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In honor of the 100th episode of the show I decided to go back to the beginning and interview my Mom and Dad! My Mom, Mary Glad, joins me on this episode to tell the story of her life. From Motherhood, to going back to college in her 40's, it's all in there folks.  This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness. 

In honor of the 100th episode of the show I decided to go back to the beginning and interview my Mom and Dad! My Dad, Allan Glad, joins me on this episode to tell the story of his life. From Fatherhood, to his time in the military, it's all in there folks.  This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness. 

This week I am joined by Minneapolis guitar virtuoso Nate Walker. Nate plays with the bands/artists Yam Haus, Ber, Mike Kota and more, and he also hosts the Sidemen Sessions every month at Greenway Recording Studio.  We get into a little bit of everything: U2, Saxophones, guitar guys, being a guitar teacher and anything else that pops in our heads. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

This week I am joined by Wyatt Overman, owner of Overman Guitars.  Have you listened to Speyside by Bon Iver yet? If you have then you've heard the SixShot and SplitShot pickups designed and built by Wyatt and his team. They enable the player with the ability to isolate each string and send it to different channels. That's nerd speak to say: that's why that album sounds so cool.  So of course we talk about that, we talk about how Wyatt got into building guitars, consumerism, guitar guys and really anything else that pops in our heads.  This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Val from the project Oceanographer stops by the studio this week to chat with host Grant Glad about just about everything. We get into how social media feels like it's over, how capitalism pushes people into chasing virality, Their latest EP, and really anything else that pops in our heads.    This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

https://simoncroppislyingtoyou.com/This week host Grant Glad is joined once again by Duluth's own Ross Thorn. We chat about alot on this one, including: Men's mental health, how Ross is building a community with his own music and with TPAC, the economics of being an artist and so much more.  Ross has a new album called "Fitting In" that is coming out August 8th, with a release show at Bent Paddle in Duluth with the Spine Stealers on August 6th. The album will not be available on Spotify, due to their CEO's decision to fund AI war machines, but can be found anywhere else you get music. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness. 

On this week's episode, host Grant Glad sits down with Kevin Kinney, owner and operator of Empire Wool and Canvas to talk about everything he's learned from his lifetime in the outdoor industry, how his clothes have been featured on "Alone" and anything else that pops in our heads.  Here is the link to the Clotheshorse podcast, which Kevin recommends on the episode.  And a slight correction from Kevin: "By the way, I went back and checked my math. I've only murdered 3200 blankets in my 18 years." This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness. 

Host Grant Glad sits down with Blake and Misisipi Mike Wolf from Duluth band Boxcar to chat about their songwriting process, growing up in the north metro of Minneapolis, Blake rooming with another famous songwriter out of Duluth back in college and anything else that pops in our heads.    This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness. 

jeremy messersmith joins host Grant Glad on this weeks episode to chat about anything and everything really. They get into the pitfalls of late stage capitalism, trying to be an artist within that system, growing up evangelical, and really anything else that pops in our heads.  This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness. 

Taking the week off for the 4th of July, so this week we are re-releasing my interview with Clare Doyle from all the way back in May of 2023. A lot has changed for Clare since this talk, she just played at Blue Ox Music Festival in June, and her debut EP "Stranger" has been racking up accolades from fans and critics alike. Enjoy this glimpse into a star on the rise! This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness. 

Minneapolis Indie Folk rising star, Kiernan, joins Grant on this weeks episode to chat about how she went from playing soccer to writing songs, where her inspiration comes from, and why even though it's scary, it's worth it to be vulnerable in songwriting.  This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness. 

Vinnie Donatelle of The Last Revel sits down on this weeks episode to chat with Grant about their bands ascendant rise in the bluegrass world, their new album "Gone for Good" coming out on July 18th, what makes their brand of string music work on their records, and what it takes to make a living as a musician in this day and age. Vinnie also performs a few songs solo acoustic that you won't want to miss.  This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound, and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Emma and Jordan of the Minneapolis Alt-Country outfit, Lone Rock Bride, join host Grant Glad on this weeks show to nerd out about all things songwriting, Lucinda Williams and anything else that pops in our head. Emma and Jordan also perform some stripped down performances of 2 of their songs off their latest album, "Bohemian Flats" and "Poet on a Motorcycle"This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

The Alt-Country rising stars out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ladybird, join host Grant Glad on this weeks episode of the show to chat about how they found their sound, politics in music, Bruce Springsteen & Bob Dylan, and really anything else that comes to mind. Ladybird also just won the Virtual Band competition and will be performing at Blue Ox Music Festival on the Backwoods Stage this year. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness. Special shoutout this week to Greenway Recording Studio for Recording and Mixing this conversation.

Duluth Singer/Songwriter/Troubadour Teague Alexy joins host Grant Glad on this weeks episode of the show to talk about his songwriting process, the beauty of music and family and love, keeping old things alive and anything else that comes to mind. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Minneapolis Folk Singer Michael Gay joins host Grant Glad to nerd out about songwriting this week. We get into where he finds inspiration for songs, his experience managing the business end of things for other artists and whatever else pops in our heads. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

This week host Grant Glad is joined by the team of Car Concierge, Andrew, Erik, Dan & Brandon to talk a lot about Toyota Tacoma's. We also discuss the service they offer helping find folks cars so they don't have to waste entire weekends at car dealerships. Car Concierge has been a sponsor of the show from day 1 and we had a blast talking about all the services they are able to offer their customers to help them find a brand new car.   This weeks episode brought to you by Car Concierge (of course), Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Minneapolis Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter Sylvia Dieken joins host Grant Glad to talk about her songwriting process, her love of Paul Simon, and how she went about self producing her debut album set to be released this spring. We also may nerd out about our love for Phoebe Bridgers on this one. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Lisa Hengel the owner of Willow Wood Insurance Agency joins host Grant Glad on the show today to chat about what it's like to see the world through her kids eyes, how much she loves the Minnesota music scene, and of course all things insurance as well!Many thanks to Lisa and Willow Wood Insurance for being a sponsor of the show. This show is also brought to you by our other sponsors Car Concierge, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.