that is, when she’s not traversing Europe and entertaining us all with her widely read blog.
Playing early in the day at a festival can be a curse, but not for Brigid. She pulled in the numbers early on Sunday’s HullabaLOU lineup and showcased her multiple talents.
The Avett Brothers are prepping their 3rd live concert DVD (due out in October) and to ramp up, they made a drop into Louisville to open Sunday’s main stage as well as to chat about their favorite concert films, choosing set lists, and their new video.
The Doobie Brothers have their fist new album in ten years coming out later this year and we’ve been having a blast playing the new single, Nobody. They played the first day of Churchill Downs inaugural HullabaLOU festival and we got a chance to catch up:
Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders and Welsh rocker J.P. Jones recently teamed up to form a new band called JP, Chrissie & The Fairground Boys. Their new album called Fidelity! is due this August.
Once a Louisvillian but now living in Phoenix, AZ, Teneia Sanders is still making great music. In town visiting and playing a couple of gigs, she is also working on a new album and shared two gorgeous songs with us.
Coming from Scotland, and quickly following their friends in Frightened Rabbit, We Were Promised Jetpacks pulled out a crazy fun rock disc with last year’s Fat Possum debut. They’ve been so busy winning over hears in the States that they haven’t even had time to do a full tour of their home country. And they’re soccer fans, so it was a perfect time to talk World Cup!
It’s been a really long time since most of the original lineup of Modern English has played together. All the stars seem to align when their newest album, Soundtrack, and found one of the fellas hitting the stage for the first time in twenty five years with this gig. Find out how it happened below:
