It Says Here

It Says Here - Episode 014

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. 

It Says Here - Episode 013

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.

It Says Here - Episode 012

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.

It Says Here - Episode 011

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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It Says Here - Episode 010

This week, Robert spends the full episode with James Brandon Lewis, the prolific jazz saxophonist whose new album Apple Cores is out today via Anti- Records. 

It Says Here - Episode 009

On this week's show, Robert Ham is joined by Sarah Belle Reid, the multi-instrumentalist who collaborated with Vinny Golia on the new album Accidental Ornithology, and Damon Locks, a Chicago icon responsible for the daring new record List of Demands.

It Says Here - Episode 008

This week, Robert Ham speaks to Andrew Reich, the Emmy-winning TV writer and producer who is now sitting in the director's chair with Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story, a documentary about one of the best American rock bands of all time, and Jim White, an Americana artist set to release Precious Bane, a dark and beautiful album he made in collaboration with the U.K. artist Trey Blake.

It Says Here - Episode 007

On this week's episode, your host Robert Ham is joined by Tamara Lindeman, the leader of the folk-pop group The Weather Station, to discuss their new album Humanhood, and Ondi Timoner, the director of the great music documentary DIG!, who chats about the creation of DIG! XX, a 20th anniversary version of the film with 40 extra minutes of footage.
To find ways to help musicians affected by the ongoing fires in Los Angeles, check out this spreadsheet of the many artists or folks in the music industry who have started GoFundMe pages in hopes of raising money to relocate and/or replace much-needed instruments and equipment.

It Says Here - Episode 006

Our first episode of 2025! This time around, we're joined by Mark Feldman, co-founder of Bang! The Drum School, to talk about his new book Drumming Decoded, and filmmaker Bess Kargman joins the show to discuss her documentary Diane Warren: Relentless, a portrait of the famed songwriter responsible for such hits as "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" and "If I Could Turn Back Time."

It Says Here - Episode 005

To close out 2024, Robert Ham is joined by critics Annie Zaleski, author of Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind The Songs and the 33 1/3 book on Duran Duran's Rio, and Stephen Thomas Erlewine, a regular contributor at Pitchfork, MOJO, and Rolling Stone, breaking down their lists of their five favorite albums of the year.
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