My Favorite Album with Jeremy Dylan

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Revisiting Pegi Young on Otis, Janis, Joni, JJ Cale, Clapton, the Dead and more Jan 08, 2019

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Today we're revisiting my chat with the gracious Pegi Young, humanitarian and singer-songwriter, who sadly passed away last week from cancer. Here is our conversation from 2017, a lovely and wide-ranging chat on her biggest musical influences.

Singer-songwriter Pegi Young's new album 'Raw' was inspired by her recent divorce, but her musical identity has been developing for decades, taking inspiration from her heroes, peers and people who have become friends, as she moved from backing vocalist for ex-husband Neil to mature solo artist. We talk about her biggest influences, from Otis Redding to Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell to Billie Holliday, Paul McCartney to Bonnie Raitt, JJ Cale to the Grateful Dead, Laura Nyro to Eric Clapton.

Plus, how curating the annual Bridge School Benefits has helped her discover new artists, how the trauma of her divorce left her temporarily unable to play guitar and why she hopes her new music will resonate with audiences who don't share her life experiences.

267. Kirby Brown on Randy Newman 'Good Old Boys' (1974) Jan 02, 2019

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Americana singer-songwriter Kirby Brown joins me to talk about Randy Newman's 1974 album 'Good Old Boys'.

We discuss Newman's progression from satirical songwriting to movie music composition, writing from the point of view of a character whose beliefs don't align with your own, the Eagles backing vocals on the album, will Newman ever write a song about President Trump and more.

Gretchen Peters on Bob Dylan 'Blood on the Tracks' (repost) Dec 30, 2018

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Singer/songwriter Gretchen Peters joins me to talk about the every songwriter's favorite Bob Dylanrecord, 1975's 'Blood on the Tracks'.

Gretchen talks about how she fell in love with the album as she was getting divorced, the unusually soft edges of Dylan's songwriting on this record, how he treats women in his lyrics, how his songs always bring you to a place of empathy and the importance of being brutally honest with yourself as a songwriter.

What makes a good Christmas song? ft Kristian Bush, Lee Brice, Corb Lund and more (repost) Dec 25, 2018

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Revisiting the OG My Favorite Album Christmas special from 2015...

Happy Holidays to all of you out there in the world

For the first ever My Favorite Album Christmas special, I delve into the origins of the Christmas pop songs we all know today with musicologist and Sydney Morning Herald journalist Tim Byron - how did we go from religious music to songs about cold weather? Why were all the best Christmas songs written by Jewish guys? And why is an album of Christmas standards by Michael Buble outselling ever album but Adele?

I also check in with friend of the show Kristian Bush (Sugarland) to talk about his new original Christmas song 'Thinking About Drinking For Christmas' - what Christmas music did he dig growing up? How do you write a great Christmas song? And what are the essential elements of Christmas music?

Plus Canadian Corb Lund on why he'll never make a Christmas album and Lee Brice on why he will.

My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentaries Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts and Tommy Emmanuel: The Endless Road (coming soon).

If you've got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

Phoebe Bridgers on Bright Eyes 'I'm Wide Awake It's Morning' (2005) Dec 20, 2018

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Revisiting our most downloaded episodes of 2018 to close out the year

LA singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers joins me to celebrate a classic album of the mid-naughties, Bright Eyes 'I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning'.

We talk about why Phoebe resisted listening to the album before falling in love with it, how it changed the way she writes songs, where Bright Eyes fits in the 'emo' pantheon, why she can't listen to the songs on shuffle and whether the current political nightmare is influencing her writing the same way the Bush administration influenced Bright Eyes in 2005.

Plus we talk about her friendship with Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst - what it's like to play Bright Eyes songs with him on tour, how Emmylou Harris inspired Phoebe to duet with Conor on her own album, how knowing Conor changes the way she listens to Bright Eyes and more.

266. Scott Sharrard (Gregg Allman Band) on Miles Davis 'Kind of Blue' (1959) Nov 29, 2018

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JAZZ!

265. Drew Pearce (Hotel Artemis, Iron Man 3) on Pixies 'Doolittle' (1989) Nov 21, 2018

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Writer, director, producer and crate digger extraordinaire Drew Pearce joins me for a rollicking conversation about Pixies classic album 'Doolittle', the formative impact it had on him as a child, listening to it totally fresh while not even knowing what the band looked like, the impact that producer Gil Norton had on the record and artists' relationships to their most revered work.

Plus Drew recalls the time Robbie Robertson was a dick to him at the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame, the time Kim Deal tried to score drugs off him and how he worked with Father John Misty to create the end credits song for his film 'Hotel Artemis'.

If you've got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

264. Angie McMahon on KD Lang 'Hyms of the 49th Parallel' (2004) Nov 14, 2018

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Possessed of a voice and musical depth far beyond her years, Angie McMahon joined me to discuss KD Lang's 'Hymns of the 49th Parallel', a supreme covers album that celebrates Canada's great songwriters from Joni Mitchell to Leonard Cohen to Neil Young.

Angie and I unpack why KD is such a supremely great singer, why some covers succeed and some fail, what Angie's covers record would be themed around, whether anyone should cover Joni Mitchell and more.

If you've got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

263. BILLIONS creator Brian Koppelman on the music of the show, from Dylan to Sinatra to Isbell and beyond Nov 07, 2018

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Longtime friend of the show, filmmaker Brian Koppelman, joins me to delve into the music of his acclaimed hit Showtime drama series BILLIONS.

We go behind the scenes on some of the most compelling musical moments from three seasons of a show that has always found unexpected and fascinating songs to shade and power dynamic scenes and surprising and compelling ways to use some classic tunes.

Songs discussed include

Metallica - Harvester of Sorrow
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Drive By Truckers - Goddamn Lonely Love
Jason Isbell - Cover Me Up
Bob Dylan - Gotta Serve Somebody
Van Halen - And the Cradle Will Rock
Mink DeVille - Spanish Stroll
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Even the Losers
Billions original score by Eskimo
Queens of the Stone Age - The Evil has Landed
The Traveling Wilburys - Handle with Care
Bob Dylan - It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding
Josh Ritter - Homecoming
Garret T Kaps - Born in San Antone
Nelly - Hot In Here
Frank Sinatra and the Count Basie Orchestra - Come Fly with Me
Frank Sinatra - One for My Baby (and one more for the road)
The Velvet Underground - We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together

Follow Brian @briankoppelman on Twitter and listen to his great podcast The Moment. Billions will return in 2019.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

If you've got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

262. Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield on new The Beatles White Album box set, why Paul won't stop, Taylor Swift and more Oct 30, 2018

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"People often dismiss [Paul] as soft and lazy and complacent. In so many ways, he's the exact opposite of that, to a frightening extreme." - Rob Sheffield

Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield, author of Dreaming the Beatles, joins me to preview the new White Album box set and for a wide ranging discussion on all things Fab Four - the way our perception of the Beatles change as we age, how the Rock Band video game got 90s kids into the Beatles, rethinking the story of the White Album, why we see aspect of ourselves in the Lennon McCartney friendship, how George was treated like John and Paul's kid brother, the way the Beatles drug use effected their relationships with each other, what McCartney and Mick Jagger have in common, why Taylor Swift is the modern day Paul McCartney, Rob's 90 minute cut of Hey Jude, the eternal youthfulness of Ringo Starr and why he is in denial about the prospect of Paul's eventual death... (and more if you can believe it)

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