Best Adam McConnell Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 224: Chill Out Star Wars 1:13:12

6h ago1:13:12

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By Adam McConnell

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Jeremie Albino and Tyler Grant 58:31

8d ago58:31

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Episode 319: This week’s split episode looks at songwriting and musicianship from two very different points of view. Toronto’s Jeremie Albino is a powerful roots rock singer/writer whose early love of blues and old rock and roll comes through in his self-effacing, easy grooving songs. A call from Dan Auerbach opened up new avenues for him through t…

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Miss Tess 59:01

20d ago59:01

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Episode 318: Over a 15-year career that began in Boston’s jazz and old-time scene, Nashville-based Miss Tess has distinguished herself with a hybrid blend of contemporary songwriting and vintage, swinging Americana. On her newest, the widely traveled artist taps a long love affair with Cajun country in Louisiana, yet it’s her own blend rather than …

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Olivia Wolf 59:01

23d ago59:01

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Episode 317: As the new year dawned, the first emerging artist that started buzzing on our radar was a California native living in Nashville with an emotional country-noir debut album called Silver Rounds. She was Olivia Wolf, and now months later, her album has proven its staying power, with critical acclaim and a long run on the Americana chart. …

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Episode 223: Steve Remembers Imaginary Friends 1:23:13

1M ago1:23:13

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By Adam McConnell

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Sean McConnell 59:01

1M ago59:01

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Episode 316: Sean McConnell was born to do this. His parents were working songwriters who helped him get started as a teen in Atlanta. He landed a long-term song publishing deal while still in school at MTSU and earned cuts by Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Brett Young, and the TV show Nashville. Over 15 recordings - his latest is the lovely and agon…

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Episode 222: Wet Microphone Noises 1:20:19

1M ago1:20:19

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By steve, adam

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Adam Wright 59:03

2M ago59:03

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Episode 315: Adam Wright is one of the most thoughtful wordsmiths in the Nashville songwriting community, one who’s seen all sides of the Music Row machine. Working for a dozen years with Carnival Music, he’s carved a niche for himself, scoring a couple of Grammy Award nominations and landing cuts by Lee Ann Womack, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Bran…

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Pete Bernhard of The Devil Makes Three 58:01

2M ago58:01

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Episode 314: The Devil Makes Three has been one of roots music’s outstanding if quiet success stories of the past twenty years. Formed in Santa Cruz, CA in 2001, they got out ahead of the O Brother phenomenon and built a unique, crowd-pleasing sound through a renegade admixture of early blues, hard country, gospel and punk rock. In this hour, found…

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Episode 221: Penta-Shrek 1:38:02

2M ago1:38:02

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By Adam McConnell

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Sierra Hull 59:01

2M ago59:01

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Episoded 313: Sierra Hull brings a measure of small-town delight and innocence to roots and bluegrass that perfectly compliments her innate gifts and her formal schooling in high level music-making. The mandolinist, songwriter, singer, and band leader has emerged, since her youthful debut in 2008, as a star of her field and an inspiring figure in A…

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Episode 220: Avatar The One Of Many Air Benders 1:18:18

2M ago1:18:18

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This week in the Complaint Corner: Avatar says third time's the charm, DC makes a weird choice to make a shoe that characterizes thier own characters, and two people who have apparently been making James Bond for like 60 years decide they are finally ready to let someone else drive.By adam, steve

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Bluegrass Singer Russell Moore 59:03

3M ago59:03

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Episode 312: In one of the big surprise stories in roots music of the past six months, bluegrass star and IIIrd Tyme Out founder Russell Moore was named the newest member of Alison Krauss and Union Station, taking over the male vocal and guitar role held by Dan Tyminski for years. Moore is on the upcoming album Arcadia and set to go on extensive to…

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Red Young 59:01

3M ago59:01

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Epidode 311: When I met lifelong musician Red Young on board Delbert McClinton’s Sandy Beaches Cruise, I knew I had to interview him. He’s had one of those journeyman’s careers that ties together all the threads of American music, from pop to R&B to jazz. He’s a pianist, Hammond organ specialist, singer, arranger and producer, and at 76 years old, …

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Episode 219: Trailers Trailers Trailers 1:11:16

3M ago1:11:16

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This week in the Complaint Corner: Trailers trailers and more trailers.By Adam McConnell

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Gary Nicholson 59:02

3M ago59:02

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Episode 310: It would be hard to name any songwriter in Nashville’s long history whose work has been recorded by more stars across more genres of music than Gary Nicholson. The Texas native came to Nashville in 1980 after stints in Ft. Worth and Los Angeles, and not only did he amass an impressive string of country music hits with Vince Gill, Patty…

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Sam Grisman 59:01

3M ago59:01

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Episode 309: Sam Grisman, the 35-year-old son of mandolin icon David “Dawg” Grisman, grew up in a unique and supercharged musical environment, to put it mildly. Jerry Garcia was coming over all the time to the family home to pick and record old-time folk music with the elder Grisman. Bluegrass legends came and went, rehearsing and recording, and gi…

