Andras Jones
&
Gabriel Gordon

 From ANDRAS JONES: GABRIEL GORDON is near the beginning of monthly residency at The Hotel Cafe (the July show is in two days, on the 19th) and to kick it off he’s doing a Pop Oracle session with us for Starburns Audio. Gabriel came to our attention when he joined our Joni Mitchell tribute […]

Mike Tempo
&
I See Hawks in LA

From ANDRAS JONES: MIKE TEMPO of The Bonedaddys joins us for our latest Pop Oracle session with I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. which gives me the opportunity to talk about the brief period when that band’s guitarist, Phil Gough, joined my own band, Mr. Jones & The Previous, for about a week. (Listen to the […]

Veda Hille
&
Geoff Berner

From ANDRAS JONES: VEDA HILLE is one of Radio8Ball’s favorite guests so she gets a pass for engaging The Pop Oracle with the slimmest flibbertigibbet of a query in her session with GEOFF BERNER. With such an open ended question there are billions of potential answers, making us a sort of like synchronistic billionaires. Sing […]

Paul Rigby
&
Geoff Berner

From ANDRAS JONES: PAUL RIGBY comes to our Pop Oracle session with GEOFF BERNER (whose latest album he produced) swaddled in synchronicity. We discuss this sync, among other topics on the show. I’m late in getting this out so I’ll leave it at that except to say, I’m super psyched to have met this cat. […]

Briga
&
Geoff Berner

From ANDRAS JONES: GEOFF BERNER invited his friend BRIGA (aka Brigitte Dajczer) to consult The Pop Oracle from Dachau where she was serving as an artist in residence. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to those of us in the studio at the time, this session is being released the day reports are coming in that Israeli snipers killed […]

Noble Monyei
&
Tobias The Owl

From ANDRAS JONES: “Dear Deer” NOBLE MONYEI of the Seattle music project DEARLY DEPARTED joins us at Clatter & Din in Seattle for a Pop Oracle session with TOBIAS THE OWL. Like the Owl’s songs it’s hard to put your finger on what exactly makes this conversation so moving but it is and that’s good […]

Sheldon Gomberg
&
Tobias The Owl

From ANDRAS JONES: SHELDON GOMBERG is the producer of TOBIAS THE OWL‘s new record. He’s also a cat who has come up several times on the show, particularly in conversations with Eleni Mandell and Inara George. We didn’t get into it on this episode but in talking with Sheldon beforehand I realized he’s also worked […]

Carly Bond
&
Meernaa

From ANDRAS JONES: And so we come to the end of our sleepy afternoon sesh with Meernaa. I don’t know about you but I absolutely fell in love with this band. It was an honor to document them at this particular moment in time for all of us. Some of the things that have obsessed […]

Peter Jesperson
&
Inara George

From ANDRAS JONES: PETER JESPERSON is a real record guy. Was a time in my life when that wouldn’t have been a compliment. It is now, though still a muted one I suppose. Record guys were the enemies of my youth. A great attitude to have if you wish to succeed in the record business […]

Allen Toussaint
on Alternative Talk 1150 AM
in Seattle

From ANDRAS JONES: Allen Toussaint. Learn the name. Do the research. From “Lady Marmalade” to “Working In a Coal Mine” to “Fortune Teller”, Toussaint was a foundational figures in the history of rock and roll. He’s one of those we’ve had on the show who are no longer with us on this earthly plane. It […]

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