The Self Portrait Gospel :: Podcast
The Self Portrait Gospel is a podcast as well as an online publication that focuses on the various creative approaches and attitudes of the music we find enlightening and most moving. The artist's unique and vast approach to life and their craft is boundless, and we’re on a mission to share those stories the best we can.
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Season 8 Ep. #5 - Spencer Tweedy
08/08/2025
Season 8 Ep. #5 - Spencer Tweedy
Chicago-based drummer, producer, and multi-displinary artist Spencer Tweedy has played music as long as he can remember. Growing up in a musical household, to say the least, Spencer gravitated towards his father Jeff Tweedy, founding member of such notable acts as Unlce Tupelo and Wilco, and his profession by quickly navigating his very own unique path in music. On this episode of The Self Portrait Gospel Podcast, we speak to Spencer about the critical connection he has with music, participating in bands like Case Oats, Tweedy/Jeff Tweedy, who is set to release their brand-new triple LP "Twilight Override" later this year, touring with Waxahatchee, the balance of life, and work, the climate of the music industry, and much more.
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Season 8 Ep. #4 - Peter Stampfel (The Holy Modal Rounders)
08/01/2025
Season 8 Ep. #4 - Peter Stampfel (The Holy Modal Rounders)
Hailing from a period in time that, to this day, continues to birth bands and artists all around the world, New York-based multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and one-half of perhaps one of the most influential bands of its time, The Holy Modal Rounders, Peter Stampfel has been creating music, and art for well over half a century. From the Rounders to the death-defying dynamics of The Fugs, and a million other lives inbetween, Stampfel's poetically prolific body of work is compelling to say the least, as the veteran musician takes us on a journey from one end of the galaxy to other end of the table in a cosmic conversation that ignites the spirit of creative change. His most recent effort, "Song Shards," carefully captures the essence of youth, eager advertisments of the past, and a friendly reminder to stop and appreciate the small things as the 46-track collection unfolds into a beautiful flower of friendliness.
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Season 8 Ep. #3 - Speech (Arrested Developmnent)
07/18/2025
Season 8 Ep. #3 - Speech (Arrested Developmnent)
Sharing the same timeline as ATL-based singer-songwriter, poet activist, and lyrical legend Speech, born Todd Thomas, of the acclaimed American hip hop group Arrested Development, is something that should bring us all a little comfort and peace in these crazy times. Having first established the groundbreaking group nearly four decades ago, Arrested Development pried open our culture's sore soul with perhaps one of the most influential albums, not just in hip hop and conscious rap, but in American music, 1992's "3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days In The Life Of...." Over the next three decades, the artist would go on to record several albums with the group, as well as eagerly establishing a solo career that covers just as much groovy ground as time continues moving forward, and history horrifically repeats itself. On this episode of The Self Portrait Gosple Podcast, we speak to Speech about his more formative years growing up in Tennessee before planting poetic roots Georgia in the mid to late 1980s, the influence of Southern hip hop on the world at large, the polarizing politics of the Trump administration, music's melodic meditation on the mind, the group's new album "Adult Contemporary Hip Hop," which was intentionally released on the Fourth of July, and much more.
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Season 8 Ep. #2 - Jack Cooper
07/04/2025
Season 8 Ep. #2 - Jack Cooper
Jack Cooper is one of those musicians you follow no matter the artistic anatomy of the individual's journey into the universally unknown. His atmospheric approach is organic and built on the brilliance of his peers, while bravely bridging the gap between the contagious contents of the 1980s and 1990s soundscapes. From his time in Mazes, The Beep Seals, and everything he eagerly evaulated, and put all his poetic power into his latest outfit, Modern Nature. On this episode of The Self Portrait Gospel Podcast, we speak to Cooper about his rural upbringing in the UK, the influences of bands such as Oasis, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, to name a few, the critical conditions of the world, and our place in it, and eventually forming Modern Nature. Releasing a series of titles on Bella Union, Cooper has returned to the sonic stratosphere with perhaps the band's most epic effort yet, "The Heat Warps."
