Russ interviews Long Ryder and Coal Porter SID GRIFFIN about his new solo album The Journey from Grape to Raisin, new Long Ryder and Coal Porter concert dates, his spring US tour with Peter Case, and his 32 years as a yankee in London. We spin the following tunes: XTC - Making Plans for Nigel Aztec Camera - Oblivious Chuck Prophet - In the Shadows …

Russ chats with UK folk rock pioneer Iain Matthews and plays songs from his new album How Much is Enough. Russ also spins '60s Waylon Jennings, Waxahatchee, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Richard Hawley and more... Waxahatchee - Bored (Tigers Blood - 2024) Waylon Jennings - That’s What You Get For Loving Me (Leavin’ Town - 1966) Richard Hawley - Tonigh…

Russ and Barbara chat about her long indie career, 28th Day, marriage, tortoises, her upcoming tour of Finland, plans for a new album, teaching a class of 80 kids how to play guitar, and much more. Russ also spins: 1. Tommy James - Crimson and Clover 2. Barr Brothers - Come In The Water (Sleeping Operator - 2014) 3. The Delines - Drowning In Plain …

Russ chats with singer-songwriter, guitarist Chuck Prophet about his new album Wake The Dead and more... Russ also spins: Brian Eno - Here He Comes (Before and After Science - 1977) Cactus Blossoms - Statues (Everytime I Think About You - 2024 Harry Nilsson - Mucho Mungo/Mt. Elga - (Pussy Cats - 1974) Stefan Murphy - All I Ever Got From Them is Pai…

Russ tells stories and spins the following wax: Chuck Prophet - Sugar into Water Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino ? and the Mysterians - Hangin’ on a String JP Harris - Dark Thoughts Ronnie Milsap - Daydreams About Night Things Theo Lawrence - Liquor & Love Richard Hawley - Prism in Jeans Continental Drifters - Dallas Iain Matthews - These Days Scot…

This week, we are spinning these great tracks: 1. Iggy Pop - The Passenger (Lust for Life - 1977) 2. David Bowie - Sound & Vision (Low - 1977) 3. Thin White Rope - Mother (Moonhead - 1987) 4. Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar (1987) 5. The Mighty Stef - Nightwatchman of Iveagh Flats (2014) 6. Jackson Browne - Everywhere I Look (Tribute to Don H…

Peter Holsapple chats with Russ about The dBs: history, reissues, reunion shows, and how nice Linda McCartney was. PLUS Peter takes the deep dive into his other band The Continental Drifters and the new book, 2CD tribute, and the best of collection. Plus Russ spins these tunes: 1. The Frightnrs - I’d Rather Go Blind (Daptone Records Singles Collect…

Today's episode finds Russ chatting with his old friend Steve Wynn about Steve's new memoir I Would Say It If It Wasn't True and his new album Make It Right. Russ and Steve also share stories of their time to together in Davis, CA and the band Suspects with Kendra Smith (later of Dream Syndicate) and Gavin Blair (later True West). Playlist: 1. Chuc…

Join Russ on his debut broadcast when he talks about life and radio in Davis and plays: 1. Flamin’ Groovies - Shake Some Action 2. Steve Wynn - Make It Right (title track of new album out next Friday) 3. Dillard & Clark - Don’t Let Me Down (Through the Morning, Through The Night - 1969) 4. Nick Lowe - I Read A Lot (That Old Magic - 2011) 5. Rolling…

The new Sid Podcast picks up where the last one left off as it is a new collection of Byrds rarities. Listen up, dig in, and groove to the sounds which not only made the 1960s but still reverberate today!על ידי Sid Griffin

The 37th Sid Griffin Podcast is ready to be heard and enjoyed. No holiday theme this year as Sid has done in past podcasts but…get ready for a surprise…he HAS done an entire show devoted to his fave act, The Byrds.על ידי Sid Griffin

After a nine month absence the Sid Griffin/Calling All Coal Porters podcast returns! This podcast explores the original versions of songs the Long Ryders played as encores...על ידי Sid Griffin

The lastest and greatest Sid Podcast features both classic and obscure acts who left great, great music on the cutting room floor.על ידי Sid Griffin

