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Singer-songwriter and radio host Russ hoists anchor and sails the sonic seas near and far to discover and recover pleasingly eclectic, genre-defying musical nuggets new and old, fresh and classic. Russ will attempt to amaze with his smooth segues and his insightful interviews with indie music legends. www.russtolmanmusic.com
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Russ interviews Long Ryder and Coal Porter SID GRIFFIN about his new solo album The Journey from Grape to Raisin, new Long Ryder and Coal Porter concert dates, his spring US tour with Peter Case, and his 32 years as a yankee in London. We spin the following tunes: XTC - Making Plans for Nigel Aztec Camera - Oblivious Chuck Prophet - In the Shadows …
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Russ chats with UK folk rock pioneer Iain Matthews and plays songs from his new album How Much is Enough. Russ also spins '60s Waylon Jennings, Waxahatchee, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Richard Hawley and more... Waxahatchee - Bored (Tigers Blood - 2024) Waylon Jennings - That’s What You Get For Loving Me (Leavin’ Town - 1966) Richard Hawley - Tonigh…
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Russ and Barbara chat about her long indie career, 28th Day, marriage, tortoises, her upcoming tour of Finland, plans for a new album, teaching a class of 80 kids how to play guitar, and much more. Russ also spins: 1. Tommy James - Crimson and Clover 2. Barr Brothers - Come In The Water (Sleeping Operator - 2014) 3. The Delines - Drowning In Plain …
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Russ chats with singer-songwriter, guitarist Chuck Prophet about his new album Wake The Dead and more... Russ also spins: Brian Eno - Here He Comes (Before and After Science - 1977) Cactus Blossoms - Statues (Everytime I Think About You - 2024 Harry Nilsson - Mucho Mungo/Mt. Elga - (Pussy Cats - 1974) Stefan Murphy - All I Ever Got From Them is Pai…
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Russ tells stories and spins the following wax: Chuck Prophet - Sugar into Water Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino ? and the Mysterians - Hangin’ on a String JP Harris - Dark Thoughts Ronnie Milsap - Daydreams About Night Things Theo Lawrence - Liquor & Love Richard Hawley - Prism in Jeans Continental Drifters - Dallas Iain Matthews - These Days Scot…
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This week, we are spinning these great tracks: 1. Iggy Pop - The Passenger (Lust for Life - 1977) 2. David Bowie - Sound & Vision (Low - 1977) 3. Thin White Rope - Mother (Moonhead - 1987) 4. Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar (1987) 5. The Mighty Stef - Nightwatchman of Iveagh Flats (2014) 6. Jackson Browne - Everywhere I Look (Tribute to Don H…
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Peter Holsapple chats with Russ about The dBs: history, reissues, reunion shows, and how nice Linda McCartney was. PLUS Peter takes the deep dive into his other band The Continental Drifters and the new book, 2CD tribute, and the best of collection. Plus Russ spins these tunes: 1. The Frightnrs - I’d Rather Go Blind (Daptone Records Singles Collect…
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Today's episode finds Russ chatting with his old friend Steve Wynn about Steve's new memoir I Would Say It If It Wasn't True and his new album Make It Right. Russ and Steve also share stories of their time to together in Davis, CA and the band Suspects with Kendra Smith (later of Dream Syndicate) and Gavin Blair (later True West). Playlist: 1. Chuc…
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Join Russ on his debut broadcast when he talks about life and radio in Davis and plays: 1. Flamin’ Groovies - Shake Some Action 2. Steve Wynn - Make It Right (title track of new album out next Friday) 3. Dillard & Clark - Don’t Let Me Down (Through the Morning, Through The Night - 1969) 4. Nick Lowe - I Read A Lot (That Old Magic - 2011) 5. Rolling…
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Kristian visits the 5crowd office to sit down with RACHEL ZIMMER. RACHEL is a co-founder of 5crowd, an advertising agency she founded with her university friend Bram. In lieu of having any creatives on staff, 5crowd utilizes a network of ~300 freelancers located in over 150 cities around the world. During their conversation, RACHEL and Kristian dis…
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In town from London, England for the 2017 Design Thinkers conference, MAXIM CRAMER stops by the Creative Niche offices (on a Sunday, no less!) to meet and chat with Kristian. MAXIM is a software engineer for Artsy, an online platform aiming to make the world’s art accessible to anybody with an internet connection and is hoping to, one day, make art…
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Gassia speak with CHRIS DAVIES, Executive Creative Director at Traffik, an advertising agency based in Toronto. CHRIS started his career as a copywriter, and broke into the business in a peculiar way — by entering (and winning) a contest he’d seen on the side of a bus. CHRIS and Gassia discuss this story and more, including workplace culture and ho…
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JAMES GRIFFIN didn’t study design, advertising or marketing, nor did he expect to end up in his current position as the Head of Design for Thomson Reuters, New York. What initially started off as a simple side gig to help pay of his student loans (which he accumulated from Berklee College of Music), eventually transformed into a full on career jump…
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Self-proclaimed outlier and trouble-maker, MATT DI PAOLA, sits down to converse with Gassia about everything from his start at Western to his current role as Partner and Head of Innovation at Sid Lee. Sid Lee is an international creative agency with offices in Toronto, New York, Paris and beyond. Gassia and MATT chat about how he ended up there, ho…
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JESÚS GORRITI and SHAWN MANDEL visit the Creative Niche offices to chat with Kristian. JESÚS is the Head of Digital Customer Experience and Design at RBC, while SHAWN is the Chief Digital Officer at Telus. JESÚS manages one of the largest (if not the largest) design teams in the country, and SHAWN spearheaded the TELUS Digital Labs project — effect…
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Theresa sits down with LANNY GEFFEN, Director of Strategy and User Experience at OneMethod, a creative agency (they use the term “creative crew”) located in Toronto, ON. They discuss what initially attracted Lanny to the advertising and marketing industries, how he arrived at OneMethod, how brands will utilize VR / AR and the challenges they’ll fac…
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Theresa is joined by TYLER CHISHOLM, Founding Partner & CEO of ClearMotive Marketing Group. A Canadian advertising agency based out of Calgary and Toronto. TYLER tells Theresa about his interest in flying, what got him into branding, his entrepreneurial origins in Southern Quebec, the importance of being engaged with your local community and how th…
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ROB DUNCAN speaks with Gassia Maljian about everything from his roots in the UK, his connection to the Hilary Clinton 2016 Presidential Campaign, the reaction he got to putting Obama on the US banknote and much more. ROB is an Owner and Creative Director at Mucho in San Francisco and New York City and has worked with clients such as Apple, Dolby, D…
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COLIN MANSELL visits the Creative Niche offices in downtown Toronto, ON. There, he speaks with Kristian Gilbert about the lessons he learned sailing from Vancouver to Alaska, the importance of sunsets, his origins as a classically trained musician and sound engineer, his approach to education and the value of a new idea. COLIN is the CEO and Founde…
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