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Season 8 Ep. #1 - Dean Wareham (Season Premiere)
06/24/2025
Season 8 Ep. #1 - Dean Wareham (Season Premiere)
From his homeland in New Zealand to the Big Apple, to Boston, where he formed one of the most influential bands, Galaxie 500, to the sophisticated sounds of Luna with his now wife Britta Phillips, Dean Wareham has accomplished so much in his forty-plus-year career. Settling in New York in the mid to late 1970s, the veteran musician caught some of the most anarchic acts of the decade, such as The Ramones, and Richard Hell and the Voidoids, before relocating to the city's sister scene in Boston to attend HU, where he met his future friends, and bandmates Naomi Yang, and Damon Krukowski, and the rest is, well you get the idea. With one foot forward, a swift wind of whispering words left in his wake, Wareham doesn't look back. His poetic prolificacy is pure, passionate, and personal, and nothing is more liberating than keeping the tonal truck running. For this season premiere of The Self Portrait Gospel Podcast, we're honored to have Wareham on to tell his sonic story, while simultaneously exploring the past, present, and future of music and melodic memory. We touch on our shared obsession with Dylan, his new album "That's The Price Of Loving Me," returning to his home in LA, and certain events that have taken place, the legacy of Galaxie 500/Luna, and much more.
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Season 7 Ep. #20 (Season Finale) - Will Oldham of Bonnie "Prince" Billy
05/02/2025
Season 7 Ep. #20 (Season Finale) - Will Oldham of Bonnie "Prince" Billy
In this episode of The Self Portrait Gospel Podcast, we wrap up the 7th season of the show with the wonderful oppurtunity to finally sit down with one of our harmonic heroes, the great Will Oldham of Bonnie "Prince" Billy. Someone who needs no introduction, Oldham has been on our hearts, and minds for many years as we spin a youthful yarn of memories and reflection on some of the world's greatest artists who are no longer with us, such as David Berman and Michael Hurley. Oldham breaks down his latest masterpiece "The Purple Bird," which was released earlier this year on No Quarter, as well as the back-to-back "High and High and Mighty," and the brilliant "Hear The Children Sing The Evidence" with fellow friends and musicians Nathan Salsburg and Tyler Trotter. We prasie our mutual friend, and incredible inspiration Ryan Davis, Bill Callahan, and cover Willie Nelson's abstract approach to guitar playing at this stage in his career. Oldham remains one of the most intense and softly sophisticated songwriters of his generation, with a career that has challenged the mind, body, and soul in ways that still stir the evidence of something extraterrestrial. We couldn't be more honored to occupy the same frame in history as him, and so many others out there doing brilliant work.
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Season 7 Ep. #19 - James Elkington
05/01/2025
Season 7 Ep. #19 - James Elkington
In this episode of The Self Portrait Gospel Podcast, we speak with British-born, Chicago-based musician, producer, and all-around man of the times, James Elkington, a household name in Chicago's rich and complex music history. From his early days with the math rock outfit Elevate back in the UK to joining Thrill Jockey's long-running supergroup Brokeback, led by the legendary Douglas McCombs of Tortoise, Elkington has navigated a challenging landscape of hard work, unwavering dedication, and a keen eagerness to learn and explore the endless possibilities found in music's melodic memory bank. With a solo career steeped in radical descents into the poetic psyche, Elkington's atmospheric ability to evoke both the past and present is showcased in release such as "Ever-Roving Eye," "Me Either," and 2025's "Pastel De Nada." Reflecting critical changes in today's music, art, and culture, Elkington discusses the contrast between writing and recording his music versus producing others, generational gestures from one person to another, the Golden Era of 1980s culture, future works, and much more..
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Season 7 Ep. #18 - Evan Laffer (Jokermen Podcast)
03/28/2025
Season 7 Ep. #18 - Evan Laffer (Jokermen Podcast)
"GWW, "A Life Of Scare," The New Man, and much more" Just like our little operation, Evan Laffer and Ian Grant first launched their podcast, Jokermen, during the paralyzing pandemic to not only shed lyrical light and spin an endless yarn on the liberating legends that stand as their subjects but to find perfect peace and creature comfort in their harmonious heroes during one of the most horrendous times in contemporary history. Revealing the melodic meditation and stunning zeitgeist of some of the greatest minds in music, art, and cosmic culture, from The Beach Boys to Lou Reed, Van Morrison, Randy Newman and, or course, our subliminal soothsayet and sonic savior, Bob Dylan, Laffer, and Grant have provoked the ultimate unity by focusing on these legends in a way that is both tasteful and wildly addicting. Laffer, who is also a poet, first found soalce in Dylan's work some years back and has since dedicated a great deal of his life, time, and radical research to the complex chameleon and his ever-changing landscape of lyrical liberation and esoteric energy. While this episode acts as a meeting of the minds of two people who are indefinitely obsessed with the "Great White Wonder," it will also mostly likely provoke a series of creative conversations and "Dylanistic" digestion into the daring depths of society's subconscious without a lifeguard in sight. Join us as we begin to peel back these lysergic layers of history by introducing a more abstract approach to a world that hass been scoured by scholars, where a "Simple Twist Of A Fate" will take you much further in this life of tremendous twilight that you ever could have imagined.
