30-MINUTE MUSIC HOUR
RECORDED SATURDAY FEB. 27
Red Stick Ramblers
From Lafayette, La., the Red Stick Ramblers are a dynamic five-piece band that pushes every edge of contemporary Cajun and Louisiana dance music. The band will be playing selections from its latest Sugar Hill Records release, My Suitcase Is Always Packed.
Joe Pug
In his music, 25-year-old Joe Pug carries on the rich Chicago folk legacy of artists like John Prine and Steve Goodman. A veteran of Lollapalooza and the Newport Folk Festival, Pug spent last fall opening up for Steve Earle on a European tour. Pug's recently released record, Messenger, is filled with his delicate musical sensibility and razor-sharp wordplay.
Ernie Hendrickson
Now based in Chicago, the deeply talented Cuba City, Wis. Native Ernie Hendrickson's work reflects his views of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Jerry Garcia. Jambase.com says Hendrickson's work "easily justifies the mention of his name in the same context as Ryan Adams." His newest album, Walking with Angels, was produced by Grammy winner Bo Ramsey.
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The Pines
Recorded Jan. 25, 2010
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, Emmy-nominated television
producer, social activist and children's book author Peter Yarrow is best
known for his work in the seminal folk trio, Peter, Paul and Mary. In and
out of his original musical group, Yarrow has performed on more than 60
albums. In 1963 Peter, Paul and Mary marched with Dr. Martin Luther King at
Selma, Ala. and Washington, D.C. They sang just before King's "I Have a
Dream" speech. Yarrow founded Operation Respect in 2000. The non-profit
organization is designed to promote civility and conflict resolution into
U.S. school curriculum. His latest children's book is called, "Day is Done."
Flight
Recorded Jan. 25, 2010
Jentri Colello, an extraordinary Madison-based talent, fronts this
four-piece. Her tune, Cannonballs, made Muzzle of Bees 2008 top ten
recording picks. On this episode of the 30 Minute Music Hour, the band
treats us with the debut all new songs.
Peter Yarrow
Recorded Nov. 17, 2009
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, Emmy-nominated television
producer, social activist and children's book author Peter Yarrow is best
known for his work in the seminal folk trio, Peter, Paul and Mary. In and
out of his original musical group, Yarrow has performed on more than 60
albums. In 1963 Peter, Paul and Mary marched with Dr. Martin Luther King at
Selma, Ala. and Washington, D.C. They sang just before King's "I Have a
Dream" speech. Yarrow founded Operation Respect in 2000. The non-profit
organization is designed to promote civility and conflict resolution into
U.S. school curriculum. His latest children's book is called, "Day is Done."
Vagabond Opera
Recorded Nov. 17, 2009
From Portland, Ore., Vagabond Opera is an old world Yiddish Theater
experience gone mad. The six-piece Bohemian cabaret act is described by the
Washington Post as, "a band of ceaseless charisma, boundless energy,
impeccable musicianship, and more than a touch of both the naughty and the
erotic."
The group features trained operatic-tenor and soprano voices (one of whom
plays musical saw), lyrics in 13 languages, and a repertoire that cuts like
a buzz saw through Parisian jazz, Ukrainian folk and Klezmer traditions.
Sean Michael Dargan Band
Recorded Nov. 17, 2009
Sean Michael Dargan is a Madison-based guitarist, singer and songwriter of
extraordinary range and emotion. He channels The Pogues, Richard Thompson,
R.E.M., Van Morrison and Elvis Costello in his new record, The
Big Picture. Dargan has performed in a number of popular Wisconsin groups including a
long stint with beloved Irish-rock punkers, The Kissers.
The Duhks
Recorded July 9, 2009
The Duhks are a Grammy Award-nominated (Best Country Vocal Performance) group
based in Winnepeg, Manitoba. The quintet is known around the world as a pace
setter for roots music. The Duhks' unbridled enthusiasm is easy to hear in
their latest release, Fast Paced World. But,
to see The Duhks perform is to fully appreciate the band's soaring spirit.
The quintet plays tight and fast, and flies high even on the down-tempo tunes.
