Secret Famous

SF 028 - Kaitlyn Rosati, 180 days away

As promised: K-Ro part 2. Return from circumnavigating earth. Travel tips and the funniest stories you will ever hear. 

SF 027 - Stephen Babcock, Singer/Songer/315

Stephen Babcock is cool ass dude. He writes great tunes. We hung and chatted about his new jam: Fight I Need. DIG IT.

SF 026 - Feyer, Creator/Future Music

FEYER has an original voice as a writer, producer, singer. He's young, hungry, talented, cool af and a pure pleasure to listen to! CHECK IT AND HIM!

SF 025 - Manish Gosalia, lord of the lens

In a day and age when everyone is a photographer, Manish Gosalia is a real photographer: a true lover of the still image. His personal style captures the beauty and mayhem of live music and professional football with equal grace. I've had the privilege of even being his assistant on shoots--watching the hunt, the stillness, composure and experience it takes to know the exact moment when the smile, hit or lead singer's hair is going to look fucking radical. Life in the freelance gig economy never ends: you are defined by the last thing you produced, and his energy is tireless, taking more pictures, seeing more shows, than everyone (e.g. every Pearl Jam show. ever).  Listen in. I prolly have too many beers towards the end because I was feeling so open. Everyone feels open around Manish, because that's what a good photographer does. nahwhatimean.

SF 024 - Kelly Wolfgramm, worship the DIVA

Delightedly, there is no one more down to earth than Australian DIVA Kelly Wolfgramm. She's hilarious, universally loved by all and will show up to your Halloween party as Wayne Campbell and dance and sing like Michael Jackson.  She's sang/played with: Jon Batiste, The Weeknd, INXS, Rob Thomas, Jermaine Jackson, Sharon Jones, Rick Springfield, Men At Work, Katrina and the Waves, Irene Cara...etc., etc. She is humble to a fault: after I asked her a bunch of questions about some of these gigs, she responded thusly: "I'm not trying to sound like a wanker, it's just a bunch of shit I've actually done." Bless Kelly Wolfgramm, for we are the luckier to know her special spirit.

SF 023 - Kyle Duke, The Future of Rock

Kyle Duke of Kyle Duke and the Brown Bag Boys, does everything a rock star needs to do: shreds songs, guitars, vocals, production and business. Look out for him and check out the new single: "Sheena Doesn't Mind"

SF 022- Nicky Barbato, Telecaster Master

Guitarist/old soul Nicky Barbato is releasing his first full length album, Every Day is a Bad Hair Day, produced by saxlord Jon Irabagon. Nicky is a monster musician, the sweetest possible hang and a dear friend...he shares some stories behind the new record, what it's like to shred the Telecaster at an unsane level and why he goes to the library for Kurt Vonnegut books. His new record is hotter than ghost pepper juice dripped in your eye.

SF 021 - Adam Gould and Shandon Lesene

Adam Gould--though he wore a cabbie hat during this podcast, hiding his beautiful lion's mane--figuratively wears many hats: from beer drinkin'/meat smashin'/hard chargin' rock guitarist who will rip yer head off with a smile on stage to a delicate soul who thinks and feels deeply, wears his heart on his sleeve, and writes solo acoustic ballads that showcase his Buckley-esque voice. Seven years ago, he left the hustle and bruising bustle of NYC to create sounds in the sweet Southern garden of Charleston, SC. He plays all the string instruments with a large number of bands/artists/projects while simultaneously working on his own music and artistic persona and teaching others on all those string instruments (including piano!).  Ultimately, he disproves the notion that to be a professional, working, street musician you must live in one of the biggest cities. A master musician who is constantly honing his craft, working on his writing, production, jazz chops, harmony singing, learning new instruments.  (He is always in the shed--I know, I lived with him and listened to him transcribe entire old records, while writing whole new records.) Modest to a fault. Always fun and ALWAYS unnecessarily self deprecating. He is intentionally and unintentionally hilarious. I'm madly in love with this dude. We are joined by Southern wordsmith and voice of reason, Shandon Lesesne. 

SF 020 - Teddy Kumpel, Guitar God

Teddy Kumpel is a guitar god and his list of credits would make any seasoned pro blush (NIN, Rickie Lee Jones, Feist, the films Anchorman and Talladega Nights (!)), but that's all small potatoes compared to his amazing original songs: 'I'd grow a mustache for you' is always on loop in my head. He's currently preparing to go out on the road with THE Joe Jackson.  We sit down and get the T.KUMPS scoop, while he sets me up for jokes from about ten minutes away. DIG.

SF 019 - Joelle Lurie, Ginger Singer Goddess

Joelle Lurie makes a claim that she is one of many in the NYC/International scene but after a few moments with this sassy ginger with the voice the size of a house and a personality like some palatial compound in the comforts of the tropicals (easy to hang with), you see how special she is. I promised to get her tea--she showed up with coffees, champagne and all the components for a mimosa.  Joelle has been responsible many times for making the hair on the back of my neck stand on its end, VIA RECORDING...it's no joke. Emotive qualities in a singer/personality vary, but when you hear one in a million, you know. A gem. Rare depth.  A giver of lady boners. A joy. DIG IN.