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  • 40 for 40 — 10/20/10

    Join us for a trip to Guyutica! The Helping Friendly Podcast is hosted and produced by Jonathan Hart, Brian Brinkman, RJ Bee, and Megan Glionna. Brought to you by Osiris Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • S2 E17: Gonna Turn It Up Some with Kendall Street Company

    Leslie & Alexius sit down with Virginia based jam band Kendall Street Company to talk music, touring, audience participation and more for another installment of our #GonnaTurnItUpSome series! Links: Follow Kendall Street Company: IG: https://www.instagram.com/kendallstreetcompany/ Website: https://www.kendallstreetcompany.com/ Bandcamp: https://kendallstreetcompany.bandcamp.com RSVP for Fall Couch Tour with GCP: https://goosechickspod.com/couchtour/ Check out the latest additions to #TopOfTheFlock: https://goosechickspod.com/topoftheflock/…

  • Mike Gordon

    Mike Gordon, bassist and co-founder of the seminal improvisational rock band Phish, joins Rhett to talk about his solo album Flying Games and the long, adventurous process of finishing the record. Mike and Rhett discuss grappling with creative roadblocks, what the “Ten-Thousand-Hour” rule really means, and the role that mindfulness and meditation play in songwriting.…

  • Celebrating Levon Helm w/ John Barry & Larry Campbell

    Although he passed away a decade ago, Levon Helm is still the voice of Americana music. Always will be, in my opinion. Levon was drummer for The Band, collaborator with Bob Dylan, actor, husband, father, and friend. In his new book, Levon Helm: Rock, Roll, Ramble, author John Barry gives a first-hand account of Levon’s…

  • 40 for 40 — 8/14/09

    We’re back in 3.0! The Helping Friendly Podcast is hosted and produced by Jonathan Hart, Brian Brinkman, RJ Bee, and Megan Glionna. Brought to you by Osiris Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Eric Johnson

    Eric Johnson, the prolific Grammy-Award winning, Austin-based songwriter and guitarist, joins Alex to talk about his latest release – two separate albums: The Book of Making and Yesterday Meets Today. Alex and Eric discuss the process behind the making of the albums as well as the music that influenced his sound early on, the impact…

  • Playing Through Pain With Cristina Vane

    Conversation with and music from one of roots and Americana music’s rising stars

  • Grace Potter

    Grammy-nominated musician Grace Potter joins Maggie to talk about her latest album, Mother Road, which marks a turning point in her creative journey. Maggie and Grace discuss what it means to commit to a life in music, vulnerability in songwriting, and advocating for the women who have influenced their work. Grace talks about the videos…

  • S2E16: Gonna Turn It Up Some with Dogs In A Pile

    GCP Contributor Chelsea sits down with Dogs In A Pile ahead of their headlining show at Chicago’s Lincoln Hall for the latest in our #GonnaTurnItUpSome Series. We share about our upcoming virtual Fall 2023 Goose Couch Tour gatherings and a new collaboration with WTED Radio for #TopofTheFlock Links: Dogs In A Pile: Lincoln Hall 9/7/23:…

  • #64 Sammy Hagar 1997 | The Post-Van Halen Interview

    A never-published interview with the Red Rocker Sammy Hagar. At the time of this interview in 1997, Hagar was 50 years old, freshly out of Van Halen, and promoting his new album Marching to Mars and his upcoming tour. In the interview, Hagar talks in detail about how he saw the break-up between him and…

  • #283 The Singers Talk w/ Jason Thomas Gordon

    Jason Thomas Gordon spent nearly a decade interviewing some of the greatest vocalists in modern music to find out about their earliest experiences singing, the voices that influenced them growing up, and how they learned to find their own unique voice. In his new book, The Singers Talk: The Greatest Singers of Our Time Discuss…

  • 2023 Summer Tour Recap

    Join us as we recap the 2023 Summer Tour! The Helping Friendly Podcast is hosted and produced by Jonathan Hart, Brian Brinkman, RJ Bee, and Megan Glionna. Brought to you by Osiris Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • S2E15: GonnaTurnItUpSome with The Textures

    Leslie & Chelsea are joined by members of Quad Cities band The Textures to talk about their origins, their music, and their love of jamming for the latest in our #GonnaTurnItUpSome series! Links: Follow The Textures: https://www.facebook.com/thetexturesband/ Disco: https://open.spotify.com/track/4Gx66ZsYoHtTigifPfeMHt?si=5be70eb553e14fd8 Steak and Potatoes: https://open.spotify.com/track/6F8QEQWZFyUvEnkzuUJq5u?si=dee2ff1728964cfd Best Week Ever with Cam Herdt: https://www.osirispod.com/podcasts/best-show-ever-with-cam-herdt/ RSVP for Fall Couch Tour…

  • Josh Crutchmer

    After telling the story of the musicians who shaped his Oklahoma roots in his 2020 book Red Dirt, journalist and author Josh Crutchmer saw an opportunity to dig deeper into the artists that shaped independent roots music. His second book, The Motel Cowboy Show, is about the Americana music in the American West that began…

  • Quick Hit — 9/3/23 — Commerce City, CO

    Join us as we wrap up the Dick’s run! The Helping Friendly Podcast is hosted and produced by Jonathan Hart, Brian Brinkman, RJ Bee, and Megan Glionna. Brought to you by Osiris Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • The Kinks w/ Mark Doyle

    The Kinks are one of the great rock bands of the 20th century and, like all artists, they reflect the times and places they’ve inhabited. In this episode, we speak with Mark Doyle about his excellent book  The Kinks: Songs of the Semi-Detached (Reaktion Books, 2020) and how the band, their origins, and Ray Davies’…

  • Quick Hit — 9/2/23 — Commerce City, CO

    Thanks for checking in with us while we recap Dick’s N3! The Helping Friendly Podcast is hosted and produced by Jonathan Hart, Brian Brinkman, RJ Bee, and Megan Glionna. Brought to you by Osiris Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Quick Hit — 9/1/23 — Commerce City, CO

    Join us as we recap N2 of Dick’s! The Helping Friendly Podcast is hosted and produced by Jonathan Hart, Brian Brinkman, RJ Bee, and Megan Glionna. Brought to you by Osiris Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Quick Hit — 8/31/23 — Commerce City, CO

    Join us as we recap Dick’s N1! The Helping Friendly Podcast is hosted and produced by Jonathan Hart, Brian Brinkman, RJ Bee, and Megan Glionna. Brought to you by Osiris Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Lisa Loeb

    Lisa Loeb is a GRAMMY™ Award-winning American singer-songwriter & touring musician, SiriusXM radio host, actor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who started her career with the platinum-selling hit song “Stay (I Missed You)” from the film Reality Bites. A trailblazing independent artist, Lisa was the first pop musician to have a Number 1 single while not signed…