Taproot Radio Podcast
By Calvin Powers (director@taprootradio.com)
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Podcast Description
interviews and music from a wide variety of artists in the roots music scene.
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TPR#90 Moot Davis | On episode 90 of the Taproot Music Show, Moot Davis talks about why he had to go to New Zealand to start work on his new album, Man About Town; why he's a suit and tie kind of country singer; and the importance of being in control of your own destiny. htt | 6/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#89 Allison Russell and Dom Flemons of Sankofa | Allison Russell and Dom Flemons from the jug band called Sankofa talk about how they and their band mates Sule Greg Wilson and Ndidi Onukwulu put together this unique collection music. They talk about the history of jug band music, the instruments and cul | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#88 Addam Scott - Interview and Music | Addam Scott, the musician, not the actor, talks to Calvin about his latest CD, San Diablo. He discusses the concept of conflict that runs through the CD and how he likes ““I like to move forward that contradiction and show the best of who we are as pe | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#87 MC Taylor from Hiss Golden Messenger - Interview and Music | MC Taylor visits the studio to play acoustic versions of songs from Hiss Golden Messenger's latest release, Poor Moon. He talks to Calvin about how he and Scott Hirsch got started writing music together back in their college days at University of Californ | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#86 Milagro Saints - Interview and Music | Steve Ineson, Berto Morales, and Lee Kirby join Calvin in the studio to perform acoustic versions of three tracks from their latest release, Chance and Circumstance. Steve tells the story of his Pennsylvania Rose, Berto Morales talks about how he came to | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#85 Dave Willis from Possum Jenkins - Interview and Music | Dave Willis from the Possum Jenkins band talks about how humbling it was to have their latest album Carolinacana fan-funded through a Kickstarter campaign, how they were able to keep the band together for 8 years even while everyone in the band was having | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#84 Mike June and the Wilson Street Refugees - Interview and Music | Mike June talks about his new band, The Wilson Street Refugees got its name; how the Grateful Dead became a bonding point for him and his Dad; how his album Exile on Wilson Street was made even though he was broke; the surreal moment he had during SXSW; a | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#83 Chris Castle - Interview and Music | Chris Castle talks about how he lined up the stellar group of musicians for his latest project Last Bird Home and managed to get it recorded in Levon Helms studio; how he got started in song writing and landed his first job working for music publishers on | 4/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#82 Beth McKee - Interview and Music | Beth McKee tells us and talks about the different styles of southern music on her latest CD, Next To Nowhere; tells us about fishing or redfish near Port Sulfer, Louisiana and its metaphorical implications; and tells us how her "Swamp Sistas" movement got | 4/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#81 - Parlor Soldiers - Interview and Music | Alex Culbreth and Karen Jonas are the Parlor Soldiers and they talk about the origin of their band name, how they manage to combine folk and alt.country into something that works, how they are able to write such gritty, detailed songs, their advice for as | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#80 - Maynard and the Musties - Interview and Music | Joe Maynard talks about his many-faceted art career in New York City; explains the name of his first band, the Millerite Redeemers; runs through the current band line up and explains how they became The Musties; the advice he got from Ryan Adams; and expl | 3/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#79 Michael Rank and Stag - Interview and Music | Snatches of Pink front man Michael Rank and Marc E Smith join Calvin in the studio live to play some acoustic versions of songs from Kin, the debut release from Michael Rank and Stag. Michael talks about the amazing line up of area musicians he's got on t | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#78 Tommy Womack - Interview and Music | Tommy Womack talks about he was motivated to start writing songs about himself and "from the gut" on There I Said It and how he continues to write peronal songs on Now What because he could never go back to writing third person songs. his role of patron s | 3/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#77 Becky Warren from The Great Unknowns - Interview and Music | Becky Warren of The Great Unknowns talks about why there's almost always a geographic reference in all of her songs; her experience driving the Lewis and Clark Trail and what it mean to her; the long wait between their first and second CD; writing a song | 3/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#76 Bob Wootton and Brandon Sampson from Six Mile Grove | Brandon Sampson from Six Mile Grove and Bob Wootton tell the story of how they met and began their long time musical collaboration, talk about their mission to keep the Johnny Cash sound alive, give us a preview of Six Mile Grove's upcoming CD Secret Life | 2/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#75 Red Molly - Interview and Music | Laurie MacAllister, Abbie Gardner, and Molly Venter of Red Molly talk about their music backgrounds, the appeal of female trios, the excitement of playing Merlefest, the appeal their music has for the NYC coffeehouse crowd, and the stories behind three of | 2/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#74 Hymn For Her - Interview and Music | Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing from Hymn For Her, how they met and started making music together; their evolution from folk duo to lo-fi rock band; and recording in their airstream trailer. http://www.taprootradio.com/2012/02/06/tpr74-hymn-for-her/ | 2/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#73 Lincoln Durham - Interview and Music | Lincoln Durham talks about his residency at Gruene Hall, why he can't write love songs, his long path from playing fiddle to Son House and Fred McDowell, and why he wrote a creepy songs about ne'er-do-well characters playing forty two. http://www.taprootr | 1/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#72 Lee Briante from The Far West - Interview and Music | Lee Briante of The Far West talks about the importance of having video and internet media available for today's audience; how it made him feel to move to Los Angeles; and how recording in an American Legion hall brought their debut self-titled CD to life. | 1/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#71 John Lilly - Interview and Music | John Lilly talks about meeting Bill Kirchen and Bill's help on his most recent CD, Cold Comfort; how he funded the CD by winning a songwriting contest; working at the Country Music Hall of Fame and getting to visit "the cathedral of Country Music"; his ye | 1/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#70 Lydia Loveless - Interview and Music | Lydia Loveless talks about how much she enjoyed going into the sound booth to “scream until I almost passed out” when recording her CD, Indestructible Machine; her admiration for the songwriting of Sunny Sweeney and the guitar work of James Wilsey; he | 1/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#69 Cam Penner - Interview and Music | Cam Penner talks about his motivation for writing songs when he was younger, his road trip across North America, getting stopped by the police, his time with Jesus People USA, and how he set up the recording of his latest CD, Gypsy Summer. http://www.tapr | 1/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#68 The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams - Radio Feature | Special audio show about the making of The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams. 13 singer/songwriters were given the opportunity to set lyrics from Hank Williams' notebooks to music and perform them on the CD. On this show hosted by Alejandro Escovedo, we hea | 12/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#67 Jonathan Harkham from Paladino - Interview and Music | Joanathan Harkham talks about trying to capture the textures of the southern California landscape and Latino culture, listening to his mother's country music while growing up in Los Angeles, and why he chose to cover "Green Green Grass of Home." http://ww | 12/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR#66 Ted Hefko - Interview and Music | Ted Hefko talks about the extremely competitive music scene in NYC and how that's a positive influence on artists, how Dylan's early work was a huge inspiration for him, riding the Greyhound Bus to move to New Orelans when he was just out of high school, | 12/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 25 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Artists
I like this podcast because I hear artists I've not heard before.
Music Rules
Whether new musicians or well-known artists, I learn something new from each Calvin Powers interview.
One Of A Kind Radio
I've heard Americana artists on Taproot Radio that I may never have discovered at all otherwise. From Lincoln Durham to Chris Castle, Cam Penner to Red Molly... Thanks for providing a one of a kind musical experience for your appreciative subscribers. Keep up the great work.
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