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13th Floor MusicTalk

13th Floor MusicTalk is just that...Marty Duda, award winning New Zealand-based music journalist and founder of music and arts website The 13th Floor talks to the world"s premiere music makers about their art. From up-and-comers to crusty old veterans, from rock & roll to country, soul and pop, its all here!

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13:02

Petit Choux Is Wellington’s French Connection

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/19

Petit Chouxis French-born, Wellington-based singer-songwriterSophie Sabri. The musical artist and therapist has just released her debut EP, titled,Coule.Marty DudafoundPetit Chouxat home on release day. According to the artist,Coule, explores the idea of our “inner waters” — the deep, often unspoken currents of our being. The title, meaning “to flow” or “to sink” in French, reflects the delicate balance between surrender and strength. Water, the essence of life, serves as both a symbol of vitality

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23:08

Translator Front Man Steve Barton Goes Beyond Today

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/17

Translator was (and occasionally still is) a band based in San Francisco who put out 4 albums in the early 80s before calling it quits in 1986 with a 3-hour blow-out concert.Marty Duda spoke to Translator front man Steve Barton about how and why that show has just now been released as: Beyond Today - Live At The Farm San Francisco 1986.

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28:22

Voom's Buzz Moller Thinks Something Good Is Happening

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/15

Voom has just released a new album on Flying Nun...Something Good Is Happening is the band's first in almost 20 years and third in as many decades.Marty Duda found bandleader Buzz Moller sitting in his garden shed where much of the new record was made and talked to him about the band's unusual career trajectory.

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15:39

Robin Trower Invites You To Come And Find Me

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/14

Robin Trower,fresh from celebrating his 80th birthday, is about to release a new album titledCome And Find Me.Marty Dudadid indeed findRobin Trowerand spoke to him at length about making this new album, preparing hisFor Earth Belowfor a 50th Anniversary Edition, working withJack Bruce,appearing onTop Of The Popsand his days growing up in New Zealand

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23:10

Darren Pickering – Small Worlds and Cinematic Jazz

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/13

Jazz pianist, composer, educator, modular synthesist and session musicianDarren Pickeringand his Small Worlds have just release a new album,Three,onRattle Records.Marty Duda spoke to Darren, who was home in Christchurch where is is also a full-time tenured lecturer at Ara Music. Darren shared his valuable time to talk about the “vibrant” Christchurch jazz scene, howThreewas made and howSpike Leegot him into jazz.

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20:08

Mclusky Is Still Here And So Are We

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/12

British punksmcluskyhave just released their first new album in 20 years and so bandleaderAndrew Falkousfronts up to explain what took so long.Marty Dudaspoke to Andrew, who was in Bristol, to talk about makingThe World Is Still Here And So Are We, and to talk about Chekhov, Kafka andSteve Albini.

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21:46

Justin Devereux Talks Nickels & Dimes

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/09

Justin Devereux is an ex-pat Kiwi, based in L.A. who has just released his debut album, Nickels&Dimes.Marty Duda spoke to Justin about his life in L.A. and why he chose to record his album back in New Zealand, at Neil Finn's Roundhead Studios in Auckland. Along the way the conversation turns to Tami Neilson, Seinfeld and his brand new video

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33:41

Mark Pritchard Tells Tall Tales

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/06

TALLTALESis the debut collaborative album and visual experience from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Electronica artist Mark Pritchard andfilm director Jonathan Zawada.Marty Duda goes deep into the making of the album and the film with Mark Pritchard who tells us, first how he and Thom Yorke created the album and then how Jonathan Zawada joined the team to create the stunning visuals set to that music. Along the way we learn about EQ, distortion, miking a room, vari-speed and plate reverb v spring

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21:32

Strike Up The Band With Scott Sharrard and Little Feat

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/05

Veteran funk-rockers Little Feat are about to release their 16th...or is it 17th...studio album. Strike Up The Band is classic Little Feat and here is vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Scott Sharrard to tell us how he fit into Feat.Marty Duda spoke to Scott, who at age 47, wasn't even thought of when the band formed in 1969. Now he's fronting this group of respected veterans and the band is sounding as fresh as it ever has. Watch and listen as Scott tells us how that still happens.

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24:44

PUP Wants To Know Who Will Look After The Dogs?

