Episode 49 is now on 🍏, Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn! In this episode, we discuss Ani DiFranco’s incredible 12th studio album from 2003 titled ‘Evolve’ on Righteous Babe with Marc Plotkin : an American Songwriting Award-Winning Artist, a Grammy shortlisted Producer, a Bloomberg BusinessWeek Top 25 Entrepreneur, and a Professor at New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.

‘Evolve’ has left a lasting imprint on Marc’s career in music, as it blends folk, jazz, funk and Ani’s spellbinding lyrics.

Marc and I spoke to one another on a beautiful Spring afternoon, as evidenced by the sounds of birds happily chirping away in the sun. Enjoy! 😊 🙌🙌🙌🙌👋✌️👉👉 🦋 #anidifranco #evolve #2003 #righteousbaberecords #serpentine #icarus #promisedland #covertocoverconversations #covertocoverwithmt

https://player.rss.com/covertocoverwithmatttarka/57718

Episode 48 is now on 🍏, Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn! In this episode, we spoke with Berkeley, CA based composer/sound supervisor Jacob Bloomfield-Misrach of IMRSV Sound on Oxford, UK’s Radiohead and their 1997 groundbreaking album OK Computer. We discussed a few songs on the record which changed his life both personally and professionally, and what was now possible in pop music as a result of this recording. Enjoy a thoughtful perspective on an important album which altered the course of pop music forever! 😊🙌🙌🙌🙌👋👆👆👆🧑🏻‍💻👩‍💻 @thomyorke @philselway @eobofficial @colin__greenwood @jonny_greenwood @nigel_godrich
#Radiohead #OKComputer #KarmaPolice #paranoidandroid #Oxford #ParlophoneRecords #capitolrecords #exitmusicforafilm #covertocoverconversations #covertocoverwithmt

https://player.rss.com/covertocoverwithmatttarka/55855

Episode 47 is now up on 🍏, Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn! We spoke with Charlottesville, VA based singer/songwriter Brian Franke who also comprises one-half of the duo FarAway. We talked about an important rock band known as King’s X and their 1994 album Dogman, King’s X is a musician’s band – a group whom many believe have not received the critical acclaim that they rightfully deserve from rock critics – even after playing a spell-binding set at Woodstock back in 1994! If you want to listen to a hard-rocking, power trio go to work, they are some of the most technically proficient musicians still out there cutting records and taking names. In fact, a new King’s X record is slated for late 2020 on Golden Robot Records. Mark it on your calendars and enjoy this discussion! 😊 🙌🙌🙌🙌👋👆👆👑X! @dugpinnick @tytabor @jerry.gaskill #KingsX #Dogman #DougPinnick #TyTabor #JerryGaskill #goldenrobotrecords

https://player.rss.com/covertocoverwithmatttarka/54157

Episode 46 is now available on 🍏 Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn! Today’s episode features Beau from The Rock Savages Podcast! We rifled through a few stacks of records and fell upon The Black Crowes and their 1994 record amorica. We find the “classic lineup” playing by their own set of rules (see banned cover art) outside of a musical landscape consumed by “grunge” and experimenting with newer sounds and rhythms at this juncture. It’s still the Crowes you’ve known and grown to love, but they’ve added a few colors to their pallet. Beau has been a fan of the band since their beginnings and shares a few anecdotes about meeting some band and crew members up in Woodstock. Enjoy the conversation! 😊 🙌🙌🙌🙌👋👆#theblackcrowes #amorica #AmericanRecordings #wisertime #1994 #bannedalbumcovers #chrisrobinson #richrobinson #johnnycolt #eddieharsch 
#stevegorman #marcford

https://player.rss.com/covertocoverwithmatttarka/52028

Episode 45 is now up on 🍏, Stitcher, google play and TuneIn! Today’s guest is London, UK’s Danny Green of the bands DG Solaris and Laish. Green shared a record that has played a pivotal role in his own explorations of songwriting: Louisville, Kentucky’s Will Oldham (AKA Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy)’s 2001 LP “Ease Down the Road.”

We spent a considerable amount of time attempting to dissect the lyrical meaning behind the songs on this record. Be forewarned: Bonnie Prince Billy’s lyrics are dark, bawdy and perhaps not for the faint of heart. Our conversation surely earned its explicit rating in the land of podcasts.

