Welcome to the ETR Voice Notes, where tech talks! Join our CEO Steve as he makes his way through business, one voice note at a time!
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A podcast about the inflection points that shaped some of the most significant companies of our time. Crucible moments are pivotal decisions that determine your trajectory. In Season 2, hear from founders and leaders like Steve Chen of YouTube, Drew Houston of Dropbox, Frank Slootman of ServiceNow and Tony Xu of DoorDash, Steve Huffman of Reddit and more about how they navigated the challenges and opportunities that defined their stories. Hosted by Roelof Botha of Sequoia Capital. The conten ...
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Welcome to Toronto Under Construction, a residential real estate podcast hosted by Bullpen Consulting’s Ben Myers and co-hosted by Cameron Stephens’ Steve Cameron. This monthly podcast will dive into the nitty-gritty of Toronto Real Estate, with a specific focus on housing policy and economics. @BenMyers29 @THEONESTEVIEC
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Interviewer and journalist Steve Scher holds in-depth conversations with authors, thinkers and artists about social. scientific and cultural issues. Series 2 of the podcast is supported by Town Hall Seattle.
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Find your Identity, Find Freedom, Encounter God and Find your True North
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13th Floor MusicTalk is just that...Marty Duda, award winning New Zealand-based music journalist and founder of music and arts website The 13th Floor talks to the world's premiere music makers about their art. From up-and-comers to crusty old veterans, from rock & roll to country, soul and pop, its all here!
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The Vomit Draft podcast is created by Lee Lawson, Helen Black and Steve Brumwell with the intention of developing a TV show from idea to screenplay to pitching it to Industry. Strap yourself in cos this is gonna get off topic...a lot!
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Located in midtown Manhattan, Page Publishing is a traditional New York based full-service publishing house who rolls out the red carpet for every one of our authors.
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Steve Forbert On Making Daylight Savings Time
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Steve Forbert has just released Daylight Savings Time an album that touches on the changing of the seasons. "It's all about time" Steve tells us. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Steve Forbert just ahead of the release of Daylight Savings Time. We found Steve on the Jersey Shore where he was happy to share his insights into the songs that make …
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Blues-rocker Colin James has just released his new album, Chasing The Sun, for Stoney Plain Records. We caught up with Colin last month just as he was about to celebrate a birthday and a release day. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found Colin James at home in Vancouver, British Columbia, having just finished a string of live dates before releasing Cha…
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The Dip Take A Turn To The Love Direction
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The Dip is a six-piece neo-soul/funk band based in Seattle, Washington. They've just released their 4 album, titled Love Direction, and here is horn man Levi Gillis to give us the inside scoop. Marty Duda spoke to Levi a couple of months after Love Direction was released and wanted to know, among other things, how the response has been to their uni…
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Crash Test Dummies - Better Late Than Never
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The Crash Test Dummies are coming to New Zealand, finally. The Canadian band top the NZ album charts back in 1993 but its taken until now for them to book a show in Auckland. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to lead singer Brad Roberts about the reason that led to their 30+ year delay. Along the way we find out the truth about Talking Head Jerry H…
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The Jesus Lizard Returns! But Do they Have Anything Left To Prove?
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The Jesus Lizard surprised everyone, including themselves, by releasing a new album 23 years after their previous record. Here is front man David Yow to try and explain just how this happened. Marty Duda spoke to David Yow just days before Rack, The Jesus Lizard’s 7th studio album, was released. David explains why it took 23 years to make the recor…
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Tony Levin Is Bringing It Down To The Bass
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Tony Levin is one of the most recorded musicians in recent history having played on over 500 albums for the likes of John Lennon, King Crimson, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Lou Reed and Peter Gabriel. Tony has found time in his busy schedule to release a new album of his own, titled Bringing It Down To The Bass. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda was lucky to…
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MongoDB ft. Dev Ittycheria - How an Early Pivot Catalyzed an Open Source Movement
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MongoDB, founded in 2007, originally aimed to create a platform-as-a-service system with a new database layer. Facing competition from Google, the founders pivoted to focus solely on their database product, MongoDB—a new kind of database built for the scale of the internet era. Founder Dwight Merriman built a product that developers loved, but scal…
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Ruthie Foster Is Getting Mileage In Memphis
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Ruthie Foster has just released her new album titled Mileage. Its her 10th studio album and her first for Sun Records, the Memphis-based label that put Elvis on the map. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Ruthie, who happened to be in Memphis and had just recorded at the legendary Sun Studio. Here she is to tell us how this collection of 10 songs…
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The Deslondes Roll It Out on The 13th Floor!
