Honest Tunes is well-known for our live radio interview-series, featuring artists like Leftover Salmon, Houseman from Galactic, Yonder Mountain String Band, Chuck and Vinnie from moe., The Del McCoury Band, The Codetalkers, Robert Bradley, Tony Furtado, Derek Trucks, Steve Kimock, Robert Randolph, Rev. Jeff Mosier, Carlos Washington, Larry, The Kudzu Kings, Sun Cured Red, Blu Kay, Mountain of Venus, Umphrey’s McGee, Particle, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Eckobase, New Monsoon, Zilla, Addison Groove Project, Big Smith, Cary Hudson, Sarah Hughes and Pat Villines, Lara Palango, Adam Hood, Charliehorse, Shanti Groove, Papa Mali, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Robert Walter, Speakeasy, Paper Sun, Green Lemon, Breaking & Entering,Col. Bruce Hampton and Bobby Lee Rodgers, Tiffany Christopher, My-Tea Kind, Billy Iuso (Restless Natives/New Orleans), Joseph Isreal, and many more. We’ve been thrilled to have these guests in the KXUA studios for extended interviews and some electric and acoustic performances, live on-the-air. We plan to post more photos, audio files and mp3′s from these interviews and performances here.
Check the Interviews category for current news and mp3 files.
Here is an old, out-dated and incomplete list of interviews from the earlier years of Honest Tunes Radio Interview Series:
Honest Tunes INTERVIEW SERIES:
SO MANY MORE INTERVIEWS I CAN’T EVEN LIST THEM ALL!!
· Jeff Austin (mandolin, Yonder Mountain String Band)
4/11/2000
· Merl Saunders (the legendary keyboard player)
5/2/2000
· Tate & Dave (guitar & vocals, bass, Kudzu Kings)
6/20/2000
· Steve Kimock (lead guitar, Zero, Other Ones, KVHW, SKB)
5/1/2001
· Rodney Holmes (drummer on Santana’s #1 album Supernatural)
5/1/2001
· Vince Herman (guitar and vocals, Leftover Salmon) FIRST TIME
6/5/2001 and 3/16/2002
· The Rev. Jeff Mosier (banjo frontman, Blueground Undergrass)
10/2/2001
· Carlos Washington (trumpet, Tiny Universe and Giant People)
A little trumpet playing, and interview.
10/23/01
· Theryl Houseman deClouet (frontman, Galactic)
11/6/01
· Tanya Shylock (singer, Mountain of Venus)
11/13/2001
· Derek Trucks & Yonrico Scott (guitar, drums, Derek Trucks Band)
1/29/2002
· Rick & Jeff (harmonica & vocalist of LARRY)
Fat Tuesday 2/12/2002
· Vince Herman (guitar and vocals, Leftover Salmon) SECOND TIME
3/16/2002
· (Smokin’ Grass from Vermont)
4/16/2002
· Del McCoury, Ronnie, Rob, Jason, Bub (the Del McCoury Band)
Acoustic set and interview
4/16/2002 *Honest Tunes participated in the session with Recorded Live and Sunset Shakedown
· Tony Furtado (slide guitar and banjo, Tony Furtado Band)
Acoustic set and interview
10/8/2002
· Jimmy, Dan, Josh, Darin (Sun Cured Red)
Acoustic set and interview
11/19/2002
· Chuck Garvey & Vinnie Amico (moe.)
2/4/2003
· Bobby Lee Rodgers and Tyler “The Falcon Garcia” (banjo, guitar, percussion, Col. Bruce Hampton & the Codetalkers)
Acoustic set and interview
2/22/2003
· Umphrey’s McGee (entire band)
4/22/2003
· Raja and Jeff Miller (tablas, guitar, New Monsoon)
4/29/2003
· Particle (entire band)
2003
· Jeffry (percussion, Sound Tribe Sector 9)
2003
· Leftover Salmon’s Vince Herman (guitar), Drew Emmitt (mandolin), and Noam Pikelny (banjo) – Live performance! THIRD TIME
2003
· Mountain of Venus (entire band) Live performance! SECOND TIME
2003
· Tanya, Dave, and Jody from Mountain of Venus THIRD TIME
2004
· Cary Hudson (guitar, formerly Blue Mountain)
· Mark Bilyeu (Big Smith)
Fat Tuesday! 2//2004
My-Tea Kind
7-9-2006
Joseph Isreal
10-10-2006
