Stay ConnectedWhether you write music, record music, play music…….or just LOVE music, this podcast is for you!
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Zach Longoria set out in 2013 to assemble a band of like-minded musicians capable of creating great sounds. The result was The Zach Longoria Project (ZLP). ZLP is an 11-member band from Louisville rooted in R&B with interwoven elements of jazz and a touch of old-school-this-and-that......the recipe for what they like to call "Kentucky Fried Soul". More recently, Zach has been recording in collaboration with Casey Powell as Unusual Heat.
Anne Gauthier is the Chief Engineer/Producer at La La Land Sound in Louisville, Kentucky. La La Land is an analog/digital based recording studio built around a 40 channel vintage Trident board. With a full array of classic analog gear, a comfortable, dreamy environment to create in, and a 2500 square foot tracking room with 3 isolation booths, it is a perfect environment to create, explore, and record any dream album. La La Land has been home to many local and national recording artists – My Morning Jacket, Ray Lamontagne, Horse Feathers and Basia Bulat among others.
Anne is originally from Montreal, Canada. She got her musical start playing drums at 15, eventually touring internationally with electronic act TR/ST after years of national tours with Canadian acts. These days, she spends most of her time in the studio recording, producing and sharing the magic of record making with artists like Murder By Death, Bonnie Prince Billy, GRLwood, Joan Shelley, Strand of Oaks, By the Grace of God, and Rachel Grimes. She has also worked on albums by Ray Lamontagne, Jake Shears, Emma Ruth Rundle and White Reaper. Anne has worked with and learned from producers Kevin Ratterman, Jim James and Glyn Johns. Anne loves all styles of music: rock, country, experimental, pop, hip hop, and everything in between. She is always excited to help musicians craft and share their vision, whether new or established acts. Her production style has been called organic and intimate.
Luke Powers has written, recorded and performed with touring bands locally, nationally and internationally since 2008. Luke's musical influences are as varied as his style and genre-blurring background. He first learned to play gospel in church at age 12. Soon, his musical journey led him to punk rock house shows in Southern Indiana, then indie rock on the stages of Brooklyn. He further evolved with southern rock on the Sunset Strip and finally to country in the roadside honky-tonks of Southern Georgia. Luke has given up the "hired-gun" lifestyle to focus on his calling as a singer/songwriter, creating honest Americana music. His live performances are a combination of artful storytelling and skillful guitar. Luke's first solo record, "Wolf in the Woods", was self-released in 2016. He recently recorded "Time to Shine" in Nashville featuring musicians from Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Black Crowes, and Sheryl Crow.
Mark Fleshman is a Louisville, Kentucky musician originally from Ashland, Kentucky. Mark's musical journey has has taken him through many genres and directions and continues to evolve. He is currently in a trio called The Mark Fleshman Band with Austin Reynolds and Tommy Sugrue. The Mark Fleshman Band recently released some country tunes and are currently recording a new project that will have a new rock sound.
Tyler Lance Walker Gill is a country singer/songwriter from Bullitt County, Kentucky. He is a self-described "honky tonk evangelist, spreading the gospel of country music to any barroom that’ll have him". TLWG spent much of his formative years at a country music jamboree in Mt. Washington, Kentucky where his mother would often sing. This experience, unknowingly to him, embedded country roots deep in his soul to later resurface in the TLWG sound we hear today. TLWG cut his teeth playing covers before venturing into writing original music and putting together some of the best local talent, including Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Michael Cleveland, Aaron Biebelhauser, Todd Hildreth, John Clay, and members of Nellie Pearl, for his first studio album. TLWG is currently in the studio hammering out new material that will be sure to provide us with more of his signature earworm hooks. Prepare your liver and bring your dancing shoes for some hella' good party songs for party people!