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Season 7 Ep. #17 - Rahill
03/21/2025
Season 7 Ep. #17 - Rahill
From the intimacy of Iranian culture and its historical heritage, New York-based musician and artist Rahill Jamalifard grew up in Michigan in a family who vauled music with great admiration. Having placed herself in the creative core of her community's music scene, Rahill fell in love with the land of Lou Reed on a simple trip to "The City Of Dreams" before deciding to move there indefinitely over a decade ago. Influenced by her surroundings and their anciet teachings, Rahill pulled from the great Brion Gysin and his Dream Machine while effortlessly embodying the city's atmosphere and befriending its poetic population. While occupying a gig in the fashion industry, she began fronting bands such as Habibi and Roya before embarking on a wonderful solo career that has shapped her into a fierce force of soulful sound and a destination for melodic meditation. While a huge Spring tour supporting La Luz is on the horizon, Rahill has established an electrifying entry in music that will age gracefully as time progresses.
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Season 7 Ep. #16 - The Space Lady
02/21/2025
Season 7 Ep. #16 - The Space Lady
We're back after having lain dormant since our last episode back in December, and we're thrilled to announce our return to the streaming stratosphere with Susan Dietrich, known to many within the Outer Rim as The Space Lady. A colleague among the brave cosmos, Dietrich has lived many lives since first immersing herself in the disillusioned depths of creative culture in the 1960s. While busking under the sun and moon with poetic perserverance to evade the cruel draft of the Vietnam War alongside her partner, Dietrich's story is uniquely universal, filled with a wealth of inspiration, hardships, and melodic reflections that have carried her singing spirit to hell and back. Now in her early 70s, The Space Lady's legend has come full circle as she performs worldwide, driven by planetary performance and sonic storytelling.
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Season 7 Ep. #15 - Dent May
01/31/2025
Season 7 Ep. #15 - Dent May
Mays says, "The craft of songwriting is 100% what I'm about. That's what keeps me going. My goal is to just live a long life and write a ton of good songs." And while the essence of his outstanding career, which dates back to this 2009 debut "The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele" on Paw Tracks, is something built entirely on melodic magic and sonic sweat, the multi-faceted musician has only expanded his harmonious horizons over the years into a brilliant catalog of pure odyssey and imagination. On this episode of The Self Portrait Gospel Podcast, we explore May's youth growing up Mississippi, writing songs as young as seven years old, our mutual fascination and connection to the nostalgic narrative of the past, present, and future, the influential zeitgeist of Creed, May's most recent album entitled "What's For Breakfast," and much much more. Enjoy!
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Season 7 Ep. #14 - Bob Nastanovich :: The Silver Jews / Pavement (Part One)
12/13/2024
Season 7 Ep. #14 - Bob Nastanovich :: The Silver Jews / Pavement (Part One)
Bob Nastanovich is a household name in contemporary music, having participated in two of the most influential bands of all time, The Silver Jews and Pavement, Nastanovich inhabited both the iconic and irresistible imagination of the zesty zeitgeist of independent music, while standing directly in the middle of his generation's epic nerve center to eagerly report his fabulous findings among his poetic peers. Part One of a multi-series episode, we lay the boisterous blueprints of a journey rich in sound and sonically charged conversation in this exciting installment of The Self Portrait Gospel Podcast.
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Season 7 Ep. #13 - Rogê
12/06/2024
Season 7 Ep. #13 - Rogê
After a much-needed break, the longest since first starting the podcast back in 2021, we've returned to continue finishing out season 7 with the wonderfully wholesome and sonically smooth Brazilian legend, Roge. A staple and serenader to all surrounding sunsets, the iconic musician has been occupying his rhythmic renaissance since the release of-2023's "Curyman", part one of an on going trilogy on self reflection, cultural captivation, autiobiographical alchemy and the ultimate freedom in music. We speak about his family's epic relocation from Brazil to LA, the courage and commitment of being a musician, no matter your genre or various strategies, his highly anticipated follow-up, "Curyman II" and much much more. Enjoy!
