Best Joe Alex Lemon Podcasts (2025)

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0460: Eric D. Johnson (Fruit Bats, Bonny Light Horseman) 1:09:41

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"Baby Man"The Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson has one of the most consistently wonderful bodies of work you'll ever run to in this lifetime. From his 2001 debut Echolocation to albums like The Ruminant Band, Tripper, Gold Past Life, A River Running To Your Heart to his brand new one Baby Man, Johnson's discography has no dips and…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0459: Mick Wilson (Moderate Lovers, Soap Star Joe) 1:03:31

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"Crayon Shades"Formed out of the ashes of the late great Australian band Soap Star Joe, the Moderate Lovers are a three-piece outfit from Sydney whose debut EP Crayon Shades is refreshing and swoonworthy blast of indie pop. Fronted by Mick Wilson and rounded out by Saul Foster and Adam Taylor, the Moderate Lovers got going sometime in 2024 and sinc…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast: 0458 David Archuleta 35:16

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"Earthly Delights"The earthly pleasures of the temporal world are fine food, expensive wine, monetary wealth,a long list of friends and raves that last for days. The Miami-born David Archuleta is no stranger to earthly delights--with almost tenalbums to his name that have yielded millions of sales and countless multi-platinum hits all over the glob…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0457: Tamar Berk 1:17:14

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"OCD"The Ohio-bornTamar Berk first showed up on my radar in the mid-90s when she sang for the iChicago outfit Starball. Starball were a really great band and they worked with everyone from Material Issue to Steve Albini and their Holstein Park record remains one of my favorite records of the '90s. Tamar's solo output now numbers five fabulous album…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0456: Ron Sexsmith 1:23:40

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"Hangover Terrace"The Ontario-born Ron Sexsmith is one of the great musical treasures on this weird and troubled planet. And we need him now more than ever. Over the course of his decorated career, the three-time Juno award-winning singer/songwriter has put out close to twenty winning albums and here's a quick note about that--his discography is pe…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0455: Peter Morén (Peter Bjorn and John, SunYears) 1:15:00

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"The Song Forlorn"Perhaps best known as the Peter portion of the Swedish outfit Peter Bjorn and John, Peter Morén and his band have put out close to ten albums of catchy indie rock that's yielded worldwide hits like "Young Folks," tours around the globe, international television ads and TV and movie placements in everything from Gossip Girl to Band…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0454: Will Dailey 1:21:47

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"Boys Talking"Yes, it's true that Will Dailey's seventh album, Boys Talking is not technically out. I mean, it is and it isn't. Hold that thought because we're going to circle back to it. The Boston-born Will Dailey is one of the most affecting, soulful and moving singers you'll ever hear. His back catalog, which features records like Goodbye Red B…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0453: Ryan Walsh (Hallelujah The Hills) 45:16

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"Deck"Over the course of their nearly-fifteen album career, Hallelujah The Hills have established themselves as one of the most unpredictable, inventive and fascinating bands on the planet. Hard to pick favorites in their discography because every album is unbelievable--there's 2012's No One Knows What Happens Next or 2013's Portrait Of The Artist …

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0452: Ilan Rubin (Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails) 24:19

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"Bonus Episode"Okay, so this was recorded before Ilan Rubin was named as the new drummer for the Foo Fighters, but this is a cool chat and if you aren't familiar with his work with Nine Inch Nails and Angels and Airwaves and The New Regime, this is a great catch-up on his career. He's a really nice guy and a great drummer and in case you missed thi…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0451: Freedy Johnston 1:07:53

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"Can You Fly"Yes, Freedy Johnston did his California Thing and it was immortalized on his 1992 album Can You Fly. When you're an artist you can go one of two ways: east or west and he Kansas-born singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston went east, landing in New York after college. Firmly planted in the 212, Johnston worked odd jobs and wrote songs and af…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0450: Chip Z'nuff (Enuff Z'nuff, Adler's Appetite) 1:03:41

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"Xtra Cherries"An aspiring baseball player with a solid fastball, the Illinois-born Chip Znuff put down the glove in favor of the bass and he left home at 17 going west with his punk rock band D-Generation. The D Generation story is told best by Chip himself, so I'll leave that one to him, and I'll cover what happened after that band broke up. Lick…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0449: Bill See (Divine Weeks) 1:13:42

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"Bow To No One"Southern California native Bill See got his start in the pop band The Need, which, by the mid-'80s had morphed into Divine Weeks. With a groundswell of critical acclaim powering their mighty boat, the band put out instant classics like Never Get Used To It and Through And Through, which came out on Steve Wynn of the Dream Syndicate's…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0448: Dave Wolfenden (Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Rose Of Avalanche) 1:13:18

