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Get Behind Me , Now Stay There Episode 35

Author – Amy McGuire:

                     
“I was born in the tiny town of Campbell River, B.C. and grew up a child of missionary parents in East Africa. By the time I reached high school, I was writing for fun, and slowly getting interested in both reading and writing romance. One thing I would say that makes my writing stand out from others in the romance genre is my strong belief that sex is designed for marriage and marriage alone. My characters are tempted just like anyone else but self-control is of paramount importance to me.” We caught up with Ms. McGuire in Canada where she gave us a lively interview about her books.

Musician – Joanne Shenandoah:

  
Joanne Shenandoah, Ph.D, is one of Americas most celebrated and critically acclaimed musicians. She is a Grammy Award winner, with over 40 music awards (13 Native American Music awards).  She has captured the hearts and souls of audiences all over the world, from North and South America, South Africa, Europe, Australia and Korea, and has been praised for her work of peace and hope. We spoke with her in New York where she told us about her recent trip to the Middle East where among other things she sang for the Pope. You'll enjoy this one!!!

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Musician – Wouter Kellerman:

                     
Wouter Kellerman's album Two Voices won the 2011 SAMA (South African Music Award, equivalent to the American Grammy) for 'Best Instrumental Album', reinforcing his status as one of South Africa's foremost musicians. A true crossover artist, Kellerman thrives on experimenting with the shades, textures and colors that his magic flute is capable of painting, and creatively blending them with other instrumentation and vocal sounds.

The SAMA-winning flute wizard, who performed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Closing Ceremony to a global television audience of 700-million people, has spent the past few years cooking up several potent compositions with an array of top South African and other African artists -- and his latest album MZANSI is the result. We spoke with him in South Africa, where he was performing at the Nelson Mandela tribute in front of 80,000 people.

Musician – Ricky Kej:

  
Ricky Kej is the internationally acclaimed composer of Kamasutra Lounge 1 and 2 (USA), Fiery Drums (Virgin EMI), Mesmerizing Flute (Virgin EMI), and he’s featured in over 100 compilations across the globe. He’s also scored and composed for five Indian feature movies, and over 3000 advertising jingles, including Nike, Levi's, IBM, Fosters, Toyota, Air India, Arrow, and more . . . 

Kej won a 'One Show' award for Advertising Excellence and he’s been a finalist for the Cannes Advertising Award for his Nike jingle. Hailed as a 'World Famous Star in Fusion Music' by Virgin-EMI and as a 'National Youth Icon' in India by the Rotary Club, he composed the score for 2011 Cricket World Cup Opening Ceremony. This was the highest rated opening ceremony event in sporting world. A wonderful interview with Ricky Kej in New York with Chrissy McIntrye.

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Producer – Sue Zizza:

                     
"The Fall of Kings" a stunning follow-up to Ellen Kushner’s cult-classic novel, Swordspoint, is set in the same world of labyrinthine intrigue, where sharp swords and even sharper wits rule. Against a rich tapestry of artists and aristocrats, students, strumpets, and spies, a gentleman and a scholar will find themselves playing out an ancient drama destined to explode their society’s smug view of itself – and reveal that sometimes the best price of uncovering history is being forced to repeat it . . .Sue Zizza sat down with us in New York to tell all about the audio production of this wonderful book and about her role as producer on this book and many other projects. A really fascinating conversation we’re sure you'll want to hear this one.

Warren Duffy:

  
For a decade, afternoon drive-time radio listeners in Southern California tuned in from 4 to 7 p.m. on 99.5, KKLA, to hear the daily 3-hour, award winning, talk program “Duffy and Company- Live from LA”. The show covered a wide range of social, moral, and political issues of concern to Christians. Duffy drew a large and loyal audience who heard unique daily insights, listened to his timely interviews with known celebrities, and people called-in to discuss important news and critical issues. During his ten year tenure, National Religious Broadcasters nominated Duffy’s radio program four times as “Talk Show of the Year”. In 2000, he was inducted into the Radio and TV Broadcasters Hall of Fame. A veteran of nearly 50 years in radio broadcasting during the ‘60’s, and the heady days of “Top Forty Radio”, Duffy was named “one of America’s top ten radio personalities”.  In the 1970’s, he pioneered the Underground Radio format on FM radio stations from Boston to Los Angeles. He then launched his own management company that included among his clients, the Beach Boys. And if you think he stopped there think again, he wrote the book The Green Tsunami, a common sense approach to environmentalism. He talked about all of this in his insightful charming sometimes hilarious interview. 

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Miss Amy and the Off the Map band:

                     
Off The Map with Miss Amy is built of musicians who love to play music! Fronted by lead singer Miss Amy they make a hard-hitting Americana Rock interfusion sound! Their experience ranges from being opening acts for Marshall Tucker, Los Lonely Boys, to recording with Bernie Worell, Richie Cole and Grover Washington Jr., to performing with the Delaware Symphony, New Jersey Philharmonic and backing the Moody Blues. The band members have worked with various mainstream jazz, funk, and rock bands, as well as classical ensembles, over the years: Miss Amy sat down with our own Chrissy McIntyre in the garden state New Jersey to tell us all about this exciting debut album from Off The Map "Angels Riding Shotgun” and so much more . . . have a listen won't you, you'll be pleased that you did!!!

