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Bands To Fans

Bands To Fans

By: Cris Cohen
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 Cris Cohen interviews professional musicians to get the stories behind every beat, chord, and lyric.Copyright Cris Cohen Music
Episodes
  • Lawrence Gowan of Styx - 2025 Interview

    Lawrence Gowan of Styx - 2025 Interview
    Jul 14 2025
    I interviewed Lawrence Gowan of Styx. We discussed:
    • Their new album, Circling From Above.
    • When the listener is nervous to hear the new album because they loved the last album.
    • The challenge of giving yourself only three days to write and record a song.
    • The melody idea that would not leave him alone.
    • Their continuing embrace of song vignettes.
    • When the final version of a song is even better than the initial idea.
    • Creating conflict and resolution within the span of one song.
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    39 mins
  • Kenneth Nixon of Framing Hanley

    Kenneth Nixon of Framing Hanley
    Jun 13 2025
    “When I gravitated back to music, it was for the right reasons.” I interviewed Kenneth Nixon of Framing Hanley. We discussed:
    • Their new song, "Mean It".
    • The influence of Walt Whitman's "The Poet's Purpose".
    • The advantage of growing up across the street from the library.
    • Developing song ideas through humming.
    • Why he stepped away from music for a few years.
    • Persevering despite how the social media / streaming companies work to prevent musicians from connecting with their fans
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    45 mins
  • Secret Monkey Weekend

    Secret Monkey Weekend
    Jun 6 2025
    I interviewed the band Secret Monkey Weekend -- Ella (bass), Lila (drums), Jefferson (guitar). From their bio - "Ella and Lila’s father Matt, a prominent area drummer who’d toured with Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart, passed suddenly in 2012, when his daughters were aged just 4 and 9. Matt had played in bands with Jefferson and, after his friend’s passing, Jefferson started teaching Ella guitar. A relationship with their mom, Laura, slowly blossomed." What began as a hobby / therapy evolved into a family band.
    We discussed:
    - Their new album, "Lemon Drop Hammer"
    - Starting so young, how Ella and Lila have adapted their playing as they have physically grown
    - The song "So Much Joy" and its gritty happiness
    - The quirky, fun title track
    - The great lyric "walking between raindrops"
    - How the music community embraced them after their dad died
    - The job title I have never seen in album liner notes before
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    44 mins

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