When Bob Neuwirth died recently he left a lot of great art be it his paintings, his cultural commentary, or his music. We explore the latter in this new podcast, and I hope I did my late friend proud.על ידי Sid Griffin

The latest and possibly greatest Sid Podcast is unique to the podcast genre. Every song on the podcast was recorded by a person who wore a wig or at least a toupee!על ידי Sid Griffin

Friends, the summer Sid podcast sizzles with super sounds you can soulfully sway to by the seaside while spinning sea shells.על ידי Sid Griffin

Our first podcast to focus on a single artist it was a quixotic, bittersweet program to produce but with the help of five special Guest Stars it is the jewel in the crown, the flagship of the several dozen podcasts we have recorded.על ידי Sid Griffin

A new Christmas themed podcast from Sid Griffin featuring songs from California to Sweden, from Japan to Italy, this hour truly captures the holiday spirit!על ידי Sid Griffin

Sid Griffin takes us on a virtual and musical trip around the world, so you folks can stay safe and stay home!על ידי Sid Griffin

The new Sid Podcast is features songs from regions hit hard by the Coronavirus. Including music from Italy, Spain, NYC and Japan. Music to raise the spirits of the housebound and to get Mom and even Dad dancing.על ידי Sid Griffin

The 27th Sid Podcast is up and ready for your listening pleasure! This is not another Christmas show but a podcast planned around and featuring the downtown sounds of songs the Long Ryders covered onstage or on record.על ידי Sid Griffin

Its summer in the city and here comes Sid Griffin with a brand new episode of his podcast, the perfect soundtrack to the season.על ידי Sid Griffin

Sid waxes lyrical about Psychedelic Country Soul, the brand new album from The Long Ryders. He plays some songs from it and some songs related to it. The theme of this Sid Griffin podcast is 'The Sound'.על ידי Sid Griffin

Spend an hour riffin with Sid Griffin this December with a brand new, Christmas themed, merry musical episode of the Sid Griffin Podcast.על ידי Sid Griffin

Here is the 23rd and latest Sid Griffin podcast wherein Sid remembers the late Aretha Franklin. Calling All Coal porters, the listening port of call for the hip and those that wanna be hip.על ידי Sid Griffin

The first Sid Griffin podcast of 2018 arrives. Featuring songs by Sam Cooke, Tupac, Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Patsy Cline, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley & the Wailers and Chuck Willis the theme is posthumous hits.על ידי Sid Griffin

More riffin from Sid Griffin as he is joined by Sonja for this months musical West Coast themed podcast. Featureing songs from The Flamin Groovies, Tom Petty, Chris Hillman, David Crosby, Hot Tuna and more.על ידי Sid Griffin

Kristian visits the 5crowd office to sit down with RACHEL ZIMMER. RACHEL is a co-founder of 5crowd, an advertising agency she founded with her university friend Bram. In lieu of having any creatives on staff, 5crowd utilizes a network of ~300 freelancers located in over 150 cities around the world. During their conversation, RACHEL and Kristian dis…

In town from London, England for the 2017 Design Thinkers conference, MAXIM CRAMER stops by the Creative Niche offices (on a Sunday, no less!) to meet and chat with Kristian. MAXIM is a software engineer for Artsy, an online platform aiming to make the world’s art accessible to anybody with an internet connection and is hoping to, one day, make art…

Gassia speak with CHRIS DAVIES, Executive Creative Director at Traffik, an advertising agency based in Toronto. CHRIS started his career as a copywriter, and broke into the business in a peculiar way — by entering (and winning) a contest he’d seen on the side of a bus. CHRIS and Gassia discuss this story and more, including workplace culture and ho…

JAMES GRIFFIN didn’t study design, advertising or marketing, nor did he expect to end up in his current position as the Head of Design for Thomson Reuters, New York. What initially started off as a simple side gig to help pay of his student loans (which he accumulated from Berklee College of Music), eventually transformed into a full on career jump…

Self-proclaimed outlier and trouble-maker, MATT DI PAOLA, sits down to converse with Gassia about everything from his start at Western to his current role as Partner and Head of Innovation at Sid Lee. Sid Lee is an international creative agency with offices in Toronto, New York, Paris and beyond. Gassia and MATT chat about how he ended up there, ho…

