Harvey Cliff and I go way back, and I always look forward to hearing his year-end wrap up about his favorite projects. Check out Harvey over at: https://www.harveycliff.com/ Thank you for listening, I'm hoping to be more consistent with this show in 2023. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/apalacefromruin/messageSu…

I have a new album out. woods executive produced it. so we sat and talked about it. you should REALLY go check it out — vinyl and CD and digital available via Backwoodz Studioz - CLICK HERE - its streaming everywhere as well. thanks for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/apalacefromruin/messageSupport th…

On a random day in September, I tweeted out asking for people to send me their music.Originally I was going to offer technical critiques. But I got too many songs to do that. Instead, I checked them all out and played them on my podcast, saying a few words about each, for other people to hear.Much love to all the people who submitted music.Here is …

Hey, thank you for listening. in this episode I chat with Armand Hammer – the rap group of E L U C I D (https://elucid.bandcamp.com/) and billy woods (https://billywoods.bandcamp.com/)2 months ago they released their latest album SHRINES (https://armandhammer.bandcamp.com/album/shrines) – an incredible album produced by and featuring several long t…

Hey, thank you for listening. This is another episode I recorded quite a while ago. Like - a long time. After COVID but still before protests started. I'm excited to put it out there now - the guest is ShrapKnel (https://shrapknel.bandcamp.com/) ShrapKnel is a rap duo by Premrock ( https://planetpremrock.bandcamp.com/ ) and Curly Castro ( https://c…

This episode I chat with Tone Tank over the phone. Recorded back on May 27th. Tone is an absolute living legend. As we talked about in the show toward the end, he's offered up some of his time for people who may need assistance with errands during Covid. The two previous links you see here have his contact information. This one is full of stories a…

Hey, thank you for listening. This episode is with Asterios Kokkinos, it was recorded a while ago before the protesting started. I didn’t know whether to scrap it or just post it quietly, but I have a few other episodes I recorded before the protests started as well, and I want to release them all. If listening to podcasts gives you a respite as it…

Gary Suarez is a music journalist and critic from NYC. I started talking to him over twitter several years ago when I was able to get some of the music I was working on onto his radar. Gary has written and continues to write for a ton of big and small publications — and currently has a newsletter called CABBAGES which he delivers directly to your i…

I talk with Gareth Reynolds. Gareth is a writer, comedian, podcast host, and a truly hilarious and great guy. His podcast The Dollop gets MILLIONS of downloads every week - and he and his co-host have literally traveled the world to do sold-out live shows. We chat about his work there, his stand up, his cat, his new Instagram live shows, and a bunc…

Rapper and Producer Zilla Rocca and I chat over the phone about his phenomenal new album Row House Whispers, politics, hot takes - his awesome podcast Call Out Culture and a bunch more.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/apalacefromruin/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/apalacefrom…

I connect and chat with my friend and collaborator Duncecap. Please excuse the audio, we did this over zoom, what with the corona and all. Duncecap is a rapper, producer, video producer/director, and a talented, funny, and nice guy. Listen to and buy his music here and check out more his work and videos here.--- Send in a voice message: https://pod…

About a week and a half before a worldwide pandemic - I sat down and chatted with Nosaj from New Kingdom about his storied career in music. This dude has been making unique, raw and dope tracks since the late nineties to today, still making really punk rock meets hip hop joints. Through a lucky encounter of him coming to my studio to record a featu…

i sat down with Alaska. a rapper from NY whos a legend and has run with several crews for several years. i was a fan of his music since like 2002 - fast forward over a decade and we met through both of us continuing to forge friendships with dope artists....and eventually, our circles overlapped. we talk about a ton of different things and keep get…

i sit down and talked with SHIRT. a truly dynamic, enigmatic and creative artist - we talk about a bunch of random shit after i ambushed him with a microphone and the said word podcast 35 times in a row. SHIRT makes a TON of different and unique art, including phenomenal rap music. follow him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/shirtnyc/ a…

Big Baby Gandhi and i go way back. probably like 7 years or more. i love his art. we talk about what that means, and lot of other very weird and funny things. go get his new album by clicking here--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/apalacefromruin/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/…

s.al and i discuss his new album Strata (I Steel of Radiance, I Feel So Action), how we met a very long time ago, a crazy interactive art/music/dance show he recently participated in and much more. s.al is a bright soul, support his art HERE--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/apalacefromruin/messageSupport this podc…

Fat Tony & i got in the studio to make some new jams. before getting to work we discussed a few different things from weed to frank ocean to a broken iphone and everything in between. Tony also drops several artistry knowledge-based gems for creatives young & old. check out more Fat Tony bandcamp | youtube--- Send in a voice message: https://podcas…

billy woods and i discuss his new album Hiding Places. Produced by Kenny Segal. engineered/recorded by me in my studio. mastered by Willie Green. be sure to get a copy over at backwoodzstudioz.com - the label that billy woods owns and operates. this album is brilliant, dark, funny and infectious. do yourself a favor and get familiar with woods and …

I talk with Darko the Super & Harvey Cliff about the record label U Don't Deserve This Beautiful Art and our newly launched kickstarter. Visit udontdeservethisbeautifulart.com to learn more. Also check harveycliff.com & steeltippeddove.com--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/apalacefromruin/messageSupport this podcas…