Icon Fetch

Jan 03 2025 427 ep. 27 mins

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Veteran broadcaster & Musicologist Tony Peters hosts Icon Fetch, a long-running, music interview podcast, delving into a variety of genres to find the commonality among all people who create music.

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431 - Susan Cowsill of the Cowsills - Reissued Global Album is Power Pop Masterpiece

Jan 03 2025 32 mins

Resilient is the best word that describes the Cowsills. The six sibling band hit in 1967 with "The Rain, the Park and Other Things," then with "Hair" in 1969. But, their career quickly derailed (chronciled in the excellent documentary Family Band). The group triumphantly returned with the excellent Rhythm of the World album in 2022. But, there's more to the story. The group recorde

430 - Iain Matthews - New Album, How Much Is Enough

Nov 14 2024 30 mins

Iain Matthews fronted the influential British band, Fairport Convention for their first three albums before embarking on a solo career that’s lasted almost 60 years. With Matthews Southern Comfort he scored a hit cover version of Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock” in 1970, had a solo hit in 1979 with “Shake It,” and the Eagles’ borrowed his arrangement of the Steve Young son

429 - Peter Holsapple of the dB's - Reissue of their debut album, Stands For Decibels

Jul 11 2024 26 mins

The dB’s, originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, issued a pair of albums in the early Eighties that were at times both jangly and melodic, and quirky and inventive. Unfortunately, neither album saw a release in America at the time - instead getting issued by the UK label Albion. Now, over 40 years later, they’re issuing the dB’s debut record, Stands for Decibels, on P

428 - Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds - 50th Anniversary, and Brand-new Album, Struck Down, with guests Billy Gibbons, Bonnie Raitt

Jun 10 2024 30 mins

The Fabulous Thunderbirds are an American treasure, formed in Austin, Texas in 1974, the band developed an infectious blend of blues and rock that hit pay dirt with songs like “Tuff Enuff” and “Wrap it Up” from 1986. The group is celebrating their 50th anniversary with the release of Struck Down, their first new material in eight years. The record features contributions fro

427 - Tommy James - New Tour, Update on Movie, Book, Broadway Show and New Recordings

May 30 2024 31 mins

Tommy James has sold over 100 million records, and his impressive string of hits continue to live on in movies, TV shows and commercials - "Hanky Panky," "Mony, Mony," "I Think We're Alone Now," "Crimson & Clover," "Crystal Blue Persuasion," and many more. His excellent autobiography, "Me, the Mob and the Music" is one of the greatest music books ever written, and is in preprod

426 - Marshall Chess - New Moves: The Chess Project, plus new YouTube channel

Apr 26 2024 30 mins

Marshall Chess has a long history in the blues. His father, Leonard, was one of the co-founders of Chess Records, the influential record label responsible for exposing the music of artists like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and Sonny Boy Williamson to larger audience. Marshall produced the trailblazing Electric Mud from Muddy Waters, and the Howlin’ Wolf Album, both were attempts

425 - Tom Rush - First New Album in Five Years - Gardens Old, Flowers New

Apr 11 2024 27 mins

Tom Rush pretty much pioneered the folk movement of the early Sixties, issuing his debut album in 1962. He’s also credited with putting compositions by Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne and James Taylor on album for the first time, with his LP The Circle Game in 1968. We talked with Tom back in 2018 when he issued his album Voices. Well, he’s back with his first new record in five

424 - Van Duren - Archival Release From Underrated Band, Good Question, Entitled Cartwheeling: Live in Memphis

Mar 11 2024 30 mins

Memphis musician Van Duren was the subject of a recent documentary called Waiting: the Van Duren Story, available to rent at most streaming services. Omnivore Recordings released an excellent summation of Duren’s career in the form of the documentary soundtrack, then issued his first two solo albums in 2020. Next up is Cartwheeling: Live in Memphis, showcasing Duren and his under

423 - Susan Cowsill - A Christmas Offering From the Cowsills

Dec 21 2023 29 mins

The Cowsills are the original family band - formed in 1965, they hit pay dirt with their smash, “The Rain, the Park and Other Things” in 1967. Other hits followed, including “Indian Lake,” “We Can Fly” and “Hair.” They even were the basis for the hit TV show The Partridge Family. After some time apart, the group reformed in the early 90’s and has been playing and

422 - Sue Foley - New Album, Live in Austin Volume One

Dec 18 2023 23 mins

In her early twenties, Canadian-born Sue Foley trekked down to Austin, Texas and quickly immersed herself in the fertile blues scene there. Since then, she’s released 15 albums, garnered tons of awards, including Traditional Blues Female Artist from the Blues Foundation - an award she’s taken home three years now.Her latest record is a homecoming of sorts - Live in Austin Volum