Legacy Podcasts

Part 2 of The Jayhawks podcast begins with the legend of how they were signed to Rick Rubin’s (Def) American Records. Gary Louris and Mark Olson look back on the “Hollywood Town Hall” sessions, the initial reaction when it was released in 1992, and how it felt to be alt-country in the time of grunge […]

Jeff Buckley talks about his artistry and more. In stores now – Grace Around The World Deluxe Edition (CD/DVD+DVD Documentary Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley) Producer: Vella Interactive

Nyla Adams, co-director of the documentary Amazing Grace Jeff Buckley, talks about her first experience hearing Jeff’s music and her findings during the production of the acclaimed film. In stores now – Grace Around The World Deluxe Edition (CD/DVD+DVD Documentary Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley) Producer: Vella Interactive

Welcome to the first episode of the Jayhawks podcast.  Throughout this four-part series, band members Gary Louris and Mark Olson discuss their history as one of America’s most influential roots-rock bands of the last 20 years.  Musicians Jeff Tweedy and Joe Henry and Rick Rubin also comment. Featured music clips include a mix of their […]

Laurie Trombley, co-director of the documentary Amazing Grace Jeff Buckley, talks about her days working with Jeff and the inspiration behind the acclaimed film. In stores now – Grace Around The World Deluxe Edition (CD/DVD+DVD Documentary Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley) Producer: Vella Interactive

Billy Bob Thornton and Mickey Raphael continue their discussion of how Mickey produced the Naked Willie album from Nelson’s 1960s RCA sessions. Producer: Vella Interactive Recommended: Naked Willie

Jeff’s mother, Mary Guibert, shares her insight on what made Jeff such a profound artist. In stores now – Grace Around The World Deluxe Edition (CD/DVD+DVD Documentary Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley) Producer: Vella Interactive

Today’s podcast looks at Miles Davis’ background and what led to his own musical changes in 1959. Davis actually recorded two groundbreaking records that year – “Kind of Blue” and “Sketches of Spain.” Journalist Ben Ratliff adds how these records helped to change how people listened to Jazz, and Carlos Santana remembers what Bill Graham […]

The Simon & Garfunkel “Live 1969” podcast continues with Paul Simon discussing his songwriting style as interviewed in 1966. Bud Scoppa adds comments on the full band arrangements on this tour, and how the crowd reacted to their first exposure to songs from the yet-to-be-released “Bridge Over Troubled Water” album. Features these tracks from Live […]

Billy Bob Thornton and Mickey Raphael continue their discussion of how Mickey produced the Naked Willie album from Nelson’s 1960s RCA sessions. Producer: Vella Interactive Recommended: Naked Willie

Acclaimed recording Artist, Moby, recalls his own experiences with Jeff Buckley and his music. He was instantly a fan when he first saw Buckley in 1991, even though Jeff was dating Moby’s ex-girlfriend at the time. In stores now – Grace Around The World Deluxe Edition (CD/DVD+DVD Documentary Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley) Producer: Vella Interactive

In 1959, Jazz musicians and fans were both ready for changes beyond the bebop sound that had been popular since the mid 1940s.   Unfortunately, there was some resistance at the record companies responsible for bringing the new music to the marketplace.  Eventually, the labels were happy their artists like Dave Brubeck persisted, once “Take Five” […]

Episode 2 begins with journalist Bud Scoppa’s thoughts on how Simon & Garfunkel’s music compared and contrasted with the early 1960s folk revivalists like The Kingston Trio, as well as the later folk-rock sounds of the three Bs – Bob Dylan, The Byrds and The Beatles. Features these tracks from Live 1969 “Why Don’t You […]

Willie Nelson’s harmonica player Mickey Raphael and actor/musician Billy Bob Thornton discuss the making of the new album Naked Willie in this three-part podcast series. While producing Naked Willie, Raphael went back to the Nelson’s RCA masters from the 60s to strip away the orchestrations of Chet Atkins’ Nashville Sound.  The result is 17 tracks […]

Our Jeff Buckley podcast series celebrates the release of the Grace Around the World CD/DVD set with stories about Buckley told by his closest relatives, friends, and collaborators – plus some notable fans within the music industry. Singer/songwriter Duncan Sheik kicks this series off with his memories of seeing Jeff Buckley perform in 1994.  He […]

Welcome to the first episode of JAZZ: THE ’59 SOUND – a four-part look into how 1959 became jazz’s greatest year.   Dave Brubeck – Time Out, Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah-Um and Miles Davis & Gil Evans – Sketches of Spain are three 1959 jazz albums featured as examples of new directions musicians began taking […]

Rita Houston from WFUV-FM in New York hosts the story of Simon & Garfunkel, from their early days in Queens, NY to their 1969 tour captured on the new live album, Live 1969. Throughout this series, we’ll hear archival interview clips with Paul and Art and new comments by pop journalist Bud Scoppa. We’ll even […]