Dinah Lee Meets The Beatles! 13th Floor MusicTalk!
It was 60 years ago that The Beatles came to New Zealand and Kiwi singing sensation Dinah Lee was there. Here she is to tell us about meeting John and Paul, doing the Blue Beat and her recent induction into the NZ Walk Of Fame.
Kyle Daniel Is Mining Some Kentucky Gold: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Kyle Daniel is a journeyman country rocker who, at age 38, has finally released his debut album titled Kentucky Gold.
The Menzingers Are Coming To New Zealand…Finally: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
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.
Bette Smith: Talkin’ ‘Bout That Goodthing: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Bette Smith has just released her third album, appropriately titled Goodthing.
Bones Owens On Making Love Out Of Lemons: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Nashville rocker Bones Owens has just released his second album titled Love Out Of Lemons.
Odie Leigh And Her Carrier Pigeon: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
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.
Color Green Is On A Fool’s Parade: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Color Green is a Los Angeles psych-rock quartet who have just released their second album, Fool’s Parade.
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Hugh Cornwell Asks Who Wants The World? : 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
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.
Cody Dickinson Is Taking Homemade On The Road: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
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.
Fan Club: Talking To The Real Teenage Fan Club: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Fan Club is a rock and roll band based in Auckland…two guys, two gals all teenagers with ages ranging from 16-19 and a new EP, Towards The Sun, ready to drop any minute.
Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Cassandra Jenkins is back with her third long player, a collection of meditations on life’s rich pageant titled My Light, My Destroyer.
James Bishop Is Bodybound on the Pacific Crest Trail: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
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.
Buffalo Tom: Nobody Cares About Our New Record: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
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!
Redd Kross Are Back With Double The Fun: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
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.
Rory Block Takes Us To Positively 4th Street: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
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.
Aaron Frazer Goes Into The Blue: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Aaron Frazer has just released his second solo album, titled Into The Blue and here he is to tell us how he mixes classic Philly soul with hip hop beats to come up with his own sound.
Sean Cunningham and Whatever That Is: 13th Floor MusicTalk Interview
Today Sean Cunningham releases his debut solo album, Whatever That Is. Based in Nashville, Kiwi music fans may remember Sean as the charismatic frontman for the record-setting band Atlas. But as they say, that was then and this is now.
The Decemberists Return With their Longest and Finest Record To Date: 13th Floor Interview
The Decemberists have just released As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, their 9th studio album overall and first since 2018. Here is front man Colin Meloy to tell us why he thinks every Decemberists album could be their last.
Jim White of Dirty Three Tells Us How Love Changes Everything: 13th Floor Interview
The Dirty Three have just released Love Changes Everything…at least physically…the digital version is out this Friday. Here is Jim White to tell us how and why he, Warren Ellis and Mick Turner reunited to make this, their first new album in 12 years.
George Ducas Is A Long Way From Home: 13th Floor Interview
George Ducas was born in Galveston, Texas and now lives in Southern California. We found him in Nashville, Tennessee, waiting for the release of his latest album, appropriately titled, Long Way From Home.