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The Deslondes have just released Roll It Out, an album that captures the crackling energy of the band’s early days but also reflects the new perspective of age and maturity and a new drummer. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to founding member Riley Downing about making Roll It Out, breaking in a new drummer and his favourite 50s rockabilly label.…
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The Georgia Thunderbolts Rise Above It All
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The Georgia Thunderbolts have released their new album, Rise Above It All, and here is lead singer TJ Lyle to tell you all about it. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to TJ, who we found in Taylorsville, Georgia (pop. 252). TJ tells us about making the new record, playing for European audiences and his love of Frankie Miller.…
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Episode 71 - Toronto Under Construction with Jordan Taylor from Deco Homes, Stephanie Lane from Geranium and Peter Juretic from Caliber Homes
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Episode 71 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast welcomes Jordan Taylor from Deco Homes, Stephanie Lane from Geranium and Peter Juretic from Caliber Homes for a deep dive into the complexities of low-density housing development in the Greater Toronto Area. The panel discusses the latest market trends, barriers to new projects, and how rising co…
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You may know Wellington-based musician Rob Joass from his work with Hobnail or Shotband or Too Many Chiefs. Rob has just released his 4th solo album titled Faultlines and here he is to tell you all about it. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Rob about working with producer Wayne Bell, covering The Go-Betweens and singing with the Mitchell Sister…
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Zed is back! After a 21-year “hiatus” they have just released their third album, Future Memory, and we have all four members on hand to tell you about it. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda caught up with Nathan, Ben, Adrian and Andy who were in Akaroa on release day. Find out why its taken so long to get a third album out and what they’ve got planned for…
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Elles Bailey has just released her fourth studio album, Beneath The Neon Glow, 10 tracks of glistening rock and soul all powered by her distinctive voice. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Elles, who was home in Bristol, about making the record, play at Glastonbury and why 1972 hold a special place in her heart.…
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Steve Wynn has been fronting The Dream Syndicate on and off since they formed in 1981. Steve also has a thriving solo career and now he's an author with new book and album just released. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Steve who was home in Queens, NY, about writing his memoir, Titled I Wouldn't Say It If It Wasn't True and his new solo album,…
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ServiceNow ft. Frank Slootman and Fred Luddy - From Starting Over at 50 to Dodging a $150B Mistake
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In 2004, bankrupt after the company where he’d previously worked had imploded, Fred Luddy decided to start over as a first-time founder at age 50. His vision was to reinvent the nascent IT software field for the cloud era. What started as simple help desk replacement software would eventually become a ~$150B market cap company powering digital work…
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Al Park Sings One For The People With A Monkey On Their Back
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Veteran Christchurch musician Al Park has just released his new album, titled One For The Dog, One For The Cat and One For The People With A Monkey On Their Back. Its a mouthful, so you can call it Monkey for short The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found Al at home in Lyttelton, keen to talk about making this new album with Adam Hattaway and Elmore Jones…
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Andrew Combs is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter who has just released his 6th album, titled Dream Pictures. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found Andrew at home in Nashville and found out why he made a "record about contentment".By Marty Duda
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Mike Hall Reminds Us That Nothing Stands Still
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Auckland musician and Pluto bass player Mike Hall has just released his debut solo album titled Nothing Stands Still. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Mike about his decision to step up front, one that came from a hard drive disaster. Here is mike now to take us through the making of Nothing Stands Still with his good friend Jol Mulholland. Alo…
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Steve Cropper Takes Us To Friendlytown and Beyond
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Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer Steve Cropper has just released a new album called Friendlytown. At age 82, the guitarist, producer and songwriter is still going strong with friends like Billy Gibbons and Brian May lending a helping hand. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda was thrilled to be speaking to the legend that is Steve Cropper. Guitarist for Booker T &…
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In Season 1 of Crucible Moments, we heard from founders like PayPal’s Max Levchin, Block’s Jack Dorsey, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and more about the turning points and key decisions that shaped their journeys. Now Crucible Moments is back for another exciting season. We’ll get the unvarnished history and inside story from Tony Xu of DoorDash, Drew Hous…
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Loves Ugly Children Are Back! But For How Long?
