Glad You’re Here

Host Grant Glad sits down with James Eugene Russell to talk about his upcoming record, his thoughts on songwriting and songwriters, and what he does to stay sane chasing a life in music. Check out James at https://www.jameseugenerussell.com/

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Host Grant Glad talks with Brett of the Duluth, MN musical project Dirtbike Boyfriend. They get in the weeds on messaging in songs, consuming media, being a true creative, the throughline between different types of art and castles. You can find out more about Dirtbike Boyfriend at https://www.dirtbikeboyfriend.com/music  This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down with Cole Diamond and they talk about authenticity in country music, making live performances matter, and where all these songs come from. Follow Cole Diamond at https://colediamondmusic.com/ & This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, learn more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad sits down to talk with Clayton Ryan about how he became a well rounded musician/singer/songwriter, landing in Minneapolis to build a music career, and a few snippets about songwriters that don't play their own instruments. Follow Clayton Ryan at https://www.claytonryan.com/ This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, learn more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad talks with Josie of the musical project Finick. They get in the weeds about songwriting, storytelling, worldbuilding and what it takes to figure out this crazy music thing. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, let them make your next car buying experience an easy one, to learn more check out https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Host Grant Glad is joined by Minneapolis rising star Anni XO and we chat about childhood homes, songwriting, inspiration, being authentic to yourself, growing up religious, coming out and really just all of the things. Anni XO shares some of their wonderful songs along the way as well. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, find out more at https://www.gocarconcierge.com/

Grant sits down with Duluth's rising star Ross Thorn as they go behind the curtain on how Ross creates his songs, his bid to get to Blue Ox Music Festival in Eau Claire, his musical upbringing and more. Follow Ross at Rossthornmusic.com to stay tuned for everything exciting he has coming up!

Tim Fast joins host Grant Glad to talk about his creative process, the songwriting group he is a part of, and shares some stories from his years in the music industry! Not only that, but Tim shows us what he's made of with a few of his songs performed live as well!

Jillian Rae & Eric Martin braved a Minnesota snowstorm to come chat with host Grant Glad about how they create music, what it's like performing with a partner and the great pickle conspiracy in the U.S.A. Of course, Jillian plays a few songs live for us as well!

Flipping the script here! This is a throwback to when our usual host Grant Glad is interviewed by the Happy Trucker AKA Shawn Sullivan on the Happy Trucker Show. The interview that started it all! Grant was promoting his new record at the time, but the interview is a fun blast from the past so we thought we would share it with you all!

We interview Minneapolis Singer-Songwriter Matthew French about his writing process, his influences and he even shares a few songs live in studio for us as well!

Chris O'Brien calls in to chat with host Grant Glad about the process behind recording his album "Echoes from the Iron Ore" remotely at a cabin in the BWCA, if Dave Simonett can catch a fish, and creating a musical experience with a record!

We interview Minneapolis singer-songwriter, AJ Scheiber and he tells us some stories about meeting Townes Van Zandt, we dive in to his songwriting process and he shares a few tunes with us live on the air as well!

Host Grant Glad sits down with Erik, Craig, Ryan and Joel of the Rockford Mules. We talk about recording their latest record at the legendary Pachyderm recording studio, what it takes to stay together as a band for so long and what makes them tick creatively. Erik shares a few solo acoustic renditions of Mules songs along the way.

Aurora Baer joins host Grant Glad to talk about what makes her so musically diverse, her creative process, sobriety and shares a few songs with us as well!

Interview with singer-songwriter Doyle Turner! We talk about his songwriting process, the songwriting group he's a part of, and how he got to be so gosh darn friendly. Doyle also shares with us a few tunes live in the studio!

Host Grant Glad and Co-Host Kelley Smith interview Brooklyn, NY candle maker/author Jesse Regis, the owner of Virgins on Fire Candle Company and talk about how he comes up with scents with names like "Fuck it, I'm Buying a Cabin"

Interview with Jason Streitz of Jason Streitz and the Long Odds! We talk about his songwriting process, getting through the pandemic and he even shares a few songs live in studio for us!