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Episode: 218 A Good Song Never Dies 1:12:30

3M ago1:12:30

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This week in the Complaint Corner: We play the hits, with a new Labyrinth, Ninja Gaiden and DoomBy steve, adam

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Kaitlin Butts 59:01

3M ago59:01

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Episode 308: For country singer Kaitlin Butts, 2023 was very good and 2024 was even better, with an Americana Award nomination, praise in Rolling Stone magazine, and festival dates she’d been dreaming of. Her reputation and acclaim grew on the strength of her feisty stage temperament, her bold and cutting voice, and her fearless songs. Raised in Ok…

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Episode 217: Congratulations Its A Baby 1:18:40

4M ago1:18:40

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This week in the Complaint Corner: Netflix flavored Daredevil show gets a new season confusing continuity, the Nintendo Switch is getting a sequel system called the Nintendo Switch another one, and sex pests are bad.By steve, adam

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Mickey Raphael 59:00

4M ago59:00

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Episode 307: It was 50 years ago this month that a 23-year-old Mickey Raphael felt his way through his first recording session with his relatively new band boss Willie Nelson. And it was no small thing, producing the iconic Red Headed Stranger. It was one event in a charmed life that set this Dallas musician on a path to the ultimate steady gig for…

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Episode 216: James Fun 1:19:35

4M ago1:19:35

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This week in the Complaint Corner: Accidentally all James Gunn stuff.By steve, adam

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Jessie Scott 59:01

4M ago59:01

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Episode 306: This one’s personal. Eight years ago, when we launched the Roots Radio format on the historic signal WMOT 89.5 FM, a few of us knew we could have no better program director than Jessie Scott, and we were fortunate that she was in the right time and place to come on board. Her 50 years of on-air experience, her expertise in Americana mu…

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Jerron Paxton 59:01

4M ago59:01

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Episode 305: Traditional acoustic blues has seen one of its periodic revivals, with more younger African American artists involved than any time I can remember. No survey of the scene would be legit without sizing up the career of 35-year-old Jerron Paxton, sometimes known as “Blind Boy” for a severe myopia that’s affected his life since his teens.…

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Episode 215: Krypto Is A Christmas Gift 1:10:51

4M ago1:10:51

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Merry Christmas! Enjoy this little episode instead of talking to your family.By Adam McConnell

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Humbird 59:01

5M ago59:01

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Episode 304: One of my highlights of 2024 was finally getting to see Minneapolis folk rocker Humbird, an artist whose three recordings display an unusual degree of sonic imagination and bandcraft, even beyond her serene and appealing voice. On her newest, Right On, songwriter Siri Undlin conjures ghosts, protests monoculture and environmental negle…

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Episode 214: Gut Feelings 1:08:07

5M ago1:08:07

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By steve, adam

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Grayson Capps 59:02

5M ago59:02

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Episode 303: “I like dark songs. I don't know why,” says Grayson Capps early on in our interview. “Cheerful songs don't do much for me.” The Lower Alabama bluesman and songwriter is talking about both his career in general and his seventh album in particular, with the un-cheerful title Heartbreak, Misery & Death. It’s a covers collection featuring …

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Episode 213: A Little Bit Of News 55:12

5M ago55:12

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By Adam McConnell

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Episode 212: Trailer Trailer Trailer 1:22:49

5M ago1:22:49

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This week in the Complaint Corner: Trailer for live action Lilo & Stitch, trailer for live action How to Train Your Dragon, and SECOND trailer for Sonic 3.By adam, steve

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Producer/Musicologist Joe Boyd 58:03

6M ago58:03

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Episode 302: Joe Boyd is one of the most accomplished and eclectic record producers in the story of popular music. As an American living in London, he helped break psychedelic folk rock pioneers The Incredible String Band and worked with Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, and Fairport Convention. He founded Hannibal Records, giving a home to the solo career o…

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Episode 211: Sitting on the Ground 1:38:33

6M ago1:38:33

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This week in the Complaint Corner: Mass effect gets a tv show so we will finally see Shepard emote, Star Wars claims to have 14 projects going at one point or another, and Wicked action figures sent people looking for b*tches instead of witches.By steve, adam

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Uncle Lucius and Yarn 59:02

6M ago59:02

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Episode 301: Americana music has been most conspicuously represented in the last few years by songwriting, band-leading artists, including Jason Isbell, Sierra Ferrell, and Billy Strings. Flash back to the origins of the alt-country and Americana movement, and the conversation was more often about bands, such as Son Volt, Whiskeytown, and the Old 9…

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Gaby Moreno 59:02

6M ago59:02

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Episode 300: When Gaby Moreno was announced as an official showcasing artist at this Fall’s Americanafest, it stirred a tingle of recognition in me, but I had to do some digging to realize what a big deal it was. The Guatemala-born, Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter became part of the Watkins Family Hour at Largo in LA and a regular on Chris …

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Danny Paisley and John Reischman 59:01