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"Strange Kind Of Paradise"Formed in Leeds at the dawn of the '80s, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry were weaned on the MC5 and Wire, but their brooding melodies and dark and churning instrumentation gotthem lumped in with the Goth scene. Their 1985 debut Talk About The Weather went to #3 on the NME indie chart and to this day remains an undisputed classic. W…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0447: Willie Aron (Thee Holy Brothers, The Balancing Act) 1:15:14

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"High In My Balloon"When it comes to the Grammy-nominated musician and composer Willie Aron, he's worked with so many people, it might be faster just to list the people he hasn't worked with. Born in Southern California, Aron studied classical piano before falling in love with the Beatles and new wave and teaching himself guitar. He co-founded The …

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0446: BC Camplight 1:12:04

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"A Sober Conversation"Although BC Camplight is the brainchild of the New Jersey born Brian Christinzio, don't be mistaken in thinking his onstage persona is a protective way of distancing himself emotionally from who he is offstage because it's the exact opposit. BC Camplight is actually a way of amplifying those emotions and as a result, it's hard…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0445: Miles Zuniga (Fastball) 1:15:50

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"Sonic Ranch"Licking his wounds from the breakup of his band Big Car, the Texas-born singer/songwriter Miles Zuniga found himself out west--and when I say out west I mean about ten minutes from where we record this podcast. Miles got a job working at Chez Panisse and hanging out on Telegraph Avenue at Cody's Books and Amoeba Music. The Big Car expe…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0444: Tom Hollister (Cardinal Black) 1:09:52

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"Midnight At The Valencia"Before all this rock and roll stuff, Tom Hollister was a highly touted Rugby player from Wales. I'll let him tell you how his career as an athlete was derailed as a young man in Canada, but let me just say this: when he got back to Wales, he channeled all that athletic energy into another sport entirely: the making of musi…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0443: Pete Astor and Andy Strickland (The Loft) 1:23:08

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"Feel Good Now"Alright, let's get the spicy stuff out of the way; yes, the Loft split up onstage in front of 3,000 people while opening for the Colorfield at the Hammersmith Palais. That happened. But a lot happened before and a lot has happened after, so let me catch you up. Formed in 1980, The Loft were one of the first bands signed to Alan McGee…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0442: Imogen Clark 1:03:19

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"Choking On Fuel"The Australian-born singer/songwriter Imogen Clark is one of our favorite guests here at the podcast. Aside from being one of the most genial people you'll ever meet, Clark is also honest and analytical about herself and her approach to music. In fact, Clark's authenticity as a person is mirrored perfectly in her art. Clark's songw…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0441: Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens) 1:07:36

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"Strawberries"Perhaps best known as one of the co-founding members of the late great Australian band The Go-Betweens, singer/songwriter Robert Forster has been putting out critically acclaimedsolo albums since his 1990 debut Danger In The Past. Over the years he added to his solo discography titles like Calling From A Country Phone and I Had A New …

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0440: Cat Ridgeway 1:04:14

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"Sprinter" The Florida-born Cat Ridgeway is speeding into national prominence. Or, to be more specific, she's sprinting there. Ridgeway's new album Sprinter is an adrenalized blast of hook-filled rock and roll, howling blues and scruffy pop that's one of the most refreshing listens of the year. A commanding presence with charisma to burn, Ridgeway,…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0439: Jess Robbins (Course) 54:41

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"Hue Mirror"In Illness as Metaphor, Susan Sontag once wrote: “Illness is the night side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0438: Jared And Jennifer Adams (Annagail, Route 3) 1:33:32

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"Dance With Me"The married Michigan duo of Annagail are hard to categorize because of their startling musical range. With The Smiths, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris and The Foo Fighters, Annagail's running through their musical DNA, Jared and Jennifer aren't afraid of a folk song or a pop song or a blues song or a roots song. It's fair to say that the…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0437: Mark Stewart (The Pop Group) 1:00:00

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"Remembering Mark Stewart of The Pop Group"Throwing curveballs at the moon is how The Pop Group's Mark Stewart describes the creative process and it might also very well be the perfect description of the Pop Group's career. Unconventional, ferociously innovative, and delightfully idiosyncratic, The Pop Group have never cared about what's happening …

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0436: Lisa Crawley 1:05:57

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“New Girl Syndrome”The New Zealand-born Lisa Crawley has fearlessly created art and then just as fearlessly followed that art all over the world. From a small town in Japan to a cruise ship to Los Angeles, Crawley is not afraid of the hard miles and she’s bravely traversed the globe performing wherever she can. Armed with a luminescent voice and me…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0435: Peter Holsapple (The d.B.'s, R.E.M., Continental Drifters) 1:23:28

