Welcome back to the Road Trip Playlists Podcast and our first episode of 2023. On this episode, host Thomas Darro is joined by Swedish singer-songwriter Freja the Dragon. Freja is fresh off the release of her new EP Midnight Feelings. The four-track EP features previously released singles We're Changing and Closer where she collaborated with Peter, Bjorn, and John. In our conversation, Freja talks about how she accidentally started touring with Peter, Bjorn, and John and how that led from her to want to create her own project and helped lead to Freja the Dragon. Now, Freja is out with her second EP and a collection of four excellent songs. It was a pleasure to speak with her about what led to this EP, what it has meant to her, and about her inspiring path into music.
This week on the Road Trip Playlists Podcast we are joined by Alt-Pops rising stars DWLLRS. The California based duo have been lifelong acquaintances that became best friends after rooming together in college. Through a mutual bond of overthinking, music, and gaming fueled by Raising Canes, Joey Spurgeon and Bren Eisman found creative outlets through their music project DWLLRS. The two joined us in studio for an interview and photo shoot where we talked about how they came to start the band, playing their first tour, and the exciting things to come. Check out the full interview on our website. Follow more from DWLLRS on their Spotify, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and TIkTok.
We have our first bonus episode of The Road Trip Playlists Podcast with our second interview of the week being with Blake Rose. Blake, I believe is going to be one of the biggest names in music. Today he released his newest single 'In Your Arms' which is from his forthcoming EP ‘You'll Get It When You're Older,’ which is slated for a February 24 release date. You can pre-save the EP here. It was a pleasure to talk with Blake about 'In Your Arms' as well as his path to music. He has an incredible story from going from busking in the streets of Australia to some major stages. Fresh of a string of successful releases Rose is set to emerge as one of musics rising stars. Listen to 'In Your Arms' here. Pre-Save his upcoming EP here. Read the full interview on roadtripplaylist.com
This week on the Road Trip Playlists Podcast, Thomas is joined by one of musics rising stars Stacey Ryan! You may know Stacey from her ultra-viral TikTok, where she issued an open verse challenge for her unreleased song 'Don't Text Me When You're Drunk.' The video was one of the biggest TikTok trends of the year. Even Jimmy Fallon participated with a verse of his own to the challenge. From there, Stacey signed a record deal and released the full version of 'Don't Text Me When You're Drunk,' and new singles, including 'Deep End,' and 'Fall In Love Alone.' Ryan continues to make beautiful jazz-infused pop records. Stay tuned for more incredible music from Stacey Ryan coming soon. Follow Stacey Ryan on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube. Read more of our work on roadtripplaylists.com Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.
Super excited to share this week's episode with the rising star in the alt-pop world Kings Elliot. Kings is currently on tour opening for Macklemore and Imagine Dragons on their US stadium tour. We had the chance recently to see her live at Brooklyn's Baby's All Right venue and she was a wonderful artist to see live. Kings Elliot just released her newest single Cry, Baby, Cry, which she calls a letter to her 14-year-old self encouraging her to embrace her emotions. Through her songwriting I would say that Elliot has mastered that advice of embracing as well as sharing her emotions as she does quite regularly through her vulnerable and personal songwriting style. Kings sings a lot about mental health and we talk about that part of her life and her music and how sharing that in songs has helped not only her but other people alike. Please listen to and enjoy my conversation with Kings Elliot, and make sure to stream her music wherever you listen to music. Thanks for listening to The Road Trip Playlists podcast. Make sure to check out our written work at roadtripplaylists.com.
Welcome back to The Road Trip Playlists Podcast. This week we are joined by one of alt-rock's rising stars joe p. Joe started his music career with his high school friends in the popular band Deal Casino. Around the start of the pandemic the band broke up and in isolation joe p found himself writing music in his basement. Joe shared the writing process to his TikTok page and quickly amassed millions of views and over 300 thousand followers in a matter of months. Fans anxiously awaited the release of his songs like 'Off My Mind' and 'Fighting in the Car.' joe p just released his highly-anticipated new single 'All Day I Dream About' and is set to support Spacey Jane on tour this fall. Enjoy our interview with joe p. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review to The Road Trip Playlists Podcast. See more music news, reviews, and more on roadtripplaylists.com.
