Ambient Country

Ambient Country Episode 36: Luke Schneider & Kyle Hamlett Oct 23, 2024

Host Bob Holmes from SUSS is joined this month by co-hosts Luke Schneider and Kyle Hamlett as they discuss their latest releases on the Across the Horizon music series. Luke & Kyle bring along a playlist of instrumental music including Yo La Tengo, Marisa Anderson, Anthony Phillips, Coupler, and Amelia Courthouse.

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Ambient Country Episode 35: Chuck Johnson Sep 25, 2024

In this episode, host Bob Holmes from SUSS is joined by co-host Chuck Johnson to talk about his latest release "Sun Glories" as well as the wide catalog of music that he has produced, played on, mixed and/or mastered, including Michael Muller, Danny Paul Grody, Claire Rousay, Clarice Jension, Six Organs of Admittance and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 34: Pan-American, Chelsea Bridge, & MJ Guider Aug 28, 2024

Bob Holmes from SUSS is joined by co-hosts Mark Nelson (Pan-American), Mallory Linehan (Chelsea Bridge), and Melissa Guion (MJ Guider) – the artists who are providing the first three releases in the Across the Horizon music series that Bob is launching on Northern Spy Records. This episode gives an exclusive sneak peak of their tracks, which will be released on September 4. Mark, Mallory, and Melissa also share the music they’ve been listening to lately, including Myriam Gendron, Sam Wilkes, Guests and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 33: David Pajo Jul 31, 2024

On today’s episode of the Ambient Country podcast, Bob Holmes of SUSS is joined by his co-host David Pajo (Slint, Tortoise, Papa M, Gang of Four) to discuss Pajo’s early influences including Arvo Pärt, Popol Vuh, Miles Davis, ZZ Top, Harmonia, and many more.

You can listen to the music recommended on this show on Spotify or Amazon Music.

Known as the guitarist for ‘90s outfits Slint and Tortoise, Pajo has also created eclectic solo music, much of which is instrumental. We’re playing two of Pajo’s albums released under the name Papa M. First we’re playing A Broke Moon Rises from 2018, which is five acoustic guitar-led instrumentals, ending with an amazing cover of Arvo Pärt’s “Spiegel im Spiegel.” Second up is 1999’s Live from a Shark Cage, which features lofi, freeform guitar recordings with the occasional drum machine.

A Broke Moon Rises - Papa M (40m, no vocals)Spotify / Apple Music / YouTube Music / Amazon Music / Bandcamp / Tidal

Live from a Shark Cage - Papa M (60m, spoken vocals on track 7)Spotify / Apple Music / YouTube Music / Amazon Music / Bandcamp / Tidal

Have a great Wednesday.

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Ambient Country Episode 32: SUSS Jul 03, 2024

Bob Holmes from SUSS is joined by his bandmates Jonathan Gregg and Pat Irwin. They discuss their influences including Brian Eno, Bill Frisell, Pauline Oliveros, David Pajo, and more.

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Ambient Country Episode 31: Ann Annie Jun 05, 2024

In this episode, Bob Holmes from SUSS is joined by his co-host Eli Goldberg aka Ann Annie, the composer from Portland, Oregon, who has just released a new album of pastoral ambient music called The Wind. They discuss his creative process, his music, his influences, and recent tracks that have moved him, including Joe Hisaishi, Hana Stretton, North Americans, John Fahey, The Album Leaf and more.

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Ambient Country Episode 30: Hayden Pedigo May 08, 2024

Host Bob Holmes of SUSS is joined by co-host Hayden Pedigo to discuss the 10 guitar records that inspired him as a teenager, including Genesis, John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Ry Cooder and many more. This is a unique extended episode exploring the artist as a young man.

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Ambient Country Episode 29: Pat Sansone Apr 10, 2024

In today’s episode of Ambient Country, Bob Holmes of SUSS is joined by Pat Sansone of Wilco and The Autumn Defense to discuss Pat’s new ambient album Infinity Mirrors on Centripetal Force Records. They also play and talk about the music that he’s been listening to lately, including Ryuichi Sakamoto, Nick Drake, Kronos Quartet, Robert Fripp, and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 28: Cowboy Sadness Mar 13, 2024

On today’s episode, Bob Holmes of the band SUSS interviews David Moore, Peter Silberman, and Nick Principe of the jambient band Cowboy Sadness. They discuss influences and their favorite music, including Air, Bill Orcutt, Nathan Salsburg, and Mountains.