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Season 7 Ep. #12 - Sam Blasucci :: Mapache
10/04/2024
Season 7 Ep. #12 - Sam Blasucci :: Mapache
LA-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sam Blasucci was first introduced to music by his father, who was a prominent musician during Blasucci's childhood. Eventually learning to play himself and some influential relocating over the years, he soon connected with local friends and together formed Mapace, while he was still attending high school. With a number of incredible releases from the band that explore various themes on culture, cosmic community, elements of vibration, Blasucci makes an epic return with his highly anticipated follow-up to "Off My Stars" entitled "Real Life Thing", which is set for release in early November.
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Season 7 Ep. #11 - Wes Tirey
09/27/2024
Season 7 Ep. #11 - Wes Tirey
The Ohio-born, North Carolina-based singer-songwriter and poet, Wes Tirey has been releasing music for well over a decade now with such titles like "O, Annihilator", "Black Wind", "No Winners in the Blues" and his most recent effort entitled "Wes Tirey Sings Selected Works of Billy the Kid", that came out on Sun Cru earlier this summer. Based on the 1970 novel by Michael Ondaatje, Tirey successfully manifested the timeless spirit of Billy the Kid, while simultaneously narrating the landscape of an old American legend that is both infamous and melodically told. On this episode of the podcast we expore Tirey's past, present and future in music, iconic influences in the arts, his career in coffee culture, our mutual obsession with Dylan, literature and its romantic impact on society, his writing and recording process and much more.
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Season 7 Ep. #10 - Nathan Bowles
09/23/2024
Season 7 Ep. #10 - Nathan Bowles
Multi-instrumentalist Nathan Bowles has been hard at work this year with the recent release of his Trio's debut album on Drag City entitled "Are Possible" as well as the highly anticipated follow up from Setting, "At Eulogy". These recent years haven't been in favor of anyone creative, or brave enough to share thier process with the certain ecosystems and landscapes that are seemingly drying up like that of something from a biblical text, but Bowles has always been someone known for his ability to pivot and make it happen. On this episode we talk about our mutual heroes and friends, the late Jack Rose, Joseph Allred and Ben Chasny (SOOA), the undeniable bridge that connects the skateboarding culture to the world of music, growing up in the country and finding that unique connection to the arts, Bowles' particular process and remarkable ability to conjure certain elements into his music, and so much more.
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Season 7 Ep. #9 - Emil Amos - Holy Sons / Grails / OM
09/14/2024
Season 7 Ep. #9 - Emil Amos - Holy Sons / Grails / OM
Both prolific and philosophical, while also containing potential, Emil Amos is a legend in the world of music, art, culture and existential expressionism. A career that spans back some 30 odd years, Amos first began his jarring journey in music during his college years in NC, where he also met his longtime friend and cosmic brother, the great comedian, Duncan Trussell. Throughout the decades, Amos would go on to establish his solo outfit Holy Sons, the mighty Grails, Lilacs & Champagne, jumping on the chrome throne for OM and his impeccable podcast called, Drifter's Sympathy. We explore the depths of the chronic psyche, the immeasurable impact of the punk scene throughout the 1980s, more specifically Ian MacKye, and the landscape of emotion, motivation, meditation and perseverence as Amos takes on an ancient journey that begins and ends all at once in this epic practice in connnection, communication and cosmic camaraderie.
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Season 7 Ep. #8 - Chris Stein - Blondie
09/07/2024
Season 7 Ep. #8 - Chris Stein - Blondie
From Harlem to the holy land of music majesty, Chris Stein is a household name when it comes to being one of the founding members of one of the most infleuntial bands of the last 21st century, Blondie, but did you know he is also a world renowned photographer and writer? Stein captured some of the most iconic figures and their historical situations of the last century, from William S. Burroughs, The NYC punk/new wave scene, his longtime friend and bandmate, Debbie Harry, Andy Warhol, as well as a day in the life of a New Yorker during its monumental era in the 1970s. With a new memior entitled, "Under A Rock" and new Blondie material on the forseeable horizon, we had the blessing of speaking to Stein about his love for all things music, art, film/photography, comedy, and above all, the creative cultures throughout histroy. His book is both radically revealing, incredibly moving and detailed, as it teleports its readers to an undeniably special and viseral time and place in history for the ones who were there and don't remember all too well, to the ones that were yet to be born.
