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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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17:15

People Of The Sun Are Psyched!

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/06/25

People Of The Sunare a pysch-rock outfitfromTaranaki,comprisedofseasoned musiciansJoseph Anderson(Guitar, Lead Vocals), Djordie Nikolic(Bass, Vocals),andTom Scrase(Drums, Taonga Puoro, Vocals).Marty Dudaspoke with Tom about how they melded the sounds ofPink Floyd, ToolandTrinity Rootsinto the seven very original tracks that make up their self-titled debut album.

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10:31

Bill Charlap – Keeping It Spontaneous with Dee Dee...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/06/21

Dee Dee BridgewaterandBill Charlaphave teamed up to createElemental…a spontaneous celebration of the great American composers such asCole Porter, George GershwinandDuke Ellington.Marty Dudafound pianistBill Charlapin Oakland just days after the duo performed at the famed Hollywood Bowl. Watch and listen as Bill explains how he and Dee Dee have a “serious” good time making this music together.

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16:02

Elijah Johnston - Stupid Soul and Simplified Songwriting

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/06/20

Elijah Johnston has just released his new album, Stupid Soul. Now based in Atlantic, Elijah returned to Athens to record these 12 tracks of sundrenched power pop.Marty Duda caught up with Elijah in Atlanta and talked to him about his new approach to songwriting and, what he did last summer and covering Bruce Springsteen.

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15:39

Grayson Hugh Adds Some Twang To His Blue-Eyed Soul

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/06/18

Grayson Hughhas releasedSave Your Love For Me…the new album was five years in the making, but, as you’ll hear, it was well worth the wait.Marty Dudaspoke to Grayson about makingSave Your Love For Meand how session cats likePete KennedyandTony Garnierhelped him put some twang in his soul.

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17:29

The Dead Daisies Are Lookin’ For Trouble!

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/06/08

Blues-infused hard rockers,The Dead Daisespay tribute to greats likeRobert JohnsonandJohn Lee Hookerwith a new collection of old standards calledLookin’ For Troublethat will rock your socks off.Marty Dudaspoke to Dead Daisies vocalistJohn Corabiabout the band’s pilgrimage to Muscle Shoals and their take on classics likeCrossroadsandBorn Under A Bad Sign.

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24:40

Heavenly Returns To Portland Town

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/06/06

Heavenlywere, and are again, an indiepop band from England who have just released their first new single in 29 years.Marty Dudaspoke to bandmembersAmelia FletcherandRob Purseyabout their new songPortland Town, the reissue of their 1996 albumOperation Heavenlyand another new song by offshoot band,Swansea Sound,calledOasis v Blur.

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14:22

Love Party With a Recovering Lawyer

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/06/05

Love PartyisKate YesbergandDayle Jellyman.Married for 10 years, they’ve only just formed a band and released their debut album,Wow!Marty Dudaspoke to Kate and Dayle who were home in Wellington and found out how this self-described “recovering lawyer” and in-demand musician formed a punk band and wrote and recorded 8 songs that make up a “time-stamped document of everything we’ve learned about love so far, from the romantic, to the ridiculous, to the universal.”

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34:44

David Lowery on Fathers, Sons and Brothers

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/06/02

David Lowery is the chief songwriter and frontman for both Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker, his new 'musical autobiography' is a 3-LP set titled Fathers, Sons and Brothers.Marty Duda spoke to David at length about this impressive project, his personal and musical past and Kim Dotcom and Napster (who he successfully sued). Be sure to stay with this one as David has some valuable advice for artists working in the age of streaming.

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27:10

Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill and Long After The Fire

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/31

What do you get when you mix a Bangle and a Cowsill? Listen toVicki PetersonandJohn Cowsill’snew album andyou’ll find it’s a little bit country and a little bit rock & roll.Marty Dudaspoke to Vicki and John, who are married and living in California where they madeLong After The Fire, an album of songs written by John’s brothers,Barry and Bill Cowsill. The project began at Sun Studios in Memphis and tookoff from there.

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20:43

Greta O'Leary Crosses The River Dark

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/30

Auckland-based alt.folk singer/songwriter Greta O'Leary talks to us about her long-awaited debut album, River Dark and why she calls it "spook folk".Marty Duda spoke to Greta shortly after she was forced to cancel a concert due to illness. Greta's feeling better now and so are we after listen to these nine new songs produced by a team that includes producer Jol Mulholland and ace players such as Cass Basil, Alastair Deverick, Callum Passells and Anita Clark.

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18:49

Valerie June On Owls, Omens, Oracles and Dreads

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/27

West Tennessee native Valerie June has released her sixth studio album. Owls, Omens and Oracles is produced by M. Ward and is "a radical statement to break skepticism, surveillance, and doom scrolling.Marty Duda spoke to Valerie who was in Memphis Tennessee preparing to take these songs of positivity and inclusiveness on the road.

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35:49

The Minus 5 On Mott, Marianne and Why The Bird Is The...

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/26

The Minus 5, formed in 1993 byScott McCaughey(Young Fresh Fellows) andPeter Buck(R.E.M.) are about to releaseOar On, Penelope!, their first album in five years.Marty Dudaspoke to Scott about all the important subjects…the glory that isMott The Hoople, the under-ratedMarianne FaithfullandMichael Hurley, recovering from a stroke and why the Bird is still the Word!

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18:28

Powder Chutes Are On The Move

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/25

Wanaka rockers Powder Chutes are celebrating the release of their self-titled debut album with a nation-wide tour.Marty Duda spoke to guitarist Clarke and bass player Otis to find out what these guys have up their sleeves when they make their way to the City Of Sails.

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22:39

Jenny Mitchell - Building The Perfect Forest House

13th Floor MusicTalk ·

2025/05/24

iwi Country singer Jenny Mitchell has just released her fourth album, Forest House...recorded in recorded in a house in Pirinoa (Wairarapa), it explores all of the experiences that can happen within four walls; the welcoming, heartbreaking, healing and everything in between.Marty Duda found Jenny in her new home in Melbourne, taking a quick break from touring Australia with one of her heroes, Kasey Chambers. So, here is Jenny to talk about recording with her dad, her sisters and songwriting with

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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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