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It Says Here

A weekly digest covering some of the important stories from the world of music with interviews and expert analysis, hosted and produced by journalist and critic Robert Ham.

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51:18

It Says Here - Episode 028 w/ Gelli Haha

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2025/06/20

On this week's show, Robert Ham is joined by the wonderful future pop artist Gelli Haha whose new album Switcheroo is out on June 27.

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38:20

It Says Here - Episode 027 w/ Salin and filmmaker Rex...

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2025/06/13

This week, Robert Ham is joined by Thai-born, Canada-based jazz drummer Salin to talk about her latest album Rammana, and Rex Miller, the director of Harley Flanagan: Wired For Chaos, a new documentary about the tortured life and powerful redemption of Cro-Mags founder Harley Flanagan.

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01:05:51

It Says Here - Episode 026 w/ Quinton Barnes & Salem 66

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2025/06/06

On this week's episode, multi-hyphenate Canadian artist Quinton Barnes joins host Robert Ham to talk about the development of their latest genre-bending album Black Noise, and Judy Grunwald and Beth Kaplan, founding members of Boston-based alt-rock group Salem 66, discuss their time in the band and finally getting their brilliant discography on streaming services.

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26:00

It Says Here - Episode 025 w/ the co-curators of the...

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2025/05/30

A short and sweet episode to close out May. Robert Ham is joined by rock writer Alan Di Perna and Gabriele Rossi Rognoni to discuss the exhibit they co-curated Kurt Cobain Unplugged, which celebrates the performance that Nirvana recorded for MTV Unplugged in 1993.

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01:09:08

It Says Here - Episode 024 w/ Peter Baumann...

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2025/05/23

This week, host Robert Ham speaks to Peter Baumann, a former member of Tangerine Dream who recently released a new solo album called Nightfall, and Robert Forster, co-founder of The Go-Betweens, about his ninth solo effort Strawberries.

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54:40

It Says Here - Episode 023 w/ Amanda Ekery & Swamp Dogg

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2025/05/09

This week, Robert Ham is joined by singer-songwriter Amanda Ekery whose new album Arabe is being released today, and the people behind the wild new documentary Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted (including Swamp Dogg himself!) have a freewheeling conversation about the film and so much more.

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54:50

It Says Here - Episode 022 w/ Samantha Crain & Sally...

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2025/05/02

This week, Robert Ham is joined by singer-songwriter Samantha Crain to discuss her new album Gumshoe, and multi-disciplinary artist Sally Potter to talk about her new album ANATOMY.

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49:30

It Says Here - Episode 021 w/ Kendall Jane Meade and...

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2025/04/25

This week, Robert Ham speaks with singer-songwriter Kendall Jane Meade about her powerful new album Space, and jazz artist and composer Ingrid Laubrock joins the show to discuss her recently released magnum opus Purposing The Air.

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01:02:39

It Says Here - Episode 020 w/ Peter Holsapple

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2025/04/18

This week, Robert Ham spends the full episode with Peter Holsapple, the renowned singer/songwriter who is a member of the groups the dBs, the Continental Drifters, and the Paranoid Style, and spent some time in the touring versions of R.E.M. and Hootie & the Blowfish. He joins the show to talk about his long history in the music biz and to discuss the creation of his most recent solo album The Face of ’68, which was released on Record Store Day.

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47:10

It Says Here - Episode 019 w/ Michael Kurtz,...

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2025/04/11

This week, Robert Ham speaks with Michael Kurtz, co-founder of Record Store Day, and Michael Imperioli, an award-winning actor and one-third of the band ZOPA.

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39:45

It Says Here - Episode 018 w/ Eric Isaacson on...

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2025/04/04

This week, Robert Ham is joined by Eric Isaacson, the founder of Mississippi Records, to talk about his time working with beloved singer-songwriter Michael Hurley who passed away recently at age 83, and Tracii Guns, the longtime leader of sleaze rock paragons L.A. Guns.

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01:16:20

It Says Here - Episode 017 w/ Wolfgang Flür...

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2025/03/28

This week, Robert Ham is joined by Wolfgang Flür, a former member of Kraftwerk with a new solo album out this week, and Wolfgang Seidel, a musician and author whose book Krautrock Eruption: An Alternative History of German Underground in the 60s and 70s is out this month in a new English translation.

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41:30

It Says Here - Episode 016 w/ Hekla & Adrian Younge

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2025/03/21

On this week's show, Robert Ham is joined by theremin virtuoso Hekla to learn more about her new album Turnar, and the brilliant multi-instrumentalist and producer Adrian Younge who discusses his new tropicalia-inspired album Something About April III.

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59:53

It Says Here - Episode 015

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2025/03/14

On this week's show, Robert Ham speaks with Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock, the authors of the new book Lollapalooza: The Uncensored History of Alternative Rock's Wildest Festival.

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39:30

It Says Here - Episode 014

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2025/03/07

This week, host Robert Ham welcomes Steve Smith, the bassist and founding member of pop-punk icons The Vapors, to talk about the group's new album Wasp In A Jar, and Ebonie Smith, the esteemed audio engineer and producer who founded Gender Amplified, a nonprofit that supports women and gender-expansive artists in the music industry.

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57:15

It Says Here - Episode 013

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2025/02/28

This week, Robert Ham speaks with Don Leisure and Kev Tame, two of the minds behind Tyrchu Sain, an album celebrating 55 years of Welsh pop music released on Sain Records, and Kristin Daelyn, a singer-songwriter responsible for the stunning new album Beyond The Break.

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51:08

It Says Here - Episode 012

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2025/02/21

This week, Robert Ham speaks with Janine Rainforth, former leader of post-punk ensemble Maximum Joy, about her first ever solo album Soul Retrieval, and Eva Arijdis Fuentes chats about her new documentary Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus.

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48:43

It Says Here - Episode 011

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2025/02/14

This week, Robert speaks to Liz Pelly about her damning new book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, and U.K. singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan whose comeback album Lookaftering was just re-released for its 20th anniversary. Click here to donate to Sweet Relief's David Johansen Fund.

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53:51

It Says Here - Episode 010

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2025/02/07

This week, Robert spends the full episode with James Brandon Lewis, the prolific jazz saxophonist whose new album Apple Cores is out today via Anti- Records.

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47:24

It Says Here - Episode 009

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2025/01/31

On this week's show, Robert Ham is joined by Sarah Belle Reid, the multi-instrumentalist who collaborated with Vinny Golia on the new album Accidental Ornithology, and Damon Locks, a Chicago icon responsible for the daring new record List of Demands.

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