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/04

PUP, the pop-punk band based in Toronto, Canada has just released their fifth album, asking the musical question,Who Will Look After The Dogs.Marty Dudaspoke to guitaristSteve Sladkowskijust days before the album, “dropped”. Steve was in Toronto busy packing to head out on tour…they will be in New Zealand in August…but he wasn’t too bust to stop and talk about the serious circumstances behind the songwriting on this album or to discuss working to top notch producerJohn Congleton(St. Vincent/Bill

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16:58

Dope Lemon Releases His Golden Wolf

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/01

Dope Lemon (aka Angus Stone) releases Golden Wolf. This is the fifth Dope Lemon album, one that will be followed by live shows coming in July.The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Angus about the concept of Golden Wolf and the progression of Dope.

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23:07

Craig Finn Has Always Been

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/04/30

Craig Finn is the lead singer for The Hold Steady, but he also has a flourishing solo career, with a new album out called Always Been.Marty Duda found Craig at home in Brooklyn, NY, just as he was packing to head out on the road with The Hold Steady. He took a few moments to talk about his very well-received solo album which was produced by the War On Drugs' Adam Granuciel. Additionally, Craig hosts a popular podcast called That's How I Remember It, so we have plenty to talk about!

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24:30

Lonnie Holley – From Honky Tonks To Africa and Back

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/04/29

Multi-disciplinary artistLonnie Holleyhas releasedTonky, another collaboration with producerJacknife Leethat breaks new ground while simultaneously mining the rich history of the blues and gospel.Marty Dudaspoke to Lonnie, who was in Atlanta, Georgia, decked out in jewelry he accumulated on his first trip to Africa.Here he is to tell us about his most recent stories and songs.

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14:07

Getting Away To A Disco Summer With Haiku Redo

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/04/29

Haiku Redo is an Auckland-based power pop quartet, led by Craig Horne and borne out of the ashes of Andrew Fagan's band LIG. The new album is called Disco Summer.Marty Duda spoke to Craig just after the band's record release show at Auckland's Ding Dong Lounge to find out how the project, including band member Dianne Swann, label Failsafe Records and JB HiFi all came together to make this thing happen.

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19:25

Taylor Rae Stares Back From The Void

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/04/22

Austin-based singer-songwriterTaylor Raehas just released her second album,The Voidand we think she’s onto something special.Marty Dudaspoke to Taylor just after release day to find her ready to talk about the 10 songs she wrote after feeling like ‘the last four years felt like staring into the void’.

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30:31

Mitch Ryder With Prince, With Otis, With Marianne &...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/04/20

At the tender age of 80, Detroit native and Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame member Mitch Ryder is still rocking like its was 1965. Marty Duda spoke to Mitch about his new album, With Love, produced by fellow Detroit rocker Don Was. Mitch was also in a reflective mood, remembering sharing the stage with Otis Redding, recording with Marianne Faithfull and having a "personal meeting" with Prince.

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16:01

Neive Strang – Up From The Rabbit Hole

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/04/19

Dunedin artistNeive Stranghas just released her new album,Find Me In The Rabbit Hole, working for the first time with a producer…Sean James Donnelly…akaSJD.Marty Dudaspoke to Neive about how she and Sean worked together in his basement studio to come up with this rich-sounding collection of original songs.

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17:23

JD Clayton - Dragging Southern Rock into the 21st...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/04/18

JD Clayton has just released his second album, titled Blue Sky Sundays. The son-of-Southern preacher man muses on the premise that, perhaps, "Rock is a sub-genre of Country, now". Marty Duda spoke to JD, who was in Nashville, where Blue Sky Sundays was recorded and where Rock lives comfortably next to Country, Bluegrass and Gospel music.

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14:14

Emma Dilemma And Her Good Friday Surprise

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/04/17

Direct from Christchurch, it’sEmma Dilemma, here to talk abut her new, “surprise” EP, titledOuch My Head Hurts.Marty Dudaspoke to Emma on release day, which also happened to be Good Friday, to talk about how and why these five tracks managed to surprise her.

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26:55

Peter Holsapple Presents The Face Of 68

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/04/16

A stalwart of the fertile North Carolina music scene that bred the likes of Don Dixon and Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple is a founding member of The dBs and the Continental Drifters. His latest solo album is The Face Of 68.Marty Duda found Peter at home in Durham, North Carolina where he has been contemplating his age and writing another batch of great songs that find him revisiting his "rock roots" with the help on longtime friend and producer Don Dixon

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