Stink Tank
Recorded July 9, 2009
One of the most inventive hip-hop acts in Wisconsin, Madison-based Stink
Tank is fueled by the insight and audacity of Producer/DJ Man Mantis and
the multi-persona attack of MC Laduma Nguyuza. Their program often morphs
into shows-within-shows and moves seamlessly from character to character,
from perception to misperception.
Owen Temple
Recorded July 9, 2009
Owen Temple wrote the songs on his critically acclaimed fourth CD, 2,000
Miles, while living in Madison during the winter of 2006 and 2007. The
Texas-born songwriter now lives in Austin and is touring with his fifth CD, Dollars
and Dimes, released earlier this month. While his albums include support
by some of the best musicians in the Lone Star State, Owen performed solo
on the 30-Minute Music Hour, which is all the better for viewers to immerse
themselves in his cow-punk charm and clever lyrics.
The Right Now
Recorded June 16, 2009
Pairing Stefanie Berecz' soulful vocals with guitarist Brendan O'Connell's talented songwriting, this Chicago-based band performed songs from their debut album.
Rising Gael
Recorded June 16, 2009
The Madison-based Celtic band creates innovative, exciting music with guitar, drums, vocals and fiddle.
National Beekeepers Society
Recorded June 16, 2009
National Beekeepers Society combine pulsing, minimalist pop with world weary lyrics. The Madison-based quartet performed songs from an eclectic catalog including selections from their critically acclaimed CD Pawn Shop Etiquette.
The Lucas Cates Band
Recorded April 14, 2009
Based in Madison, Lucas Cates is one of Wisconsin's hottest up-and-coming
rockers. A prolific songwriter, Cates crafts driving electric and acoustic
rock 'n' roll and tours all over the U.S. The Lucas Cates Band is a multiple
winner over the past several years at the Madison Area Music Awards. The
four-piece also has garnered the unique honor of having one of their songs
selected as an accompanying piece for the Cincinnati Ballet.
Meridene
Recorded April 14, 2009
The hardest rocking group on Eau Claire's wildly successful Amble Down label, Meridene crunches electric guitars and weaves lyrics that are high bred without being highbrow. Leader Trevor Ives writes songs filled with grit and whimsy, a paradox propelled by a smooth balance of keyboards, guitars and drums. The band features material from its new CD, You're Not Pretty, You're Worse.
Backyard Tire Fire
Recorded April 14, 2009
From Bloomington, Ill., Backyard Tire Fire has been called the country's "best kept rock secret." 30-Minute Music Hour fans are treated to a few of BTF's unreleased numbers. The band's set also features music from their sensational 2008 release, The Places We Lived, which finished in the top five of several music publications' "Best Releases of 2008" lists.
Art Stevenson and Highwater
Recorded March 3, 2009
From Babcock, Wis., Art Stevenson is the Midwest's preeminent practitioner of hard driving, traditional bluegrass music. Along with his wife, Stephanie, on string bass, the duo sing powerful harmonies that transcend the most urgent callings of mountain music. The quartet is rounded out by Dale Reichert one of the Midwest's masters of the five-string banjo and Bruce King, a breathtaking rhythm and solo player on mandolin. The 30-Minute Music Hour was proud to help Highwater kick-off their non-stop spring and summer festival season.
That 1 Guy
Recorded March 3, 2009
Also known as Michael Silverman, That 1 Guy is a Berkeley, Calif.-based,
classically trained string bassist. After performing with some of the
nation's top progressive jazz ensembles throughout the 1990s, Silverman
created an instrument out of wire and iron pipes that could serve his
ever-expanding musical techniques. Think "gutbucket" bass with a lot more
firepower. The result is an astonishing solo act. That 1 Guy's influences
include Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Dr. Seuss, Rube Goldberg and Stanley
Kubrick.
Sleeping in the Aviary
Recorded March 3, 2009
The Madison-based four-piece makes self-styled "post-crunk" music, a country-punk-rock sound that pushes the overused "indie" label right off the stage. Sleeping in the Aviary has a large and devoted fan base that chases the band to its rousing live shows throughout the Midwest. The band showcases new songs from their forthcoming EP as well as slam home favorites from their latest record on the Science of Sound label, Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel.
Ritt Deitz
Recorded Jan. 6, 2009
Upstream is Madison-based musician Ritt Deitz's fifth release of original roots rock and mountain music. Deitz is an accomplished songwriter and performer who is known for richly textured story songs. The Kentucky native often performs with his sons and daughter but he appeared solo for his performance on the 30-Minute Music Hour.