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"Face Of 68"The Connecticut-born Peter Holsapple isn't hiding his age--his new album Face Of 68 proudly blares it in its title and though the 68 is representative of his current chronology, like our old friend Billy Bragg, he knows that number is a temporary thing and another waits in front of it. So, to honor this moment in his life, Holsapple's t…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0434: Josh Joplin (The Josh Joplin Group) 1:27:24

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"GPYR"I'm admittedly a bit fixated on a 16 year old Josh Joplin getting in the van and driving away from his family, his friends and high school in order to blaze his own musical trail out there in the American wild, but I think I'm mostly fixated on that for both its ambition and its bravery. For starters, it's cool that Josh had the belief the wo…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0433: Mike Delevante (The Delevantes) 1:27:07

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"The Rain Never Came"As The Delevantes,the New Jersey-born Mike Delevante and his brother Bob put their stamp on the '90s by releasing two perfect albums of shimmering Americana: 1995's Long About That Time and 1997's Postcards From Along The Way. They were pretty much crushing it; they appeared on Conan, had a #1 album on the Gavin Americana chart…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0432: Andy Cohen (Silkworm) 1:20:31

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"Developer"Formed in the mid-80s in Missoula, Montana by high school pals Tim Midyett, Joel R. Phelps and Andy Cohen and rounded out by Seattle-born drummer Michael Dahlquist, Silkworm remain one of the most singular indie rock bands of all time. They relocated from Montana to Seattle in 1990 and then the real fun began. Their 1994 album In The Wes…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0431: Nels Cline (Wilco, The Consentrik Quartet) 1:28:30

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"House Of Steam"Putting it simply the L.A.-born Nels Cline's resume' is so deep, to quote Mark Eitzel, it "would make the ocean proud." The guitarist and composer is one of the most respected names in the business and though he's perhaps best known these days for being the guitarist of Wilco, let's not single story Mr. Cline, because his bodyof wor…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0430: Denison Witmer 1:15:41

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"Anything At All"Since the late '90s, the Pennsylvania-born musician Denison Witmer has been quietly producing one of the most stirring and affecting bodies of work in modern music. That body of work is also one of the most consistent. With close to fifteen albums under his belt, including Of Joy And Sorrow, Philadelphia Songs and The Ones Who Wait…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0429: Mike Peters (The Alarm) 1:21:14

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“Forwards”For more than 40 years the Welsh band the Alarm have been one of the most consistent acts on the planet, playing songs with conviction, heart and belief. With almost 20 studio albums under their belts, along with a discography that includes live albums, box sets and EPs, The Alarm are one of those bands where you pretty much want everythi…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0428: Zoe Ko 56:13

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"Drop The Man"Persona is easy if you're an artist that doesn't perform under your own name. The separation there is pretty simple and it's easy to keep the character's life out of yours.But what if the character has the same name? I'm talking today or course, about Zoe Ko, whose Zoe Ko persona happens to share the name with the real Zoe Ko.You can …

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0427: Dave Cantrell (Author of 23) 1:17:22

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"23"If I hadn't received an email from Oregon way back in 2010, this episode would never have happened. Out of nowhere, 15 years ago, I got a letter from Dave Cantrell who wrote a very kind email about my 33 1/3 book on The Stone Roses. The lovely things he said were...lovely and deeply appreciated, but what really stood out to me where a couple of…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0426: Kelly Willis 1:06:49

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"What I Deserve"Over the course of almost fifteen albums, Kelly Willis has made a pretty good case that she's one of the greats. The Oklahoma-born singer/songwriter is not only a beautiful and affecting singer, her phrasing is filled with purring vowels, consonants fearlessly taking sharp corners and delicious diction which powers each number with …

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0425: Willy Vlautin (Richmond Fontaine, The Delines) 1:15:39

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"Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom"Led by Willy Vlautin, Richmond Fontaine's nearly fifteen album discography is a delicious blend of ramshackle post-punk and rootsy bliss. Meanwhile, Vlautin's books bring to mind Steinbeck, Hemingway and Carver and they traverse the American landscape and find that hope and despair are oftentimes shacked up in the same hotel ro…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0424: Vashti Bunyan 1:04:22

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"Lookaftering"Well, we talked about doing the thing and the fact of the matter is, the British-born Vashti Bunyan started doing the thing pretty early. In the 1960s, while studying at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at Oxford, Bunyan was expelled for focussing more on making music than on drawing. So she went home and started making music…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0423: Bry Webb (The Constantines) 1:14:44

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"Run With Me"The Ontario-born Bry Webb formed the underground outfit The Constantines out of the ashes of the emo band Shoulder in 1999. With their jagged guitars, tribal drums, snarling bass lines and Webb's ferocious vocals along with his poetic lyrics, The Guelph-based Constantines were one of those rare bands that seemed to arrive fully formed.…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0422: Midge Ure (Ultravox, Visage, Rich Kids) 1:18:52