Rocking stages since 2014, Sons of Liberty are the UK's own original Hard Southern Rock Band, drawn together by a shared love of the incredible music of the Southern States of America. Sons of Liberty's first release was their 2018 debut EP "Shinola", 5 tracks of hard hitting southern rock'n'roll. The follow up "Aged in Oak" was released later that year, stepping things up a notch and featuring the single "Damned If You Do" which was voted #4 EP of The Year by New Wave Of Classic Rock. In 2019, the band wrote and recorded their LP Animism. Sons will be releasing and their new album, "Aces and Eights", on Friday June 18. Aces was recorded at Momentum Studios and produced by Josiah J Manning. Sons of Liberty is building quite a following and has a jam-packed touring schedule in the coming months.
James Stapleton and Mark Roberts are just regular dudes who love and support musicians and the music community by hosting unique experiences at their homes. James hosts concerts at "The Barn" at his home in Simpsonville, Kentucky. Mark offers the living room of his home for "Live at Long Run" in Louisville, Kentucky. Both provide wonderfully intimate music shows unlike any coffeehouse, club, or concert hall. If you haven't attended a home concert, the connection between the listener and the performer(s) at these events will be difficult to understand. James and Mark make their events known through social media. Money is collected at the event, with 100% going to the performer. There is no profit motive for the hosts, only the desire to share what they have built with others. Guests are asked to make a minimum donation to the performer and bring a dish for a "pot luck". Do you love music? Do you want to experience a memorable, unconventional music event? Become a part of the "house concert" community.
J Lee and The Hoodoo Skulls, from Surrey UK, were formed when lead singer J Lee Barratt had a yearning to make a traditional rock 'n roll/blues album. J Lee has been around roots music all his life and this foundation led to a love of roots and blues music. Fronted by J Lee, with Harun Kotch (lead guitarist and co-writer/producer), Wayne Riches (drums) and Mike Hartnett (bass), J Lee and the Hoodoo Skulls create a sound so punchy you'll forget that they come from the UK. Gutsy, edgy, and raw are just some of the words that have been used to describe their sound. Their latest album, Beggars Soul, is a bluesy, roots album littered with rocking riffs, sassy brass and a gripping vintage sound from recording sessions at The Old Chapel, a recording studio in an actual church in Chichester UK. Lo-Fi riff laden gutsy rock with powerful vocals that you can dance to? Fifties rock 'n roll sensibilities with added modern anthemic spice? That’ll be J Lee and The Hoodoo Skulls.
If John Prine, Merle Travis, and Chris Stapleton had a baby that was raised in Seattle by Chris Cornell, you might get something like the 23 year old singer-songwriter Peyton Boling. Peyton is creating melodic noise out of Mortons Gap, KY. Dev Hovis is from the band Possum Junction. Possum Junction is a self-described "outlaw folkternative roots band" comprised of a unique collective of musicians from Southern Indiana and Kentucky offering a genuine and fresh take on Roots/Americana. Peyton and Dev recently joined forces and have committed to music fulltime. Visit One Shot One Mic One Song on YouTube to hear these artists recorded live with a minimalist one mic approach from the past.
Caitlin Koch is a Nashville-based retro soul artist, singer & songwriter best known for her performances as the singing rugby coach on Simon Cowell's production, The X Factor USA. After stunning audiences worldwide with her soulful rendition of "Stop In The Name Of Love" by The Supremes, Caitlin would go on to tour nationally under Abdul Inc. (Paula Abdul).
Caitlin has shared stages with Pat Benatar, Grace Potter, The Goo Goo Dolls, Gavin DeGraw, Cassadee Pope, The B52's, Blood Sweat & Tears, Bo Bice, Colt Ford, Danielle Bradbery, Avril Lavigne, Paula Abdul, Derek St. Holmes, Lance Diamond, Lauren Alaina, Brantley Gilbert, Tears for Fears, Matt Giraud, The Scintas, T. Graham Brown, and others.
Caitlin relocated to Nashville, TN from her hometown Buffalo, NY in order to pursue music as an Independent Artist. In 2017, Caitlin embarked on her first international headlining tour to promote the EP "I Am", which she co-wrote, self-produced, and recorded in Nashville, TN & Muscle Shoals, AL. The tour consisted of nine countries in two months and put Caitlin on stage at The O2 Arena in London UK on three separate occasions with the likes of Reba, Maren Morris, and Cassadee Pope.
Look for new releases from Caitlin Koch in 2021
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