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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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14:51

George Ducas Is A Long Way From Home

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/06/21

George Ducaswas born in Galveston, Texas and now lives in Southern California. We found him in Nashville, Tennessee, waiting for the release of his latest album, appropriately titled,Long Way From Home.Marty Dudaspoke to George just before release day and found a man very excited about his new record, recording with producerPete Andersonand making Honky Tonk Music in 2024.

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20:37

Fastball Takes Us To The Sonic Ranch

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/06/20

The Austin-based trio Fastball has been together for over 30 years and today they release their new album, Sonic Ranch. Like Abbey Road, this is a record named after the studio it was recorded at.Marty Duda spoke to Fastball vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Miles Zuniga about what brought them out to remote West Texas to record at Sonic Ranch and how he and his two bandmates have held it together for over three decades.

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13:55

Jenny Don't and The Spurs Are Broken Hearted Blue

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/06/19

Jenny Don't and The Spurs are in the middle of a coast to coast tour promoting their new album, Broken Hearted Blue. We caught up with them in...New Jersey.Marty Duda spoke to Jenny and Kelly Halliburton as they spread the good news about their new album, Broken Hearted Blue. Marty was thrilled to see Kelly sporting a House Of Guitars T-Shirt as he worked at the Rochester, NY music landmark for many years before making his way to New Zealand.

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19:32

Madeline Hawthorne Tells Tales From Late Nights and...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/06/14

Madeline Hawthornehas just released, what she calls, “the perfect road trip record”. It’s calledTales From Late Nights and Long Drives.Marty Dudafound Madeline at home in Bozeman, Montana where she and her husband set up housekeeping after their own long drive together.Madeline tells us about making this, her second long player, and why she has a soft spot for Pittsburgh, of all places.

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27:43

The Hollywood Stars Are Still Starstruck

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/06/12

The Hollywood Stars formed in 1973 thanks to rock 'n roll Svengali Kim Fowley. Kim is long gone, but the band is back and with a new album titled Starstruck. Here are Scott Phares and Jeff Jourard to get us up to speed.Marty Duda spoke to original lead singer Scott Phares and former Motels and Tom Petty guitarist Jeff Jourard about their long and winding history...from working with Kim and Kiss to writing a major hit for The Motels. Not bad for a band that started out as the "West Coast's answer to

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24:33

John Grant And The Art Of The Lie

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/06/10

John Grant is about to release his new album, conspicuously titled The Art Of The Lie. Here he is, an American in Iceland commenting and singing about the state of the union of both his native country and his own family.Marty Duda spoke to John about making The Art Of The Lie and about what happens when he goes back "home" after living abroad for some many years.

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22:50

Jesse Dayton and The Hard Way Blues

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/06/09

Jesse Daytonfollows his critically acclaimed albumwithSamantha Fishwith a set of hard rockingtunes produced byShooter JenningscalledThe Hard Way Blues.Marty Dudafound Jesse in Austin, Texas where he was more than willing to talk about Shooter, Waylon, Boyd,ZZ Top, Uriah Heepand a certain newly-convicted felon.

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16:16

Logan Lynn Is Not Just Taking Up Space:

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/06/07

Logan Lynn is something of a modern-day renaissance man...a musician, writer, producer, filmmaker, television personality, mental health advocate, and LGBT activist. His new album, SOFTCORE, has just ben released along with an accompanying film.Marty Duda spoke to the Portland, Oregon resident who we found down the road apiece in Boise, Idaho. Speaking to us on the eve of the release of SOFTCORE, Logan explains why he uses music as therapy so that he feels he's 'not just taking up space".

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21:31

Bonny Light Horseman See You Free

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/06/06

Bonny Light Horseman is Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson,andJosh Kaufman. Together they have made a double album titled Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free.Marty Duda spoke to Anaïs and Josh about how and why they recorded this collection of new songs in an old pub in Ireland.

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16:13

Pissed Jeans Are Scratching That Seven-Year Itch

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/21

Pissed Jeans have just released their first album in seven years. Its called Half Divorced and direct from Philadelphia, PA, here is frontman Matt Korvette to tell us what took so long.Marty Dudaspoke to Matt about the new reality of post-COVID touring along with the quality of food on the road. Roadkill aside, Matt and his band have created a record that makes up for lost time.