This week on The Road Trip Playlists Podcast, I am excited to introduce Cole and Dawson from the pop trio almost monday. The group started together in San Diego as high schoolers in a garage band, and they tell the story of a cold email to Mark Needham, who has produced for The Killers and Fleetwood Mac, found them introduced to frequent collaborator Simon Oscroft (The Naked and Famous, DREAMERS) and the groups 2020 debut EP don’t say you’re ordinary was born. The band has quickly amassed over 100 million total streams and played giant stages like Lollapalooza, Governors Ball, and Bonnaroo. The group recently released two summer anthems, ‘sun keeps on shining and ‘sunburn,’ which the band noted as an excellent song for any road trip playlists. Listen to the full interview or check it out on roadtripplaylists.com. Thanks again, don’t forget to subscribe and review to the show for more interviews. See almost monday on tour with The Driver Era, get your tickets here!
Welcome back! We are super excited to introduce this week's episode with BabyJake. BabyJake quickly jumped into the music scene with his gold-selling 2019 release of “Cigarettes on Patios,” the track has garnered over 100 million streams to date. Now, BabyJake has promised that he is “bringing back rock ‘n’ roll”. We got to see Jake perform at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta in a special performance that he brought his dad on stage and sang next to him. We talk about that performance, his upcoming new record, his path to music, and more. Listen to the full interview on The Road Trip Playlists podcast. Thank you again.
Welcome back! We are super excited to share this episode with the exciting young band Flipturn. Flipturn started together in a Florida garage as high schoolers and have quickly found themselves on some of the biggest stages including sets at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, Bonnaroo, and Lollapalooza. Now the band is preparing for the release of their debut album and it was really funny to talk to them about that, their impressive live set, meeting in high school and naming an EP 'Citrona' after a street from there home town, listen to this and more on the new episode of The Road Trip Playlists Podcast. Check out more from us on our website at roadtripplaylists.com.
This week on the Road Trip Playlists Podcast we talk with indie royalty and the Australian band Boy & Bear. Host Thomas Darro is joined by Tim Hart (Drums) and Dave Symes (Bass) on this episode of the podcast. Thomas shares with Tim that he was the first concert that he saw when he moved to New York City and he opened as a solo act for friend of the show Stu Larsen and the special night it was. Boy & Bear have topped the ARIA charts, their debut album 'Moonfire' went double platinum, and it all happened very fast, they talk about if the band was prepared for the success it had. We also talk about health issues with lead vocalist Dave Hoskings preventing the band from playing together and what that period of uncertainty was like as friends and bandmates. They talk a bit about their newest single 'State of Flight' and an upcoming album that will be released. It is a really fun interview and we hope you enjoy it. Thank you for listening as always. Don't forget to Follow, rate, and review. Also, check out our full website at www.roadtripplaylists.com.
Welcome back to The Road Trip Playlists Podcast! I am very excited to share this week's guest is Sammy Rae, from the amazing Sammy Rae & The Friends. Sammy Rae & The Friends are an eight-piece band that are uniquely talented in several studies of music. From world to jazz to funk, folk and rock, they’ve got all the bases covered. It was a pleasure to talk with Sammy Rae about the start of 'The Friends' and what the community of 'The Friends' is like and about its rapid growth. Sammy Rae tells incredible stories of how she went from performing concerts for kids in New York libraries and how that is how she met bandmates C-Bass and Will, in what of my favorite stories ever told on the podcast. This is a really fun episode, that I can't wait for you to hear! Follow along with Road Trip Playlists on our website, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
This week's episode of The Road Trip Playlists podcast is a special one. Stu Larsen is an incredible singer-songwriter from Australia, and he is also the first concert that I ever was assigned to write about. I moved to New York City with no plan and somehow got a shot at music journalism, and the first concert I ever reviewed was a special one all because of Stu Larsen. It was a pleasure to share this story with him. We also talk about his amazing travels, he has been traveling for the last 15 years and has some amazing stories. We discuss how he ultimately took the leap to pursue music, Passenger producing his album 'Vagabond' and their friendship, as well as what happens when you get back together with the person you wrote a breakup album about. This episode was a joy for me and I hope it is for you as well. Thanks for listening. www.roadtripplaylists.com
