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Follow Your Dream - Music And Much More!

Robert"s award winning Follow Your Dream Podcast is ranked in the Top 1% of all podcasts with listeners in 200 countries! Each episode is like taking a World Tour! Robert is a professional musician who followed his youthful music dream later in life and became a Rock Star after he turned 60! Since then he has released 13 acclaimed albums including a Billboard #1, has millions of video views and streams, and has performed at festivals and concerts around the world. He also started this podcast and

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00:30:24

Chase Morrin - Jazz And Classical Pianist, Composer...

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2025/07/10

Chase Morrin is a pianist who plays both jazz and classical music. He’s also a composer and educator. He’s the winner of 10 DownBeat Awards and 4 ASCAP awards. He’s performed with artists like John Patitucci. He’s the founder of the Ize Trio. He is a professor at Berklee College of Music. My featured song is “Take Me” from the album PGS 7 by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link.------------------------------------------The Follow Your Dream Podcast:Top 1% of all podcasts with Listeners in 200

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00:29:18

Inbal Segev - Virtuoso Cellist. Performances With...

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2025/07/09

Inbal Segev is a virtuoso Israeli-American cellist. She has been characterized as “a cellist with something to say”. She’s performed with the Helsinki, Dallas and London orchestras among many others. She frequently commissions and champions new works. Her playing can be heard in the 2005 movie “Bee Season” starring Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche. One of her newest projects in “I’m Nobody! Who Are You?”, an Emily Dickinson setting for unaccompanied women’s choir. And she’s scoring a documentary

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00:35:45

Eamon McLoughlin - Grammy Nominated British Born...

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2025/07/08

Eamon McLoughlin is a Grammy Nominated British born fiddle player. He’s a member of the Grand Ole Opry house band. He specializes in Country, Bluegrass and Americana music. He tours with EmmyLou Harris and Rodney Crowell. And he’s backed many artists including Vince Gill, Nina Simone and the Oak Ridge Boys.My featured song is “My Love” from the album Bobby M and the Paisley Parade. Spotify link.------------------------------------------The Follow Your Dream Podcast:Top 1% of all podcasts with

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00:35:48

Shawn Okpebholo - Grammy Nominated Nigerian-American...

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2025/07/07

Shawn Okpebholo is a Grammy Nominated Nigerian-American classical composer. He combines his classical training with his African roots. His music has been described as “devastatingly beautiful” and “fresh, new and fearless”. He was named 2024 Chicagoan Of The Year in classical music. He’s won numerous awards. His music has involved themes of Negro Spirituals and stories of enslaved resistance and resilience. He’s had commissions from the Chicago Symphony, the United States Air Force and others. His

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00:43:39

Encore Presentation: Livingston Taylor - Renowned...

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2025/07/06

This is an Encore Presentation of my July 2024 interview with Livingston Taylor, renowned singer/songwriter for over 50 years and the brother of James and Kate Taylor. In this interview Liv discusses his family, opening for Joni Mitchell and Jethro Tull, collaborating with Carly Simon and much more.My featured song is “New York City Groove” from the album Made in New York by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link.---------------------------------------------The Follow Your Dream Podcast:Top 1% of

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00:40:17

Encore Presentation: Kate Taylor - Female Star Of The...

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2025/07/05

This is an Encore Presentation of my January 2023 interview with Kate Taylor, the female star of the Taylor family which includes her brothers James and Livingston. Kate became a star with her 1971 debut album “Sister Kate” produced by Peter Asher. She took time off to raise her two daughters. Her most recent album is called “Why Wait” again produced by Peter Asher. My featured song is “Stockbridge Fanfare” from the East Side Sessions album by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link

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00:39:37

Paul Hanson - World’s Best Jazz Bassoonist! Performed...

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2025/07/04

Paul Hanson is considered the World’s Best Jazz Bassoonist. He’s played with a Who’s Who including Bela Fleck, Jon Batiste, Wayne Shorter and a number of stars who have been guests on this podcast: Billy Cobham, Peter Erskine, Randy Brecker and Jeff Coffin. He also plays with Raze The Maze, a progressive rock duo, and he plays sax too. My featured song is “Lou’s Blues”, my recent single. Spotify link.---------------------------------------------The Follow Your Dream Podcast:Top 1% of all podcasts

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00:40:26

Terry Gibbs - Legendary Jazz Vibraphonist. 100 Years...

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2025/07/03

Terry Gibbs is a legendary jazz vibraphonist. He’s 100 years young. He played with most of the greats in jazz music beginning in the Bebop era of the 1940s, including Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Charlie “Bird” Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. He’s won 3 major jazz polls, and he’s recorded 65 albums, his last when he was 94. My featured song is not one of mine in this instance. It’s “Hot Blues”, by my guest Terry Gibbs together with Lolly Allen. YouTube link

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00:32:33

Bruce Hanifan - King Of Reality TV Show Music:...

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2025/07/02

Bruce Hanifan is the King of Reality TV Show music! His music has shaped some of reality TVs biggest hit shows including Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers, Swamp People and Pawn Stars. He’s written music for films too. And he started out as a piano tuner and technician to stars like Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand and Steely Dan.My featured song is “Riding The Berks” from the album Play by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link.---------------------------------------------The Follow Your Dream

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00:34:34

Helen McCookerybook - '70s UK Punk Rock Star With The...

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2025/07/01

Helen McCookerybook is a ‘70s UK Punk Rock Star with The Chefs and Helen and the Horns. She became an author of two music-themed books: “The Lost Women Of Rock Music”, about female punk musicians, and “She’s At The Controls”, about women producers and sound engineers. And she’s now a touring solo artist.My featured song is “I Just Want To Love You” from the album Bobby M and the Paisley Parade. Spotify link.---------------------------------------------The Follow Your Dream Podcast:Top 1% of all

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00:38:01

Robert Pinsky - Rock Star Poet! 3x United States Poet...