The Stellanovas
Recorded Jan. 6, 2009
Multi-instrumentalist Chris Wagoner and his wife Mary Gaines are masters
of string swing music. They call it "café jazz," but that seems too
calm. Their music is equal parts Hawaiian luau and Parisian wedding
party. The love they bring to their music is as apparent as the precision
with which they make it. The Stellanovas also feature veteran drummer
Jim Huwe.
The Urban Hillbilly Quartet
Recorded live Nov. 16, 2008
High school English teacher by day, roots rocker by night, Erik Brandt brought both skill sets with him as his Urban Hillbilly Quartet lead off our production day. UHQ has played together for over a decade in Minneapolis theaters and bar rooms. The band has a loyal, un-combed fan base of hipsters and grad students who crave old-school country music but who aren't averse to lyrics that carry the listener past the obligatory bender, break-up and murder. Brandt owns an accordion and he isn't afraid to use it. The 30-Minute Music Hour set features rousing tunes from UHQ's most eclectic album yet, the brand new Bring in The Sails.
Haley Bonar
Recorded live Nov. 16, 2008
From the Twin Cities, it's our great pleasure to share the wit and warmth of singer-songwriter Haley Bonar (BON-are). Minneapolitans have adopted the talented, 25-year-old singer-songwriter-producer (and they place her gifts aside another Minnesotan, Neko Case). However, Ms. Bonar's music reflects the moods of her unlikely upbringing. She was born in Winnipeg, raised in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and began serious composition during freeze-dried winters in Duluth. Her new record, Big Star, is an incandescent mix of laments, country stomp, and guitar crunching folk. Though she defies fame in some of her songs and certainly with her artistic integrity, it seems certain that Haley Bonar is one of those who you'll be able to say, "I saw her play the 30 Minute Music Hour." Ms. Bonar strums a driving acoustic guitar and plays a vintage Rhodes electric piano. She was performing solo.
Loudon Wainwright III
Recorded live Nov. 16, 2008
Two-time Grammy nominee Loudon Wainwright III has performed in virtually every nook and cranny of American popular culture. He portrayed Captain Calvin Spaulding, the singing surgeon, in the premiere season of TV's M*A*S*H. His compelling song, The Man Who Couldn't Cry, was recorded by Johnny Cash on his critically acclaimed 1994 CD American Recordings. Wainwright has been commissioned to write music for clients as varied as NPR and Ted Koppel's NightLine. He has a long sleeve of movie credits, too, including roles in Big Fish, The Aviator, 40-Year-Old Virgin, Elizabethtown, and Knocked Up, for which he also wrote the sound track. Other TV credits include Ally McBeal and Conan O'Brien. His children Martha and Rufus Wainwright are also wildly popular touring musicians. For all his artistic versatility, music is Loudon's bread and butter, and his knucklehead-savant lyrics and ear for an aggressive melody have set him in a class all his own. For 30-Minute Music Hour he is performing solo on guitar and banjo in a set that draws from his 25-album career, including songs from his latest CD, Recovery.
SoDangYang
Recorded live Oct. 6, 2008
SoDangYang is led by Madison music icon Marques Bovre. "Put Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, St. Francis, Amelia Earhart and Earl Hickey in a blender," Bovre says, describing his band. "Shake with fire and ice. Pour into the broken vessels of humanity (salt on the rim to taste). Drink." Eclectic, yes, but full throated Rock 'n' Roll as well. Bovre's precision guitar style is complimented by another Madison icon, the legendary Jim Schwall.
The Daredevil Christopher Wright
Recorded live Sept. 27, 2008
Like Bon Iver, The Daredevil Christopher Wright is one of several Eau Claire-area indie-rock bands that are rising in Midwest and national acclaim. Brothers Jon and Jason Sunde form two of the band's three corners. Their friend Jessie Edgington completes the trio. The Sunde brothers didn't begin making music together until they left home to attend the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Their objective now is to "create joyful music with voice, guitar, bass, and second-hand clothing."