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Loves Ugly Children split up in 1998 after a blistering run of singles, EPs and Albums and live shows throughout the Nineties. Against all the odds, they are back. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda invited Simon, Floss and Jason around to talk about their first show since 1998 in Christchurch and their last show, happening tonight at The Mothership in Au…
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Malice K is a New York-based project helmed by visual artist and songwriter Alex Konschuh, who was born and raised in Olympia, Washington. We found Malice in Brooklyn and got the lowdown on how and why he made his new album, Avanti. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Alex, or Malice, about his move from Olympia to New York and about his experienc…
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The Softies are back with their first new album in 24 years titled The Bed I Made. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Rose Melberg and Jen Sbragia about touring with Elliott Smith, being part of the Riot Grrrl movement and why you shouldn't call them "Twee Pop"By Marty Duda
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Devon Allman Is Howling At That Miami Moon
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Devon Allman has just released his new solo album, Miami Moon, recorded at the legendary Criteria Studio in Miami where his uncle Duane laid down Layla years earlier. Devon recruits Ivan Neville and George Porter to update the Allman legacy. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Devon who was home in St. Louis, Missouri with his dog Franklin, keen t…
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Scottish musician Hamish Hawk has just released his new album titled A Firmer Hand featuring a collection of original songs that he considers "a step forward". The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Hamish on the eve of the album's release and found him in his nephew's bedroom in West Yorkshire as he and his band are on tour. It turns out Hamish is a…
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Jontavious Willis Is Singing The West Georgia Blues
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Jontavious Willis is just about to release his latest album titled West Georgia Blues. His mission is to reinvigorate today's blues. Let's find out how. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found Jontavious in the West Georgia town of Luthersville where he's revving up for released day on August 16th. In the meantime, listen and watch as he tells how Taj Ma…
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Bob Mould – On Touring Solo, Steve Albini, Aerosmith and uh…Politics
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Bob Mould, he of Hüsker Dü and Sugar fame, is returning to New Zealand after a long absence to play a solo show at Auckland’s Powerstation. Bob’s last show in Auckland was at The Gluepot, so the 13th Floor’s Marty Duda thought it might be time to give Bob a call and find out what he has in store for us this time around.…
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Episode 70 - Toronto Under Construction with Bryceson Dodge from Empirical Capital, Adit Kumar from Anbros Financial and Richard Munroe from Atrium
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Episode 70 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast welcomes Bryceson Dodge from Empirical Capital, Adit Kumar from Anbros Financial and Richard Munroe from Atrium to discuss financing, debt, equity and the mortgage market in the Greater Toronto Area. *Sponsored by: BCGi Baron Consulting Group Executive Search*…
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Blues-rocker Amanda Fish has just released her third studio album titled Kingdom. Written over a six-year gap, its her first since 2019’s Free. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda found Amanda at home in St. Louis where she hunkered down to talk about making Kingdom with Paul Niehaus IV, addressing the current state of the mainstream media and realizing th…
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American Aquarium Face The Fear Of Standing Still
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American Aquarium have just released their new album, The Fear Of Standing Still. Front man BJ Barham shows no fear when expressing his opinions, be they about toxic masculinity or mayonnaise. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found BJ at home in North Carolina enjoying a bit of domestic bliss before he and the band hit the road later this year. Despite …
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The Nathan Bowles Trio Proves They Are Possible
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The Nathan Bowles Trio are three musicians based in the fertile music scene in and around Durham, North Carolina and they've just released their debut album, titled Are Possible on Drag City. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Nathan Bowles (banjo), Casey Toll (double bass) and Rex McMurry (drums) about the making of Are Possible and how an obscu…
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Crack Cloud and Why The Medium Is Still The Message
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Crack Cloud is a (mostly) Canadian music collective formed in 2015 by Zach Choy. They have just released their 3rd album, Red Mile, recorded (mostly) at Joshua Tree in the Mojave Desert. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Zach along with Bryce Cloghesy and Aleem Khan about free flying over the desert, why Marshall McLuhan is still relevant and th…
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Kiely Connell Is Enjoying Her Own Company
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Kiely Connell is a Nashville-based, rustbelt-born Country singer who has widened her musical horizons by recording her new album, My Own Company in Portland, Oregon with producer Tucker Martine. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Kiely about what drew her to work with Tucker, about how her theatre background informs her music and how she separate…
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Kyle Daniel is a journeyman country rocker who, at age 38, has finally released his debut album titled Kentucky Gold. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found Kyle in his home town of Bowling Green, Kentucky where he was ready to talk about the town's rich musical history, the long gestation period needed for his first album and his love of Gregg Allman.…
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The Menzingers Are Coming To New Zealand...Finally
