Episodes

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Spafford - 08-14-21 - Galisteo Way - Wild Wild West - Atlantic City, NJ 2. 14:06 - Umphrey’s McGee - 08-19-21 Dim Sun - Summer Camp Music Festival - Chillicothe, IL 3.17:32 - Greensky Bluegrass - 08-21-21 - Money For Nothing - Beech Mountain Resort - Beech Mountain, NC 4. 22:36 - Goose - 08-22-21- Honeybee - Lockin’ - Fred the Festival - Arrington, VA 5. 30:22 - Gov’t Mule - 08-26-21 - Wild Horses - Belly Up - Aspen, CO See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

On today’s show: Remembering Charlie Watts and Lee Scratch Perry, Dead & Co summer tour rolls on, Phish begin the second leg of their summer tour, some notes, thoughts and more. Listen wherever you get podcasts or at thesoundpodcast.com. Intro Song: 00:14: Leon III - This Whisper Is Ours - Lee Perry Remix from Antlers in Velvet Talk Break: 06:29 Second Song: 11:50: The Last Time - Dead & Company - 08-25-21 - Darien Lake - Buffalo, NY Talk Break: 17:49 Third Song: 29:59: Move into the Light ...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Gov’t Mule - 12-31-18 - Silver Train - Beacon Theatre - New York, NY (Jackie Greene) 2. 06:29 - Joe Russo’s Almost Dead - 09-26-19 - The Last Time 3.13:51 - Widespread Panic - 01-27-20 - Sympathy For The Devil - Panic En La Playa Nuevo - Riviera Maya, MEX 4. 22:45 - Greensky Bluegrass - 02-01-20 - No Expectations - The Anthem - Washington, DC 5. 32:44 - Billy Strings - 08-07-21 - Wild Horses - Westville Music Bowl - New Haven, CT See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

On today’s show: wishing Blues Traveler all the best, a fresh perspective on Dead & Company, so much great music to discover and much more. Plus music from Dead & Company, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead and Widespread Panic. Intro Song: 00:14: Dead & Company - Touch of Grey - 08-16-21 - Walnut Creek - Raleigh, NC Link: https://2nu.gs/3xt7n6G Talk Break: 07:38 Second Song: 25:14: JRAD - Look Out Cleveland - 03-16-29 - Masonic Auditorium - Cleveland, OH Link: https://2nu.gs/2jHtJSn Talk Break: 28:4...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Billy and The Kids - 07-12-21 - Eyes of the World - Red Rocks Amphitheater- Morrison, CO 2. 17:53 - Steve Kimock & Friends - 08-07-21 - New Speedway Boogie - Ardmore Music Hall - Ardmore, PA 3.32:08 - moe. - 08-08-21 - West LA Fade Away - Apple Valley Park - Lafayette, NY 4. 39:58 - Billy Strings - 08-11-21 - Peggy O - Stage AE - Pittsburgh, PA 5. 46:53 - Dead & Company - 08-16-21 - Brown Eyed Women - Walnut Creek - Raleigh, NC See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