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29:16

Shannon and The Clams and Why The Moon Is In The...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/20

Shannon and The Clams have just released their 7th studio album, The Moon Is In The Wrong Place, produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and released on his Easy Eye label. But as you'll hear, there was nothing easy about making this record.Marty Duda spoke to vocalist/bassist and chief songwriter Shannon Shaw along with guitarist/singer/songwriter Cody Blanchard about making this album so soon after Shannon's fiancé, Joe Haener, was killed in an auto crash weeks before they were to be married.

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24:31

Blitzen Trapper Shares Their 100's of 1000's,...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/14

Marty Duda spoke to Eric Earley, the main creative force behind Blitzen Trapper. Eric reveals how he went from majoring in math to making music and who the band is that he loved the most growing up.Blitzen Trapper is about to release their 11th studio album titled 100's of 1000's, Millions of Billions a collection of songs inspired by Ancient Buddhist texts and an abandoned box of audio tapes.

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23:20

Call Me Spinster Making Potholes from Athens to...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/13

Call Me Spinsterare three sisters from Chattanooga, Tennessee who have just released a new album titledPotholesand are new ready to spill the beans on recording in Athens and living in Chattanooga.Marty Dudaspoke toAmelia, Rachel and Rosieabout making potholes with the help of various husbands, partners and children along with note Athens producerDrew Vandenberg. Here is the trio now to tell us their story.

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26:32

Mick Harvey Presents Five Ways To Say Goodbye

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/07

Mick Harveyis on a roll! Just months after releasingPhantasmagoriawithAmanda Acevedo, here he is again with another album.Five Ways To Say Goodbyefinds the formerBad SeedcoveringNeil YoungandLee Hazelwoodalongside his own original compositions.Marty Dudaspoke toMick Harveyahead of the release ofFive Ways To Say Goodbye,which is due out on Friday.Mick was home in Melbourne with his catMicah. Together they give us the inside story on how and why this new collection of songs became the fifth in a

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26:23

The Skids Richard Jobson on Sid, Johnny, Lou and Punk

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/06

Veteran Scottish punk rockersThe Skidsare touring New Zealand for the first time in their 45 year career. The 13th Floor’s Marty Dudaspoke to Richard Jobson about all things punk

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30:14

Big/Brave Creates A Chaos Of Flowers

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/05

Big/Brave is a Montreal-based noise band fronted by Robin Wattie and signed to Thrill Jockey Records. Their new album is an aural feast entitled A Chaos Of Flowers.Marty Duda spoke to Robin about making A Chaos Of Flowers in the unlikely town of Pawtucket, Rhode Island and how Levon Helm and The Band became unlikely inspirations for a record that that, as Robin puts it, "features a selection of adapted poems by those I hold in high esteem who challenged societal norms and thinking."

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14:03

Greta Van Fleet: Sam Kiszka on Wardrobe, Nashville...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/05/01

Marty Dudaspoke to bass player (and fashion-slave)Sam Kiszkaabout what fans can expect when he and his brothers head down under on their Starcatcher World Tour

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18:01

Eric Bibb Is Ridin' Down Under, Solo Style

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/04/29

Eric Bibb is an American blues singer and songwriter based in Stockholm, Sweden. Eric is on his way down under with his first stop in Auckland.Marty Duda spoke to Eric about making his new album, Live At The Scala Theatre and how he views the current US political landscape from his perspective as an ex-pat raised by a civil activist.

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32:41

Ian Hunter on Defiance Part 2 and the State Of Rock &...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/04/28

Ian Hunter, formerMott The Hooplefront man, has just released a new album titledDefiance Part2: Fiction. Super-fanMarty Dudamanages to catch his breath and get Ian talking…not only about the new album, but career highlights such as meetingBob Dylan,idolizingJerry Lee Lewis(andSonny Bono), working withGuy StevensandDavid Bowieand finding out this his friendMick Ronsonmay have sticky fingers.

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21:17

Claire Rousay Talks About sentiment and Being a "Lifer"

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2024/04/21

Marty Duda spoke to Claire, who was home in LA, waiting for sentiment to "drop". The album is Claire's first for the Thrill Jockey label and seems like a match made in heaven. Tune in as we discuss the making of sentiment along with Indie Rock Dads, Nico, Jeff Tweedy and performing at the Flow Festival with Blur.

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