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Ambient Country Episode 27: Balmorhea Feb 14, 2024

Bob Holmes of SUSS is joined by Michael Muller and Rob Lowe of the Austin, Texas neoclassic ensemble Balmorhea to discuss influences and favorite new music, including Ennio Morricone, Bing & Ruth, ML Buch, Fridge, Berlioz and much more.

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Ambient Country Episode 26 Jan 17, 2024

Bob Holmes from SUSS, along with his co-host Stelth Ulvang from the Lumineers and Heavy Gus talk about his music and influences. They are also joined by Emily Smith from The Alt-Country Show podcast, playing music from Stelth as well as Christine Bougie, Fuubutsushi, Walt McClements, Mohave 3 and many more!

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Ambient Country Episode 25 Best of 2023 Dec 20, 2023

Host Bob Holmes of SUSS is joined by co-host Stephen Brower of Amazon Music and "Cosmic Strings" to play and talk about their favorite artists and music of 2023, including Bill Orcutt, Chuck Johnson, Mary Lattimore, Hayden Pedigo, and many more!

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Ambient Country Episode 24 Nov 10, 2023

In this episode, Bob Holmes from SUSS takes the listener on a journey through the Nashville ambient scene, including music and interviews with artists including Luke Schneider, Hammock, Rich Ruth, Eve Maret, Belly Full of Stars, Joseph Allred and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 23 Oct 20, 2023

Bob Holmes of SUSS is joined by his co-hosts Pat Irwin and Jonathan Gregg of SUSS, along with Andrew Tuttle to discuss their musical influences, particularly as they apply to their recent Longform Editions release of "Rising." They discuss the music of Aaron Copland, Oneohtrix Point Never, Ry Cooder, Matmos and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 22 Sep 21, 2023

Hosted by Bob Holmes from SUSS, Ambient Country explores the wide landscape of instrumental music. This episode features Colin Newman (Wire) and Malka Spigel (Minimal Compact) and their most recent project Immersion. This episode features music that inspires them including Popol Vuh, Felbm, Steve Reich, Mdou Moctar, SUSS and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 16 Sep 08, 2023

In this episode, we explore the wide range of Cosmic Americana music. Co-hosted by Lara Bennett from Petal Motel, we feature instrumental artists from her new album release, "Compassion: a Petal Motel Compilation for Human Rights" which is a benefit project for the National Network of Abortion Funds. Some of the artists featured on this episode include Seawind of Battery, The Royal Arctic Institute, The Howard Hughes Suite, Droneroom, Bobby Lee, SUSS and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 21 Aug 24, 2023

Hosted by Bob Holmes of SUSS, Ambient Country explores the wide variety of instrumental music. This episode is co-hosted by Blake Conley of Droneroom as he guides listeners through the hinterlands of ambient country, including tracks by Date Palms, Pete Fosco, Departure Street, Cortege, Black Duck and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 15 Aug 15, 2023

In this episode, Bob Holmes from SUSS amd his special co-hosts Patrick McDermott and Barry Walker, Jr. go on a wild ride through ambient coiuntry as they play music from Steve Tibbets, yes/and, Papa M, Tony Rice, John Hartford, SUSS and tracks from their band North Americans.

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Ambient Country Episode 18 Jul 25, 2023

This is part 2 of our two-part podcast with the musician Mark Nelson of Pan-American and Labradford., where he talks about his music and influences, as well as a few new favorites, including artists like Michael Grigoni, Walt McClements, More Eaze, SUSS and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 17 Jul 25, 2023

In this episode, Bob Holmes from SUSS is joined by Mark Nelson, of Pan-American where they discuss artists as wide-ranging as Duke Ellington, David Lynch, Brother Oswald, Perila, Vinnie Bell & Rachika, as well as his own music. Part 1 of a two-part conversation.

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Ambient Country Episode 19 Jul 07, 2023

This is the first part of a two-part interview where Bob Holmes of SUSS speaks with Steve Gunn and David Moore about their recent collaboration as well as their work with other artists, including David's Bing & Ruth. They also bring along an amazing playlist of artists, including Hayden Pedigo, Charlie Christian, Frantz Casseus, Willamette and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 20 Jul 05, 2023

In this second part of our two-part episode, Bob Holmes from SUSS discusses music and influences with Steve Gunn & David Moore. They also play tracks from their latest release as well as from Bing & Ruth, the Gunn Truscinski Nace Trio, Angelo Badalamenti, Smoke Dawson, SUSS and much more.