We had several laughs throughout at BPB’s lyrical construction and documentation of sexual escapades, and I hope you laugh along with us. Enjoy! It’s a brilliant record. 😊 🙌🙌🙌🙌👋 #BonniePrinceBilly #WillOldham #EaseDowntheRoad #DragCityRecords #CovertoCoverwithMT #covertocoverconversations

https://player.rss.com/covertocoverwithmatttarka/49856

Episode 44 is now up on 🍏, Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn! In this episode, we chat with producer and musician Ric Gordon. Ric is also the Director of A&R and a staff songwriter with music publisher Ammar Music Group in Nashville. We travel back in time to Ric’s salad days as a budding young artist living in a bustling Greenwich Village, NYC and discuss the cultural and artistic impact of 1967’s The Velvet Underground & Nico. We dig into the lyrical imagery of Lou Reed, the impact of John Cale’s versatility on the band, Mo Tucker (1st female drummer in rock?) and the introduction of Nico (aka Chanteuse). Enjoy! 😊😎🙌🙌🙌🙌☝️☝️☝️☝️🍌
#thevelvetunderground #thevelvetundergroundandnico #1967 #thefactory #andywarhol #loureed #johncale #nico #sterlingmorrison #motucker #greenwichvillage #nyc #covertocoverconversations #covertocoverwithmt

https://player.rss.com/covertocoverwithmatttarka/46326

Episode 43 is now up on 🍏, Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn! We sat down with Alexandria, VA, based multi-instrumentalist and record producer Jarrett Suburban-Hermit Nicolay. For those unfamiliar with Nicolay’s work, check out his solo project My New Mixtape, and bands Virginia Coalition, Astra Via and Franklin Gotham. We discussed an important English Rock band known as The Smiths and their 1987 compilation titled Louder Than Bombs. Jarrett shares his discovery of the band in his formative years, thanks to a school art teacher’s box of cassettes, as well as his appreciation for The Smiths aesthetic. LTB was released as a double album and features a wonderful breadbasket of singles, B-sides and John Peel Sessions. Enjoy! 😊 🙌🙌🙌🙌☝️☝️☝️😬 💣 #TheSmiths #LouderThanBombs #1987 #morrissey #johhnymarr #andyrourke #mikejoyce #johnpeelsessions #bsides #covertocoverconversations #covertocoverwithmt

https://player.rss.com/covertocoverwithmatttarka/46323

Epsiode 42 is now up on 🍏, Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn!
In this episode, singer/songwriter Kevin Conaway and I discuss in great detail Canada’s finest prog-rock band, RUSH , and their 1987 album Hold Your Fire. We explore a variety of topics, namely, lyrical themes presented to the listener by drummer Neil Peart, what was happening in the world in 1987 that may have informed the band, and their continued influence on Conaway’s approach to his musical craft. Enjoy! 🎧 😊 🙌🙌🙌🙌☝️☝️
#Rush #HoldYourFire #GeddyLee #AlexLifeson #NeilPearl #PowerTrio #canada #ProgRock #CovertoCoverConversations #covertocoverwithmt

https://player.rss.com/covertocoverwithmatttarka/43829

Episode 41 is now available on 🍏 , Stitcher, Google Play and TuneIn!

We spoke with LA-based musician Kendra Muecke of Kendra & the Bunnies Music about the sixth record from Animal Collective titled Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino Records). Kendra discussed her favorite tracks, meeting the group, as well as many open-ended interpretations of lyrics and imagery presented throughout this record. We also go on a bit of a tangent discussing the use of an Oxford Comma in the English language. Do you appreciate the Oxford Comma, dear listener? Enjoy! 🎧 😊 🙌🙌🙌🙌🐰 #AnimalCollective #MerriweatherPostPavilion #Baltimore #CharmCity #dominorecords

https://player.rss.com/covertocoverwithmatttarka/42573

Episode 40 is now available on 🍏, Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn!

Our guest this week is artist, producer, Palo Santo Records co-founder, and Dallas, TX indie music godfather Salim Nourallah. We spoke by telephone on a lazy, April afternoon and discussed The White Album by The Beatles, which changed the course of popular music forever, and cast aside traditional methods of presenting one main musical genre on a record.

Salim reminisced about the impact The White Album has had on his life and career in music, beginning in the mid 1970’s. We also discussed The White Album’s production choices and instrumentation; clever lyrics; and gorgeous, finger picked, acoustic-driven songs from Lennon and McCartney interspersed between songs that can be considered avant garde, playful or at times, DANGEROUS. Plus, you’ll hear a humorous observation from Salim on the band’s decision to have Ringo sing a Lennon-McCartney penned song “Good Night” to close this 30 song masterpiece.

There’s much, much more in this episode for your ears to enjoy! 🎧🤍🙌🙌🙌🙌🤍

John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr

#TheBeatles #WhiteAlbum #FabFour #JohnLennon #PaulMcCartney #GeorgeHarrison #RingoStarr #GeorgeMartin #1968 #CovertoCoverConversations #CovertoCoverwithMT

https://player.rss.com/covertocoverwithmatttarka/41719