Episodes

7 days ago
7 days ago
This week, Robert Ham spends the full episode with Peter Holsapple, the renowned singer/songwriter who is a member of the groups the dBs, the Continental Drifters, and the Paranoid Style, and spent some time in the touring versions of R.E.M. and Hootie & the Blowfish. He joins the show to talk about his long history in the music biz and to discuss the creation of his most recent solo album The Face of ’68, which was released on Record Store Day.

Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
This week, Robert Ham speaks with Michael Kurtz, co-founder of Record Store Day, and Michael Imperioli, an award-winning actor and one-third of the band ZOPA.

Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
This week, Robert Ham is joined by Eric Isaacson, the founder of Mississippi Records, to talk about his time working with beloved singer-songwriter Michael Hurley who passed away recently at age 83, and Tracii Guns, the longtime leader of sleaze rock paragons L.A. Guns.

Friday Mar 28, 2025
Friday Mar 28, 2025
This week, Robert Ham is joined by Wolfgang Flür, a former member of Kraftwerk with a new solo album out this week, and Wolfgang Seidel, a musician and author whose book Krautrock Eruption: An Alternative History of German Underground in the 60s and 70s is out this month in a new English translation.

Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
On this week's show, Robert Ham is joined by theremin virtuoso Hekla to learn more about her new album Turnar, and the brilliant multi-instrumentalist and producer Adrian Younge who discusses his new tropicalia-inspired album Something About April III.

Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 2025
On this week's show, Robert Ham speaks with Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock, the authors of the new book Lollapalooza: The Uncensored History of Alternative Rock's Wildest Festival.

Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
This week, host Robert Ham welcomes Steve Smith, the bassist and founding member of pop-punk icons The Vapors, to talk about the group's new album Wasp In A Jar, and Ebonie Smith, the esteemed audio engineer and producer who founded Gender Amplified, a nonprofit that supports women and gender-expansive artists in the music industry.

Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
This week, Robert Ham speaks with Don Leisure and Kev Tame, two of the minds behind Tyrchu Sain, an album celebrating 55 years of Welsh pop music released on Sain Records, and Kristin Daelyn, a singer-songwriter responsible for the stunning new album Beyond The Break.

Friday Feb 21, 2025
Friday Feb 21, 2025
This week, Robert Ham speaks with Janine Rainforth, former leader of post-punk ensemble Maximum Joy, about her first ever solo album Soul Retrieval, and Eva Arijdis Fuentes chats about her new documentary Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus.

Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
This week, Robert speaks to Liz Pelly about her damning new book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, and U.K. singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan whose comeback album Lookaftering was just re-released for its 20th anniversary.
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