JESÚS GORRITI and SHAWN MANDEL visit the Creative Niche offices to chat with Kristian. JESÚS is the Head of Digital Customer Experience and Design at RBC, while SHAWN is the Chief Digital Officer at Telus. JESÚS manages one of the largest (if not the largest) design teams in the country, and SHAWN spearheaded the TELUS Digital Labs project — effect…

Theresa sits down with LANNY GEFFEN, Director of Strategy and User Experience at OneMethod, a creative agency (they use the term “creative crew”) located in Toronto, ON. They discuss what initially attracted Lanny to the advertising and marketing industries, how he arrived at OneMethod, how brands will utilize VR / AR and the challenges they’ll fac…

Theresa is joined by TYLER CHISHOLM, Founding Partner & CEO of ClearMotive Marketing Group. A Canadian advertising agency based out of Calgary and Toronto. TYLER tells Theresa about his interest in flying, what got him into branding, his entrepreneurial origins in Southern Quebec, the importance of being engaged with your local community and how th…

ROB DUNCAN speaks with Gassia Maljian about everything from his roots in the UK, his connection to the Hilary Clinton 2016 Presidential Campaign, the reaction he got to putting Obama on the US banknote and much more. ROB is an Owner and Creative Director at Mucho in San Francisco and New York City and has worked with clients such as Apple, Dolby, D…

COLIN MANSELL visits the Creative Niche offices in downtown Toronto, ON. There, he speaks with Kristian Gilbert about the lessons he learned sailing from Vancouver to Alaska, the importance of sunsets, his origins as a classically trained musician and sound engineer, his approach to education and the value of a new idea. COLIN is the CEO and Founde…

The High Summer Sid Griffin podcast has a summer theme and features The Four Freshmen, surf music legends The Gamblers, The Beach Boys, Sid’s late pal Gene Clark and more.על ידי Sid Griffin

Spring has sprung and so has Sid’s new podcast! Featuring new releases by Gene Clark, David Crosby, Bob Dylan, Timothy B. Schmidt, and Sid’s dear friends The Fleshtones.על ידי Sid Griffin

Recorded Thursday, December 15th in a top secret location this is not a Christmas show as one might expect but is instead Sid reflecting on his busy 2016 and the theme is 'Friendship and Loss'.על ידי Sid Griffin

Sid's latest podcast has a theme. Every song on it was recorded in the studio another time and place by the artist involved. Be it Neil Young, Petula Clark, the Isley Bros.על ידי Sid Griffin

This March 2016 podcast is a collection of new music I have purchased or was sent to me in the post. Featuring old friends Peter Case, Dan Stuart, and Roland White I also play tracks by Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Billie Holiday.על ידי Sid Griffin

Fifty-three minutes of merry musical mayhem with a ho ho ho theme both Sid G and his engineer Kevin Stokes feel it is the best podcast yet. Even Sonja agrees it has to be heard to be believed.על ידי Sid Griffin

For this September podcast Sid takes us on a journey through some of the more way out songs from a selection of popular artists.על ידי Sid Griffin

The theme is Summer and no clues for guessing why that might be. Tune in to hear why Brian Wilson, the Lovin’ Spoonful, the JBs’, a hip if obscure 1970s L.A. band & John Cale all dig the sum, sum, summertime.על ידי Sid Griffin

Broadcast from somewhere high in the sky the theme for this months show is people who are no longer with us.על ידי Sid Griffin

Welcome to the eleventh episode of Call All Coal Porters wherein the theme is Musical Brotherhood.על ידי Sid Griffin

Its podcast number ten from your host Sid Griffin as he plays you some summer tunes in the latest Call All Coal Porters broadcast. This show features Brian Wilson, Jan and Dean, Rod Stewart, Jack Nitzsche, Ian Tyson and many more.על ידי Sid Griffin

Join your host Sid Griffin for the ninth Call All Coal Porters broadcast featuring some live performances from The Coal Porters as well as some tunes that he thinks you may dig.על ידי Sid Griffin

Sid takes us on a musical journey through a number of the live acts he has enjoyed over the years.על ידי Sid Griffin