Season 5: The Cold Stares' Chris Tapp Lays Down the Heavy Blues Rock
Release Date: 10/29/2024
SEASON 7: Drivin’ N’ Cryin’s Kevn Kinney Returns With Crushing Flowers With "No Idea How to Be Famous"
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In the 1980s, popular music in Georgia started to once again find its footing. There was a burgeoning hip-hop scene, an exceptionally talented group of up-and-coming R&B artists, and a collection of rock ‘n’ roll bands that included the B-52s and R.E.M. out of Athens, as well as the Black Crowes and Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ in Atlanta, among others. While the success of the B-52s, R.E.M. and Black Crowes has been well documented—Drivin’ N’ Cryin’’s track record of producing exceptional music has often fallen through the cracks. Perhaps that's why the band’s founder...
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Season 7: Hunter Hayes Finds Home With Evergreen
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We kick off Season 7 of The Load Out Music Podcast with the GRAMMY-nominated, multi-instrumentalist and PLATINUM-selling artist—Hunter Hayes. He’s an embodiment of a musician that embraces evolution and redefines boundaries who burst onto the scene with his PLATINUM-certified debut album and charted a unique course through the genre-bending course he was destined to explore. His latest album Evergreen completes a three-album arc that began with 2019’s Wild Blue, continuing through Red Sky—a conceptual journey exploring optimism, tension, and resolution.
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Season 6: The Last Revel is By Far NOT Gone for Good
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The Load Out Music Podcast returns for our final show of Season 6! We finish up a tremendous season strong, as we are joined by Lee Henke and Vinnie Donatelle of The Last Revel. The highly acclaimed band was formed in Minneapolis in 2011 and has a tightly harmonized sound that’s one part folk, one part bluegrass, and a little alt-country. The band’s sound harkens to the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of what it means to pursue your dreams in real time—the foundation of which is conjured by a deep appreciation and genuine respect for the vast landscape and sometimes-harsh realities...
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SEASON 6: Kai Crowe-Getty Goes From Party Band Leader Towards Finding a Cathartic Place
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Singer-songwriter has spent more than a decade fronting the rock 'n' roll band Lord Nelson. But in recent years, he's been quietly crafting a more thoughtful style—very much along the lines of the exceptional James McMurtry—that stands in stark contrast to his rowdier rock catalogue. His new foray is on full display throughout his strong debut solo LP, The Wreckage. "I've played in big rock 'n' roll settings for a long time, and I do enjoy that," he says. "But this is a vehicle for a different avenue of songwriting that explores different things. I wrote this album's songs while working...
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Season 6: Andy Frasco Saves the World
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Pop. Funk. Soul. Rock. Blues. Call him whatever you want, but Andy Frasco is an exceptionally talented and exciting independent singer-songwriter and performer from Los Angeles who has built a solid career through relentless touring and an energetic performance style. After teaching himself piano at 17, he used his bar mitzvah savings to buy a van and started touring independently, picking up musicians along the way to form his backing band "The U.N." He occupies a niche in the jam band and festival circuit rather than mainstream fame, playing more than 200 dates per year at...
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Season 6: The Barlow's Shea Boynton Gets Raw and Real Discussing Today's Music Industry
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Experimentation sparks creativity. When Colorado-based country music band buckled down to write and record the new album —the band’s follow-up to 2022’s New Year, Old Me—there were no constraints, no boundaries, and freedom to explore and create songs that endeavor to connect with people in a meaningful way. “We tossed the rule book out on this record,” according to Shea Boynton, The Barlow’s lead vocalist and guitarist. “Our goal was to create great songs, regardless of genre. This time around, we made a point to be more open to different sounds and...
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Season 6: Sam Morrow Evolves
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Whether you know his music or not, Sam Morrow is one of the truly great, under-appreciated southern rock artists making music today. That's why the likes of Blackberry Smoke, Whitey Morgan and others have called upon him and his immensely talented band to tour with them, and why once people witness Morrow's talents live -- they are generally hooked for good. We welcome Sam back to the show to talk about the multitude of changes in his life over the past two year: His move from LA to Nashville, getting married, his new band, and of couse, his immaculate new hair. Enjoy a great...
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Season 6: Grammy Nominated Singer Songwriter Tony Kamel is Sure We're All Gonna Live
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Some know our latest guest on the Load Out music podcast—the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tony Kamel, from his days fronting the acclaimed bluegrass outfit Wood & Wire, while some might be familiar with his solo work, including the hit song “Amen.” But on his latest studio album, We’re All Gonna Live (2025), Kamel captures a no frills live-to-tape energy, perfectly complimenting the weighty but optimistic subjects encompassed in his character-based songs. When he was fronting Wood & Wire, Kamel garnered praise throughout the music world for his unique...
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Season 6: Evoking Memories of Janis Joplin, St. Louis Singer-Songwriter Mattie Schell is Having a Very Good Year
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Talk about a good year. St. Louis singer-songwriter Mattie Schell has certainly had one, touring with the Allman-Betts band, playing at Merlefest, signing with Nashville-based Compass Records and releasing a promising new album. At times evoking memories of the late Janis Joplin—particularly live—she’s forging ahead in new directions. In April, she dropped her first solo album—the rollicking Everything Means Nothing—for Compass, which also has artists including Leftover Salmon, Alison Brown, A.J. Croce, Colin Hay, Molly Tuttle, Kelly Hunt, Robbie Fulks and others. So yeah, it’s...
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Season 6: Road Warrior and Former Mötley Crüe Frontman John Corabi and The Dead Daisies Honor Blues Greats
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Success in popular music—yesterday and today—is often defined by a simple word: Perseverance. Indeed, it’s an endurance game steeped in paying dues, playing shows in front of minimal crowds over and again, gradually building a name and a sound, and finding an audience. Most successful musicians are lifers, and perhaps no one exemplifies that quite like John Corabi. He's fronted or played in bands ranging from SCREAM to The Union, Mötley Crüe, Ratt, and of course, one of his most enduring and successful projects—the critically acclaimed supergroup, The In 2022, Corabi...
info_outlineWhether on behalf of Dodge trucks, on the show “Animal Kingdom,” on behalf of Monster Energy, ESPN, in the video game Cyberpunk 2077, or just on the radio—you’ve probably heard The Cold Stares.
For the past decade, The Cold Stares have toured the world relentlessly as a duo, blowing away audiences across the US and Europe with a fierce, blistering live show that belied their bare bones, guitar-and-drums setup. Now, the band is embracing a whole new kind of chemistry as they launch their next chapter, adding a third member and channeling the classic power trio sound they grew up on with their explosive new album.
We recently sat down with the band’s ridiculously talented frontman, founder, lead singer and guitarist Chris Tapp about the band’s newest album THE SOUTHERN that’s pretty great.