The Get Rites
Recorded live Sept. 27, 2008
From the Twin Cities and in the tradition of the late Gram Parsons and Uncle Tupelo, The Get Rites make twang with a bang. With Snare drum, cymbal, guitar and double bass, the stripped-down trio makes a big country sound. The band features the expressive singing of Tom Feldmann and with three albums under their belt, Dirty
Linen Magazine describes the group as, "masters of the no-excuses, no-holds-barred, folk-blues-roots, Americana music."
Dietrich Gosser
Recorded live Sept. 27, 2008
From Chicago, Dietrich Gosser has been quietly amassing a Midwest
underground following with his lush — sometimes haunting — compositions.
He plays and records with percussionist Dan Kuemmel who also accompanied him for this performance. The
Onion AV Club describes Gosser: as "folk-y bedroom pop that
sounds big and inviting, often with the help of drummer and avant-percussionist
Dan Kuemmel."
Josh Harty
Recorded live Aug. 27, 2008
Josh Harty is a Madison-based singer songwriter. He's part of a growing
clutch of traditional country song writers who are bringing national attention
to Madison's alt-music scene. Performing solo, he's also one of the fastest
finger-style guitar pickers in the Midwest.
Pieta Brown
Recorded live Aug. 27, 2008
From Iowa City, Iowa, Pieta is the prolific daughter of folk music
giant Greg Brown. In addition to her own work, Pieta recently supplied
vocals to a new CD by Calexico — the sensational border music band
out of Tucson. On the 30-Minute Music Hour Brown was performing with her trio which includes guitarist Bo Ramsey.
Pale Young Gentlemen
Recorded live Aug. 27, 2008
At the center of a rising group of nationally recognized Madison musicians is Pale Young Gentlemen. This five piece dances and dices the lines between indy-pop, chamber-rock, and high gloss Americana.
Dengue Fever
Recorded live July 12, 2008
From Los Angeles, Calif., psychedelic surf-rock overlaid with traditional Cambodian melodies creates music that Paste Magazine calls, "the maturing, polyglot sounds of America's urban future." Dengue Fever is fronted by Cambodian songstress Chhom Nimol who sings mostly in her native language. She's backed by a hurricane ensemble that includes guitar, farfisa (a small, Italian-made organ), bass, drums, and saxophone. Dengue Fever's music has been featured in several movies including City of Ghosts and Broken Flowers. The band has also been featured twice in Showtime's hit series Weeds. Their third album, Venus on Earth, has been recently released and is enjoying critical success.
Les Breastfeeders
Recorded live July 12, 2008
Proving that Americans do not have the market cornered on guitar distortion, Montreal's most ferocious garage band will bring the Badger State to its knees. You don't have to understand the all-French lyrics of Les Breastfeeders' songs to appreciate the band's colossal grip on rock's fury. Here's how the Village Voice put it: "dueling fille and garcon vocalists Suzie McLelove and Luc Brien careen around the stage like a demolition derby-version of Sonny and Cher, leaving a trail of heartbreak and hip shake in their wake." The band's colorful, irreverent videos are among the most popular in Canada.
The Blueheels
Recorded live June 17, 2008
The pride of Neenah, Wisconsin, The Blueheels proudly defy description. Blueheels co-founder Rob Schiller, son of an airplane mechanic, grew up in Neenah listening to his father's Merle Haggard records. While his music with the Blueheels is more rock than country these days, you can still hear the voice of the low down working man in Schiller's lyrics. Haggard's gallows humor is in there, too. Schiller met his band co-founder Justin Bricco at a Neenah open mic; in 2004 they formed the Blueheels and have been rocking bars and house parties in and out of the Badger State ever since. "Hank Williams, Sr. joins the Who," is how one critic calls it.
Awesome Car Funmaker
Recorded live June 17, 2008
"Existential party rock designed to make you think about the head you are banging," is how Awesome Car Funmaker describes their own sound. One of the hardest working punk-rock-dance outfits in the state, Awesome Car Funmaker is at the top of Madison's very active indy-rock heap. Formed in 2003 and with over 300 shows (many of them all-ages) under its belt, Awesome Car has just pulled to the curb with a brand new CD, E Is For Everybody. While the record pops with party-hearty tunes, the band isn't afraid to bring heavier themes to the beer keg. Like God, war, and Mars. Awesome Car Fumanker is a "Top Rock Band" winner in the Madison Area Music Awards.
