Stay ConnectedBlowing Smoke with Twisted Rico, hosted by music industry veteran Steev Riccardo, brings you weekly conversations with the people who make the music world go round — musicians, songwriters, producers, label execs, roadies, publicists, and more. Each episode also serves up fresh new music picks, honest song reviews, and no-shortage-of-stories rock ‘n’ roll road tales
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Andrea Gillis has been making great music for the past twenty years. She also played a huge role in the success of one of the Boston area's best dive bars, the now defunct, Abbey Lounge. We have a great talk about her music, The Abbey, and much more. Enjoy!
Music
Andrea Gillis "About A Girl"
The Andrea Gillis Band "All Over Again"
Theme song "So Pretty" by The Charms
Produced and Hosted by Steev Riccardo
Leah Callahan returns to the show to talk about her new album "Curious Tourist", songwriting, and other groovy stuff...
Music
Leah Callahan "Super"
Leah Callahan "Ordinary Face"
The Dogmatics "I Love Rock N Roll"
theme song "So Pretty" by The Charms
Produced and Hosted by Steev Riccardo
Jerry Lehane and James Young from The Dogmatics return to the show and bring along Rudy Childs, the man who produced and Directed The Dogmatics "Dogumentary"...whenever there's a Dogmatic around, its always a good time...
Music
The Dogmatics "I Can't Get Over You"
The Dogmatics "I Love Rock N Roll"
Theme song "So Pretty" by The Charms
https://regenttheatre.com/details/the_dogmatics_a_dogumentary
Produced and Hosted by Steev Riccardo
On this episode, we are joined by Emily Doran and Andy Excuse from the Boston punk band, Hammered Saint...
Music
Hammered Saint "Steal The Show"
Hammered Saint "Dirty Work"
The Dogmatics "I Love Rock N Roll"
theme song "So Pretty" by The Charms
Produced and Hosted by Steev Riccardo
Chris Porter returns to the show to talk about the upcoming "The Town And The CityFestival" which is happening on April 26/27 in downtown Lowell Massachusetts
Music
Muck And The Mires "This Time I know I'm Right"
Theme song "So Pretty" by The Charms
Produced and Hosted by Steev Riccardo
Comic Brandon Battick, who is also the host of the Metal podcast "Disturbing The Priest" joins us the show to talk Metal, Comedy, and other cool stuff...
Music
Kind "Snag"
Catching Hell "Twilight Mind"
theme song "So Pretty" by The Charms
Produced and Hosted by Steev Riccardo
Marc Pinansky, leader of the popular Boston band, The Family Township, joins us on the show to talk about the new Township record. We also talk about Marc's previous band, Runner and The Thermodynamics, who had quite a run of their own...
Music
The Family Township "Youngblood"
The Family Township "Cross The Line(Oh Andrea)"
The Dogmatics "I Love Rock N Roll"
theme song "So Pretty" by The Charms
The Family Township bandcamp: https://township.bandcamp.com/album/20th-century-wasters
Produced and Hosted by Steev Riccardo
Devon Thompson, who is one of the coolest young singer/songwriter/guitar players on the rise, joins us on the show to talk about growing up in LA and the drive that is getting her music noticed. With an array of attention getting superb tunes and ambitious videos, her star power is striving right before our very eyes...
Music
Devon Thompson "Soft Like Water"
Devon Thompson "I Love You But It Hurts Like Hell"
The Dogmatics "I Love Rock N Roll"
theme song "So Pretty" by The Charms
Produced and Hosted by Steev Riccardo
Rev. Hank Peirce returns to the show and we hit on a myriad of topics. Also, great new tunes from The Family Township and The Sleeveens.
Music
The Family Township "Youngblood"
The Sleeveens "Aretha Franklin"
The Dogmatics "I Love Rock N Roll"
theme song "So Pretty" by The Charms
Produced and Hosted by Steev Riccardo
Deap Vally came out of the box hard in 2011 and within two years were playing Glastonbury, Bonnaroo, and Reading Festival. The duo of Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards released three great albums, a bunch of singles and EP's, a collab with Flaming Lips (Deap Lips) in 2019 and toured extensively since their formation. In September, they announced that they were doing their farewell tour in 2024 and here we are. We love Deap Vally and were psyched to talk with them. Enjoy!
Music
Deap Vally "Baby I Can Hell"
Deap Vally "Royal Jelly"
theme song "So Pretty" by The Charms
Produced and Hosted by Steev Riccardo
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