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Episodes

April 21, 2022

Constant Follower

Self-described as "soaring-ambient-dreampop- experimental-folk", Constant Follower is the band formed around Scottish songwriter Stephen McAll.
Guest: Stephen McAll
April 14, 2022

MANE

MANE joins LP to talk about the band's experience at SXSW 2022 and more.
Guest: MANE
April 7, 2022

Harold Sherrick

Harold Sherrick visits to talk about his book "A Pigs Tale" which tells the story of one of the most famous bootleg labels, Trade Mark of Quality.
March 31, 2022

Cynthia Parsons

Cynthia Parsons has lived a rock n' roll life. She started with Bill Graham Presents, managed VIP ticketing for the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and others, has been the day-to-day manager for artists including …
March 24, 2022

Vito Iaia

Vito Iaia
Guest: Vito Iaia
March 17, 2022

Lawrence Peryer

Our one hundredth episode! To mark this milestone, the tables get turned — host Lawrence Peryer becomes the interviewee as his old friend David Marcus grills him on his history, his first musical loves, how he stumbled into …
March 10, 2022

Lauren A. Spalding

LP sits down with Lauren A. Spalding (AKA hermixalot) to talk about Missy Elliott, echo chambers, how she broke Chingy, paid internships, how to get noticed in the music industry, and more
March 3, 2022

Theresa Vibberts

Theresa Vibberts, Executive Vice President at CAMI talks about booking classical music and her roots working with rock photographer Danny Clinch.
Feb. 24, 2022

Marissa Licata

Violinist Marissa Licata shares her experience touring with Jethro Tull, Alanis Morrisette, Alicia Keys and more. LP recently caught her show in Seattle and invited her to share her experiences playing violin and touring wit…
Feb. 17, 2022

Mike Butera

Mike Butera, founder and CEO of Artiphon, is reimagining the musical instrument, changing the way we think about who plays music and how. Artiphon instruments adapt and scale with players, letting people enjoy every note.
Guest: Mike Butera
Feb. 11, 2022

Jeff Slate

Songwriter, SiriusXM Volume host, and music-writer, Jeff Slate tells the whole story of his spat with Paul Simon, talks about why the Clash are massively underrated, what music will be remembered in 200 years and more.
Guest: Jeff Slate
Jan. 27, 2022

Jordy Freed

Jordy Freed, head of partner marketing & strategy at SONY recently worked on SONY 360 album releases for David Bowie's most recent albums including Blackstar, Heathen, Reality, and The Next Day with LP.
Guest: Jordy Freed
Jan. 20, 2022

Scott Register

Scott Register head of A&R at ThinkIndie talks about independent record shops, distribution and his life in broadcasting.
Jan. 13, 2022

Angus Hayes

Angus Hayes stops by to talk about Harvest Media and the problems they are solving with music distribution
Guest: Angus Hayes
Jan. 6, 2022

Jon Weisberger

Jon Weisberger joins LP to talk about songwriting, his work with artists such as the Night Drivers, the Infamous Stringdusters, the Travelin’ McCourys, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle and more. He's an encyclopedia of American m…
Sept. 30, 2021

Jeeyoon Kim

Classical pianist, podcaster, educator, and writer, Jeeyoon Kim joins LP to talk about her many creative endeavors.
Guest: Jeeyoon Kim
Sept. 23, 2021

Dre Wallace

Dre Wallace joins LP to talk about her company opnr and the music scenes in Michigan.
Guest: Dre Wallace
Sept. 16, 2021

Tyler Grant

Tyler Grant joins LP to talk about his guitar work, his river guide work and life in general. Tyler is a National Flatpicking Champion guitar player best known for his work in the band Grant Farm.
Guest: Tyler Grant
Sept. 9, 2021

Gabrielle Basha

Gabrielle joins LP to talk about her work at the Joseph Campbell Foundation and breaks down Joseph Campbell's influence on the modern world, philosophy, writing, film, etc.
Sept. 2, 2021

Scotty Stoughton

Scotty Stoughton founder of Bonfire Entertainment joins LP on this week's episode.
Aug. 26, 2021

Charlie Watts

Charlie Watts: June 2, 1941 - August 24, 2021
Aug. 19, 2021

John Raso

John Raso, SVP of Client Services from Harry Fox Agency joins LP to talk about his company and the role they play in the music industry. You'll also hear two old friends debate music.
Guest: John Raso
Aug. 12, 2021

Jim Rondinelli and JJ Johnston

Jim Rondinelli and JJ Johnston from Immersion Networks stop by the podcast to give LP a lesson in immersive audio. They take a step back and talk through sound file innovation over the years (JJ was one of the folks involved…
Aug. 5, 2021

James Felice

James Felice of the Felice Brothers joins LP to talk about growing up in upstate NY, the early days of the band, and the story behind their new record, "From Dreams to Dust."
Guest: James Felice