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Season 7 Ep. #7 - Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
08/18/2024
Season 7 Ep. #7 - Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Born and raised in Kansas City, Lowe was first hit by music with an introdiction to The Bad Brains in the mid to late 80s. From there, the young musician played in such groups like Secular Theme, 90 Day Men and later OM before fully immersing himself in the world of sound and music with his outstanding career as a solo musician. Releasing a wide range of albums that transcend countless genres and atmospheres of philosophy, Lowe eventually branched into composing music for films like Candyman, Grasshopper Republic, Netflix's Power and most recently Nadia Latif's new film entitled "The Man In My Basement". Special dude, special conversation. Enjoy!
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Season 7 Ep. #6 - The Scientist
08/09/2024
Season 7 Ep. #6 - The Scientist
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, LA based legend and pioneer of 'Dub Music', Hopeton Overton Brown, known around the world as "The Scientist", first began his career in the 80s working alongside greats like King Tubby, Jung and countless others during the dawn of Dub. We have the legend sit down with us to talk about his most recent gig with Folk Yeah! Events a few weeks back, a career spanning over four decades, philosophy and politics, music's healing properties and much much more. Enjoy!
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Season 7 Ep. #5 - Stuart Moxham :: Young Marble Giants
08/02/2024
Season 7 Ep. #5 - Stuart Moxham :: Young Marble Giants
Born and raised in Wales, Moxham grew up with his brother and future YMG bandmate Philip Moxham during the late 50s and into the 60s with influences such as The Kinks and The Beatles. picking up the guitar on a cosmic whim, starting the incredibly infleuntial and acclaimed Young Marble Giants, signing with Rough Trade, the legend and legacy of the band, his solo career and most recently his new album entitled "fabstract" that was released earlier this week.
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Season 7 Ep. #4 - Sean O'Hagan :: Microdisney / The High Llamas / Stereolab
07/29/2024
Season 7 Ep. #4 - Sean O'Hagan :: Microdisney / The High Llamas / Stereolab
Acclaimed musician, multi-instrumentalist and prodcuer Sean O'Hagan sits down with us to talk about his youth growing up in England and being of Irish decent, early influences such as blues, jazz and the dawn of rock n' roll in America, our mutual obsession with David Bowie, meeting the late Cathal Coughlan and forming Microdisney, establishing The High Llamas, the band's new album entitled "Hey Panda" on Drag City Records, working with the mighty Brian Wilson and much much more. Enjoy!
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Season 7 Ep. #3 - Lee Underwood and The Legacy of Tim Buckley
07/29/2024
Season 7 Ep. #3 - Lee Underwood and The Legacy of Tim Buckley
You may have heard that Underwood's primitive classic from 1988 entitled "California Sigh" was recently reissued by Drag City Records, but did you know that he played alongside the late and great Tim Buckley? Underwood was responsible for laying down those incredible guitar and piano parts on esteemed albums such as Buckley's self-titled debut, the monumental "Goodbye and Hello", "Starsailor" and countless others throughout their short, but transcendent career together. Underwood eventualy stepped away from music all together to write for prestigious publications as well as publishing books like "Inside Paul Horn" and the accalimed "Blue Monday: Tim Buckley Remembered".
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Season 7 Ep. #2 - Chris Cohen :: Deerhoof / The Curtains
07/29/2024
Season 7 Ep. #2 - Chris Cohen :: Deerhoof / The Curtains
LA based musician, multi-instrumentalist and producer Chris Cohen has been involved in the forever changing and challenging music scene for nearly three decades now. Having participated in groups such as Deerhoof, The Curtains, Natural Dreamers, Cryptacize, as well as contributions to Cass McCombs and Weyes Blood albums, Coehn released his accalimed debut back in 2012 entitled "Overgrown Path" and has since gained great attention for his incredible process for songwriting and unique abilities to conjure up certain elements that make him the outstanding the musician he is. With much anticipation since the release of his self-titled album in 2019, Cohen has made an epic return with "Paint A Room" and we couldn't be more excited. Enjoy!