We’ve done some tinkering, and think you’ll like the new format for the show. Have a listen and let us know what you think on Twitter via @thesoundwithira. On today’s episode we talk COVID, JRAD at LOCKIN’, Phish Summer Tour and more… Intro Song: 00:14: Billy & The Kids - Thunder - July 12, 2021 - Red Rocks Interview: 08:42 Second Song: 17:59: Phish - Mull - August 3, 2021 - Nashville, TN Interview: 24:31 Third Song: 33:08: JRAD - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - June 19, 2021 - Westville Musi...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Billy Strings - Loser - 06-08-21 - Westville Music Bowl - New Haven, CT 2. 08:55 - Greensky Bluegrass - 07-08-21 - China Cat Sunflower - Salmonfest - Ninilchik, AK 3.12:37 - Twiddle - Rocky Raccoon - 07-08-21 - Twiddle Down - Essex Junction, VT 4. 18:45 - Widespread Panic - No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature - 08-08-21 - ExploreAshville.com Arena - Asheville, NC 5. 26:02 - Spafford - Salamander Song - 03-08-21 - The Basement East - Nashville, TN See omnystudio.com...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Warren Haynes - Comes A Time - 07-09-21 - Palm Theatre - Telluride, CO 2. 07:20 - Yonder Mountain String Band - Brown Eyed Women - 07-21-21 - Peacock Pickin’ Party - North Plains, OR 3.17:38 - Goose - Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo - 07-23-21 - Floydfest Floyd, VA 4. 32:07 - The Infamous Stringdusters - Scarlet Begonias - 07-30-21 - Pine Creek Lodge - Livingston, MT 5. 41:17 - Billy Strings - Wharf Rat - 08-01-21 - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion - Gilford, N...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - 07-09-21 - In Your Eyes - Goose - Sculpture Park - Denver, CO 2. 16:55 - 07-16-21 - When the Sun Gets in Your Blood - Railroad Earth - Shagbark Park - Caledonia, MI 3. 24:56 - 07-20-21 - Getting Down The Road - The Infamous Stringdusters - Peacock Pickin’ Party - North Plains, OR 4. 33:02 - 07-22-21 - Pyramid Country > Ride Me High > Pyramid Country - Billy Strings - Floydfest - Floyd, VA 5. 45:53 - 07-24-21 - The Song Remains the Same - Umphrey's McGee - Northland...

For their upcoming album release, Blues Traveler were determined to do something different than just putting out another record like they had three years ago with Hurry Up and Hang Around. The band this time decided on a covers record, specifically though with blues songs. On July 30th, Traveler’s Blues will be released. Let’s pick up my discussion from the very beginning with Chan Kinchla founding member and guitar player of Blues Traveler… First Song: 00:14: Funky Bitch Interview Begins: 04:...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Steve Kimock and Friends - 07-10-21 - Evangeline - Stanhope House Outdoors - Stanhope, NJ 2. 06:23 - Pigeons Playing Ping Ping - 07-14-21 - Help On The Way > Slipknot - Party in the Park - Rochester, NY 3. 15:03 - Billy Strings - 07-16-21 - Summertime - Under the Big Sky Music & Arts - Whitefish, MT 4. 19:12 - Widespread Panic - 07-17-21 - Life During Wartime - Riverfront Park Amphitheatre - Wilmington, NC 5. 29:18 - Greensky Bluegrass - 07-17-21 - Cassidy - Shagba...

43 years into making records, Los Lobos, who actually formed in 1973 wanted to do something different for their latest release, the first on New West Records. Originally the plan was to do an all covers record, something the band is quite adept at doing, but upon deeper discussion they settled on narrowing the covers list to 13 songs from native LA musicians, since East LA is home. You can only imagine what a unique set of songs appear on Native Sons, since Los Lobos themselves have a very eclec...

Like you, we’ve been following the Midnight North story for a while now. For the uninitiated though,they are a roots rock Americana quartet out of the Bay Area. While there have been personnel changes over the years, the constants have been Grahame Lesh, Elliott Peck and Conner O’Sullivan who have been joined more recently by Nathan Graham. I purposely didn’t mention what each member contributes to the fabric of the band, because they all play a part in vocals and instruments besides their main ...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Umphrey’s McGee - 07-02-21 - Leave Me Las Vegas - Peach Festival - Scranton, PA 2. 03:35 - Aqueous - 07-02-21 - Good Days - Peach Festival - Scranton, PA 3. 13:48 - Ghost Light - 07-02-21 - Best Kept Secret - Peach Festival - Scranton, PA 4. 24:02 - Spafford - 07-03-21 - Doghouse - Peach Festival - Scranton, PA 5. 27:32 - Warren Haynes - 07-04-21 - Soulshine - Peach Festival - Scranton, PA See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Umphrey's McGee’s forthcoming record is entitled “You Walked Up Shaking in Your Boots but You Stood Tall and Left a Raging Bull” and is due out July 17th. The instrumental album features 12 walk up or intro song the band has played, but now the tunes are codified and more structured. These are the sorts of projects you get to work on during a pandemic when the band can barely play or meet. I was and still am quite curious about what the band was up to the last 18 months. So when I sat down withi...

