Indie Spotlight

Rob Penland

The indie spotlight examines today's world of indie music and brings to you some great music often being overlooked by the music industry

  • Episode 20
    On this episode of the podcast, we talk about the false assertions that rock and roll is dead and we hear some music from Shadyhawk, Delta Moon, Jason Reed, Stray Penny, The Social Animals, All the Rest, The Humble Grapes and The 5 AM.
    27 June 2018, 8:51 pm
  • Episode 19
    On this episode of the podcast, we are talking about how difficult it is to get attention for your music or really any artistic project these days. We talk about the attention economy and how attention differs from exposure. Also we hear tunes from Will Turpin, The Dollar Bill Murrays, The Sedonas, Power Struggle. In the second set, we hear tunes from Amanda Duncan, Brendan & The Strangest Ways, Coopertheband and Mercy John.
    14 June 2018, 8:12 pm
  • Episode 18
    On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Dave Ramshaw of Ramshaw Records, an independent record label in Newcastle, UK. We will also hear some tunes from The Simple Parade, George Jano, AJ Ghent and Matt C. White.
    30 May 2018, 6:52 pm
  • Episode 17
    This episode of The Indie Spotlight podcast features an interview with Benji Rogers, the founder of Pledge Music and dotBlockchain Media. We'll also hear some tunes from Griffin House and David Rothschild.
    23 May 2018, 5:39 pm
  • Episode 16
    On this stripped down episode of the podcast, we hear music from two Canadian artists and two bands from the Washington D.C. area. Haley Blais, Kathryn Berry, Bad Moves and Hungry on Monday
    17 May 2018, 3:46 pm
  • Episode 15
    On this episode of the podcast, we have a conversation with one of South Carolina's hardest working sound engineers, Wayne Slagle. Wayne gives some good advice to emerging bands on how best to work with the guys that can make or break your gig. We also listen to Charleston based bands Gaslight Street, Stop Light Observations, The High Divers and we close out the show with Otis English and Graham Young.
    11 May 2018, 10:29 pm
  • Episode 14
    On this episode of the podcast we talk about fame in the modern world and listen to some tunes from Lonly Leesa and the Lost Cowboys, Kathy Muir, Jana Pochop, Dana Foote, Celeste Ramirez and Andrea von Kampen
    9 May 2018, 9:10 pm
  • Episode 13
    On this episode of the podcast, we catch up on some music we have featured the past two weeks on The Mad Music Asylum radio show on Sunday nights. We will hear tunes from Josh Tobias, Terra Naomi, Sleepy Gaucho, Brother Hawk, Tomas Fornstedt, The Mason District, The Crags and Washer Dryer. We also update listeners on the Music Modernization Act and what's next for that all important piece of legislation working its way through Congress.
    2 May 2018, 10:33 pm
  • Episode 12
    On this episode of the podcast, we feature an interview with Michael Corcoran of the Music Submit platform. Music Submit is a web site that helps indie musicians with radio promotion and placement in the blogosphere. We also listen to some music from The High Divers, Souther, The Chase Walker Band and Frankie Bourne.
    26 April 2018, 7:01 pm
  • Episode 11
    On this episode of the podcast, we talk briefly about passion as it relates to politics and then we listen to some great indie music from PERK, Geoff Gibbons, Small Tall Order and Coulour of Rice
    20 April 2018, 8:20 pm
  • Episode 10
    On this episode of the podcast, we interview indie artist Billy Edwards of the band Emo Empire, after a brief discussion of H.R. 4706 (The Music Modernization Act)
    17 April 2018, 3:18 pm
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