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Iain, Martin, and Lauren from CHVRCHES join Barry and Lord Taco backstage at Bonnaroo on The What Podcast to talk about their previous two trips to The Farm. They discuss how different doing it for t…
While down at Bonnaroo this year, The What Podcast hosts Barry and Lord Taco got to speak with Briston Maroney for what is technically the Knoxville artist's third time on the show.
Following his That…
Now that we're all recovered (mostly), it's time for The What Podcast to recap Bonnaroo 2022.
After almost three years without one, it was a different kind of Bonnaroo this year on The Farm. Though Br…
It's Bonnaroo week, so The What Podcast welcomed a group of Bonnaroovians onto the show for a live episode. Brad, Barry, and Lord Taco were joined by Tara and Kai, Jake from the RooHamm podcast, Brya…
Bonnaroo is just a week away, which means it's time to finalize your personal schedule. Barry and Lord Taco, with some help from Brad, offer their picks for which acts they plan to see at The Farm th…
Lineup release day and schedule release day are special occasions for festival fans. Brad, Barry and Lord Taco from The What Podcast offer their thoughts on the Bonnaroo 2022 schedule. What are the h…
From camping to showering tips to what to bring and not to bring, Bonnaroo veterans Brad, Barry and Lord Taco from The What Podcast offer some of their Do's and Don'ts for how to do Roo.
Once those ar…
Superfly was just over five years old when co-founder Rick Farman and three of his former college buddies and fellow co-founders decided to create what became Bonnaroo. Farman joins Brad, Barry and L…
EDM and all of its subgrenres have become a big part of Bonnaroo in recent years, and the guys on The What podcast freely admit it's not their lane. So, Barry and Lord Taco reached out to friend of t…
What happens when you randomly decide to don a Viking hat with horns and a giant clock around your neck while attending Bonnaroo? People want to hang out with you of course. Pondo joins Barry and Lor…
Brad, Barry, and Lord Taco get together in The What podcast world headquarters in Barry's basement for the second time in two years to celebrate 69 days to Bonnaroo. The gang also chats about the Coa…
Listeners to The What podcast showed off their artistic abilities and their senses of humor in an effort to win tickets to the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. David Grimes is the lucky winner and joi…
Jeff Cuellar was a key member of the teams that created such festivals as Bonnaroo, Railbird, Forecastle, and Moon River. For today's episode of The What podcast, he joins Brad and Barry to talk abou…
It's a two-fer interview week on The What podcast, with both Max Dunn of Gang of Youths and Britt Daniel of Spoon on the show. The two musicians discuss their latest projects -- angel in realtime and…
RÜFÜS DU SOL frontman Tyrone Lindqvist joins Barry, Brad, and Lord Taco of The What podcast to discuss the band's journey in creating their most recent studio album, Surrender.
Lindqvist discusses how…
A former girlfriend played a big role in getting Ryan Winnen, Chase Lawrence, and Joe Memmel together in what is now COIN. The guys join Brad, Barry and Lord Taco on The What Podcast to discuss their…
The What Podcast hosts obviously love Bonnaroo, and they're not the only ones; Jack Antonoff has played the fest numerous times, and is heading back to the Farm in 2022 both with his band Bleachers a…
Festivals fans Reggie and Jessica join Brad, Barry and Lord Taco to discuss what they love about Boston Calling, but also to compare European festivals to those here in America.
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Festival fans got hit with an onslaught of lineups in the last couple of weeks, and Brad and Barry from The What podcast discuss and rank their favorites. Spoiler alert, it's New Orleans Jazz Fest at…
It’s finally here! After two years of cancellations, Bonnaroo is ready to try again in 2022 with its newly revealed lineup. If there’s anything that gets festival fans excited, it’s lineup day, and T…