Episode 524 of Concert Pipeline featuring Mark Winters in which we talk about leaving aerospace engineering to become a musician, how he approaches songwriting, the role his grandmother played in encouraging his love of poetry, picking up the guitar to play a song for his wife on their anniversary 15 years ago, starting a cover band in 2015, embracing AI in music and how to use it the right way, his Good Vibes Highway Tour, and his new album “Acoustic Me.”

Episode 523 of Concert Pipeline featuring Jady, in which we speak to Jarrett Doherty and Ashton Bergdorf about forming after touring with Jay Joseph, the decision to form the band as a duo, when they first noticed that fans connect to something deeper than their songs, what each of their albums represent in their story, what they learned from making their new album “Silver,” and their favorite concerts. We also review their show with The Cab at August Hall in San Francisco and review The All-American Rejects pop-up show at Sacramento Concerts in the Park.

Songs:

Jady - Tell Me Something That I Don't Know

Jady - Fragile

The Cab - Back From The Dead

The Cab - Ih8yourgutz

The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell

Episode 522 of Concert Pipeline featuring Augustana, in which we speak to Dan Layus about looking back on the 20th anniversary of “All The Stars and Boulevards”, when he realized that people were still deeply connected with the album, how his relationship with his hit song “Boston” has changed over the years, how different it was psychologically to play the album in sequence, playing the Holiday From Real cruise with Andrew McMahon, his solo works, playing with a string quartet, being the keynote speaker at Harvard Medical School, and more!