My love of music has led me to document music and the musicians. I am fascinated by the creative process behind the songs and performances. These are my conversations with those who live in music. If you have any questions or comments, please email at talkinblues@mac.com. Thanks for listening! Mako
Episodes
Friday Sep 15, 2017
Friday Sep 15, 2017
An interview with American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and painter, Bobby Radcliff - www.bobbyradcliffblues.com.
Sunday Sep 10, 2017
Sunday Sep 10, 2017
An interview with guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer as well as a Blues Hall of Fame inductee, Joe Louis Walker - www.joelouiswalker.com.
Monday Sep 04, 2017
Monday Sep 04, 2017
A conversation with Big Wreck drummer, Chuck D. Keeping - www.bigwreckmusic.com
Friday Aug 25, 2017
Friday Aug 25, 2017
An interview with promoter (and generalist) Rico Ferrara of Blues for a Big Town - www.bluesforabigtown.com
Friday Aug 18, 2017
Friday Aug 18, 2017
An interview with the brilliant singer, songwriter and harmonica player, Rick Estrin - www.rickestrin.com.
Thursday Jul 27, 2017
Thursday Jul 27, 2017
From the Talkin' Blues Archives...an interview with Bluesman Snooky Pryor from November 3rd, 2001. This interview took place thanks to the help of Andrew Galloway of Electro-Fi Records. Assisting me in the recording of this interview and someone who is heard at the latter part of the interview is David Rotundo.
Friday Jul 21, 2017
Friday Jul 21, 2017
A conversation with guitarist, singer, songwriter, Chris Antonik - www.chrisantonik.com.
Friday Jul 14, 2017
Friday Jul 14, 2017
An interview with Canadian Blues Guitarist, Shawn Kellerman (Lucky Peterson, Godboogie, Shawn Kellerman Band) - www.shawnkellerman.com.
Thursday Jul 06, 2017
Thursday Jul 06, 2017
An interview with author of "The Blues - Why It Still Hurts So Good" and Manager and Wife of Walter Trout, Dr. Marie Trout - www.marietrout.com.
Friday Jun 30, 2017
Friday Jun 30, 2017
An interview with Canadian Blues Harp player, David Rotundo - www.davidrotundo.com.
Friday Jun 23, 2017
Friday Jun 23, 2017
An interview with Canadian Fingerstyle Guitarist, Don Ross - www.donrossonline.com.
Thursday Jun 15, 2017
Thursday Jun 15, 2017
An interview with the Detroit's Queen of the Blues, Thornetta Davis - http://thornettadavis.com/
Thursday Jun 08, 2017
Thursday Jun 08, 2017
An interview with the producer of the Blues Music Awards and storyteller (author, filmmaker and public speaker), Willy Bearden - http://www.willybearden.com.
Friday Jun 02, 2017
Friday Jun 02, 2017
An interview with former President and CEO of the Blues Foundation, Jay Sieleman.
Friday May 26, 2017
Friday May 26, 2017
An interview with American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter and record producer, Johnny Rawls - www.johnnyrawlsblues.com.
Saturday May 20, 2017
Saturday May 20, 2017
An interview with the General Manager of the Notodden Blues Festival and singer/songwriter/harmonica player in Spoonful of Blues, Jostein Forsberg from Notodden, Norway - www.bluesfest.no.
Sunday May 14, 2017
Sunday May 14, 2017
An interview with award winning, Grammy nominated blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, Mark Hummel - www.markhummel.com.
Wednesday Apr 05, 2017
Wednesday Apr 05, 2017
An interview with Chicago Blues musician, Rockin' Johnny Burgin - www.rockinjohnnyburgin.com.
Thursday Mar 23, 2017
Thursday Mar 23, 2017
An interview with multiple award winner, bassist for Downchild, and musical director of the Maple Blues Awards (just to name a few things he does), Gary Kendall - www.garykendall.com. This is part one of two of my interview with Gary.
