Podcasting has been around for a while now, though it has
been gaining new ground over the past couple of years. New shows dealing with
every conceivable topic have been popping up on what seems like almost every
day. Much like early radio-era scripted shows, podcasts have been able to peak
people’s interests and capture their imaginations with both informative and
entertaining content. Musicians are getting in on the act too, creating their
own shows to either promote the music they love or to talk about their own
music and career stories.
With podcasting becoming so popular, Vinyl Bay 777, Long
Island’s music outlet, is taking a look at artists who have chosen to dabble in
the field. Here are seven who have or have had their own shows.
1.
Questlove, ‘Questlove Supreme’: Best known as
the drummer for hip-hop band The
Roots, Questlove has proven himself on multiple occasions to be an international
man of music. In 2016, he created the ‘Questlove Supreme’ podcast with music
service Pandora, on which he conducted interviews with artists and “geek out”
about music. According to a New
York Times article, he would go through roughly 200 songs before recording
each weekly episode.
2.
Chuck
D, ‘Stay Free: The Story of The Clash’: In February of 2019, Spotify
launched an eight-episode podcast about legendary British punk band The
Clash. To host, the company landed another legend, Public Enemy-frontman
Chuck D. If this sounds like a weird pairing, the podcast makes sure to establish
the parallels between the band and Chuck D’s careers, adding a “surprising
new dimension to the story of The Clash.”
3.
Aimee
Mann & Ted Leo, ‘The Art Of The Process’: Announced in January 2019 and
premiered on the Maximum Fun podcast network the same month, musicians Aimee
Mann and Ted Leo’s ‘The Art Of The Process’ podcast discusses not only music,
but creativity in all its forms. According to a Twitter post by Leo, “We talk
to a broad array of ppl from many backgrounds and many regions of the creative
spectrum about how, in these times, they remain creative while navigating the
labyrinth of abandon, depression, elation, inspiration, and most importantly
for us, work, structures, process.” Past guests on the monthly podcast include
singer/songwriter Dan Wilson (Semisonic), comedian Wyatt Cenac and most
recently television critic Emily Nussbaum.
4.
Ozzy
Osbourne, ‘The Osbournes Podcast’: Back in 2002 when reality television was
coming into its own, MTV premiered a show looking at the lives of Black
Sabbath frontman and successful solo artist Ozzy Osbourne and his family
called ‘The Osbournes.’ In 2018, the Osbourne family decided to look back on
the four-season series with a 10 episode podcast.
5.
Rick Rubin, ‘Broken Record’: One of the most
storied and in demand producers in music, Rick Rubin has teamed up with writer Malcolm
Gladwell and New York Times editor Bruce Headlam for a podcast about the
songwriting process. ‘Broken Record’ features Rubin talking with guests about
their craft in an effort to
“restart” the conversation between artist and listener “for a world without
liner notes.”
6.
Robert
Plant, ‘Digging Deep’: The most recent addition to the musicians starting
podcasts club is Led
Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, whose ‘Digging Deep’ launched its first
episode on June 2. The show features Plant discussing
his five decade music career and the “moments, people and places that have
inspired some of [his] most treasured music.”
7.
Henry Rollins, ‘Henry & Heidi Podcast’: Henry
Rollins has led a pretty storied career in the music industry as frontman for
Black Flag and the Rollins Band, solo artist and motivational speaker, all of
which he has been discussing sporadically on his podcast, the ‘Henry &
Heidi Podcast,’ since 2015. Along with
his manager Heidi May, Rollins tells stories about his career in hopes that “listeners
have some fun listening to it.”
More and more people have been jumping on the podcasting
bandwagon lately, including musicians. There are many artists like the ones
above out there using the format to discuss their careers or explore other
artists’ creative pursuits. As podcasting continues to pick up steam, it wouldn’t
be surprising if even more artists develop their own shows.
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