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Ambient Country Episode 9: Luke Schneider (Repost) Aug 14, 2022

In this episode, host Bob Holmes from SUSS joins co-host Luke Schneider, ambient pedal steel player from Nashville, TN, as they play music from Luke's pedal steel compilation "Chrome Universal" on Tompkins Square Records. This episode dates back to its original airing in August of 2022 and features Bob's first meeting with Luke, who went on to co-host 2 more episodes after this one, including our most recent episode 36. This episode is a perfect companion piece as it shows how the relationship between these two musicians has grown over the years.

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Ambient Country Episode 8: Andrew Tuttle Aug 12, 2022

This episode of Ambient Country features host Bob Holmes of SUSS and his special guest Andrew Tuttle as they discuss Andrew's 2022 release "Fleeting Adventures". This episode was Andrew's first meeting with Bob and well before he collaborated with SUSS to record their LongForm Editions track "Rising". Listen to Bob and Andrew discuss his latest release as well as the music of Pan-American, Danny Paul Grody, The Nashville Ambient Ensemble, Ennio Morricone, SUSS and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 7 Jul 26, 2022

Hosted by Bob Holmes of SUSS, this episode from July 2022 features Bob's first artist interview, featuring Chip Kinman (Rank & File, The Dils, Cowboy Nation, etc.) as he talks about his instrumental electronic album The Great Confrontation. The episode also features music by Kramer, Yasmin Williams, Matt Kivel, Mohave 3, SUSS, and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 6 Jul 25, 2022

Bob Holmes from SUSS plays and talks about some of his favorite artists and music in the genres of instrumental new folk, Americana, electronic, experimental, soundscapes and cosmic psychedelia, including Chuck Johnson, Hayden Pedigo, North Americans, Andrew Tuttle, SUSS, and many more.

SUSS's newsletter is now live on Substack! The "SussStack" is the place to be for updates on everything going on in SUSS' world! Be sure to subscribe to get a peek at our first post for tour updates, future Ambient Country episodes, and general SUSS happenings.

Also: Northern Spy Records and Bob Holmes, member of SUSS and host of the Ambient Country Podcast, have created Across the Horizon with the goal of emulating the kind of discovery that happens when artists sit down to chat about their influences.

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Ambient Country Episode 5 Jul 13, 2022

Hosted by Bob Holmes of SUSS, this podcast explores the new sounds of instrumental folk, Americana, ambient, electronic, soundscapes and cosmic psychedelia, featuring artists Kaki King, Warren Ellis, Yo La Tengo, Bexar Bexar, yes/and, Tim Hecker, SUSS, Tony Kinman, and more.

SUSS's newsletter is now live on Substack! The "SussStack" is the place to be for updates on everything going on in SUSS' world! Be sure to subscribe to get a peek at our first post for tour updates, future Ambient Country episodes, and general SUSS happenings.

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Ambient Country Episode 4 Jun 15, 2022

Hosted by Bob Holmes of SUSS, this episode explores the new sounds of instrumental folk, Americana, ambient, electronic, soundscapes and cosmic psychedelia, featuring artists Saariselka, Droneroom, Stars of the Lid, Canadian Not Canadian, Adeline Hotel, Boards of Canada, SUSS and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 3 May 25, 2022

(Repost) Hosted by Bob Holmes of SUSS, this episode explores a crop of new ambient guitarists, as well as musicians using non-traditional instrumentation to create ambient music. We also explore some of the roots of ambient country in a selection of soundtrack scores, featuring artists like Hayden Pedigo, Steve Gunn, Jeff Parker, Hammock, SUSS and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 2 Mar 27, 2024

This is the second installment in the Ambient COuntry series, featuring Bob Holmes of SUSS, where he explores the best instrumentral music in the genre of ambient country and cosmic Americana, featuring artists including Pan-American, Bing & Ruth, Luke Schneider, Harmonia, William Tyler, Daniel Lanois and many more.

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Ambient Country Episode 1 Mar 27, 2024

This is the premier episode of the Ambient Country series. Originally published in January 2022, thisepisode features host Bob Holmes from the band SUSS discussing his inspirations and influences. Artists include Chuck Johnson, Yasmin Williams, Brian Eno, Ennio Morricone, Nine Inch Nails, Hammock and many more!

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