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2025/06/30

Robert Pinsky is a Rock Star Poet! He’s the 3x United States Poet Laureate. He’s won many awards and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. As Poet Laureate he created the “Favorite Poem Project” where everyday Americans would select and read poems they admired by the greats including Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes. He’s performed with Bruce Springsteen and performed poetry with world class jazz musicians. And he was featured on “The Simpsons”. My featured song is my version of Miles Davis’ “All

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00:42:34

Encore Presentation: "Cousin Brucie" Morrow - MY...

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2025/06/29

This is an Encore Presentation of my March 2021 interview with MY FIRST GUEST, “Cousin Brucie” Morrow, the greatest radio personality of the Rock Era. He has remained on the air steadily from the ‘60s when he was the lead disc jockey on WABC-AM in New York City. He went on to work at WCBS-FM, Sirius/XM and now back to WABC-AM. He introduced The Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1965!My featured song is my reimagined version of Dobie Gray’s hit, “The ‘In’ Crowd” from the album PGS 7 by my band, Project

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00:46:18

ENCORE TRIBUTE PRESENTATION: Lou Christie - '60s...

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2025/06/28

This is an ENCORE TRIBUTE PRESENTATION of my February 2024 interview with the great Lou Christie, who passed away last week at 82. Lou was a Hit Machine in the 1960s with his distinctive falsetto voice and songs like “Lightnin’ Strikes” (a #1 smash), “The Gypsy Cried”, “Two Faces Have I”, “Rhapsody In The Rain”, and More. He was featured in Dick Clark’s Cavalcade Of Stars and on all the major music television shows including Where The Action Is, Hullabaloo and American Bandstand.My featured song is

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00:34:45

Eric Silberger - Virtuoso Violinist. Winner Of...

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2025/06/27

Eric Silberger is a virtuoso violinist. He’s a winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition. He’s a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. He’s performed all over the world at the most prestigious venues and festivals, including the London, Mariinsky, San Francisco and St. Petersburg orchestras and with Itzhak Perlman. He’s the co-founder of the Hawaii International Music Festival. And he’s an avid producer and recording engineer. My featured song is “The Gift”. Spotify

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00:27:25

Paul Strickland - Professional Storyteller And...

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2025/06/26

Paul Strickland is a Professional Storyteller and theater artist. His repertoire consists of over seven hours of stories including reupholstered folk tales, fairy tales for adults and future adults, tall tales and historical stories that never happened. He was featured at the 2023 National Storytelling Festival. He made his Off Broadway debut in “13 Dead Dreams Of Eugene”. And he’s got a new Edutainment Newsletter that’s just starting up.My featured song is called “You Can’t Tell The Truth” from my

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00:31:03

Sara Gazarek - 2x Grammy Winning Jazz Vocalist. Kurt...

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2025/06/25

Sara Gazarek is a 2x Grammy Winning Jazz Vocalist. She has recorded five albums and done world tours. She has collaborated with luminaries like Kurt Elling, Fred Hersch, Larry Goldings and Billy Childs. She is a founder of Saje, the all-female vocal group. And she is the Jazz Voice Professor at the Eastman School of the University of Rochester.My featured song is my reimagined version of Joni Mitchell’s reimagined version of a song by Charles Mingus called “The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines”. Spotify

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00:26:15

Mohamed Bouabdallah - Cultural Counselor Of France In...

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2025/06/24

As Monty Python used to say: “And now for something completely different.” Mohamed Bouabdallah is a French Diplomat. He is the Cultural Counselor of France in the United States. His job is to promote the arts and education between France and the U.S. And he also is responsible for recommending recipients of the prestigious “Arts and Lettres” awards. A totally different and fascinating interview!My featured song is “March Of The Diplomats” from the album Trippin’ by my band Project Grand Slam

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00:32:00

SPECIAL EPISODE - Turning The Tables: Robert Is...

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2025/06/23

This is a SPECIAL EPISODE. After 500+ interviews over 4+ years it’s now Robert’s turn to be interviewed. And by none other than Ivor Davis, the renowned Journalist, Investigative Reporter and Author. Over a 60 year career Ivor has covered stories involving music, murder, politics and Hollywood. He traveled with The Beatles on their 1964 American tour and 50 years later he wrote a book about it.---------------------------------------------The Follow Your Dream Podcast:Top 1% of all podcasts with

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00:44:03

Encore Presentation: Sharon Isbin - World’s Premier...

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2025/06/22

This is an Encore Presentation of my March 2025 interview with Sharon Isbin, one of the world’s premier classical guitarists and a multiple Grammy winner. She heads the guitar departments at Juilliard and the Aspen Music School. She’s won a boatload of awards and competitions. She studied with Andres Segovia. She’s performed with over 200 orchestras and she’s collaborated with classical and also non-classical musicians including Josh Groban, Joan Baez and Steve Vai.My featured song is my recent

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00:35:23

Encore Presentation: JoAnn Falletta - Classical Music...

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2025/06/21

This is an Encore Presentation of Robert’s January 2025 interview with Classical Music Superstar JoAnn Falletta. For 25 years JoAnn has been the Music Director and Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. She was the first female conductor in the United States of a major symphony orchestra. She’s a Juilliard graduate. She studied with Leonard Bernstein. She’s a 2x Grammy winner. My featured song is “New York City Groove”, from the album Made In New York by my band Project Grand Slam, in

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