Crooked Conversations

Join bandleader and songwriter Steven Schwartz as he talks with other local New Orleans musicians about the real life behind-the-scenes highs and lows of the music industry as well as current events, politics, religion, and much more. Crooked Conversations is an open dialogue that strives to combat the polarization of our current society by having interesting people with diverse opinions discuss many topics without constraint.

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Update frequency: every 8 days
Average duration: 83 minutes
Episodes: 73
Years Active: 2022 - 2025

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73. Mike Corson and Dreadless Dave

What a wonderful thing it was to have Mike Corson on the podcast! The singer and rhythm guitarist of the original band Fallen Still joins Steven Schwartz and Dreadless Dave to talk about making music…

01:47:46 | Mon 17 Mar 2025

72. "It's All Noise" Music Breakdown

Steven Schwartz and Dreadless Dave delve into the behind-the-scenes process of writing and recording their song “It’s All Noise” released by Steven Schwartz. This is the audio companion to the video …

00:25:57 | Tue 11 Mar 2025

71. “Birds Aren’t Real” Music Breakdown

Steven Schwartz and Dreadless Dave delve into the behind-the-scenes process of writing and recording their song “Birds Aren’t Real” released by their band The Aqua Squad. This is the audio companion …

00:21:54 | Mon 03 Mar 2025

70. Handsome Luke and Dreadless Dave

Delco guitarist Handsome Luke (Luke Adamek) joins Steven and Dreadless Dave to talk about their band The Delcrows, what they love about making music, and to share some laughs. Luke also plays with th…

01:55:15 | Thu 20 Feb 2025

69. Dreadless Dave

Longtime friend, co-host, and guest of the podcast Dreadless Dave joins Steven to talk about making music and playing live shows in the Delco area with their rock band The Delcrows, the joys of game …

01:14:12 | Tue 28 Jan 2025

68. Uninformed Rants

Dreadless Dave and Super Drew join Steven (Scuba Steve) to talk about wacky news topics and conspiracy theories with no education or formal training on any of the subjects. Complete with sunglasses a…

02:09:22 | Wed 26 Jun 2024

67. Dan Wallace

Saxophonist and longtime friend of the podcast Dan Wallace joins Steven to talk about the rewards and challenges of living a life outside of the typical career system, navigating new life changes, an…

01:07:45 | Mon 06 May 2024

French Quarter Festin' 2024

Join Steven at French Quarter Festival in New Orleans as he takes his boots-on-the-ground approach and talks with artists, vendors, and festival goers. Some of the great artists and musicians he was …

00:25:01 | Fri 19 Apr 2024

52. Contemplations #3

Steven speaks solo on Instagram Live about what’s been going on for him lately regarding his audition for Dweezil Zappa’s “Zappa Plays Zappa” band and the ensuing dissolution of The Crooked Vines as …

00:52:00 | Thu 28 Mar 2024

51. J.Mix

New Orleans actress, singer, producer and podcaster J.Mix (Jessica Mixon) joins Steven to talk about being open and honest on her podcast 'The Self-Aware Millennial', juggling creativity and entrepre…

02:29:40 | Mon 05 Feb 2024

50. The Gang Gets Drunk

Longtime friends Dreadless Dave and tattoo artist Michael J. Kelly join Steven on this episode of Crooked Conversations and they definitely get some drinking done while telling stories and sharing la…

01:47:25 | Fri 02 Feb 2024

Wild Thing #3: Kenny From Hash Cabbage

The third in a mini-series of interviews from this year’s Wild Things Family Reunion Festival, Steven talks with Kenny Jefferson about his band Hash Cabbage and where their name came from, why he cla…

00:09:00 | Thu 28 Dec 2023

Wild Thing #2: Sam Price

The second in a mini-series of interviews from this year’s Wild Things Family Reunion Festival, Steven talks with Sam Price about the challenges of playing standup bass, splitting his time between di…

00:11:07 | Tue 19 Dec 2023

Wild Thing #1: Marc Paradis

The first in a mini-series of interviews from this year’s Wild Things Family Reunion Festival, Steven talks with Mr. Johnny Sketch himself Marc Paradis about what it takes to put on a camping festiva…

00:12:04 | Tue 05 Dec 2023

From The Void: Whisper Party!

The third in a miniseries of artist interviews from this year’s Fete Du Void festival, three of the members of New Orleans dream pop band Whisper Party! talk with Steven about the team mentality they…

00:12:36 | Tue 28 Nov 2023

49. Dana Ives

Experimental rock band Dana Ives returns to the podcast to sit down with Steven and talk about their upcoming Christmas Spectacular Music Festival at The Rabbit Hole in New Orleans on Saturday Decemb…

01:12:59 | Tue 21 Nov 2023

From The Void: SaxKixAve

The second in a miniseries of artist interviews from this year’s Fete Du Void festival, hip-hop pop duo SaxKixAve (comprised of artists Alfred Banks and Albert Allenback) talk with Steven about how t…

00:24:10 | Thu 09 Nov 2023

From The Void: The Love Muscles

The first in a miniseries of artist interviews from this year’s Fete Du Void festival, femmetastic soul-pop band The Love Muscles sit down with Steven to talk about their sexually empowering music, t…

00:09:41 | Mon 06 Nov 2023

Bonus - Nic Esposito and the Unlocked Memory

As a follow-up to episode 47 Nic Esposito shares an intimate and profound experience that occurred shortly after that episode aired and gives new meaning to everything that has happened to him since …

00:18:45 | Fri 22 Sep 2023

48. Delco Dan Malley and Dreadless Dave

Steven is back in the Delco area for this one so buckle up! He sits down with regular guest co-host Dreadless Dave and friend Dan Malley to talk about their upcoming show at Liberty Tavern, their for…

01:57:53 | Thu 31 Aug 2023

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