Grateful Deadication is a new project from saxophonist Dave McMurray. It’s a cerebral and interesting take on some of the Grateful Dead’s work. The album itself is due out next Friday on Blue Note records. Jazz renditions or even instrumental covers of Grateful Dead music isn’t specifically new, but like all of the band’s performances, the work on Grateful Deadication is fresh, exciting and very inspiring. That may be in part to the fact that before taking on the project legendary Detroit area s...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - 07-01-21 - Horizon - Peach Festival - Scranton, PA 2. 15:21 - moe. - 07-02-21 - Can’t You Hear Me Knockin' - Peach Festival - Scranton, PA 3. 26:38 - Umphrey’s McGee - 07-02-21 - Dazed and Confused - Peach Festival - Scranton, PA 4. 33:54 - String Cheese Incident - 07-04-21 - US Blues - Peach Festival - Scranton, PA 5. 45:03 - String Cheese Incident - 07-04-21 - Jessica - Peach Festival - Scranton, PA See omnystudio.com/listen...

Doom Flamingo, is a synthwave band out of Charleston, South Carolina. Sure, it’s been a while since we spent a lot of time with synthwave, but what makes this band’s story a little more intriguing for our community, is that Umphrey’s McGee bassist Ryan Stasik is an active participant in this band’s rise. In fact, as you’ll soon hear, this was a kind of make work project for Ryan who was looking for people to jam with when he was off the road and home. We caught up with Ryan ahead of the band’s s...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - Goose - 06-19-21 - Green River - Legend Valley - Thornville, OH 2. 10:10 - moe. - 06-19-21 - Bring You Down - Showtime at the Drive In - Frederick, MD 3. 21:22 - Umphrey’s McGee - 06-25-21 - Remind Me - Apple Valley Park - Lafayette, NY 4. 35:10 - Widespread Panic - 06-25-21 - Space Wrangler - Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO 5. 44:38 - Billy Strings - 06-25-21 - Jack A Roe & Mama Tried - Legend Valley - Thornville, OH See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...

You’ve been listening to Lay it on Me, the title track from Gabe Dixon’s recently released solo record. I’ve been a fan of Gabe’s work, dating back to his 2008 debut album The Gabe Dixon Band, which also included Wood Brothers member Jano Rix. Gabe is a classically trained pianist, but don’t let the credentials fool you. This guy can play just about any style of music really well and you’ll notice his influences right away. In fact, Gabe Dixon is so talented he is now a member of the Tedeschi Tr...

You may know Oliver Wood as one half of the Wood Brothers, the other half being Chris Wood who also plays in Medeski Martin and Wood. Always Smilin’ is Oliver’s first solo record, but this savvy music veteran isn’t a newbie, and is well versed in blues, folk, gospel, country-soul and Americana music. This record shines a bright light on Oliver’s songwriting prowess, his unique guitar playing, and his very memorable voice. I caught up with Oliver to talk about the record, and wondered if this rec...

Featured Songs: 1. 00:38 - The Disco Biscuits - 06-05-21 - Pygmy Twylyte - Westville Music Bowl - New Haven, CT 2. 12:32 - Dopapod - 06-06-21 - School’s Out - Vinoski Winery - Belle Vernon, PA 3. 17:17 - The Infamous Stringdusters - 06-12-21 - Hight Country Funk - Telluride Bluegrass Festival - Telluride, CO 4. 23:26 - Greensky Bluegrass - 06-19-21 - Light Me Up or Leave Me Alone - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion - Gilford, NH 5. 32:37 - Billy Strings - 06-19-21 - Wargasm - Leach Amphitheater...

Many musicians who grow up in the shadow of their famous musician parents desperately try to shake their heritage in favor of setting their own path. Singer-songwriter Amy Helm isn’t one of those people. Instead she continues to pay homage to her father Levon Helm by continuing to pursue authentic musical experiences for herself and the audience. Her third album What the Flood Leaves Behind, is proof positive that Levon’s spirit purveys over an album full of material that is rich in lyrics, supe...

In the Moment is the seventh album from neo-reggae artists Rebelution. To proclaim this band simply a reggae outfit wouldn’t do their sound justice. This record was recorded over the pandemic and for the first time since the band’s inception it wasn’t recorded live with all the band members in attendance. When I sat down and chatted with guitarist, vocalist and frontman Eric Rachmany about the new record, our conversation started when I asked what the last year and a half has been like for the b...