Above The Basement - Boston Music And Conversation

David G. Moore, also known across the pond as Malin, is a prolific singer and songwriter and the talented lead guitarist in the band The Butler Frogs. David recently released a new album called High Tide Adventures. Ron and I are proud to call David our friend and we can’t say enough about his talents. We had a nice conversation where we talked about his history and thoughts on recording and we were fortunate to have him play a song at the conclusion of our conversation from his earlier album Never The First To Jump called Goodbye Before The Sun. See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com. Join us!  Learn more at www.patreon.com/abovethebasement.

The State of the Conversation with hosts Chuck Clough and Ronnie Hirschberg. We discuss how things are going, what we hope to do and our current projects. See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com. Join us!  Learn more at www.patreon.com/abovethebasement.

Drummer, guitarist, singer and songwriter extraordinaire Will Davies joins us this time around. Will is currently with the band Big Giant but has been in numerous other bands you may have heard of including New Million Box, The Elderly and Kingsley Flood. Mr. Davies is also a pretty smart guy and he is currently getting his masters in psychotherapy. We had a great conversation with Will and we were also fortunate enough to have singer Andrea Kremer join us. Andrea is also the proprietor of a music-marketing agency called Shake and Howdy. See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com. Join us!  Learn more at www.patreon.com/abovethebasement.

Guitarist Perry Bakalos heads The Perry Bakalos Group and is a member of the award winning band Atlas Soul. Perry is also an electrical engineer and has his own recording studio called Erudite Effects.Mr. Bakalos has been a great help to Ronnie and I trying to get our recording rig up to speed but his improvisational skills on the guitar are what really blow us away.You can check out his music and all his other projects at www.perrybakalos.com.You will hear a cut off of his Essential Hazzard album called Chasin’ Pigeons from his former band of the same name and at the end of the conversation we’ll play a cut from Atlas Soul’s Gypsy Wind called This Won’t Take Long.See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com.Join us! Learn more at www.patreon.com/abovethebasement.

Britt Connors is a fantastic singer-songwriter and guitarist. She came out with her first solo album in 2010 called The Bad Side of Good. She is now playing with her “yall-ternative” band comprised of some of Boston's most in-demand musicians called Bourbon Renewal. Their most recent album is called Warmer Season and was released to a sold out crowd at the venerable Club Passim. Check her out at www.brittconnors.com. See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com. Join us!  Learn more at www.patreon.com/abovethebasement.

Jen is a talented singer-songwriter and pianist who combines funk, jazz, latin and pop.  We sat with her to talk about what makes her songwriting come together, her influences, baking skills and mutual affinity for all things bovine... See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com. Join us!  Learn more at www.patreon.com/abovethebasement.

Artist and violinist, Siri grew up in an artistic family in Seattle and has played the violin since the age of 7. She has played with the Boston Pops and many other Boston freelance orchestras and has performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center with the American Symphony.  Our friend and sometime drummer Jonathan Beakley fills in for Ronnie Hirschberg this time around as Ronnie is in the studio working on a documentary soundtrack. As you will soon hear, we met Siri under somewhat unusual circumstances at a Butler Frog gig. Our conversation covers a lot of ground – her upbringing in a very musical family, her thoughts on how she approaches music, art and life in a joyful way. See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com. Join us!  Learn more at www.patreon.com/abovethebasement.

Radio DJ and Renaissance woman, Sam is a seasoned radio vet and has been on the radio dial all over New England and is currently on WCTK Cat Country at 98.1 FM and also at WATD on the South Shore at 95.9 FM. Chuck Clough and guest host Jonathan Beakley (sitting in for Ronnie Hirschberg) spoke with Sam at Woods Hill Table in Concord Massachusetts to talk about her radio heritage, the state of terrestrial radio and other projects she plans on beginning this year. See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com. Join us!  Learn more at www.patreon.com/abovethebasement.

Flynn Cohen is an acoustic guitarist from the American folk band Low Lily – formerly called Annalivia. Flynn has performed all over the world with many notable acts in traditional and contemporary acoustic music including legendary Irish accordion player John Whelan, as well as solo and duo shows playing music from his four solo albums.  We sat with Flynn at Woods Hill Table in Concord, Massachusetts and discussed how he came to Boston, how he approaches writing and his many musical travels from Cleveland to Boston to Brattleboro, Vermont. See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com. Join us!  Learn more at www.patreon.com/abovethebasement.

Performer, composer, session bassist and the leader of The Alison Keslow Group, she has shared the stage as well as recording credits with many artists, including Joan Armatrading, Jerry Marotta, Tony Levin, John Sebastian and Mindi Abair. Alison has two solo albums - "Between Earth and Sky" released in 2003 more recently in 2014 "Bass Dharma". Alison is currently on the summer faculty at Berklee College of Music in Boston and is co-owner with her husband of Sudbury School of Music in Sudbury, Massachusetts. When we began discussing who to have on as our first guest on Above The Basement we immediately thought of Alison.  Apart from being our friend, she is an amazingly impressive player and composer and is in high demand in the Boston music scene.   During our conversation, we talked about her Boston Music Award nomination, how she came to Boston through Berklee College of Music, her past and current projects and her thoughts on writing, working and her musical meditation. See more of who we are at www.above

The first conversation with hosts Chuck Clough and Ronnie Hirschberg.  They discuss how Above the Basement came to be, what they hope to do and their current projects. See more of who we are at www.abovethebasement.com. Join us!  Learn more at www.patreon.com/abovethebasement.