Music journalist Gianluca Tramontana presents a "roots and shoots" interview show which - through music and conversation - explores genres that some way or other lead back to country-bluegrass-blues. You can listen live on ResonanceFM 104.4, Wed. at 10PM http://www.sittingwith.com en-us Gianluca Tramontana music, interview, country, bluegrass, blues, americana, folk, alt, country Wed, 26 May 2010 01:15:41 +0200 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:28:56 +0200 Typo3 Podcast Extension (nbo_podcast) Version 2.0.2 Music journalist Gianluca Tramontana presents a "roots and shoots" interview show which - through music and conversation - explores genres that some way or other lead back to country-bluegrass-blues. You can listen live on ResonanceFM 104.4, Wed. at 10PM Gianluca Tramontana Gianluca Tramontana info@sittingwith.com no 60 Guy Clark is the songwriter every songwriter aspires to be compared to. I caught up with Guy in his hotel room in New York where, fortunately he had a guitar handy. Guy’s been on the show before so if you want to find out more about how this masterful songwriter writes and listen to him talk about some of his songs, have a look in the Sitting With archives and give a listen. Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_Guy_Clark_01.mp3 00:31:00 Gianluca Tramontana no sitting with, radio show, podcast, interview, americana, country, Guy Clark, country, bluegrass, blues, Tramontana, Gianluca Tramontana, cbgbs, cbgb Chris Smither has been singing his songs with his acoustic guitar and syncopated foot taps for the last forty years. He came to prominence as part of the Boston Massachusets folk scene of the sixties. I caught up with him just after a sound check in New York City where he was going to perform songs from his new CD Times Stands Still. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_Chris_Smither.mp3 00:27:00 Gianluca Tramontana no sitting with, radio show, podcast, interview, americana, folk, Smither, country, bluegrass, blues, Tramontana, Gianluca Tramontana, cbgbs, cbgb Since leaving the rodeo circuit, former bull rider Ryan Bingham has been touring almost constantly with his band The Dead Horses. They have just released their second CD on a major label produced by Marc Ford formerly of the Black Crowes. Ryan takes some time out to sit and talk about songs, bulls and riffs. Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_Ryan_Bingham_.mp3 00:26:00 Gianluca Tramontana no sitting with, radio show, podcast, interview, americana, Bingham, Ryan Bingham, country, bluegrass, blues, cbgbs, cbgb, Sitting With Gianluca, Tramontana, Gianluca Tramontana If you think the banjo is played by hairy old men in the woods, then have yet to hear the jazz banjo of Alison Brown. Alison came to prominence in the late 80s as a member of Alison Krauss and Union Station. After leaving the band, she played with Michelle Shocked. She now leads the Alison Brown Quartet and is founder and CEO of Compass Records. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_Alison_Brown.mp3 00:21:00 Gianluca Tramontana no americana, bluegrass, blues, cbgb, cbgbs, country, Gianluca Tramontana, Alison Brown, banjo, jazz banjo, interview, photo, picture, podcast, radio, radio show, sitting with, Sitting With Gianluca, Tramontana, Gianlucca Whatever genre Robbie Fulks is writing in, his lyrical dexterity lets him cut and thrust with razor-sharp wit and sardonic humor. Robbie is accompanied by fiddle player Jenny Scheinman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_Robbie_Fulks.mp3 00:22:00 Gianluca Tramontana no americana, bluegrass, blues, cbgb, cbgbs, country, Gianluca Tramontana, robbie fulks, interview, photo, picture, podcast, radio, radio show, sitting with, Sitting With Gianluca, songwriter, Tramontana, gianlucca, fulks William E Whitmore has just released his fourth CD, Animals In The Dark. His first release on a major label still has those parched weather beaten songs sung from somewhere in the center of the earth. He sits with Gianluca and talks music, and plays a couple of songs. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_William_E_Whitmore.mp3 00:34:00 Gianluca Tramontana no Sitting With Gianluca, sitting with, radio show, podcast, interview, americana, country, bluegrass, blues, cbgbs, Tramontana, Gianluca Tramontana, William E Whitmore, Elliott Whitmore Scottish identical twins The Proclaimers have a brand new CD out. They talk to Gianluca about songwriting and some of their songs including their two huge hits (Im Gonna to be) 500 Miles and Sunshine On Leith. Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_The_Proclaimers.mp3 00:31:00 Gianluca Tramontana no Scotland, Gianluca, Tramontana, interview, podcast, Sitting With, songwriter, music, twins, Proclaimers, Leith, 500 Miles, Sunshine on Leith Guy Clark is a giant among songwriters. In the early seventies he was at the vanguard of a gritty, progressive and highly influential style of songwriting. The songs are simple, direct and as vivid as three minute movies whos characters are often on the on the margins and face life with old-school dignity. Gianluca celebrates a new Guy Clark release slated for late September by airing a hotel room conversation from the archives. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_Guy_Clark.mp3 00:32:00 Gianluca Tramontana no guy clark, Gianluca, Tramontana, interview, podcast, Sitting With, songwriter, Texas, Texan songwriter, country, music Ninety-four year-old blues legend Honeyboy Edwards spent close to thirty years as a hobo and gambler. Gianluca visits Honeyboy at home to listen to stories about riding boxcars through the deep South and hustling with loaded dice. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_Honeyboy_Edwards.mp3 00:12:00 Gianluca Tramontana no Gianluca, Tramontana, Honeyboy, interview, blues, podcast, Sitting With, Edwards, hobo, gambler, gambling, great depression, hustler James Yancey Jones otherwise known as Tail Dragger - one of the last of the classic Chicago bluesmen who learned their craft directly from the originators of that gritty, urban post-war style. The name Tail Dragger not only comes from a Howling Wolf song, it was given to him by the man himself who was his mentor. I visited Tail Dragger at his home in the heart of the West side of Chicago. