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This week we celebrate our first Beyoncé album since starting the show. Nick felt like the only proper way to celebrate this was to quiz Jay & Greg on their Beyoncé knowledge. That’s right, it’s time…

Jay kicks us off with the story behind “I Am The Moon”, a four album exploration of Layla’s perspective from the old Arab story “Layla & Majnun”. Then we move onto the controversy of the past week. T…

Greg’s coming in strong with three stories on his latest edition of “Heard It Through The GregVINE”.

We hear a song and talk about the life of Zeebo Steele, the DC Reggae singer, known most prominentl…

With Jay’s second child here just over a year now, it’s time to rejoin the family beach trip and that means we get to hear how, friend of the show, Michael Weddington is doing! We first had him on in…

Jay’s got a new segment up his sleeve! “Independence PAYS” explores artists whose success on their own eclipses that of their previously successful band.

Song: Nat Stuckey - “Don't Pay the Ransom”

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Greg introduces us to the very talented producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Wilson. He’s worked with Father John Misty on all of his albums, produced artists like Billy Strings & …

The San Antonio Symphony, nine months into a labor dispute with the orchestra musicians, decided to dissolve as an organization last week. First opened in 1939, the Symphony has been mired by financi…

Jay brings us a genuine feel good story this week. World Records, in Bakersfield California, is celebrating its 40th year in business and it is quite a success story. A recent article in SFGate appla…

Greg spent the weekend at NAMM. This year’s conference was significantly smaller than years past, with some major manufacturer’s opting out of buying a pricey booth. While this is concerning from a ‘…

We are pleased to bring you the first side of a two-part episode. This week we’re talking with Taejon Romanik of Wild Wild Wets about their new album, ‘Love Always’, released May 27th. We’ll be going…

We are pleased to bring you the first side of a two-part episode. This week we’re talking with Taejon Romanik of Wild Wild Wets about their new album, ‘Love Always’, released May 27th. We’ll be going…

Halsey is not happy that her label is holding back her new single because it wants to come up with a viral TikTok video to release alongside. This disgusts Jay, but further digging into how TikTok ha…

Greg has a two parter for us this week. First up, we were excited to hear Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit playing “Cover Me Up” at The First Waltz at The Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, AL [YouTube]. T…

By way of “Review the Review” (and with Greg's consent), Nick would like to discuss “Omnium Gatherum” by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It is an adventure ride through KG&LW’s id, where no two, of…

Jay remembers the great Naomi Judd, who passed last week at the age of 76. The matriarch of the mother-daughter country group “The Judds”, Naomi was a driven and talented artist who struggled with se…

Greg follows up on stories from the year past. First up, blowback from Eric Church’s decision to cancel his concert so he could attend the Tarheels Final Four game (Digital Music News) & then we hear…

Wherein Nick is juggling too many things and decides a handful of stories would be fun to share in snippets, it’s News with Nick! Coachella begins, theremins are still a thing, Harlem’s bringing back…

Jack White had a big week last week! Last Friday saw the release of his second solo album “Fear of the Dawn”, followed by a performance of the national anthem at the Detroit Tigers opening day game, …

Nick gives a full recap from the 2022 Grammy’s. Unlike years past, most of the multi-award winning artists have been throughly discussed on the show this past year, including Jon Batiste, Foo Fighter…

We begin this week with a tribute to Taylor Hawkins, the talented and charismatic drummer for the Foo Fighters, who died unexpectedly last week at the age of 50. It was completely unexpected and trag…