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The Menzingers were originally meant to play their first NZ shows back in 2020, but we all know what happened then. Now, four years later the Pennsylvania rockers on on their way. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Menzingers' front man Greg Barnett about how the band has evolved over the intervening years and we also discuss The Replacements, Bl…
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Bette Smith: Talkin' 'Bout That Goodthing
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Bette Smith has just released her third album, appropriately titled Goodthing. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda found the soulful singer in Brooklyn and managed to spend a few minutes with Bette to talk about working with British producer Jimmy Hogarth, her reaction to being compared to the likes of Betty Davis, Mavis Staples and Macy Gray and thoughts …
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Nashville rocker Bones Owens has just released his second album titled Love Out Of Lemons. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to the soft-spoken, hard rocking Bones who, indeed, was in Nashville and ready to talk about working with producer Paul Moak, writing for film and touring on his Harley.By Marty Duda
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Episode 69 - Toronto Under Construction with Heather Grey-Wolf from Infrastructure Ontario and Salima Rawji from York University Dev Corp
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Episode 69 of the Toronto Under Construction podcast brings together two powerhouse women who have experience in both the public and private sectors of Toronto development: Heather Grey-Wolf from Infrastructure Ontario and Salima Rawji from York University Development Corporation. The episode explores the complexities and opportunities of urban dev…
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Odie Leigh has just released her debut album, titled Carrier Pigeon...10 new songs done up in a style that can be called as unique as her name. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Odie just after she released her Carrier Pigeon to the world. Odie is a Louisiana native who has recently moved to Detroit, Michigan where she's busy "not experiencing s…
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Color Green is a Los Angeles psych-rock quartet who have just released their second album, Fool's Parade. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to founding members Noah Kohll and Corey Madden about the journey from their debut to their sophomore effort, one that found them picking up two new bandmembers along the way.…
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Hugh Cornwell, founding vocalist and guitarist for The Stranglers is bringing his show back to New Zealand later this month. With a live album in the can, he and his band are on a hot streak. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Hugh who was taking a break from preparing the live album, recorded from shows earlier this year. We found him in the Wes…
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Cody Dickinson Is Taking Homemade On The Road
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Cody Dickinson has just released his debut solo album titled Homemade. We found the North Mississippi All Star on the road in Canada ready to talk about making Homemade. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Cody about making the move from drummer to front man, about recording at home with two kids running around the house and about The Beatles, Spi…
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Introducing "Training Data," a new podcast from Sequoia about the future of A.I.
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Crucible Moments will be back shortly with season 2. You’ll hear from the founders of YouTube, DoorDash, Reddit, and more. In the meantime, we’d love to introduce you to a new original podcast, Training Data, where Sequoia partners learn from builders, researchers and founders who are defining the technology wave of the future: AI. The following co…
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Fan Club is a rock and roll band based in Auckland, New Zealand...two guys, two gals all teenagers with ages ranging from 16-19. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to the band just as their debut EP, Towards The Sun, was about to be released. With a gig just around the corner, there was plenty to talk about.…
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Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
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Cassandra Jenkins is back with her third long player, a collection of meditations on life's rich pageant titled My Light, My Destroyer. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Cassandra ahead of the album's release, finding her in upstate New York, wrapping a video shoot. Here is Cassandra to explain how Lucinda Williams, Wayne's World and William Sha…
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James Bishop Is Bodybound on the Pacific Crest Trail
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James Bishop has spent the past five years making his debut album, Bodybound, a record that was made completely by found sounds recorded on his phone. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to James who was in his home studio in San Diego, California where he spent years turning the sounds he recorded in the wild on the Pacific Crest Trail into the song…
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Buffalo Tom: Nobody Cares About Our New Record!
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Buffalo Tom have just released their 10th studio album, titled Jump Rope. Here is bass player Chris Colburn to tell us why, even tough "nobody cares about our new record" they do! And so do we... The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Chris about how these same three musicians have managed to stay together (on and off) for almost 40 years. And we div…
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Redd Kross has been rocking audiences for over 40 years now. Brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald are keeping the flame alight with their new. self-titled double album...and there's a film and a memoir on the way as well. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Steve McDonald just ahead of the release of Redd Kross, the album. Steve had plenty to say abou…
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Rory Block Takes Us To Positively 4th Street
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Rory Block is an American blues guitarist and singer who has been making records since the late 1970s. Her latest is a tribute to another up-and-coming songwriter who used to hang out in her dad's shop in NYC...a guy who called himself Bob Dylan. The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Rory who now lives in upstate New York with husband and co-produce…
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