6M ago59:01

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Episode #299: While the public has become hyper aware of Billy Strings on his rocket ride to the top of bluegrass, only a small retinue of the music’s traditional veteran artists have achieved popular name recognition. I think especially of Del McCoury and Ricky Skaggs. But there’s a deeper world there, and we should work a little harder to shine t…

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Bronwyn Keith-Hynes and AJ Lee 59:02

7M ago59:02

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Episode 298: Molly Tuttle is the link in common between two exceptional breakout artists during an exciting era of bluegrass music. Bronwyn Keith-Hynes is the electrifying fiddle player in Tuttle’s band Golden Highway and a two time IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year. We get into her journey from Charlottesville, VA to school at Berklee to Nashville an…

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Episode 210: Highschool Don't Matter 1:17:39

7M ago1:17:39

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This Week in The Complaint Corner: Nintendo ask people to do something nicely and people prove they suck, Spiderman 2 gets no DLC, and they are making a show about your favorite Steven King highschool revenge fantasy.By adam, steve

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Episode 209: Giving Gifts 1:42:08

7M ago1:42:08

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This week in the Complaint Corner: Rings of Power season 2, Alien Isolation, and a Dynamic Duo movie that is just two Robins and a whole lot of puppets.By adam, steve

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JesseLee Jones and Robert's Western World 59:02

7M ago59:02

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Episode 297: It’s an immigrant story like no other. JesseLee Jones pined for something bigger growing up in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He got glimpses of American music and a guitar, and with that a long journey began. After landing in the states, and getting robbed by the way, he found his way to a family in the midwest who took him in and helped him buil…

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Episode 208: They Are Coming For Our Bluerays 1:20:36

7M ago1:20:36

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This week in the Complaint Corner: The Thunderbolts registered trademark gets a trailer, they found someone brave enough to play Toph in the live action Avatar show, and we have finally reach the point when Gaming banished disks to the shelves of antiquity.By steve, adam

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Sophie Gault plus Wyatt Ellis 59:01

8M ago59:01

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Episode 296: With Americanafest landing in Nashville, Craig Havighurst looked over the many artists breaking out of Music City and got especially excited about Baltic Street Hotel by rocking songwriter Sophie Gault. It’ll be released on Friday, but Craig’s been listening for a few weeks and finds it rich with personal details, sharp melodies, and a…

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Stephanie Lambring 58:31

8M ago58:31

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Episode 295: Stephanie Lambring’s new album - her second - is called Hypocrisy, and it blew me away on first listen because of the way its crafty, understated production set up some mind-jarring and elegantly sculpted lyrics. She’s a rural Indiana native whose writing talents in her early Nashville days led to a major publishing deal at 23. The Mus…

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Rhett Miller of Old 97's 58:02

8M ago58:02

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Episode 294: Formed in Dallas in 1992, Old 97’s became one of the seminal bands of the alternative country movement, alongside Whiskeytown, Son Volt, the Bottle Rockets and BR549. At its heart was the longtime friendship of bass player Murry Hammond and guitarist/songwriter Rhett Miller. Remarkably, across 13 albums and millions of miles, Old 97’s …

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Episode 207: LOTR Clickbate Title 1:38:57

8M ago1:38:57

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This week in the Complaint Corner: Jurassic World thinks they are Star Wars now and is attempting to make a new movie, Adam and Steve talk with authority about Rings of Power even though they didn't watch it all, and Steve goes on about One D&D for a bit.By adam, steve

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Alice Randall's My Black Country 58:57

8M ago58:57

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Episode 293: The conversation about Black influence on and presence in country music has been intense and restorative over the past decade, and nobody has a more authoritative or informed take on the subject than writer and scholar Alice Randall. She became the first Black woman to launch a career as a professional Music Row songwriter and publishe…

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Episode 206: End of an Era 1:39:23

8M ago1:39:23

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By Adam McConnell

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Episode 205: Understanding Our Misunderstood Friends, The Orcs 1:51:48

9M ago1:51:48

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By Adam McConnell

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Madeleine Peyroux 58:59

9M ago58:59

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Episode 292: When singer Madeleine Peyroux released her breakout album Careless Love in 2004, her voice and phrasing, with echoes of Billie Holiday and Joni Mitchell, had more verve than the newly famous Norah Jones and more blues than Diana Krall. Her story was more remarkable than either. She’d basically run away from school as an American teenag…

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Kim Richey plus Jared Deck 59:01

9M ago59:01

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Episode 291: Thirty years into her late-blooming music career, Kim Richey feels like Americana music’s favorite aunt. She’s hip, youthful, incredibly kind and brimming with ideas and good words, many of which make it into fresh songs. She’s been co-writing a good bit lately, with the likes of Don Henry, Ashley Campbell and Aaron Lee Tasjan. New wor…

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Critically Reviewed: Deadpool & Wolverine 1:25:49

9M ago1:25:49

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This Week In the Complaint Corner: We review Deadpool & Wolverine.By steve, adam

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