Matthew Shell:

  
"VICTORIOUS" opens with “GENESIS”, an explosive instrumental collaboration between Matthew Shell and Arun Shenoy featuring Ian Cameron on violin and guest musicians from around the world. The rest of the album features many of Matthew’s favorite collaborators, bassist Markus Huber, pianist Vahagn Stepanyan, bassist Teo Lee, strings arranger Jonathan Wesley, drummer Sebastian Wyrobisch, guitarist Paul Jackson Jr., trumpeter Greg Adams, and keyboardist Marcus Johnson, among others. MTS Music specializes in music production and audio engineering. MTS Music is directed by Matthew Shell. Along with being featured on GRAMMY365.com, Matthew has produced artists such as Arun Shenoy, Marcus Johnson, Kenny Wesley, Sydni Alexander, Kenny McNeil (D2D), Carolyn Malachi, Kolten Perine, Greg Adams, Paul Jackson Jr. and Trey Eley. Matthew has remixed for Selena Gomez, engineered for O.A.R. and Philip Lawrence, and has engineered and mixed for DJ Flexx, Free, Jeff Lorber, Marcus Mitchell, and Gerald Albright, among others. We sat down with him for this amazing interview, fascinating insight into music from the producer to the stars. 

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Catch the Bus with Artist Amara:

                     
In this age, we are all aware that some resources are finite, while others are constantly renewable. Catch the Bus is a dream of existing in balance.  We know the power of technology; the bus will be a roving smart-house allowing us to publish our creations and our unique existence for the world. At the same time, we respect that the power for that technology needs to come from sustainable sources; we plan to power everything from the light bulbs to the tablets with solar and wind energy. As we travel throughout the country, everyone who gets to Catch the Bus will get to share in the process of artistic creation and observe a fully-functioning example of a modern, sustainable existence that they may take away ideas of what is within reach. We talk with her about this exciting adventure and all the art they have planned and much more from upstate New York.

Beilis and French:

  
Lulu French say's I’m a performer and teaching artist. Improv is my specialty - and my passion! It was an interesting journey for me leading up to being an improviser. I was a dancer in my youth, did musical theater during my young adulthood, but then in 1997, I took an improv class and was hooked. Lulu met Brandon Beilis at the Gotham City Improv doing a show called Meet Market. There the two went on many an 'improv' date and realized they had great chemistry together on stage. They decided to team up and created Beilis and French. As a two person team, you are continually aware that, not only are these two funny but they really enjoy each other's company.  

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Josey Milner:

                     
In December 2012, Josey released her new single, “Not Pretty Enough,” with veteran engineers Matthew Russo (Hall and Oates) and Larry Gann (Elton John) and producer, Micah Burdick. The single kicked off an anti-bullying campaign, with Josey as national spokesperson for Angels and Doves.  The single was the second most-added at country radio (New Music Weekly) in its first week of release, and it’s currently #29 NMW and #105 Music Row. Josey is continuing with an extensive series of radio, print, and online interviews, as well as taking her live shows to audiences across the Midwest and beyond.  Named as one of the Hottest New Artists in a PDS Entertainment publication, Josey was nominated as Promising Young Artist in the 2013 Independent Country Music Association Awards. One thing is for certain, wherever her music may take her, she will always remain the small-town girl with the rodeo spurs still hanging on her wall. She spoke with us about this and more wonderful girl great interview you don't want to miss this one.

Amy Rose:

  
A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet . . .” said Juliet, in Shakespeare’s famous play, Romeo and Juliet.  The question is, would they sound as sweet as THIS  Rose?  Part down-home country girl, part sophisticated musical veteran, Amy Rose has already earned a reputation for being one of Ontario, Canada’s best-known secrets.  From her early years on small-town fair and festival stages, to her brand-new, Nashville-recorded single, this Rose with the soaring vocal range and pop country sensibilities is on a journey to the world stage and beyond…THIS is the beginning for her just is was a fun interview so have a listen and see if you don't enjoy the conversation as much as we did Wild Amy Rose is here to stay!!!

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Linda Chorney:

                     
Linda Chorney was born before the war. She started singing as a fetus. She received a standing ovation in the delivery room and has been singing ever since. Highlights in her career thus far have been breaking the Top 40 Adult Contemporary Charts, and singing for Nelson Mandela, in front of a crowd of 250,000 humans. And of course playing in Sports bars where no one is listening. She say's just because it happened to you, doesn't make it interesting, but sometimes, putting it to music does. She spoke with us about her trip to the Grammy's, her new book “Who the %$^# Is Linda Chorney”. As of the year 2013, she has released six CD's, and three cassettes, and has won a total of zero Grammy's. She has performed on all seven continents, but only one planet. Her goal is to get one Grammy and sing on two planets. 

