Jim Reilly's Words and Music Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Technical and general information from the podcast's RSS feed.

Jim Reilly's Words and Music Podcast

Jim Reilly

Music

Frequency: 1 episode/89d. Total Eps: 12

For over 20 years, author, musician, and educator Jim Reilly has connected with musicians, artists, and other creators and shared their stories in books and magazines, on radio, and online. Join Jim as he goes back and digs a little deeper with some of the folks he’s met along the way and explores the ongoing theme of creativity, where it comes from, and how it lives in the world with some new and equally inspiring folks.

Read moreCollapse

Site

RSS

Apple

Data updated on 14/07/2026

Recent rankings

Latest chart positions across Apple Podcasts and Spotify rankings.

Apple Podcasts

🇩🇪 Germany - Music Interviews
21/12/2025
#83
🇩🇪 Germany - Music Interviews
19/12/2025
#47

Spotify

No recent rankings available

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Links found in episode descriptions and other podcasts that share them.

See all

https://www.jimreilly.ca/
1 share
https://www.jimreilly.ca/podcast.html
1 share

RSS feed quality and score

Technical evaluation of the podcast's RSS feed quality and structure.

See all

RSS feed quality

To improve

Score global : 32%

Publication history

Monthly episode publishing history over the past years.

Year

Latest published episodes

Recent episodes with titles, durations, and descriptions.

See all

Ned Steinberger & Patrick Sankuer: Two minds, two hearts, a pair of amazing guitars and basses

Season 2 · Episode 1

Friday, December 12, 2025 • Duration 58:27

The story behind all the writing I've done and these podcasts is creativity and how that creativity lives in the world. No one embodies the creative impulse better than Ned Steinberger and Patrick Sankuer.

Patrick and Ned have collaborated on the latest project from NS Design: the FIN guitars and basses.

The FINs are the culmination of Ned's vision, which began nearly 50 years ago. His and Patrick's collaboration shows how creativity and passion can fuel dreams and turn them into realities.

For me, the surprise came when I realized just how similar Ned's and Patrick's stories are. And once again, as I keep finding while I explore creativity through music and the relationship between the two, how, once again, what on the surface may seem like an unlikely pairing couldn't be any more perfect.

Read moreCollapse

Stuart Spector - The master bass luthier takes on a whole new world

Season 1 · Episode 10

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 • Duration 35:02

What do you do after being one of the most important and influential bass guitar luthiers for over 40 years? You retire and start a new business building acoustic guitars, of course. Join me as I talk with the one and only Stuart Spector about inspiration, innovation, and the never-ending quest to learn, grow, and take on new challenges. If you’re looking for inspiration, you need look no further than this conversation with Stuart. I hope you enjoy.

Read moreCollapse

Mohini Dey - Rising to the top of the Bass World on Her Own Terms

Season 1 · Episode 9

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 • Duration 55:54

Inspirational, innovative, creative, bassist Mohini Dey Hartsuch is at the top of her game. She’s gone from being a child prodigy in India to one of the most in-demand players in the world. Her own music breaks down boundaries and barriers and mixes rock, prog, funk, jazz, and world music. With others, there really are no boundaries tohow she can serve the music.

It didn’t come easy, though. Mohini put in the work andcontinues to work incredibly hard to push her craft forward. Join us as we get philosophical on achieving success, dive deep into the universality of music, the power and importance of social media, and, of course, the obligatory gear talk.

Read moreCollapse

Nick Cañas - From South Texas Broadcasting to the World

Season 1 · Episode 8

Thursday, April 11, 2024 • Duration 39:21

Texas guitarist and bassist Nick Cañas has done everything right. He's got killer chops, and through thoughtfully produced and engaging online content creation, he has masterfully caught the eyes and ears of progressive music fans, gear enthusiasts, and the businesses whose gear he uses. It's the blueprint for staying creative in today's ever-changing musical landscape.

Join us as we discuss creativity and inspiration and add a healthy dose of the story behind his connection to NS Design and Ned Steinberger's continuing innovations.

