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You, Me and An Album

If you"re looking for fresh perspectives on beloved albums, this is the show for you. Get to know albums through the ears of the musicians, journalists and music enthusiasts who love them. Host Al Melchior and his guests discuss the magic of music discovery and building lifelong relationships with their favorite albums.

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154. Tim Easton Discusses Joni Mitchell, Blue

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2024/06/23

Nashville-based singer/songwriter Tim Easton joins Al to discuss an album that has nearly been the subject of several previous episodes (but never quite made the cut), Joni Mitchell’s album Blue from 1971. Tim talks about the unusual circumstance under which he first heard Blue as a teenager, why it is an important album for him and for many songwriters and how it has influenced his own work. He also talks about the time he met Mitchell in Los Angeles, as well as the time he briefly shared a ...

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153. John JR Robinson Discusses Steve Winwood, Back...

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2024/06/09

Legendary drummer John JR Robinson visits YMAAA to talk about a favorite album of his—and it happens to be one he also played on. JR talks about why he is so fond of Steve Winwood’s 1986 smash Back in the High Life, and why he thinks the album represented the end of an era. He breaks down several of his performances, including those on the No. 1 hit “Higher Love” and the adult contemporary chart-toppers “The Finer Things” and “Back in the High Life Again.”There wasn’t time to discuss JR’s exp...

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152. Will Turpin Discusses Silverchair, Diorama

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2024/05/19

Bassist Will Turpin of Collective Soul joins Al to talk about one of his favorite albums, Diorama (2002) by the Australian band Silverchair. Will explains what makes the orchestral arrangements on this album special, and he and Al contrast the orchestral tracks with the ones that are more typical of Silverchair’s earlier grunge sound. Will also talks about Collective Soul’s new album, Here to Eternity, and how he and the band will go about determining setlists for their upcoming tour with Hoo...

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151. Julia Massey Discusses The Black Tones, Cobain &...

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2024/05/05

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150. Adrian Sutherland Discusses The Killers,...

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2024/04/21

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149. Mark Egan Discusses John Coltrane, A Love Supreme

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2024/03/17

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148. Jim Wilbur Discusses The Triffids, Born Sandy...

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2024/03/03

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147. Mary Timony Discusses Untame the Tiger

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2024/02/18

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146. Mary Timony Discusses Andy Pratt, self-titled

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2024/02/11

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145. Wanz Discusses "Thrift Shop," Taylor Swift and More

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2024/02/04

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144. Wanz Discusses Earth, Wind & Fire, I Am

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2024/01/28

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143. Danny O'Keefe Discusses Miles Davis, Kind of Blue

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2024/01/14

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142. Henning Ohlenbusch Discusses XTC, Skylarking

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2023/12/31

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141. Dan Epstein Discusses The Isley Brothers, 3 + 3

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2023/12/19

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140. Joe Steinhardt Discusses Iris DeMent, The Way I...

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2023/12/03

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139. Jeff Palfini Discusses The Last Days of Disco...

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2023/11/19

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138. Casper Iskov Discusses Ride, Going Blank Again

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2023/11/05

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137. Laura Harris Discusses Bruce Haack, The Electric...

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2023/10/22

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136. Rachel Lichtman Discusses The Anita Kerr...

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2023/10/08

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135. Steve Hackett Discusses Foxtrot At Fifty +...

You, Me and An Album ·

2023/10/02

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