Jiggley Jones:

  
Now under the professional direction of MTS Management Group and Michael Stover, who says “Jiggley has that one-of-a-kind sound that I look for in an
artist. His songs will touch you and move you with their beautiful lyrics and
melodic strength”. Now let’s not let the word “debut” fool you. Just like the title of this four song EP, “No Spring Chicken”, Jiggley himself has lived. “Lets face it, I’m not 18 anymore and thank God for that,” says Jones. “I’m no longer coming
from a place that I have to in order to fit in; I’m coming from a place that is
different because that is what I’ve become. No tattoos, no piercing, just
music, strong and true, music that paints a picture.”

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Ruth Nolan:

                     
Ruth Nolan is a poet and writer whose works have appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies. A former wild land firefighter for the BLM California Desert District, she holds her B.A. in English from California State University, San Bernardino, and M.A. in English/Creative Writing from Northern Arizona University. She is Associate Professor of English at College of the Desert and lives in Palm Desert. She brings us an amazing interview from the Invisible Memoir Project.   

Frankie Hernandez:

  
Frankie Hernandez has been called "the Latino Stevie Wonder" by the State of Jefferson. His powerful, soulful voice, manic optimism, and catchy and eccentric songwriting have made him an Austin, Texas music scene staple, indispensable touring sideman, Los Angeles session musician, front man and band leader. He has played on stage and recorded with acts such as: Michael Franti and Spearhead, Leftover Salmon, Phish, Seal, Outlawz, Rod Stewart, internationally renowned flamenco guitarist David Broza, David Garza, The Killer Bees, and Chris Chandler to name a few. Some Main Stage appearances: Oregon Country Fair, High Sierra Music Festival, Earthdance, Kerrville Folk Festival, Falconridge Folk Festival, and Santa Monica Earthday Festival. He came into our studios and we had a great conversation and heard some wonderful music.

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Sassy Vee:

Following her mother’s radio and music background and several other family members’ footsteps that were in the entertainment business. Sassy started a career in radio first on her tape recorder as a young girl and then she was on All Talk Radio where she started doing a radio show for about 5 years where she became a popular online celebrity and interviewed famous entertainers, authors and celebrities. And now Sassy Vee has us all singing her new dance track she wrote called "I Was Twitterin". Check out the video below and of course we had a blast visiting with her in San Diego don't want to miss Joey Danger's interview with her.   

David Phillips:

 

Following the path of his influences David Phillips moved from Oklahoma to Los Angeles in search of an audience for his abstract paintings. Discovering a larger art market Phillips' paintings grew in size and detail. Currently represented by the Downtown Art Center Gallery of Los Angeles, and working from his studio in Venice, Phillips' has been featured on CBS, The LA Times, and Seventeen Magazine. His bold abstractions continue to amaze patrons, bring buyers, and captivate collectors. Phillips extraordinary art continues to stand out and offer a unique dichotomy to the current state of the art market. Amazingly he continues to sell, move up in the gallery world, and attract collectors in a market completely saturated with graffiti, urban, and essentially 'non classic in form abstract paintings.' Phillips' work is a reflection of his influences (primarily the Abstract Expressionists painters of the 1950s), and uses Western and Americana themes in the contemporary art world. Essentially every thing in the current market would not result in Phillips' style selling work. However, after an exceptional two years and red hot gallery run, he has sold and grown his audience. He sat down with him in Venice Beach, California.

 

 

 

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Xander Demos:

                     
Xander Demos is a high-energy rock and metal guitar player from Pittsburgh, PA. He is fueled by the passion to create melodic songs ranging from rock and metal genres to pop and ambient. Xander normally is associated with the rock and metal world but his versatility allows him to be comfortable in many forms of music. Xander grew up in the decade of decadence and has been a big fan of everything from pop-metal, Top-40, thrash metal, progressive rock and even dance-related music. As long as there was a hook or a melody, he picked up on it. Xander's main influences are Shawn Lane, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, Vinnie Moore, Guthrie Govan, Jason Becker, Neal Schon, Michael Romeo and John Sykes. In the early days, he was fortunate to have some teachers whom he respected and had given him great tools by which to hone his fluid technique. We caught up with him for a high spirited conversation even the dogs got in on it, this one is fun.  

Victoria Howard:                                                                                             

 

Victoria is the author of five books including "Why Women Love Bad Boys," which was featured on "Fox & Friends," "The Sally Jesse Raphael Show," "Good Day Sacramento," and "Good Day L.A." After penning her own relationship column in a local newspaper (Dear Victoria) and hosting her own radio show, she became known as "The Relationship Guru" and "The Bad Boy Expert." Victoria is the founder of the nation's newest live dating game called "Kick 'Em To the Curb" which is the modern day version of the 60's "The Dating Game."  Sex, Lies, and Someone Else's Picture," a set of vivid and factual stories about men and women who have tried Internet dating. The stories are funny, painful, informative, and eye opening