Thursday Mar 23, 2017
Thursday Mar 23, 2017
An interview with multiple award winner, bassist for Downchild, and musical director of the Maple Blues Awards (just to name a few things he does), Gary Kendall - www.garykendall.com. This is part two of two of my interview with Gary.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with Canadian jazz, blues & boogie-woogie pianist, vocalist, composer, arranger and producer, Michael Kaeshammer - www.kaeshammer.com.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with Montreal Blues guitarist, Paul Deslaurier - www.pauldeslauriersband.com.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with Cape Breton Blues Musician/slide player, John Campbelljohn - www.campbelljohn.ca.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with Canadian harmonica player, Roly Platt - www.rolyplatt.com.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with the owner and founder of Cordova Bay Entertainment, Michael Burke - www.cordovabay.com.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
A conversation with the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Blues Foundation, Barbara Newman - www.blues.org.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with Chicago blues musician, Toronzo Cannon - www.toronzocannon.com
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with chamber blues musician, Corky Siegel - www.corkymusic.com.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with the Executive Director of Performing Arts for the Royal Conservatory of Music, Mervon Mehta - http://www.rcmusic.ca.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with drummer, Bucky Berger who has played with Fathead, Danny Brooks, Rough Trade, Chilliwack and Raffi...to name just a few. This interview took place on November 29, 2016.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with musician, producer, and songwriter Alec Fraser. He is one half of Fraser Daley and has played with the who's who of the Canadian blues scene. www.fraserdaley.com
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with blues, afro-roots and soul guitarist / singer-songwriter Cécile Doo-Kingué - www.cdkmusik.com.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with blues, roots and rock musician, Steve Strongman - www.stevestrongman.com.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Here's something different. Musician, Shakura S'Aida interviews the host of talkin' blues, Mako Funasaka about his life. www.talkinblues.com
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with Canadian guitar maker, Linda Manzer - www.manzer.com.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with music writer Eric Thom about his life and his approach to reviewing music. You can find some of Eric's latest reviews at http://blurtonline.com/
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Episode 46 features an interview with Steve Marriner of Monkey Junk - monkeyjunkband.com.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
A conversation with Jimmy Boudreau - drummer for Mel Brown's Homewreckers. Jimmy also plays with Jim Witter, The Western Swing Authority and many other musical projects - www.jimboudreau.com
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with guitarist/singer/songwriter Toney Springer of Wild T and the Spirit - www.wildt.ca.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
From the Talkin' Blues Archives. Back in September of 2004, I had the wonderful pleasure of interviewing one of my musical heroes, Chris Whitley, the day after his performance at Hugh's Room. Portions of this interview was to be used for my television series back then but that fell through. I am not mic'd for this interview as I had no idea it would ever wind up on this podcast project. My brother, Tom, was kind enough to edit and clean up the audio for this podcast episode.
Be sure to listen to PART 2 of this podcast as well.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
From the Talkin' Blues Archives. Back in September of 2004, I had the wonderful pleasure of interviewing one of my musical heroes, Chris Whitley, the day after his performance at Hugh's Room. Portions of this interview was to be used for my television series back then but that fell through. I am not mic'd for this interview as I had no idea it would ever wind up on this podcast project. My brother, Tom, was kind enough to edit and clean up the audio for this podcast episode. This is Part two of the interview with Chris Whitley from September 24, 2004.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
This episode features an interview with guitarist, singer/songwriter - Sue Foley - www.suefoley.com.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
This episode features an interview with Zydeco musician, Dwayne Dopsie - www.dwaynedopsie.com.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with singer/songwriter, Johnny Max about his life and his involvement in the business of music - www.johnnymaxband.com
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
This episodes features an interview with Irish singer/songwriter/guitarist, Grainne Duffy - grainneduffy.com.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
This episode features an episode with Gospel, Blues and Rock singer, Alexis P. Suter - http://www.alexispsuter.com.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with Canadian blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player, Paul Reddick - www.paulreddick.ca.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with pianist Jamie Parker from the Gryphon Trio - www.gryphontrio.com.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
An interview with American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, Walter Trout - www.waltertrout.com.