This week's guest on The Road Trip Playlists Podcast is Noah Kahan. Noah is one of my favorite musicians. His two newest projects, with his EP 'Cape Elizabeth' released in 2020 and his sophomore album 'I Was / I Am' released in 2021, are two releases that I can't stop listening to. The releases add to his already impressive catalog that has logged over a billion streams with Certified Gold tracks like 'Hurt Somebody' featuring Julia Michaels. He has also collaborated with artists like Chelsea Cutler, Quinn XCII, Gryffin, and more. I had the chance to see Noah Kahan perform live at the New York City venue Webster Hall following the interview. Read about my experience on the Road Trip Playlists website here. Listen to Noah Kahan's music here. gPdhWcA3x69ua016uWZf
Welcome back to The Road Trip Playlists Podcast and to season two of The Road Trip Playlists Podcast. This week I'm joined by Parker Millsap. Parker has shared the stage with Elton John, opened for Jason Isbell and performed on Conan. His album ‘The Very Last Day’ was nominated for the Americana Music Association's album of the year. He is currently on tour promoting his newest album ‘Be Here Instead’ and will be at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom Saturday night. Check out the new album and buy tickets to see him on tour at parkermillsap.com. I really enjoyed my conversation with Parker, we talk about his favorite road trip candy, his new album ‘Be here instead’, and being back on tour. Thank you for listening. For more music coverage head to roadtripplaylists.com and stay tuned for more episodes in the coming weeks!
Jaret Reddick the lead singer of Bowling For Soup joins the show this week. Jaret is one of the funniest guests we have had on the podcast and he told some incredible stories from his 27 years in Bowling For Soup. He tells about how he almost missed his audition for Disney Channel's 'Phineas and Ferb' because he was hung over, how Bowling For Soup went from a Texas bar band to being grammy nominated and still together 27 years later, how opening up about his mental health has been surprisingly fulfilling, and so much more. It is a really fun interview, enjoy! Be sure to check out Bowling For Soup's latest release 'Where's the Love' featuring Hanson. Get tickets to Bowling For Soup's upcoming tour at bowlingforsoup.com. Stay up to date with all things Jaret Reddick on his website.
This week on The Road Trip Playlist Podcast I cross someone off my interview bucket list. Kishi Bashi joins the show. We talk about his recently released 'Emigrant' EP, as well as his Omoiyari project with the album and upcoming song film release, he talks about getting his start on tour with Regina Spektor, flunking out of Cornell, and more. Kishi Bashi is the pseudonym for violin virtuoso K Ishibashi. Having recorded, toured, and collaborated with diverse artists such as Regina Spektor, Sondre Lerche, and of Montreal. His music has been praised by NPR, The New York Times, and much more. His music is beautiful, moving, and truly unique. Fall in love with the incredible music he creates here.
This week on the Road Trip Playlists Podcast we are joined by Max Rainer. Max is the frontman of the folk/rock band Wilderado. Wilderado recently released their newest single 'Head Right' which is the debut of their upcoming LP. The band has made it onto many of the top playlists on Spotify, Apple Music, and Sirius FM. We talk about the new single, how the band came together, and more. All on this episode of The Road Trip Playlists Podcast.
This week on the Road Trip Playlists Podcast, I'm joined by the super talented James TW! James TW is a young British singer/songwriter that has already had incredible success. The artist for his career has over 2 Billion Streams on his songs, and a certified platinum track with 'When You Love Someone.' James recently released an excellent new single, 'Butterflies'. We talk about his new single, being discovered on YouTube, playing basketball against Shawn Mendes, and more on this week's episode of The Road Trip Playlists Podcast!
This week on The Road Trip Playlists Podcast, we are joined by guest Devan, who just released her debut solo EP 'Pink Noise.' This is one of my favorite releases of the year so far. Devan is 1/3 of the band Wild Rivers, where the band's 2019 release of "I Do" scored Devan the top prize of an International Song Writing competition in front of judges like Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Tom Waits, and Bebe Rexha. Devan has one of the best voices you will hear. Please stream the newest release with 'Pink Noise'.
Lostboycrow returns for his second appearance on The Road Trip Playlists Podcast to talk about his new eight track EP 'Valleyheart.' We also talk about how his other project 1990nowhere started, and played a Gilmore Girls Inspired game Gil-More or Gil-less. All of this and more in the newest episode of The Road Trip Playlists Podcast.