Glad You’re Here – Details, episodes & analysis

Vinnie Donatelle of The Last Revel sits down on this weeks episode to chat with Grant about their bands ascendant rise in the bluegrass world, their new album "Gone for Good" coming out on July 18th, what makes their brand of string music work on their records, and what it takes to make a living as a musician in this day and age. Vinnie also performs a few songs solo acoustic that you won't want to miss. 

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Emma and Jordan of the Minneapolis Alt-Country outfit, Lone Rock Bride, join host Grant Glad on this weeks show to nerd out about all things songwriting, Lucinda Williams and anything else that pops in our head. Emma and Jordan also perform some stripped down performances of 2 of their songs off their latest album, "Bohemian Flats" and "Poet on a Motorcycle" This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Folk Singer/Songwriter (don't call it folkgrass folks) Simon Cropp joins host Grant Glad to solve all the worlds problems on this week episode of the show. We talk about how his upcoming debut album, his experiences climbing the ranks of the music industry by just asking for the gig, how he is learning pedal steel and anything else that comes to mind. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Stained glass artist Laura Geyen of LH Glassworks sits down with host Grant Glad to discuss how she got into stained glass, some of her anti-capitalist pieces, where she gets inspiration for her art, and what it takes to make a living as an artist.

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Multi-Hyphenate Emmy Award Winning Sound Designer-Music Producer-Engineer Taylor Lewin sits down with host Grant Glad to discuss his career arc, the skillset he has developed to be successful in the creative industry, his thoughts on making a living in the creative industry, how he helps articulate ideas and anything else that pops in their heads. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Girl at the Rock Shows AKA Langen Goldstien sits down with host Grant Glad to talk about her experience promoting the Minnesota music scene by attending 100’s of shows every year and writing about them.

We talk about how she manages this with a day job, what makes bands stand out for her, and why it’s always worth it to get there for the opener.

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Alyssa Oursler (author, musician, photographer & music journalist) joins host Grant Glad on this weeks episode to talk about what it’s like to write a novel and have to live in that world, how she is influenced by Patti Smith, and anything else that pops in our heads.

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Minneapolis Americana/Country phenom Thomas Sticha joins host Grant Glad on the show this week.

We talk about his experience coming out from the Christian music world as a backup musician and into his own as a country singer, how him and others have built a community of like minded Americana artists in the Minneapolis music scene, and Thomas shares live performances of his songs “Mississippi Down” and “Bozeman”

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Americana Songsmith Luke LeBlanc joins host Grant Glad this week to cut it up about this music thing.

We chat about how he's been playing on stages and writing since he was 12, his Erik Koskinen produced album "Places", where his ideas come from, and Luke and Grant debate the merits of country music radio circa 2010.

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Sophie Hiroko sits down with host Grant Glad to talk about her new single "Ashes" that came out on March 17th. She shares a few unreleased songs on the show and we talk about WWOOFing, how she uses her other band (C U Next Tuesday) to have 2 outlets for her emotions, and the process she uses to create quality art quickly.

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