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Season 7 Ep. #1 - Lou Barlow :: Dinosaur Jr. / Sebadoh :: Season Premier
07/05/2024
Season 7 Ep. #1 - Lou Barlow :: Dinosaur Jr. / Sebadoh :: Season Premier
We're very excited to begin yet another season of The Self Portrait Gospel Podcast and what better way to kick things off then with our special guest and music hero, the legendary Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, The Folk Implosion, just to name a few. Having met J Mascis back in highschool, the two set out to form their very own hardcore band, Deep Wound, after being inspired and influenced by the growing Punk/HC scene in their area. They would soon connect with Murph and the trio would establish Dinosaur in the mid 80s before renamaing the band to Dinosaur Jr. for the release one fo the most important records of all time, their 1987 classic, "You're Living All Over Me" on SST Records. Barlow soon parted ways with the band to start the incredibly prolific Sebadoh and for the past 3 decades he has created an amazing body of work that has influenced bands and artists all over the world. Whether he's playing in Dinosaur Jr, The Folk Implosions, Sebadoh, working on his own solo material, or the podcast he co-hosts with his wife called Raw Impressions, Barlow is simpy in it for the love of creating something beautiful, something valuable and its exatcly this that makes him one of the most diverse artists out there today. Enjoy!
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Season 6 Ep. #20 - William Tyler :: Season Finale
06/07/2024
Season 6 Ep. #20 - William Tyler :: Season Finale
Sometimes you feel like you've know someone forever... well at least since that one time he came to your small town during his "Impossible Truth" tour back in 2013 and played your local coffee shop. I'm talking about our southern brother, William Tyler. A legend among greats, Tyler played with the likes of Silver Jews and Lambchop prior to launching his solo career around 2010. He has crossed paths with the late Jack Rose, rocked with KY legend Bonnie "Prince" Billy and so many wonderful artists over the years. A Tennessee boy born and raised, Tyler grew up with his sister, whom he started the Stone Fox venue with in Nashville back in the day. Eventually signing with Merge Records, Tyler went on to release a large body of work with titles such as "Goes West", "Music From First Cow" and his Thrill Jockey debut entitled "Lost Futures" with Marisa Anderson back in 2021. Eventually relocating to LA for a few years, he has since been back in the south during the Pandemic crisis to reset and figure out his vision for the next chapter. Tyler is true blue and we couldn't be more excited to share this episode with you. Enjoy!
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Season 6 Ep. #19 - Naomi Yang :: Galaxie 500
05/24/2024
Season 6 Ep. #19 - Naomi Yang :: Galaxie 500
Naomi Yang is an artist that has defined her career with incredible pivots into various collborations and projects over the last 4 decades. Having been part of the renowned NYC based trio, Galaxie 500, in the mid to late 80s, Yang takes us on an adventure through her early days of attending highschool with futrue G500 bandmates, college as an architect major, pursuing music, the NYC scene of the 1980s, the emotional rollercoaster of being a band in the public eye, eventually going on to form Damon and Naomi, republishing out-of-print books, starting a music label, her documentary entitled "Never Be A Punching Bag For Nobody" and much more.
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Season 6 Ep. #18 - Martin Courtney :: Real Estate
05/11/2024
Season 6 Ep. #18 - Martin Courtney :: Real Estate
On this episode of the Self Portrait Gospel Podcast we speak to frontman and guitarist Martin Courtney of New Jersey based group Real Estate about growing up outside of NYC, seeing bands for the first time in the city, The Beatles, meeting long time friend and bandmate Alex Beeker, forming Real Estate in the mid 2000's, connecting with the Woodsist folks for the band's debut LP, signing with Domino Records, group's most recent effort entitled "Daniel" and much more. Enjoy!
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Season 6 Ep. #17 - Rich Ruth
04/26/2024
Season 6 Ep. #17 - Rich Ruth
Born and raised in the countryside of Ohio, Nashville, TN based musician and visual artist Michael Ruth (Rich Ruth) saught creative refuge in a more music driven community with like minded people as his horizons began to expand. Eventually coming into his own as a musician, Ruth connected with locals such as Spencer Cullum Jr. and the folks over at Third Man Records and since been on journey that only just begun. His most recent album entitled "Water Still Flows" is an exploratory narrative driven by poetic textures and atmospheric rythms and in Ruth's own words is his 'greatest effort yet'. Enjoy!
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Season 6 Ep. #16 - Dana Buoy :: Akron/Family - Angels of Light
04/20/2024
Season 6 Ep. #16 - Dana Buoy :: Akron/Family - Angels of Light
On this very special episode of the podcast we speak to Buoy about his youth growing up in various locations around the east coast in a milirary family, begining his music journey through wind-instruments before connecting to percussions, his love and early influence of hip-hop, punk and jazz, eventually meeting longtime friend and bandmate Seth Olinsky, forming Akron/Family, meeting the great Michael Gira of Swans/Young God Records and joining him for the Angels of Light, life after A/K, a career as a solo musician, the harsh reality of where music may, or may not be heading and much more. Enjoy!
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