Natty Nation
Recorded live June 17, 2008
For 13 years Natty Nation has been glorifying, adapting, and spreading the music of the Rastafari movement to audiences all over the country. Based in Madison, and under the musical direction of Jah Boogie, Natty Nation has become known as our state's most talented ambassadors of reggae, funk, dancehall and dub. Natty Nation has released four studio albums but the band's positive, gritty messages are best experienced live, and the five-piece brought the same intense energy to our sound stage that they're known for at festivals and clubs.
Blake Thomas
Recorded live April 22, 2008
Blake Thomas was especially generous to come in on a moment's notice. His music has been described as "contemporary folk goes to honky tonk heaven," and the more closely you listen to Blake, the more you hear. He's a trickster lyricist and a beautiful, emotive singer.
The Kissers
Recorded live April 22, 2008
Irish rock purveyors the Kissers are one of Wisconsin's best-known and hardest-working music exports. The rowdy five-piece group is led by bassist/lead singer Ken Fitzsimmons and includes banjo, mandolin, fiddle, drums and electric guitar. The Kissers started out nearly ten years ago as a Pogues cover band. Fitzsimmons says the band is made up of members who "were rock musicians who learned Irish music." The result gives their sound a special American blast that's captured in their new CD, Live Candy Ratz, recorded over a two-night pub stand.
Victoria Vox
Recorded live April 22, 2008
Victoria Vox's influences range from Laurie Anderson to Don Ho and the Pittsburg Tribune calls her "one of the purest musicians touring the country today." Baltimore-based Victoria Vox is coming off a special guest appearance at the New York City Ukulele Festival. A recovering rocker, Vox now puts the four string ukulele front and center in her music as can be heard in her popular CD, Flea. She's become so accomplished on the ukulele that KoAloha Ukuleles of Honolulu now proudly sponsors herquite a feat for a mainlander. At the time of this performance Vox was touring with songs from her new CD, Chameleon, a tour that took her from all over the East Coast to Madison and to the Paris Ukulele Festival.
Poi Dog Pondering Acoustic Quintet
Recorded live March 25, 2008
Under the artistic direction of Frank Orrall, Poi Dog Pondering has been making music since the mid-eighties when members began composing and performing in their hometown of Honolulu. "Poi Dog" is Hawaiian slang meaning "mutt." After a barnstorming tour of the mainland, they made Austin home before moving once again to their current base of Chicago. That's where their project work has ranged from composing the soundtrack for a Brazilian silent feature film to a re-invention of Carmen performed with the full Chicago Sinfonieta. At one point, Poi Dog recorded Orrall's soulful compositions for Columbia Records before executives decided the band's sound was too eccentric to market. Poi Dog's visit with us coincided with the band's April of 2008 release called 7.
Lis Harvey
Recorded live March 25, 2008
Lis Harvey will be the first 30 Minute Music Hour guest who is recognized in the "Guinness Book of World Records." In the fall of 2002, Harvey completed a record-setting fifty-states-in-sixty-days-tour. That's the most consecutive concerts in the most states in the least amount of time ever. Yet, Harvey is as much about quality as she is about quantity. Her music explores the border of romanticism and road-hard realism. The Washington Post says, "she's a romantic, all right, but not the empty-headed kind." Harvey began her classical piano training at the age of five before – several years later – being poisoned forever by a Fender Strat. Prior to landing in her current home of Madison, Harvey attended art school in North Carolina and performed music and pizza delivery in Los Angeles. Her willful, wistful original songs have won awards all over North America.
Peter Mulvey
Recorded live March 25, 2008
The Irish Times says, "Peter Mulvey is consistently the most original and dynamic of the U.S. singer-songwriters to tour these shores." Mulvey cut his songwriting teeth busking the streets of Dublin before moving to Boston and eventually heading back to his hometown of Milwaukee. Mulvey's incredible talent on the guitar runs the gamut of styles - from slack-key to jazz to precision finger picking. His songs revolve around, as he calls it, "the small facts of living." Rolling Stone describes his voice as, "lush and hushed, with surrealistic beauty." In addition to the respect Mulvey enjoys critically, he's also known as a hard charging touring performer. His recent, "Look Ma, No Gasoline Tour," was a ten-day, 300-mile concert tour of Wisconsin to which he rode entirely on his bike. On 30-Minute Music Hour Mulvey was performing music from his 10 CD catalog, solo with guitar.
melaniejane
Recorded live Feb. 19, 2008
Milwaukee-based singer/songwriter melaniejane performs solo in
a set that will showcase her unique talents on guitar, cello, and piano.
melaniejane is a past recipient of the Wisconsin Area Music Awards, "Female
Vocalist of the Year." In addition to her pop music composition and
performance, she's also is a cellist with the Racine Symphony
Orchestra and teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School
of Music.
