The VVN Music Interviews

We once again have a double bill this week on the VVN Music Podcast. 

First up is a brand new interview with Steve Hackett whose new album, The Siren's Call, is out this Friday, March 24.  

Then, it'…

Cindy Lee Berryhill started her music career in the late 80's as part of the anti-folk movement, a term which she is credited with creating. In 1987, she released her debut album on Rhino Records, Wh…

This week we're going back to 2012 for an interview with singer Tracy Nelson.

Tracy started her career in the mid-60's with the folk album Deep Are the Roots. After a period when she spent time in an…

Punky Meadows was a part of the music scene from the mid-60's to the mid-80's as a member of The Cherry People, Bux and Angel.

It was that latter group that brought Punky his greatest success as they…

In the 60's, Chip Taylor wrote such hits as the Troggs' "Wild Thing", Merilee Rush's "Angel of the Morning", the Hollies' "I Can't Let Go" and Janis Joplin's "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)".

By the …

We're going back to January of 2014 this weeks for an interview with the great Paul Rodgers.

Rodgers is one of those rarities that has not only found success in a series of bands including Free, Bad …

For the first time, we have two guests this week on the VVN Music Podcast.

John Mayall is one of the greatest of the British blues men and the man who gave a start to such musical giants as Eric Clap…

Jeannie Seely is about to celebrate her 50th anniversary of becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry, an honor that she says is one of the great achievements of her career. 

Since the mid-60's, Seely …

For most people, Dennis Coffey is best known for his early-70's hits "Scorpio" and "Taurus", but his many career highlights include studio work and production including:

• Bringing psychedelic guitar …

B.J. Thomas has had an impressive career with hits in Pop, Christian and Country.

In 2013, he rerecorded a number of those hits but with updated arrangements and, for a majority of cuts, with duet pa…

Henry Paul has had success in not one, not two, but three bands over the last 44 years. He was a founding member of the Outlaws and has had a number of stints with the band over the years.  In the 80…

For 47 years, Mick Box has been the guitarist and the driving force behind the classic British rock band Uriah Heep.

BMG has recently started a reissue series with deluxe editions of the Uriah Heep c…

Randy Bachman is the only person to be inducted twice into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame (a fact he didn't know until this interview) as a member of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. 

Thi…

John Corabi has gone from five years as the singer for Motley Crue to stints in Union, the Eric Singer Project (ESP), Twenty 4 Seven, Brides of Destruction and, now, the Dead Daisies.

He was part of …

Our guest is Roger Earl, longtime drummer for Foghat.

Roger was originally a member of Savoy Brown before breaking off in 1970 with bandmates Dave Peverett and Tony Stevens along with Black Cat Bones…

Our guest is classic rock guitarist Michael Schenker.

Schenker played his first gig at the age of 11 with his brother Rudolph's band, The Scorpions. By 17, he was a full member of the group before le…

Our guest for this episode is Canadian singer Lee Aaron.

Aaron emerged in the early-80's with her album The Lee Aaron Project. While selling well in Canada, Aaron also made a name for herself in Engl…

Our guest for this episode is entertainer Bobby Rydell.

Rydell made a name for himself in the late 50's through the mid-60's with a long series of hit singles but, even while being a teen idol, he wa…