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_Tail_Dragger.mp3 00:39:00 Gianluca Tramontana no Tail Dragger, Dragger, Gianluca, Tramontana, interview, chicago, blues, johnny B Moore, West Side, Howling Wolf, podcast, Delmark, Chicago Blues, JD Souther was part of the seventies LA music come that included Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstandt and Little Feat and has been called the architect of the Southern California sound. Since his last album almost twenty-five years ago, he moved to Nashville and has concentrated on writing. Then out of the blue he ended up in a recording studio with a jazz band. The resulting CD- If The World Was You - finally gets released in the UK on May 1st. Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_JD_Souther.mp3 00:25:00 Gianluca Tramontana no Gianluca Tramontana, jd, souther, interview, podcast, the eagles, jackson browne, gianluca, tramontana, california sound, if the world was you, radio, interview, sitting, sitting with, In their thirty year history, the UK punk band the Mekons have genre-hopped from punk to country and many points in between. Their most recent CD is an unplugged affair. I went over to the home of drummer Steve Goulding to meet the band for an afternoon of music and conversation. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_The_Mekons.mp3 00:19:00 Gianluca Tramontana no punk, mekons, interview, podcast, sitting with gianluca, natural, langford, timms, radio, interview Louisiana Red was born to sing the blues. As a boy after his mother died and his father was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan he left Mississippi for Pittsburg. He then moved to Chicago where he first recorded for Chess Records in 1949 and was mentored by Muddy Waters. I caught up with Red backstage in New York City to ask him about his life in the blues and ask him what made some of the legends so unique. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_Gianluca_-_Louisiana_Red__blues_.mp3 00:17:00 Gianluca Tramontana no Louisiana Red, blues, guitar, bottleneck, bottleneck guitar, chicago blues, mississippi blues, podcast, music, interview, sitting, Susan Cowsill started her professional career when she was seven, as a member of the Cowsills the real-life family band that inspired that seventies TV band the Partridge Family. She has also been in the alt.country supergroup the Continetal Drifters and has recently started releasing solo projects. We are in a tiny apartment in New Orleans where Susan and drummer / husband Russ stopped by on their way to a gig. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_Gianluca_-_Susan_Cowsill__americana_.mp3 00:19:00 Gianluca Tramontana no Susan Cowsill, Cowsills, Partridge Family, alt. country, songwriter, Continental Drifters, Russ Broussard, New Orleans, Barry Cowsill, songwriter, solo, interview, sitting, music, podcast Formerly of contemporary bluegrass supergroup Chesapeake, this mandolin and guitar duo are have been playing in bands together for over twenty years AND it shows. They read each other like a book and clearly take great delight in playing together. They've just released their first recording as a duo called 2.10 Train. We are in the basement of a New York City Theater where they were waiting to open for Emmylou Harris. Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_Jimmy_Gaudreau___Moondi_Klein.mp3 00:20:00 Gianluca Tramontana no bluegrass, mandolin, guitar, Chesapeake, interview, Seldome Scene, Rebel Records, music, sitting, podcast, Often referred to as Italy's Ani DiFranco because of her aggressive guitar playing and kinetic performances, Consoli has achieved critical and commercial acclaim by wrapping catchy pop melodies around her literary and poetic narratives. On her latest CD Eva Contro Eva, All About Eve Consoli re-discovers her Sicilian roots. The new songs are inspired by her native folk music and are often colored with traditional Sicilian instruments. I caught up with Carmen Consoli for a pre-show chat. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_Carmen_Consoli.mp3 00:17:00 Gianluca Tramontana no Carmen Consoli, Consoli, Italian, Italy, songwriter, pop, interview, intervista, Eva Contro Eva, music, musica, podcast, sitting, music Earlier this year Justin Townes Earle released his debut CD 'The Good Life'. Justin comes from musical stock. His father is Texan songwriter Steve Earle, his aunt is songwriter Stacey Earle and he is named after the late Townes Van Zandt. I caught up with Justin for a pre-show backstage chat. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_JT_Earle.mp3 00:16:00 Gianluca Tramontana no Justin Townes Earle, Steve Earle, songwriter, americana, folk, interview, country, singer-songwriter, podcast, sitting, Since leaving New Orleans roots rockers Cowboy Mouth three years ago, Paul Sanchez has gone back to his roots as a singer-songwriter - of the 'all genres welcome' variety. Here we sit in someone's tiny apartment at the edge of the French Quarter talking about song-writing, the inspiration behind some of the songs and how he was affected by Hurricane Katrina. Paul also performs two songs. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_Paul_Sanchez.mp3 00:22:00 Gianluca Tramontana no Paul Sanchez, Cowboy Mouth, New Orleans, Music, Interview, sitting with gianluca, podcast Alternative country, Honky Tonk, Texas Swing artist Wayne "The Train" Hancock from Texas is very much someone who marches to the beat of his own drum - or rather more appropriately - the slide of his own steel guitar. You never know what he's going to do next or, for that matter, if he is going to play 90 minutes or 2 hours and 90 minutes. Living out of his van with his band, Wayne takes a few minutes to sit with Gianluca in the basement of a New York City venue. Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.sittingwith.com http://sittingwith.com/fileadmin/archive/Sitting_With_Wayne_Hancock_Sept_17th_'08.mp3 00:13:00 Gianluca Tramontana yes Wayne Hancock, honky-tonk, Texas, Texas swing