John Sieger and the Subcontinentals
Recorded live Feb. 19, 2008
Milwaukee-based John Sieger and the Subcontinentals are one of the best alt-country twang bands in the Midwest. While Milwaukee is his home, Sieger is a recovering full-time Nashville session player and songwriter for hire. The band, including Sieger, is a five-piece oufit that includes three electric guitars, bass and drums.
Tani Diakite
Recorded live Feb. 19, 2008
Tani Diakite (tan-NEE JAH-kee-tay) is a native of the Wassoulou region of Mali. He now lives with his American wife and their toddler in Madison. He grew up in a small village with earthen homes and thatched roofs. Instrumentally, Diakite plays a Kamele Ngoni a stringed, long-neck gourd instrument that has been outfitted with an electronic pick-up made from old radio parts. The instrument's name means "young person's harp." His music is a mesmerizing mix of traditional melodies from Mali, blended with traditional American delta blues. He is also a wonderful vocalist with a warm, yet excitable tone. At his 30-Minute Music Hour performance he was supported by a guitarist, bassist and percussionist.
Robbie Fulks
Recorded live Jan. 15, 2008
Chicago-based Robbie Fulks is a frequent visitor to Wisconsin venues. The "alt-country hillbilly giant" has played the stage at the Vatican of country music, The Ryman Auditorium (The Grand Old Opry) in Nashville. Fulks is known for his flashy flat picking but even more so for his songwriting, having penned old-time country hits such as She Took Too Many Pills (and Died) and The Buck (Owens) Starts Here. A big supporter of the folk and traditional music scene in Chicago, Fulks makes frequent appearances at that city's famed Old Town School of Folk Music. The six-foot-five Fulks is a consummate live performer and is known for his irreverent stage antics. Last year's New Year's Eve show in Madison included an original rap song in which Fulks named (by heart) nearly 100 persons who died the previous year.
Willy Porter
Recorded live Jan. 15, 2008
Milwaukee-based Willy Porter is among the country's elite finger-style acoustic guitar players. He's opened shows for performers ranging from Jethro Tull to Tori Amos. Frets Magazine calls him "a genre defying maverick," one who the Guild Guitar Company is proud to sponsor. Porter's also a gifted songwriter with four CDs of original material. He tours the country, playing night clubs, bars and theaters solo and with his band.
Pat MacDonald
Recorded live Jan. 15, 2008
Sturgeon Bay-based Pat MacDonald is best known for his 1980s band TIMBUK III. The band hit it big with MacDonald's song The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades). Singer/songwriter Jackson Browne calls MacDonald, "one of the country's preeminent lyricists." Browne travels to Sturgeon Bay each summer to appear in MacDonald's annual "Steel Bridge Music Festival," a two day fest that raises funds to preserve the old steel bridge that crosses into Sturgeon Bay. MacDonald also owns (together with Browne) and operates The Holiday Motel in Sturgeon Bay which he's partially converting to studio space so musicians can stay and record. MacDonald tours clubs all over the country. His latest CD, released in January of 2008, is a solo effort called Troubadour of Stomp.
Jeff Burkhart
Recorded live Jan. 14, 2008
Jeff Burkhart is a Madison-based singer-songwriter with a range of musical styles as broad as his smile. Burkhart has performed in Cajun, bluegrass, and old time bands. His current focus is traditional country as practiced by his honky-tonk quintet, The Dirty Shirts. For his 30 Minute Music Hour performance, Jeff brought along a nice handful of original songs—a unique blend of mountain-side tunes with urban sensibilities. A back-porch musician for the digital age, we welcome Jeff to the 30-Minute Music Hour.