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"If I Was"Midge Ure is a one-man highlight machine. The Scottish born Ivor Novello Award winning musician was in the pop band Silk, the post-punk outfit Rich Kids with Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols, the synth band Visage, the rock band Think Lizzy and the new wave band Ultravox. If you were wondering if Ure has range, the answer is: yes. Aside fr…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0421: Sophie Jamieson 1:33:38

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"I Still Want To Share"The London-based singer/songwriter Sophie Jamieson's sophomore album I Still Want To Share is a stunner. The follow-up to her 2022 debut Choosing, which, I'd like to add, was my album of the year,I Still Want To Share is a deft and moving collection of indie folk that's stark and sweeping and textured and spare. I know textur…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0420: Melanie Radford (Built To Spill, Blood Lemon) 1:12:37

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"High Tide"Comprised of three classically-trained musicians and friends from Boise, Idaho, Blood Lemon is an energetic power trio that was formed in 2018.Their new EP Petit Deaths finds the band sounding as confident as ever. Recorded in Joshua Tree, the mysteries of the desert proved to be aninspiring environment and as a result, Petit Deaths race…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0419: Don and Karen Peris (The Innocence Mission) 1:06:12

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"Midwinter Swimmers"Since 1986 the Pennsylvania outfit The Innocence Mission have quietly been crafting one of the most affecting songbooks in modern music. The nearly fifteen albums in their discography, including Birds Of My Neighborhood, Glow, We Walked In Song and their new one, Mid-Winter Swimmers, have found The Innocence Mission elegantly as…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0418: David Lowery (Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven) 1:18:37

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“Merry Christmas, Emily”David Lowery does so many things, his CV needs a sequel. He's a professor, a mathematician, a writer, a musician, a producer and an entrepreneur. He's also the singer of two of my all-time favorite bands: Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven. Let's start with the former. Lowery formed Camper Van Beethoven when he was a student a…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0417: Adrian Blake Enscoe (Swept Away, Bandits On The Run) 50:40

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"Swept Away"Is this an emergency episode of the podcast? Kind of. And by kind of, I mean...yes. It is. It's actually quite urgent because art is at stake and without art, we have nothing. This show is about the current creative moment in an artist's life and on that front, this episode couldn't be more on the nose. My guest today on the show is cur…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0416: Josh Lovelace (Needtobreathe) 1:05:07

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"Shelters"If you think you recognize the name Josh Lovelace, you probably do. Lovelace's full-time job is the keyboardist of the South Carolina outfit NEEDTOBREATHE, a band he's been with since 2011. Lovelace is a busy dude, but the Tennessee-born musician has found time to not only play with NEEDTOBREATHE, but he's also put out a handful of spirit…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0415: Sandra Bernhard 50:15

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“Shapes & Forms"There’s nothing Sandra Bernhard can’t do: she’s an actor, a singer, a comic, a radio host, an author and a pioneer of the one-woman show and the list goes on. I was going to say that in many ways, Sandra Bernhard is the Shohei Ohtani of entertainment, but that’s not totally accurate because she’s been around longer, so the right way…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0414: Kay Hanley (Letters To Cleo) 1:06:37

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“Here And Now”Letters To Cleo may seemed to have suddenly shown up on the pop culture landscape in 1994, but the fact is, the Boston outfit had been grinding it out on the club since 1990. Their single “Here and Now” was an instant classic—a melodic dose of perfect pop stomp that showcased singer Hanley’s powerful vocal delivery. The band tore thro…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0413: Justin Jeffre (98 Degrees) 48:57

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"Thanksgiving Day Special"There's a lot of things I miss about being a kid--somebody else driving, somebody else making dinner, not having to pay bills, not having to shave or get gas or pay rent--I was just going mention one or two things, but apparently I'm not pleased about being an adult. The reason why I brought this up is because the one thin…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0412: Ashley Henry 1:10:40

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“Who We Are”The London-born pianist, singer, composer and bandleader Ashley Henry is one of the most inventive, fascinating and altogether thrilling musicians out there. Educated at the Royal Academy of Music, Henry’s work is informed by a love of classical music sure, but also a love of jazz, trip-hop, reggae soul, dub and hip-hop. Imagine if Moza…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0411: Amber Martin 1:08:10

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"Unbreakable Heart"The Texas-born Amber Martin has no regrets. The singer/songwriter has lived quite a life and it's one that found her moving coast to coast in the name of art. But geography aside, Martin moves relentlessly forward and doesn't look back with revisionist repentance. She'll tell you all about that, so let me fill you in on the other…