Rock 'n' Roll Grad School

Mar 12 2025 216 ep. 35 mins

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Does the world really need another music podcast? Yes, it needs this one.Rock ‘n’ Roll Grad School brings audiences along on a ride that feels like a late-night conversation on a tour bus traveling to the next gig.

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Rock n Roll Grad School #216: Deep Purple's Don Airey

Mar 12 2025 37 mins

Don Airey is metal royalty. He has played with some of the greatest artists ever and on songs you've heard thousands of times. With his newest solo record Pushed to the Edge, Don gathered some of his incredibly talented friends to make a real blast of a record that shows his great skill as a writer and, most importantly, as a musician. Pushed to the Edge comes out March 28th. For m

Rock n Roll Grad School #215: Author Chris Sutton on Sparks: 1969-1979

Mar 05 2025 46 mins

You know how we feel about the Mael brothers and their band Sparks. So it was with great delight that we heard about Chris Sutton's new book, "Sparks 1969-1979: Every Album, Every Song" from Sonicbond Publishing. In the book, Chris takes a detailed look at the first decade of this incredibly influential band. For more information, check out the Sonicbond Publishing website, and ord

Rock n Roll Grad School #214: Ellis Mano Band

Feb 26 2025 36 mins

Ellis Mano Band is a Swiss band, who have been making music in various guises for decades. With their most recent album, they again use their skills to craft quality rock. (And it's not just us saying that- they opened for Deep Purple last summer.) Their new record Morph is available now wherever you get your music. For more information, check out their website. "M

Rock n Roll Grad School #213 Tribute: Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits

Jan 29 2025 43 mins

This week it's another installment in "Tribute: A Tribute to Tributes," where we discuss another tribute album. This time it's one of the most 90's tributes ever made- featuring Liz Phair, Sublime, Sponge, Matthew Sweet and the Butthole Surfers, "Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits."

Rock n Roll Grad School #212 Final Gravity

Jan 15 2025 29 mins

LA-based prog band Final Gravity has released a new EP and are promising a 2025 full of music. We talked with Mike Clark about the recording process and the love of prog rock bringing everyone together. You can download the new EP, Stormchaser, as well as their other releases on Band Camp and you can follow the band on Facebook.

Rock n Roll Grad School #211 John McCutcheon

Jan 08 2025 27 mins

We get to sit down again with the great John McCutcheon. On top of being an amazing song writer, John is also a fascinating guy to talk with. We talk about the writing of his newest record, "Field of Stars," and new songs he's written about all sorts of things including Hank Aaron and the MS St Louis. For more information including tour dates, check out John's website.

Rock n Roll Grad School #210 Happy Christmas!

Dec 26 2024 35 mins

It's our annual Christmas celebration, where we exchange gifts, complain and play music you probably haven't heard in a while. Enjoy!

Rock n Roll Grad School #209- American Standard: Cheap Trick

Dec 18 2024 38 mins

Here's an episode that we originally released on our sister show, Why? but if this isn't Grad School, well, we don't know what is. If you're like us, you need more Cheap Trick in your life. Thankfully, Ross Warner is here with his new book, American Standard: Cheap Trick from the bars to the Budokan and Beyond. It's a look at one of the great American bands and tries to sort fact f

Rock n Roll Grad School #208- Redd Kross

Dec 11 2024 43 mins

This is one that is some time in the making. The legendary band Redd Kross started in the early 80’s when Steven McDonald was just 11 years old. Along with his big brother Jeff, Redd Kross has been carving their own unique path through rock music. They've just released their 10th album (a double album), a memoir (Now You're One of Us) and a documentary (Born Innocent). We talked

Rock n Roll Grad School #207- Roger Street Friedman

Dec 04 2024 42 mins

The last time we talked with Roger Street Friedman, he was talking about his most recent album, produced by Larry Campbell. Now with his new record, "Long Shadows," Roger has taken over the producer role and emerged with an incredibly personal record that resonates. For more information, check out Roger's website, or follow him on Facebook.