Episode 479 of Concert Pipeline featuring Zach Paradis, in which we chat about growing up in a family with 8 older siblings, playing piano for a year as a kid before picking up the drums and playing them in a High School band, releasing his collaboration EP “we’re all just growing up” with Egomi in 2020 right before Covid hit, being discovered by Crash Adams on TikTok, his current tour with Abe Parker including a date at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on Friday, April 11, making music solo vs collaborating, and his new single “hurricane”, which he played for the program and will be on his new album later this year!

Episode 478 of Concert Pipeline featuring Clem Snide, in which we talk to Eef Barzeley about his start in music, seeing Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins in a tiny club with about 12 people, moving from his home in Nashville after 20 years, starting Clem Snide in the early 90s and making their first album in 1998, the impact of having their song as the show Ed’s theme song, a superfan in Spain sending the exact amount of money he needed to get out of debt, recording “Forever Just Beyond” with Scott Avett in early 2020, his current tour, and his upcoming album “Oh Smokey,” out May 2.

Episode 477 of Concert Pipeline featuring Save Ferris, in which we chat with Monique Powell about her friendship with Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, early days of Warped Tour in 1998 and coming back and playing in 2017, recording “She Has a Girlfriend Now” with Reel Big Fish, managing her band, keeping her promise to her dad to bring Save Ferris back after an intense surgery, seeing her mom at a show in a “pit mosh”, the impact of their cover of “Come On Eileen,” making new music including “Lights Out in the Reptile House” and their upcoming single “Get Dancing,” and the possibility of being in their video for that single! We also feature a review and performances from Eric Huchinson’s performance at Sweetwater in Mill Valley.

Episode 476 featuring Taylor Rae, in which we talk about writing her first song at age 12, switching from piano to guitar, writing her first album “Mad Twenties,” driving from Colorado to California, fighting through a challenging relationship, letting go of an important friendship, touring with John Craigie, her favorite venues in the Bay Area, and her new album “The Void,” out April 18.

Episode 475 of Concert Pipeline featuring The Ritualists, in which we speak to Christian Dryden about performing for family when he was 3 years old, starting out as a singing drummer, progressing to bass, identifying that the band’s first video didn’t connect with the message of the song, recording their debut album, “Painted People” and the challenges of releasing it right before the pandemic, working with Ed Buller of Psychedelic Furs, and their new album “Too Pure to Cure,” out April 22!

Episode 474 of Concert Pipeline featuring Frank Meyer (The Streetwalkin’ Cheetah’s, FEAR, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Trading Aces, Highway 61, etc), in which we chat about the balancing act of supporting many bands, upcoming tours, his unique family, directing TV and documentaries including “Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History”, writing 8 books, growing up with the Zappa family, learning guitar from Dweezil Zappa, his brother Brecken Meyer, making music with heroes, and his new album “Living Between the Lines” out March 11.

Episode 473 of Concert Pipeline featuring Peter Holsapple of The dB’s and Continental Drifters in which we talk about having a number of bands over the years with Chris Stamey, the impact of watching The Beatles on Ed Sullivan in 1964 and shortly later starting a band Dana and the Blue Jays, working with REM and their generosity toward telling IRS record label to sign The dB’s, the impact of their album “Stands for Decibels,” playing shows with The dB’s again as well as his other band Continental Drifters, and his new album “The Face of 68” out April 18.

Episode 472 of Concert Pipeline featuring The Vapors, in which we chat with bassist Steve Smith about learning piano as a kid and progressing to acoustic guitar and drums, ultimately settling on bass guitar with The Vapors, the impact of their first album “New Clear Days,” how their smash hit “Turning Japanese” paved the way for tours around the world and continuing to play it in his cover band Shakespearos, reforming The Vapors in 2016 at Half Moon and recording their album “Together” when a stranger funded it, playing Cruel World Festival at the Rose Bowl, the upcoming Lost 80s tour, and their new album “Wasp in a Jar,” out on February 28!