Read moreCollapse

Joey Lauricella - The Fodera Story Continues

Season 1 · Episode 6

Sunday, February 25, 2024 • Duration 38:23

Join me as I finally managed to nail down Joey Lauricella at the 2024 NAMM show for the rest of the Fodera Guitars story. Feel free to go back and listen to my episode with Vinny Fodera first, although that's not mandatory.

Joey and Vinny have been making some of the world's most respected and influential instruments for over 40 years now. After talking with Vinny, I thought the secret to their success was the connection between the builder and the player. While that's definitely true, after talking with Joey, it's clear that there's so much more to the secret of Fodera's success.

As an added bonus, Mike Bendy, Fodera's director of sales and marketing and a killer Fodera artist in his own right, joined us and added his perspective as one of those taking Fodera forward to the next generation of players.

Read moreCollapse

Jon Liebman - The Founder and First Bassman Takes his Turn in Front of the Mic

Season 1 · Episode 5

Friday, January 19, 2024 • Duration 01:25:01

Jon Liebman is one of the bass world's foremost bass educators, authors, content creators, and an outstanding player in his own right.

After publishing over 800 interviews with a who's who of the music elite, it was time to point the microphone and share his story.

And what a story! From growing up with a backstage pass to the birth of rock and roll radio, to a very impressive education and playing career, to creating the website For Bass Players Only, the story twists and turns and lands in some pretty inspiring places.

I hope you enjoy.

PS, You can find links to Jon's website and a special link to the new Free Bass Course mentioned in the episode on my site: www.jimreilly.ca/liebman.

Read moreCollapse

Jeremy Nesse - Reinterpreting the Past and Carving New Roads Forward

Season 1 · Episode 4

Tuesday, November 14, 2023 • Duration 41:36

New York musician and producer Jeremy Nesse is a true innovator. He has the rare ability to hear beyond the box and is drawn to making music that engages and challenges the listener to venture outside the box with him.

He's currently involved in two projects that are gathering some pretty significant attention: Tilted Axes, a performance ensemble that has become a fixture on the streets of New York, and Through the Wire, a complete reimagining of Peter Gabriel's music featuring many of the musicians who created the music in the first place, along with a who's who of progressive musicians.

Thanks for joining us as we talk about all this and much more.

Read moreCollapse

Vinny Fodera - One of the Founding Fathers of Custom Bass Guitar Building Shares His Side of the Story

Season 1 · Episode 3

Sunday, June 11, 2023 • Duration 01:06:39

For over forty years, Fodera basses have set the standard for hand-crafted custom instruments. Some of the finest musicians on the planet play Fodera instruments. Vinny Fodera's story goes back to the very beginning of the custom guitar builders' movement. It started by connecting a player's vision with that of an artist, and those relationships continue to form and inform Fodera as the company continues to push boundaries and craft sonic works of art.

Read moreCollapse

A Few Bonus Minutes – A little bit about me via Devon Smullen

Season 1 · Episode 2

Monday, May 22, 2023 • Duration 07:49

Sometimes the interviewer becomes the interviewee. Talking with Devon was fun for all kinds of reasons. Not the least of which was that he was genuinely interested in me and my work and would often turn the questions back on me.

This little extra bit is one of those times. The ideas that came out resonated throughout the full interview, though, and were too good not to share.

(For the record, when I said that nothing surprised me, what I was going to say was that it didn’t surprise me, but validated what I assumed before talking with him. But I ended up on a different tangent…)

Read moreCollapse

Devon Smullen - Pushing Bass Design Boundaries Further and Futher

Saturday, May 13, 2023 • Duration 55:30

Devon Smullen has been making beautiful basses for over 30 years. These days, he's pushing the boundaries of bass form and function even further. Join us as we talk about instrument design, inspiration, process, and the motivation that drives it all.

Read moreCollapse

Jim Reilly's Words and Music Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Jim Reilly's Words and Music Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Other2

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Similar podcasts and content

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Other2