Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and founder of Austin, Texas-based Alt-Rock band Arctic Wave, who have been releasing lots of new music in the first months of this year. Having worked with a GRAMMY-winning producer, the band just last week released a new music video. He is also the founder of a nonprofit, serves on the board of a different nonprofit, and helps fund education programs through his church. The band’s top five songs on Spotify alone have a combined total of approximately 328 thousand streams and their official YouTube channel has well over 200 thousand combined video views.
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NHTE 588 Harmoni Kelley
Nationally touring bassist and vocalist currently performing with country superstar Kenny Chesney. She has over two decades of experience both on the road and in the studio and has worked with bands of all musical genres from rock to pop, blues, funk, bluegrass, country and Americana. She has toured with Hank Williams, Jr., Radney Foster, Bonnie Bishop, Holly Williams and Louise Mandrell. Splitting her time between her hometown of Austin, Texas, and Nashville when she’s not on the road with Kenny Chesney, she continues to tour and do session work with various artists around the country.
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NHTE 587 Jim Fish
Oklahoma City-based singer, songwriter, guitar player who was the original guitar player with the Henry Paul Band, the group named for the co-founder of The Outlaws. He and the Henry Paul Band opened for the likes of The Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, Peter Frampton, The Allman Brothers, Charlie Daniels, and more. He also was the original guitar player for the Byron Berline Band and, present day, plays on a new release from Dave Werewolf. He has played with countless artists and at a long line of venues and events and has met numerous other notable names in music throughout his career.
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NHTE 586 Tara Beier
Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, guitar and piano player who just last month released a brand-new album. Her prior album had been done with a three-time GRAMMY-nominated producer and was released on the same record label that has artists such as Moby, Duran Duran, and Yoko Ono on its roster. She has been featured by USA Today, Rolling Stone, Billboard, American Songwriter, Harpers Bazaar, Glamour, and more. Last November she even attended the Billboard Awards, which she talks about during this interview. She also talks here about surviving a near-death experience while giving birth to her twin boys. In addition to her music, she has launched Lovendar, a lavender-based fragrance line that is a nod to the healing journey behind her album. She has more than 425 thousand streams on her top five songs on Spotify alone.
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NHTE 585 Bruce Sudano
Calling in from Milan, Italy, a singer, songwriter, guitar player who has created songs for artists such as Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, and his late wife of 30-plus years, GRAMMY Award-winning singer Donna Summer. Meanwhile, as a recording artist, he just released a new single at the beginning of this month, following a 2024 in which he released three singles, plus an album done with a two-time GRAMMY-winning producer. His résumé also includes having appeared on the iconic TV show “American Bandstand,” a single that hit #7 on the Billboard charts, and being in both Rolling Stone and Billboard. His official YouTube channel has a total of almost six million combined video views and his top five songs on Spotify alone – where he has close to twenty thousand monthly listeners – have a combined total of approximately a half-million streams.
Now Hear This Entertainment features interviews with guests who are having success in the entertainment business, with the content presented in a way that not only entertains fans of that guest and fans of good music interviews in general, but in a manner that educates musicians, singers, songwriters – entertainers who want to learn from those who are being interviewed each week by Bruce Wawrzyniak, president of Now Hear This, Inc. The guests come from a wide array of genres and locales.
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