Kyle Meredith With… Podcast
Collective Soul’s Ed Roland on New Album Vibrate and Scream 2’s “She Said”
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Collective Soul’s Ed Roland catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Vibrate, the band’s 11th album. Advertisement Related Video The frontman takes us through writing a collection that finds him searching during a time of political and environmental turmoil, his style of songwriting, and channeling his heroes like Elton John, Paul McCartney, Jeff Lynee, and Tom Petty. Roland also takes us back to 1997’s Disciplined Breakdown and the courtroom drama that preceded it while they were breaking up with their manager, as well as writing “She Said,” which would eventually make its way to the Scream 2 so...
Jason Isbell, Jim James, and Doug Martsch on Scorsese, Live LPs, and New Music
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS In this special three-part episode, Kyle Meredith features a trio of recent interviews that were taped in front of a live audience during WFPK Members Only performances. Advertisement Related Video The first interview is with Jason Isbell, who talks about putting on his own festival, what authenticity means for him, and being featured in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon. Then, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James tells us why he loves Halloween more than the other holidays, how public radio has helped out the band throughout their career, and how they go about choosing the releases for...
Debbie Gibson on Winterlicious Holiday Songs and Updating The Breakfast Club with Anthony Michael Hall
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Debbie Gibson catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Winterlicious, her first holiday collection in a career that spans three and a half decades. Advertisement Related Video The pop artist discusses her big second act, writing original holiday songs, and her latest collaboration with New Kids on the Blocks’ Joey McIntyre. Gibson also tells us about penning a tribute to her mom; being part of 1992’s A Very Special Christmas 2; and starring with Anthony Michael Hall in The Class, an updated homage to The Breakfast Club. Listen to Debbie Gibson dive into Winterlicious above, or what the chat ...
Noah Cyrus on Writing with Ben Gibbard and Living Out Her Legend of Zelda Fantasies
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Noah Cyrus talks her debut album, The Hardest Part, on the latest episode of Kyle Meredith With. Advertisement Related Video The singer-songwriter discusses making an album of goodbyes; telling her story of addiction, mental health, and recovery; and duetting with her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus. Speaking of guests, Noah also digs into what it was like to write and sing with her musical hero, Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, on “Every Beginning Ends,” as well as having singer LP on the LP. Cyrus also talks about how she was able to live out her The Legend of Zelda dreams with the album’s visual...
The Lone Bellow on Love Songs for Losers, America’s Opioid Crisis, and Getting Beaten Up in NYC
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS The Lone Bellow sit down with Kyle Meredith to talk about Love Songs for Losers. Related Video The trio discuss the small-town American opioid crisis that plays into the single “Gold,” plus taking some inspiration from John Mellencamp’s “Jack & Diane” and Bruce Springsteen. Zach Williams, Kanene Donehey Pipkin, and Brian Elmquist also tell us about self-producing the record in Roy Orbison’s former house and the spirits that inhabit the space, writing about family, and how the song “Dreaming” has a backdrop of getting beaten up and lost in New York City. Advertisement Listen to The Lone Bellow ta...
The Cult’s Ian Astbury on Under the Midnight Sun, Gothic Futurism, and the Optics of Nostalgia
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Ian Astbury calls in to chat with Kyle Meredith about Under the Midnight Sun, The Cult’s latest album. Advertisement Related Video Astbury talks about coming up as a crooner during the post-punk era, journalists mistakenly lumping them in with hair metal, and living through the optics of nostalgia. The frontman also talks about some of the big influences on this album — including Brian Jones, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac — and also dives deep into the ecological and environmental moments that arrive throughout. We also get his takes on recent artists like Yves Tumor and how they’re part of...
Alphaville’s Marian Gold on Eternally Yours, Space Exploration, and Shakespeare
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Alphaville’s Marian Gold joins Kyle Meredith to chat about the band’s new symphonic album, Eternally Yours. Advertisement Related Video The frontman discusses how the classical radio of his youth led him to synthesizers in the ’80s, and reveals the process of turning their pop songs into dreamy, orchestrated pieces. Gold later dives into his lifelong love of space exploration, how drugs influence literature and music, and writing “Around the Universe” about his father, who was a pilot in WWII. He also talks about leaning on Shakespeare’s sonnets for inspiration in regards to the title track, which h...
Serj Tankian on What’s Next for System of a Down, Mixing Humor with Facts, and Interactive Experiences
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Serj Tankian catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Perplex Cities, his second EP in as many years, as well as what’s next for System of a Down. Advertisement Related Video The System of a Down singer tells us about using his car to mix his songs and the 95 tracks found in his vault, mixing humor with serious issues, and trying to change minds in order to save the world. In fact, it’s with that that Serj discusses the current atrocities in Armenia, how the song “I Spoke Up” touches on those topics, and musically mixing cultures. Tankian also talks about the interactive experiences he bring...
Kenzie Zeigler on New Album, Clothing Line, and Growing Up in the Public Eye
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Kenzie Ziegler joined Kyle Meredith to dish on her latest single, “100 Degrees,” her musical progression since her 2015 debut, and the album she’s currently working on. Advertisement Related Video The former Dance Moms star tells us about predominantly working with only women and how that’s changed her writing process, finding a new musical voice as an indie pop singer-songwriter, and recently collaborating with NOTD. Ziegler also discusses her new clothing line with Francesca’s Boutique and what it’s been like to grow as an artist while growing up in the public eye. Listen to Kenzie Ziegler&nb...
Rita Wilson on the ’70s, Duetting with Willie and Costello, and Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Rita Wilson joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Now & Forever: Duets, an album that finds her collaborating with Elvis Costello, Smokey Robinson, Willie Nelson, Leslie Odom Jr., and many more on a playlist of some of her favorite songs of the ’70s. Advertisement Related Video The actress/musician tells us about what drew her to put the spotlight on the decade; flipping classics like “Slip Slidin’ Away,” “Fire,” “Songbird,” and “I’ll Be There” into conversations between two people; and what it was like to be on the mic opposite some of the greatest artists of all time. Wilson also discusses the LP’...
Bring Me the Horizon on Next Chapter of Post Human, Emo Sounds, and Self-Acceptance
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Oliver Sykes and Matt Nicholls of Bring Me the Horizon join Kyle Meredith backstage at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky to talk about the upcoming second chapter of their Post Human series. Advertisement Sykes analyzes the choice to do a long album run in what can seem like a singles-based world, as well as directing this latest set toward a more emo and post-hardcore sound, while Nicholls talks about having to learn different drum styles with each new release. Sykes also discusses the bigger story being told and how it looks at recovery, human evolution, and self-acceptance. BM...
Bush’s Gavin Rossdale on Heavy Sounds, Religious Iconography, and Constantine 2
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Gavin Rossdale catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about The Art of Survival and why it ended up being one of Bush’s heaviest albums. Advertisement The songwriter talks Coldplay, The Mars Volta, and Leonard Cohen, as well as his love of using religious iconography in his lyrics (and how it pissed off Gwen Stefani). Elsewhere, Rossdale also touches on being a reader of Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, his hopes of being in the just-announced Constantine 2, and why he says that Nicholas Cage is “the best actor in the world.” Listen to Bush’s Gavin Rossdale talk The Art of Survival and ...
